Scrap Gold Buyer — 11808 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio

Sell Scrap Gold in San Antonio

Broken chains, single earrings, bent rings, class rings, dental gold, tangled lots. Scrap gold is paid on tested metal content, not on how it looks — so condition genuinely does not matter, and there is nothing to repair, clean or sort before you come in. Tested on our XRF, weighed in front of you, priced at the live spot market, paid the same day.

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Condition does not affect the price
No sorting needed
Every piece XRF tested
Live spot, no refining deductions
Same-day cash

What Scrap Gold Means

Scrap Gold Is a Pricing Category, Not a Verdict

People hesitate to bring in a bag of broken jewelry because “scrap” sounds like a judgement on it. It is not. Scrap simply means the value sits in the metal rather than in the piece — and once that is true, a snapped chain is worth exactly what an identical intact one is worth. Same karat, same grams, same money.

That has a consequence worth knowing before you spend anything: do not repair, polish or clean scrap gold first. A jeweller charging $80 to fix a clasp has just cost you $80 on an item that was about to be weighed. The same goes for untangling chains, matching up single earrings, or prising stones out. Bring it exactly as it is.

The other thing people get wrong is sorting. A drawer that has been accumulating for twenty years almost always contains 10k, 14k and 18k mixed together, plus a few things that are not gold at all despite the stamp. We test every piece individually rather than pricing the bag as one lot — which is the whole difference between a real offer and a guess.

Broken ChainsSingle EarringsBent & Crushed RingsClass RingsDental GoldSnapped ClaspsTangled LotsMismatched Pieces10k – 24kGold-FilledScrap SilverScrap Platinum

The Arithmetic

How a Scrap Gold Offer Is Calculated

There is no formula to be suspicious of. Weight, times purity, at the live spot price above. You watch every step.

A 10 gram chain stamped 14k is 58.33% gold.

10 g × 0.5833 = 5.83 grams of pure gold.

5.83 g × the live spot price per gram shown above = the gold content value.

No refining deduction is taken off the back end.

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Bring it exactly as it is
Unsorted, unrepaired, tangled, in a freezer bag. Walk in Monday–Saturday, no appointment. Or text photos to (210) 983-0096 for a rough idea first.
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Every piece tested
XRF analysis reads the actual karat of each item rather than trusting the stamp. One lot commonly turns out to be three different purities plus something that is not gold.
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Weighed in front of you
Calibrated scale, grams, on the counter where you can see it. Stones and non-gold parts are excluded from the weight rather than quietly counted.
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Written offer, same-day cash
You see the arithmetic before you decide. Accept and you are paid that visit. Decline and the evaluation still cost you nothing.

Scrap Gold FAQ

Selling Scrap Gold in San Antonio

What counts as scrap gold?
Any gold no longer worth wearing or selling as a piece: broken chains, single earrings whose partner is lost, bent or crushed rings, snapped clasps, class rings, dental gold, tangled lots, and anything damaged beyond sensible repair. Scrap is a pricing category, not a quality judgement — it means the value is in the metal rather than the item.
Does the condition of my scrap gold affect the price?
No, and that is the point. A snapped chain and an intact one of the same karat and weight are worth the same to us, because both are priced on gold content. Do not pay to have anything repaired, polished or cleaned first — you would be spending money to improve something about to be valued by weight.
Do I need to sort or separate my gold first?
No. Bring the whole bag, box or drawer. Sorting is part of the evaluation — we test each piece with XRF because a single lot routinely contains 10k, 14k and 18k mixed together, plus items that are not gold at all. Sorting it yourself risks guessing wrong in both directions.
How is a scrap gold price actually calculated?
Weight in grams multiplied by karat purity, priced against the live spot market. A 10-gram 14k chain is 58.33% gold, so 5.83 grams of pure gold at the current rate. The live spot price is shown at the top of this page before you come in, we weigh on a calibrated scale in front of you, and we show the arithmetic. No refining deductions.
Do you buy gold-filled or gold-plated items?
Bring them and we will test them, but honestly: gold-plated items carry a microscopic amount of gold and are rarely worth processing. Gold-filled is a thicker layer and sometimes is. XRF tells us which you have in seconds, and we would rather tell you an item is not worth much than make an offer that insults it.
Do you buy dental gold?
Yes. Dental gold is usually an alloy in the 10k–22k range, often mixed with palladium or platinum, and it is priced like any other scrap — tested, weighed, paid on verified metal content. Attached tooth material does not need removing first; it is excluded from the weight.
Will I get more than a pawn shop for scrap gold?
Almost always. Pawn shops and quick cash-for-gold storefronts typically pay a fraction of an item's real gold value, because their offer is built around resale margin rather than metal content. We price on actual tested gold content at live market rates with no hidden deductions. See our full gold pricing guide.

Where to Bring It

Watch Affinity — 11808 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78230

Open Monday–Friday and Saturday. Walk in, no appointment needed — a bag of scrap usually takes a few minutes to test and weigh. Prefer to start from home? Text photos to (210) 983-0096 for a preliminary estimate.

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San Antonio's Straight-Answer Scrap Gold Buyer

One broken chain or a drawer twenty years deep — tested piece by piece, weighed in front of you, priced at live spot. Free evaluation, same-day cash, no obligation.

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