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Precious Metal Clean Scrap Program

Turn your old gold, silver, platinum, and palladium materials into new opportunities with Stuller’s metal clean scrap program — a trusted solution for scrap metal recycling that’s simple, trustworthy, and rewarding. We pay a percentage of market value in your choice of account credit* (can be applied to purchase of precious metal grain, bars, coins, or rounds) or check. 

*Enjoy free processing for gold and silver metal scrap when you choose the Stuller account credit payment option. 

What We Accept

Our metal clean scrap program is designed to handle a wide variety of precious metal materials.

  • Clean precious metal scrap

  • Casting trees

  • Bench Filings and Grindings

  • Unset jewelry findings

  • Unused or broken mountings

  • Clean dental gold*

    *We do not accept non-metal materials.

Metal Clean Scrap

How it Works

Send Us Your Clean Scrap

When we receive your clean scrap shipment, we verify the product.

Analysis

Our experts analyze the clean scrap and will provide you with an offer.

Approve Offer

Once you approve the offer, you will receive your payment.

Instructions

Follow all instructions to ensure an accurate and prompt payout.

  • Send your metal — gold, silver, platinum, and palladium — to us. When we receive your shipment, we will verify the product and then melt it for analysis. Send to 

    SI 

    Attn: Materials Management 

    302 Rue Louis XIV 

    Lafayette, LA 70508 

    You must insure your shipment and include the completed packing slip.  

  • Our experts will analyze the metal, and within three to seven days, you will be provided with a proposed settlement that is based on that day's market.

    Gold and silver are based on the Second London Fix. Platinum and palladium are based on the Johnson Matthey market.  

  • Once you approve the settlement, your payment is processed and issued within two business days. 

Choose Your Analysis Method  

Both methods require the scrap be melted down for testing.  

Fire Assay 

Accuracy of 0.01% and greater

Gravimetric process to determine the gold content of an alloy 

X-Ray Fluorescence

Accuracy between +/-0.1% and +/-0.5%

Surface sample process to determine major elements present 

Fee and Payout Options

Metal Clean Scrap Information

Metal Clean Scrap Information

  • Gold/silver receives a settlement in three business days and payment in five business days. 

  • Platinum/palladium receives a settlement in seven business days and payment in nine business days. 

  • High-grade precious metal only — no towels, filters, saw blades, knives, etc. 

  • No minimum once the processing fee is covered 

  • Settlement offers are determined based on the dollar value of the metal clean scrap received. The settlement offer value can be applied as a Stuller account credit toward the purchase of 24K gold bars or 24K gold grain. This purchase will be invoiced using the gold market on the date of shipment. The settlement weight of scrap fine precious metal cannot be traded for weight in fine precious metal. 

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Bench Filings and Grindings Information

Bench Filings and Grindings Information

  • Receive a settlement in seven business days and payment in nine business days. 

  • High-grade precious metal only — no towels, filters, saw blades, knives, etc.  

  • 10-ounce minimum  

  • Settlement offers are determined based on the dollar value of the metal clean scrap received. The settlement offer value can be applied as a Stuller account credit toward the purchase of 24K gold bars or 24K gold grain. This purchase will be invoiced using the gold market on the date of shipment. The settlement weight of scrap fine precious metal cannot be traded for weight in fine precious metal. 

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Payout Options

In addition to receiving a Stuller account credit or a check, you can apply the value of your settlement toward the purchase of the following.*

Coins and Rounds

Coins and Rounds

Gold, Silver, and Platinum Bars

Gold, Silver, and Platinum Bars

Casting Grain

Casting Grain

*The settlement weight of scrap fine precious metal cannot be traded for weight in fine precious metal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Clean scrap includes bench filings, sprues, cuttings, and unused metal pieces that are:

Free of stones or non-metal contaminants

Sorted by metal type (e.g., gold, platinum, silver)

Clearly identified with their karat and color (for gold) Utensils and silverware (Blades must be removed from all knives, any handles filed with non-metal material must be removed/cleaned out.)

We accept:

Gold (10K, 14K, 18K, etc., in various colors)

Platinum

Palladium

Sterling Silver

All scrap must be clean and free of debris or other materials.

We recommend packaging it with the different metal types separated and double bagged. Ensure any pointy corners and edges are secure to avoid it poking a hole in the shipping process. After double bagging, place in a well packed box to minimize movement inside the box during shipping. Be sure to place you packing slip in the box as well so our team can identify who the package belongs to upon arrival for the quickest processing time.

We accept packages from all carriers so use the shipping company you trust. We recommend ensuring it for the value you place in the box.

We are not able to provide shipping labels because we do not know what is being placed in the box or how much the package needs to be insured for.

Print and fill out our clean scrap submission form, and ship your scrap in a secure package to:

SI 

Attn: Materials Management 

302 Rue Louis XIV 

Lafayette, LA 70508 

We recommend using a secure, trackable shipping method and insuring your package.

You can choose:

Stuller Account Credit – For quick reinvestment in your business

Check – Mailed to the address on file Payout is based on current metal market rates at the time your scrap is received and processed.

Deposit – Deposited to the bank account on file

50/50 – Half the settlement is put as an account credit and half is paid out via check or direct deposit

Payout is based on current metal market rates at the time your scrap is received and processed.

Once we receive your clean scrap, processing typically takes 3 business days. Before payment is processed you will receive a settlement offer for approval/ Once approved your payment is processed within 2 business days.

There is no strict minimum, but keep in mind that very small amounts may not justify shipping costs.

Did You Know We Also Offer Diamond Clean Scrap?

Send us your unwanted diamond inventory for a quick and easy payout.

Diamond Clean Scrap