Crossing into Monmouth County: the drive from South Amboy
Get on the Garden State Parkway south in Sayreville, ride it a few exits to Exit 120 by Cheesequake State Park, and follow the local roads into Matawan. From there Route 34 runs south to the store at number 1102. If you would rather stay off the Parkway, Route 35 south through the Laurence Harbor side of Old Bridge gets you to the same place, just with more traffic lights.
It is a short trip across the county line, and there is parking right at the door. Aberdeen keeps weekday hours plus Saturday from 11 to 4, and is closed Sunday.
South Amboy's history, and what it left in the jewelry box
South Amboy sits where the Raritan River meets Raritan Bay, and it grew up around work. The Camden and Amboy Railroad, New Jersey's first, ran its line to the docks here in the 1830s, and for more than a century coal and freight moved from rail cars to boats along the shore. Clay dug in the area supplied local potteries and brickworks. It is still a small city of about 9,400 people, with Broadway as its main street, a North Jersey Coast Line station, and a waterfront where the docks have given way to Raritan Bay Waterfront Park.
Working families keep their gold for a long time and wear it hard. What tends to come out of homes like these: wedding bands worn thin, heavy gold chains, religious medals and crosses, a father's railroad or union ring, and silver dollars or gold coins somebody saved and never spent. Broken pieces are worth exactly what whole ones are when it comes to melt. A snapped chain pays the same as an intact one of the same weight and karat.
How broken gold and old coins are priced
Mixed and broken gold is sorted by purity before anything is weighed together. 10K is 41.7 percent gold, 14K is 58.5 and 18K is 75, so putting them all on one scale at one rate shortchanges whoever owns the higher-karat pieces. The XRF analyzer reads each one without acid. Coins are checked for date, mint mark and condition before anyone quotes a bullion price, since some are worth more to a collector than their metal. Sterling at 92.5 percent is separated from silver plate, which has little metal value.
For more detail, see how we handle coins, silver and gold jewelry by karat. Clearing out a parent's house in South Amboy? The estate service can come to you, and the estate jewelry guide walks through the steps.
Tested where the customer can see it
“Great service. Austin went through the whole process in front of us. We would recommend him for buying gold…”
William Kuhles, five-star Google review of Cash 4 Gold Trading Post in Aberdeen
South Amboy and the towns around it
Downtown along Broadway, the blocks around the train station, and the streets by Raritan Bay Waterfront Park, plus neighbors in Sayreville's Morgan and Parlin sections and in Laurence Harbor and the rest of Old Bridge. They all make the same short trip south to Route 34.
What South Amboy sellers bring to Aberdeen
Scrap gold, single earrings, coins in a jar, and anything in between. Pick a category below to see how it is priced.
The Aberdeen store, one county south
There is no store in South Amboy itself. Our closest one is in Aberdeen Township on Route 34, just south of Matawan, with parking at the door and walk-ins taken whenever it is open.
What a visit looks like
Empty the bag on the counter. Each piece is read on the XRF analyzer and weighed on a certified scale in view, grouped by karat, with coins looked at one at a time. The offer follows the live spot price that day and is broken out so you can see how each part was valued. Cash is paid on the spot if you accept. If you do not, everything goes back in the bag and nothing is owed.
A tangle of broken chains, a jar of old silver dollars, a ring nobody wears? Bring it down from South Amboy for a free test.
📞 Get a Free Appraisal: (732) 723-9090South Amboy cash for gold: frequently asked questions
Which Cash 4 Gold Trading Post store is closest to South Amboy?
Aberdeen, at 1102 NJ-34 in Aberdeen Township, about 15 to 20 minutes south across the Monmouth County line. Phone (732) 723-9090.
How do I get there from South Amboy?
Take the Parkway south to Exit 120 by Cheesequake State Park, go into Matawan, and head south on Route 34. Route 35 south through Old Bridge also works if you would rather avoid the Parkway.
Do you buy broken or scrap gold?
Yes. Broken chains, single earrings and bent rings are valued by weight and purity, the same as whole pieces of the same karat.
Will you look at old coins before melting them?
Yes. Each coin is checked for date, mint mark and condition first, and any collector value is quoted before bullion value is considered.
Is the Aberdeen store open on weekends?
Saturday from 11 to 4, plus weekday hours. It is closed Sunday. No appointment is needed.
Is this a loan?
No. We buy outright and do not lend, so there is nothing to pay back. If you want to keep the item and borrow against it, that is a job for a licensed pawnbroker.
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