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The Complete Scrap Gold Buying Guide
Buying scrap gold is one of those businesses that looks simple from the outside. Someone sells you their old jewelry for less than the gold is worth, you sell …
Melt Value Explained — The Complete Buyer's Guide
You're at a pawn shop. The owner slides a tray of gold chains across the counter and says, "I'll take $600 for the lot." The chains look heavy. The stamps say …
14K Gold Value — Per Gram, Scrap & Real Prices in 2026
If you're holding a 14K gold chain, ring, or bracelet and wondering what it's actually worth, you're asking the right question. The answer depends on three thi…
Gold value & karats
What your gold is worth per gram, by karat, at today's spot price.
Melt Value Explained — The Complete Buyer's Guide
You're at a pawn shop. The owner slides a tray of gold chains across the counter and says, "I'll take $600 for the lot." The chains look heavy. The stamps say …
Gold Karat Calculator — Convert Karats to Purity & Value
A karat is a unit of gold purity — a way to express how much of a piece is actually gold versus alloy metals. It's the most important number in any gold transa…
Gold Melt Value — The Complete Calculation Reference
Every gold transaction starts with one number: the melt value. It's the dollar amount the pure gold content of a piece is worth at today's market price — what …
Gold Karat Explained — 10K vs 14K vs 18K vs 24K
If you've ever looked at a gold ring and wondered what "14K" actually means — or why a 10K chain costs so much less than an 18K chain of the same size — this g…
Scrap Gold Value — Today's Per-Gram Prices by Karat
Scrap gold is worth exactly what the math says it's worth — weight times purity times today's spot price. That number is the melt value, and in 2026, with gold…
10K Gold Value — Per Gram, Scrap & Real Prices in 2026
10K gold gets overlooked. A lot of buyers skip right past it, thinking it's barely gold at all — "only 10 karats." That's a mistake. 10K gold is 41.67% pure go…
14K Gold Value — Per Gram, Scrap & Real Prices in 2026
If you're holding a 14K gold chain, ring, or bracelet and wondering what it's actually worth, you're asking the right question. The answer depends on three thi…
How to Calculate Scrap Gold Value in 2026
You're standing at a pawn shop counter. The seller wants $900 for a 14K gold chain. It looks heavy — maybe 20 grams. Is that a good deal, or are you about to l…
How to Test Gold Purity — Magnet, Acid, Electronic & XRF Methods
A karat stamp tells you what the manufacturer says a piece is. A purity test tells you what it actually is. If you're buying scrap gold — especially from the p…
Buying & selling scrap gold
Pawn shops, Marketplace deals, refineries and running a buying business.
Pawn Shop Gold — The Complete Buyer & Seller Guide
Pawn shops are one of the most consistent sources of scrap gold for buyers at every level. They acquire gold through pawns, direct purchases, and forfeited col…
The Complete Scrap Gold Buying Guide
Buying scrap gold is one of those businesses that looks simple from the outside. Someone sells you their old jewelry for less than the gold is worth, you sell …
The Scrap Gold Business — Can You Actually Make a Living at It?
Every scrap gold buyer has thought about it at some point. You're making $200 profit on a Tuesday afternoon deal and you think: what if I did this full time? W…
How the Nu Stack Chrome Extension Finds Deals While You Browse
Browsing online marketplaces for gold and silver deals is a time sink. You scroll through hundreds of listings on Facebook Marketplace, most of which are overp…
Gold Buying Business Bookkeeping — COGS, Inventory & Refinery Payouts
You're standing at the counter at closing time. The cash drawer is lighter, the tray under the glass is heavier, and a refinery check from last month sits in t…
Pawn Shop Gold Calculator — How to Know Their Number Before They Do
Walking into a pawn shop without knowing the melt value of your gold is like negotiating a car price without checking the Blue Book value first. You're relying…
Facebook Marketplace Gold Deals: A Buyer's Playbook
Facebook Marketplace has become one of the most active channels for buying and selling gold jewelry. Sellers list everything from single rings to entire collec…
Top 5 Mistakes New Scrap Gold Buyers Make
Every scrap gold buyer pays tuition. The question is how much. Some mistakes cost you $20 and a lesson. Others cost hundreds and a chunk of your confidence. Th…
Refinery Shipping for Scrap Gold — Safety, Insurance & Settlement
At some point, every scrap gold buyer faces the same question: now what? You've accumulated a batch of scrap — broken chains, mismatched earrings, dental gold,…
Silver & coins
Silver melt value, where to sell, and identifying and selling coins.
Selling Gold & Silver Coins — The Complete Guide
Selling gold coins isn't complicated, but selling them well requires knowing what you have and matching each coin to the right buyer. A common-date American Go…
AI Coin Identification: How Nu Stack Identifies Coins from Photos
You're at an estate sale and someone hands you a bag of old coins. You recognize a few — there's a Morgan dollar, a couple of Walking Liberties. But there are …
Where to Sell Silver — Buyer Channels Compared
If you've got silver to sell — whether it's a tube of Eagles, a bag of junk silver, a box of sterling flatware, or a collection you inherited — the first quest…
Scrap Silver Prices — Today's Per-Gram & Per-Ounce Values
The price of scrap silver today comes down to a simple equation: weight times purity times the live silver spot price. That gives you the melt value — what the…
How a $50/Week Silver Habit Builds a $10K Stack
You don't need a pile of money or a master plan to build a serious silver stack. You need a number you can afford every week and the discipline to keep buying …
How to Sell Silver Coins for the Best Price
You've got silver coins and you want to sell them. Maybe you inherited a collection, maybe you're rebalancing your stack, or maybe you need cash. Whatever the …
Silver Melt Value — How to Calculate Per Ounce & Per Gram
You're standing at a flea market holding a bag of pre-1965 quarters. The seller wants $300. Are they worth it? The answer comes down to one number: the melt va…
Stacking & the market
Gold vs silver, the ratio, tracking a stack and reading the market.
Gold vs Silver — Which Should You Stack in 2026?
It's the question that starts more arguments in the stacking community than anything else: gold or silver? Both have been money for thousands of years. Both ho…
How to Use SMA, RSI, and MACD to Time Gold and Silver Buys
Most precious metals buyers make purchasing decisions based on feel. Gold dropped today, so it seems like a good time to buy. Silver's been climbing for two we…
How to Track Your Precious Metals Portfolio (Beyond Spreadsheets)
You started with a simple spreadsheet. One tab for gold, one for silver. Date, weight, karat, what you paid. It worked fine when you had ten entries.
How to Store, Insure and Sell Gold and Silver — A Stacker's Checklist
You've bought the coins. Now they're sitting in a sock drawer, and you're not sure if your homeowner's policy would pay a dime if they walked out the door.
The Gold-Silver Ratio — What It Means for Stackers
If you spend any time in stacking communities, you'll hear people talk about "the ratio." They're referring to the gold/silver ratio — a simple number that's b…
2026 Precious Metals Outlook: What Stackers Need to Know
Nobody can predict where gold and silver prices will be in six months. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. But you don't need a prediction to …
Apps & tools compared
How the calculator and portfolio apps stack up.
Nu Stack vs GoldFolio: Which Precious Metals App Is Right for You?
If you're searching for a precious metals app, you've probably come across GoldFolio and Nu Stack. Both deal with gold and silver. Both have free tiers. Both l…
Best Scrap Gold Calculator Apps in 2026 (Compared)
Someone slides a tangle of chains across the counter. You've got a scale, a loupe and about thirty seconds before they expect a number. A calculator app turns …