Broken chains, bent rings, orphan earrings, dental crowns, unmarked gold pieces — Rivanna Precious Metals pays competitive cash rates for scrap gold of every kind in Charlottesville, VA. No condition requirements, no minimum amount. Private, office-based appointments at 1020 Carrington Place.
If you've got a jar, drawer, or envelope full of broken gold sitting somewhere in your house, you're sitting on real money. Scrap gold — bent, broken, tarnished, or single-earring pieces — is worth the same per gram of pure gold content as wearable jewelry. Condition doesn't affect melt value. What affects your payout is who's doing the weighing and testing.
Rivanna Precious Metals is Charlottesville's local scrap gold buyer. We operate out of a professional office at 1020 Carrington Place, minutes off Route 29, and we pay competitive prices based on live spot markets. Every piece is tested and weighed in front of you so you understand exactly why the number is what it is.
No amount is too small. We've bought single earrings, broken chain links, and half-gram dental caps. We've also bought multi-ounce accumulations from estate cleanouts. Bring whatever you have.
Scrap gold pricing is one of the cleanest calculations in the precious metals world:
That's it. No "resale markdown." No "we need to cover repairs." No retail pricing games. Just raw precious metal value, paid in cash or check.
A huge number of our Charlottesville appointments start with a sentence like "I have no idea if any of this is actually gold." That's completely fine — figuring out what's real is part of our job. We'll go through every piece with you, test the questionable items, separate out the gold-plated or non-gold costume pieces (which we'll give back to you), and price only what has real precious metal content.
Many clients walk in expecting a handful of dollars and walk out with significantly more, because old costume jewelry often hides a real gold chain or ring mixed in. Other clients come in hoping for a large payout and discover most of their pieces are plated. Either way, we tell you the truth.
Dental gold is one of the most commonly overlooked forms of scrap gold. Old crowns and bridges from family members — often set aside in a little envelope after a dental procedure or after someone passes away — contain real gold, typically in the 10K to 22K range. You don't need to clean them or remove any remaining tooth material; we handle that during the refining process.
Our Charlottesville scrap gold buying service draws clients from:
Book a private appointment — most clients are seen within 30 minutes of reaching out.
Convenient Charlottesville office location. Meet on your schedule.
1020 Carrington Place
Charlottesville, VA 22901