A Diamond & Gold Exchange

A Diamond and Gold Exchange operates out of First Financial Plaza on Eglin Parkway Northeast in Fort Walton Beach, and according to its own business listing has been in business for roughly 46 years, which would place its founding around 1980, making it one of the longer established jewelry businesses in this part of Okaloosa County. The shop’s core business centers on buying gold, silver, coins, and bullion from the public, functioning as a precious metals exchange as much as a traditional jewelry retailer.

Beyond buying and selling precious metals, the shop offers jewelry sizing and custom engraving services, and its listing describes gemologist-created pieces available for purchase, meaning customers can both sell unwanted gold or silver and shop for new or reworked jewelry in the same visit. The business describes itself as family-operated and Christian-based, and notably also produces handmade soaps as a side offering, an unusual pairing for a jewelry and precious metals business that suggests a genuinely small, personally run operation rather than a franchise location. The shop’s listing also notes that it supports the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit serving post-9/11 veterans, reflecting a community and charitable orientation alongside its retail operations, which fits the broader military community presence in the Fort Walton Beach area near Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field.

A Diamond and Gold Exchange keeps a five-day retail schedule, open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and closed Sunday and Monday. The business maintains its own website, which is a stronger indicator of active, current operation than many of the smaller shops in this survey that rely solely on directory listings. Customer reviews referenced in directory data give the business a strong reputation rating, though the specific volume and recency of those reviews were not independently verified for this write-up.

The Eglin Parkway Northeast address, within First Financial Plaza, falls inside Fort Walton Beach’s incorporated city limits according to U.S. Census Bureau records, distinct from several nearby stretches of the same road that sit just across the boundary in Cinco Bayou. For area residents looking to sell gold, silver, or coins, or shoppers wanting custom engraving or sizing work done locally rather than through a mail-in service, this Eglin Parkway business offers nearly a half century of continuous operation in the same general part of town. Anyone planning a visit should still call ahead to confirm current hours, since the 46-year figure comes from directory data rather than an exact founding date on the business’s own materials.