Scrap Gold
At Cookson we make selling your scrap as easy as possible, with a dedicated scrap expert guiding you through the process.
Materials you can send to us
We accept jewellery, dental and industrial scrap - just some of the materials we accept include:
- Jewellery Scrap
- Unwanted / damaged jewellery & watch parts
- Clean scrap
- Un-hallmarked
- Assayed bar
- Bench Lemels
- Sweepings (polishing, emery floor sweeps)
- Carpets & Floorings
- Vacuum bags
- Hand wash tank waste
- Dental materials
- Industrial materials
Returning your scrap to Cookson
Returning your scrap to Cookson is simple :
Visit our Counters in London or Birmingham
You can bring in your scrap metal directly into London- Hatton Garden trade counter or Birmingham- Jewellery Quarter trade counter. We can then answer any questions you might have on your metal items, value the scrap and pay cash direct over the counter.
Birmingham
59-83 Vittoria Street, Birmingham, B1 3NZ, Tel 0121 212 6420
Open: Mon-Thursday 9am to 4:30pm
Friday 9am-3:15pm
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London
49 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8YS - Tel 0207 400 6508
Open: Monday-Friday 9am to 4:30pm
Nearest Tube Station: Farringdon
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By Post
Simply post your scrap (we recommend you use special delivery) to your local Cookson Branch in Birmingham or London, who will then process your scrap, and contact you with the value.
Large Scrap Collections
For larger scrap collections simply call to arrange a on-site visit from one of our representatives.
Turnaround times
We aim to turn around jobs as quickly as possible, our aim is to process:
- Counter returns: Same day - whilst you wait !
- Clean and hallmarked scrap jobs: Same or next day
- Bench lemel or assayed bars: 3 working days
- Sweeps: 10 working days.
- Dental scrap: 3 working days
- Industrial material: 3 working days.
Our settlement terms
Our settlement terms couldn't be simpler. There are a number of options available to meet your individual requirements:
- Cash or Cheque
- Credit the precious metal contents directly into your metal account
- Financial account (so payment made to your monthly credit account)
- Bank transfer (over the value of £10,000)

























