Selling unused or damaged gold jewelry is one way to make some cash and recycle this precious metal. According to BankRate.com, the price of gold rose 70 percent between 2008 and 2010. Gold-filled jewelry is made by fusing layers of metal together, with the top layer being real gold. Since it contains only a fraction of gold, these pieces are worth much less than 10-karat, 14-karat or 24-karat jewelry, but some buyers will take them for the gold they can extract in meltdown.
Selling unused or damaged gold jewelry is one way to make some cash and recycle this precious metal. According to BankRate.com, the price of gold rose 70 percent between 2008 and 2010. Gold-filled jewelry is made by fusing layers of metal together, with the top layer being real gold. Since it contains only a fraction of gold, these pieces are worth much less than 10-karat, 14-karat or 24-karat jewelry, but some buyers will take them for the gold they can extract in meltdown.