Do I need an appointment to sell?

No — walk in during counter hours with what you have. For a whole estate or a large collection, a private appointment gives it a dedicated table and an unhurried evaluation.

How do you test what I bring?

Jewelry and scrap are tested for their actual purity — the karat as tested, not as stamped; bars and coins are checked for authenticity; everything is weighed on a calibrated scale. All of it on your side of the counter, in front of you.

What is the offer based on?

Tested purity, weight, and the day's spot price at a stated payout. There is no refining fee, testing fee or handling charge deducted afterwards — the number you hear is the number you are paid.

Anything gold, silver, platinum or palladium — jewelry in any karat, coins, bars, flatware, dental gold, watch cases. Not sure what something is? Bring it anyway: the test is free and takes seconds, and the standards page shows exactly how each piece is priced.

Selling?

Get a ballpark before you get in the car.

List what you have and weigh each piece on a kitchen scale. Every item gets an estimated range off the day's spot; leave your details and the whole lot gets one estimate. It is information, not a price: the number you are paid is made at the counter, on tested weight and purity, at that day's spot. This tells you whether the trip is worth it.

What have you got?

A kitchen scale is fine — grams, pennyweight or ounces.

Estimated off spot as of Aug 26, 11:14 PMat the counter's buy rate for each purity — a higher karat earns a higher share of melt. Informational only: the price is made at the counter on tested weight and purity, at that day's spot.

Estimates only — not a price, not an offer

Every figure here is an estimate from what you typed, at spot as of Aug 26, 11:14 PM. It is a snapshot for your information: the market moves, and nothing has been weighed or tested. The counter cannot honor a number from this page. The price you are paid is set at the counter, on the scale, at that day's spot — and it can come out higher or lower than what you see here.

Estimated range, per item

Item 1Enter a weight

One estimate for the whole lot

Leave your name and email and everything above is estimated together as a single figure — for your information, not a price the counter holds. Your list is kept under your email so you can pick up where you left off. No obligation, no newsletter.

Add a weight to at least one item first.

Estimates are informational only — a point in time, not a price. No obligation. Watch the test, hear the number, decide at your own pace.

How it works

Three steps, one visit.

1
Bring it in
One ring or a whole collection. No appointment needed, though a call ahead helps if you are bringing a lot.
2
Watch the test
Each piece is tested and weighed in front of you using industry-standard methods, and the result is explained as it happens.
3
Hear the number
The offer comes off the day's market on tested weight and purity. No hidden deductions, and no obligation to take it.

What crosses the counter

Estates, coins, silver and scrap — each priced the way it's worth.

A ring is metal. A double eagle is a coin. A canteen of flatware is silver by the pound. An estate is all of it, in a box. Each has its own page below with what to bring and how the number is worked out.

Why not a pawn shop

Don't lose a third of it to a guess.

A pawn counter prices gold by eye and by what it would lend against it, then deducts. This counter prices by measurement: the test settles the purity, the scale reads the weight, the board supplies the price, and the arithmetic is on the screen in front of you. Two offers can differ; only one of them can be checked.

Gold is money — it is priced on a world market every minute that market is open, which is why the offer here is written off that board and not off what a shop would lend against it. And if the number tells you to keep it, keep it: a tested purity and weight is still worth the trip, because you leave knowing exactly what you own.

The standards page says exactly how each piece is tested and priced, so you know what to expect before you drive.

Purity tested in front of you — the karat as tested, not as stamped
Bars and coins checked for authenticity
Weighed on a calibrated scale you can see
Priced off the day's spot at a stated payout, on screen
No refining, testing or handling fee taken off afterwards
Paid before you leave; no obligation to accept

Where sellers drive from

Along I-696 from either direction.

A straight run for most of Macomb and the west side of Oakland. Each town below has the drive and what people from there usually bring.

Oakland County

Macomb County

Straight answers

Questions people ask before they drive over

Do I need an appointment to sell?: No — walk in during counter hours with what you have. For a whole estate or a large collection, a private appointment gives it a dedicated table and an unhurried evaluation.
How do you test what I bring?: Jewelry and scrap are tested for their actual purity — the karat as tested, not as stamped; bars and coins are checked for authenticity; everything is weighed on a calibrated scale. All of it on your side of the counter, in front of you.
What is the offer based on?: Tested purity, weight, and the day's spot price at a stated payout. There is no refining fee, testing fee or handling charge deducted afterwards — the number you hear is the number you are paid.
What should I bring?: Anything gold, silver, platinum or palladium — jewelry in any karat, coins, bars, flatware, dental gold, watch cases. Not sure what something is? Bring it anyway: the test is free and takes seconds, and the standards page shows exactly how each piece is priced.

Get a ballpark before you get in the car.

What have you got?

Three steps, one visit.

Bring it in

Watch the test

Hear the number