In Reply to: Best bet is go to Denpasar..... posted by Baldie on Wednesday, 14. July 2010 at 07:18 Bali Time:
You can often buy pure gold, ie 24ct, its very yellow/orange gold in colour and its relatively soft.
As Baldie says above, look at possibly 70% gold or so.
I have a lovely solid hinged (ie not hollow, soft snd dintable) gold bracelet made from some of my old bracelets, necklaces, odd ear rings, links etc. The jeweller Burhan @ Permata Dewata, 6 Kalimantan Rd Denpasar arranged for my gold to be melted down and used it. Cost me 350,000rp