Best place to sell 14ct ? Bespoke Ring 6.27g in UK - plus advice

[Submariner]

Hi
Where can I sell this ring for the best price as “scrap hallmarked” Jewellery in the UK? South East preferably someone trustworthy ref odd hallmark.
Any reccomendations?

Plus advice:-
I have this gold ring, I think it is 14ct ?
There appears to be a tiny hallmark stamp and 585 but the last 5 is very faint.
It came from Montenegro, made from melted down jewellery. 14ct is common there, but being English I have no idea what their hallmarks look like.

Ideally I would have liked to put an XRF gun on it to confirm it was 14ct, and then if 14ct, melt it in a crucible with some borax (to pull out some impurities) and pour it into a tiny graphite mould I have; and make an Ingot charm

However I have read reusing melted down scrap can have brittle/porosity issues, due to things like solder contamination, and having silica in it if it was cast (this ring looks cast to me) ; but is this true ?

Would you experienced guys say take the hit on the lower price paid by refiners and buy new gold?

I did also see videos on Cupellation - melting with lead in cement or magnesia crucibles …. Looks iffy for a total novice. Or is it really pretty simple to do without a furnace.i.e. Just torch.

 

[Martijn]

Welcome to the forum.
For making an ingot a remelt will not matter much. You are not going to anneal, bend and hammer it, right?

 

[Submariner]

Thanks

 

[Submariner]

I was going to hammer the edges to straighten them and the top. So would have to anneal it

 

[Alondro]

Hi
Where can I sell this ring for the best price as “scrap hallmarked” Jewellery in the UK? South East preferably someone trustworthy ref odd hallmark.
Any reccomendations?

Plus advice:-
I have this gold ring, I think it is 14ct ?
There appears to be a tiny hallmark stamp and 585 but the last 5 is very faint.
It came from Montenegro, made from melted down jewellery. 14ct is common there, but being English I have no idea what their hallmarks look like.

Ideally I would have liked to put an XRF gun on it to confirm it was 14ct, and then if 14ct, melt it in a crucible with some borax (to pull out some impurities) and pour it into a tiny graphite mould I have; and make an Ingot charm

However I have read reusing melted down scrap can have brittle/porosity issues, due to things like solder contamination, and having silica in it if it was cast (this ring looks cast to me) ; but is this true ?

Would you experienced guys say take the hit on the lower price paid by refiners and buy new gold?

I did also see videos on Cupellation - melting with lead in cement or magnesia crucibles …. Looks iffy for a total novice. Or is it really pretty simple to do without a furnace.i.e. Just torch.

Smelting the ring into lead, and then cupelling might remove some copper from the alloy, but it will still have all the silver. To really get it higher-purity gold, you'd need to inquart with silver, then dissolve in nitric, wash the gold sponge a number of times in boiling HCl then distilled water.

If you're just planning to re-cast it, go ahead and do that. But be sure your torch can reach temps significantly above the melting point of gold, otherwise it will take FOREVER to melt.

 

[Martijn]

I was going to hammer the edges to straighten them and the top. So would have to anneal it

That will still be fine imo.

 

[Submariner]

Thanks,
I would really like to know a fair gold buyer/refiner. To see how much aimwould get. And if reasonable buy new 18ct as an upgrade.
We are quite restricted in 14ct wire sizes and solders in the UK.