It may surprise you to learn that the price of gold has hit an all time high, so if you have any old gold (www.goldankauf.net) lying around the house that you don’t really want then now could be the chance to get rid of it and earn money at the same time.
It is important that you check around the market before committing to one company buying your old gold, as there are loads of people on the high street at present, who are all competing for your business at present. There are some great ways to find the best company who will ultimately help you to get the best money for your products. For example:

· If you have the internet, then this is a fantastic place to start looking for a jeweller who specialises in old gold jewellery.
· It is really important to determine as to whether the items you have are solid gold or just gold plates. If it is gold plated then unfortunately it won’t be worth anything much.
· A good way of working out as to whether you have a solid gold piece of jewellery or not is to hold a magnet next to the piece of jewellery, if they stick together then the jewellery you have will not be pure gold, however it may still be worth getting it checked out as it may be what is known as alloy gold, and may still be worth something.
· If submerge the item in water and it floats then this item is NOT gold.
· You can find the carat of gold you have by looking for the hallmark on your item of jewellery, this will help you to find the carat, hallmarks usually come as numbers such as if your hallmark says, 375 then this is 9ct gold, if it is 585 then it is 14ct, 750 it is 18ct gold or 916 then it is 22ct, the higher the ct the more the gold is likely to be worth.

If you are still unsure as to whether you have a genuine gold piece, then the best way of finding out is to venture down to your local gold dealer for a more concise valuation.