Our Commitment When Buying Your Gold

Benchmark Gold takes pride in providing our clients with exceptional and high quality service without the stigma and safety issues of a stand-alone pawn shop. Our convenient and pleasant retail locations provide the perfect environment to sell gold. We ensure both a professional and courteous experience and offer the best available price for gold and silver on a weight and karat basis. Mall kiosks are for coffee, not for selling gold!

Selling Your Gold?

When you decide to sell your gold, it does not matter if you know the karat or weight. Let our friendly specialists help you sell your gold. The purity of gold is measured using the karat system. In its purest form, gold is 24Kt. Most gold jewelry sold in the U.S. is 18Kt, 14Kt or 10Kt purity. Very simply, gold is usually alloyed (mixed) with other metals such as copper or nickel. This hardens the gold and makes the gold more durable for use in jewelry. As an example, 14Kt gold jewelry is about 58.5% pure, meaning 58.5% of the piece is pure gold, and the rest is the alloy. Benchmark Gold pays cash for gold based on the karat purity weight of the gold. Working with the specialists at Benchmark Gold allows you to sell your gold with confidence!

How is Gold Tested?

Benchmark Gold takes the process of testing your gold jewelry very seriously. We use a combination of three hands-on testing processes to accurately test gold when you decide to sell your gold.

Magnetic and Stamping Tests

This is the first simple step our professional staff will perform when you enter one of Benchmark Gold’s attractive retail locations. When you sell your gold, you will be greeted warmly and professionally by our gold specialists. He or she will gauge the overall composition of your items with simple magnets to ensure an understanding of the basic make-up of the metals with a follow-up review of the karat stamping. When selling your gold, it is important to keep in mind that precious metals vary greatly in quality. Some are plated or filled, some are solid, and there are many combinations of metals. We'll talk you through this process as we perform each test to determine if Benchmark Gold will buy your gold.

Scratch Testing

Scratch testing is the second step in determining the highest price to be paid for your gold. At Benchmark Gold, we scratch test using 10 karat, 14 karat, 18 karat, and 24 karat testing pens with a gold-specific acid solutions corresponding to each karat level. After scratching your jewelry, comparing with acid, and comparing scratches from the pens, Benchmark Gold can determine precisely and quickly what kind of gold you have and how much we can pay.

Weighting

This is the final step in selling your gold. Once we have determined the quality of your gold, silver, or platinum, we will weigh it right in front of you and tell you what we will pay for it. There is no waiting, no mailing, and no mystery with our process. When selling your gold you can decide that you don't want to go through with it. The choice is yours. We respect that selling your gold is your decision and stand by our payments as the best in industry. Selling your gold with Benchmark Gold is that easy!

The Brass Mill Center

Conveniently located in Waterbury, CT The Brass Mill Center is the best place to get the highest price for your unwanted gold while completing all of your family shopping needs. The Brass Mill Center is located minutes off Exit 23 on I-84 at 495 Union Street. The Brass Mill Center is minutes from downtown Waterbury and the many fun tourist attractions in the area including The Palace Theater, Timexpo Museum and an indoor water park.