Turning gold jewellery into scrap gold

A lot of people want to sell their old gold jewellery as scrap gold what is possible in some jewellery shops. However, it is more difficult than you might expect. The important issue is the assay of gold. The pure (24k) gold is usually melted with some other metals or lower carat type. It is also common to alloy gold with other metals changing its properties such as melting point or hardness. Jewellery makers use some other metals to alter the colour of gold, for example, they add copper making gold look redder. Nowadays, white gold is popular that is made with a dash of nickel. Whats more, sometimes different types of gold alloys are combined into one piece of jewellery. Such jewellery made using the alloying features of gold looks very fashionable but makes selling scrap gold more difficult. Not only is it complicated to estimate the price of such gold but also some scrap centres dont take gold mixtures. If you want to sell your old gold jewellery you need to know its composition and alloy. Otherwise you cant be sure that the bargain hunter isnt trying to deceive you and offering you too low price for your valuables. The best solution is to ask several gold buyers to make their own pricing for you, then you can choose the highest price for your gold.