Coin & Jewelry Buyers for Julington Creek
For Julington Creek, the drive beats the mailer: about thirty-five minutes down SR-13 and SR-16 puts your coins, jewelry, and bullion on a real counter instead of into an envelope. You get an evaluation you can question, an offer off the live market, and payment before the drive home.
What we buy.
Jewelry — gold, platinum, silver, diamonds
- Gold, platinum, and silver jewelry in any condition — worn daily, broken, bent, mismatched, or missing stones
- Designer and signed pieces — Cartier, Tiffany & Co., David Yurman and others — checked for collector value before anything is priced as metal
- Diamonds, set or loose, with or without a certificate — graded on cut, color, clarity, and carat
- Estate and inherited jewelry — bring the whole box; separating real from plate and stones from paste is our job, not yours
The drawer of gold that never gets worn — broken, single, outgrown — sells for its metal, tested in front of you. Call (904) 500-2646 for a ballpark first.
Coins — US, world, and certified
- US type coins and key dates — Morgan and Peace dollars, Walking Liberty halves, Mercury dimes, Indian and wheat cents, and the better dates in every series
- PCGS and NGC certified coins, graded sets, proof and mint sets, and commemoratives
- 90% junk silver by the roll, the bag, or the coffee can — priced off live silver
- World coins, Spanish colonial and shipwreck pieces, and whole collections or inherited albums — evaluated coin by coin, never dumped on the scale
A collection from a riverside home is graded coin by coin here, not weighed as a lot. Call (904) 500-2646 before bringing it and the time is set aside.
Bullion — coins, bars, and rounds
- American Gold and Silver Eagles, Canadian Maple Leafs, South African Krugerrands, and Gold Buffalos
- Bars and rounds from any mint, one gram to one kilo — sovereign and generic both priced off live spot, with the difference explained
- Monster boxes, tubes, and stacks built over years — call ahead for volume and the time and the payment are ready when you arrive
- Platinum and palladium coins and bars
Eagles, rounds, and bars sell off live spot while you watch. For volume, call (904) 500-2646 and the payment is ready when you arrive.
Also bought at the same counter
- Luxury watches — Rolex, Omega, Breitling, Cartier, TAG Heuer, and Tudor — running or not, with or without box and papers
- Designer handbags and accessories, authenticated at the counter
- Sterling silver flatware, hollowware, and tea services
- Sports cards — graded slabs and raw collections
What Julington Creek brings us most.
- Coins and collections — evaluated for date, grade, and rarity
- Gold and silver jewelry, worn daily or sitting in a drawer
- Bullion — government coins, rounds, and bars of any size
- Broken gold, single earrings, class rings, and other odds and ends
Down the river road from Julington Creek
Follow SR-13 south along the St. Johns River, pick up SR-16 east, and come into St. Augustine where SR-16 meets US-1; turn south and our counter at 112 N Ponce de Leon Blvd is minutes away, free parking on site. Thirty-five minutes, or take CR-210 to I-95 south and Exit 318 when the river road is slow.
Sellers come down from Julington Creek and Fruit Cove every month, mostly with the ordinary and the inherited: a drawer of broken and outgrown gold, class rings, a parent's coin collection, a few Eagles, the occasional watch. Common silver prices off the live board; better dates and grades price off the collector market, and you get whichever is higher.
Why drive rather than use something closer or a mailer: here the testing, the offer, and your decision all happen with the items still in your hands, at a dedicated buying counter where people grade coins and test metal for a living, seven days a week. Call first and we will give you a ballpark by phone or by text with photos.
Weighed, tested, paid — no surprises.
- Weighed and XRF-testedA certified scale and XRF analysis at the counter — we are transparent about what we find and will answer any questions about your items.
- An offer off the live spot boardPriced from the same live spot chart on our prices page, or the collector market — whichever is worth more to you.
- Paid the same dayAccept and you are paid on the spot. Decline and everything goes back in your pocket — no pressure, no fee.
How the offer is built
Your items go on a certified scale and under the XRF analyzer in front of you, so karat and purity are read from the metal itself, not from a stamp.
The offer comes off the live spot board at the moment you sell — the same board on our prices page — and when a coin, a signed piece, or a watch carries a collector premium, that premium is priced in on top of the metal.
Competing quotes are welcome. Get one elsewhere if you like, then make us your last stop — we would rather sharpen a number than watch you sell somewhere else.
What we sell.
The same counter sells: gold and silver bullion at live spot — Eagles, Maple Leafs, bars, and rounds — plus certified coins, Goldbacks, pre-owned jewelry and watches, and authenticated designer goods.
Browse the showroom at 112 N Ponce de Leon Blvd or shop online at callthevault.com. Anything you sell us can go straight toward something from the showcases in the same visit.
About 35 minutes via SR-13 and SR-16
Follow SR-13 south along the river, pick up SR-16 east, and come into downtown St. Augustine — about thirty-five minutes to our counter at 112 N Ponce de Leon Blvd, free parking on site. The payoff for the drive is certainty: your items never leave your hands until you have accepted an offer and been paid.
The short version.
- The Vault & Co. is a registered Florida secondhand dealer under Chapter 538 of the Florida Statutes — not a pawnbroker. It buys items outright and never makes loans.
- Sellers are paid the same day by cash, check, or bank transfer.
- The counter at 112 N Ponce de Leon Blvd in downtown St. Augustine is open seven days a week with no appointment needed — Monday to Friday 9–6, Saturday 10–4, Sunday 11–4.
- Florida law requires a government-issued photo ID for every precious-metal purchase.
- The Vault & Co. is a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating and has been in business since 2020.
- The Vault & Co. serves Julington Creek from its downtown St. Augustine counter, about 35 minutes via SR-13 and SR-16, and gives ballparks by phone or text at (904) 500-2646 before the drive.
Asked before the drive.
Why drive from Julington Creek instead of mailing gold away?
Mail-in buyers quote after your gold is already in their building, which is exactly backwards. At our counter the testing, the offer, and your decision all happen with the items still yours — and if you decline, you simply take them home.
Are my coins evaluated for collector value or just melted weight?
Both, and you get whichever is higher. Common silver prices off the live board; better dates and grades price off the collector market.
Can I get a ballpark before I drive from Julington Creek?
Yes. Call (904) 500-2646, or text photos of what you have to the same number, and we will give you an honest ballpark — enough to know whether the trip is worth it. The firm offer happens at the counter once the piece has been weighed, tested, and seen in person.
What does saying no cost me?
Nothing. The evaluation is free and the offer carries no strings — plenty of sellers take a day to think it over, and the market of the day they return sets the fresh number.
Is The Vault a pawn shop?
No. We are a registered Florida secondhand dealer, not a pawnbroker. We buy your items outright and pay you the same day — there are no loans, no interest, and nothing to buy back.
Do you buy broken or damaged gold?
Yes. Broken chains, single earrings, bent rings, and pieces missing stones all sell for their metal — weighed, XRF-tested, and priced off live spot. Dental gold too. Nothing needs repairing or cleaning first.
Do I need an appointment to sell from Julington Creek?
No — walk in. The counter is open seven days a week: Monday to Friday 9–6, Saturday 10–4, Sunday 11–4. Only large collections or estates need a call ahead so we can set aside the time, and for the largest we come to you.
What ID do I need to sell?
A valid government-issued photo ID — driver license, state ID, passport, or military ID. Florida law requires us to record it for every precious-metal purchase, even for a single ring. Certificates, boxes, and receipts help but are never required.
Trusted across the First Coast
Bring it to the counter.
Call first and we will give you a ballpark by phone, or text photos of your items to the same number. 112 N Ponce de Leon Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32084 — open seven days a week, free parking on site; walk in with a photo ID and your items.
