The Facility

GOLDMEMBERS only operates from Secure Facilities.

GOLDMEMBERS offers the highest level of security. Send your gold and jewelry to one of two of our secure processing facilities depending on where you live. We have one for the USA located in Los Angeles California for US residents and one in Ottawa, Canada for Canadian residents.

Please read below and learn about what we do to ensure your gold and jewelry is safe every step of the way.

Customer packages are delivered every day to the proper GOLDMEMBERS processing facility by secure delivery in armored trucks.

TWO Goldmember’s employees open your Pack. One takes a photograph of your items, and the other checks your itemized list to make sure that everything is there.
Next, GOLDMEMBER’s employees check the precious metals content of the items you send. Our testers have three methods for testing for precious metals content: an electronic tester, a scratch test, and an X-Ray fluorescence scan. Here is how we test (link here).
Link info (put this behind the link above ok):

Electronic Testing

Jewelry that is received by GOLDMEMBERS is first subjected to a state-of-the art electronic testing device. An alligator clip attaches the metal to the tester. After a few drops of test solution are placed on the test area, the machine quickly and accurately provides the gold quality (measured in karats) on its digital display screen.
In the event that the quality of the gold measured by the electronic tester differs from the quality of the gold as reported by the customer who sent it in, the piece will then undergo a second test—the scratch test. The scratch method is the oldest method used in the jewelry industry, and you may have seen it performed by a jeweler.

Scratch Testing

Scratch testing involves the use of needles verified as having certain levels of gold and low-grade acid solutions corresponding to each karat level. By treating the pieces with acid and comparing scratches from the needles, the tester can confirm what kind of gold is contained in the piece.

X-Ray Fluorescence Testing

If both the electronic testing and scratch methods do not confirm clear results, pieces are subjected to an X-ray fluorescence scan. The machine used for this test is an incredibly powerful and remarkably expensive state-of-the-art device capable of providing detailed analysis by measuring the intensity of the generated precious metal X-rays by wavelength dispersion analysis. When testing is complete, a full report indicates the percentages of precious metal content as well as other alloying metals. This method is remarkably accurate.

The accuracy of testing is very important to us and ensures you are getting paid fairly. If items are sent misrepresented we will send them back to you.

Once your material is tested, a payment is calculated based on gold content, weight and the daily price of the precious metals being recycled. A check is then sent the same day!
Get started today and get cash fast, simply fill out the form the right.

GOLDMEMBERS – We work for YOU!