Prospecting for Gold Indoors? Here Are the Tools You Need

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Prospecting for Gold Indoors? Here Are the Tools You Need

If you search online for “gold hunting tools,” you will find gold prospecting kits made to be used outdoors, which leads to this question… What tools will you need if you plan to hunt for gold indoors, not outdoors? After all, some of the biggest gold finds can be found in old factories and industrial buildings, not in stream beds. If you’re hunting in indoor locations, here is some of the equipment you should bring along:

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Checklist of Old Electronic Devices that Contain Gold

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Checklist of Old Electronic Devices that Contain Gold

If you want to make someone laugh, try mentioning some of the devices we’re going to discuss in this post today. Mention an eight-track tape player? Hey, that’s funny! A Commodore 64 computer? Stop, you’re killing me! There’s no question that many of the popular electronic devices of yesterday are objects of ridicule today. But laughable or not, all of them contain small amounts of gold, silver, and other metals that can be worth recycling for cash, provided you can collect 100, 200, 500 or more of them or more. What old devices are lying around at yard sales, junk shops and other places? Let’s take a closer look.

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Have a Gold Nugget Vacation this Summer

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Have a Gold Nugget Vacation this Summer

If you are wondering what to do on a summer vacation this year, we have a suggestion for you. Why not go looking for gold nuggets? Even if you don’t find much gold, you will still have an outdoor adventure in beautiful settings. And if you do find gold, that will be even better, right?

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There’s Gold in Them There Pistol Grips...

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There’s Gold in Them There Pistol Grips...

I happened to be walking down the block anyway, so I was stopping along the way to look. Then in one window, I saw some items I had never seen before. There on display were three pairs of jeweled pistol grips. 

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Million-Dollar Gold Discoveries that Are Worth Only Pennies

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Million-Dollar Gold Discoveries that Are Worth Only Pennies

Did you ever find a gold collectible that looked like it was worth a ton of money… but which turned out to be worth only a few pennies or dollars? If that has happened to you, don’t feel ashamed. Sooner or later, we all learn the hard way that the world is full of priceless-looking gold items that are worth a dollar or two at most. Here are some items that appear much more valuable than they really are.

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What Is Gold Leaf and Can It Be Recycled?

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What Is Gold Leaf and Can It Be Recycled?

In the ancient world, hammers were used to beat pure 24-karat gold into leaf. Over time, more sophisticated manufacturing processes have been developed to produce extremely thin films of gold, and those films have been used to cover even bigger surfaces. 

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Why You Need an Expert to Test Your Gold-Plated Items

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Why You Need an Expert to Test Your Gold-Plated Items

Not long ago a gold investor we know was looking at two eyeglass frames he found at an antique store. One was worth more than $50.00 because it was old and gold-filled; the other was worth only a few dollars because it was new and thinly electroplated with only a tiny amount of gold. But the funny thing was, they both looked about the same. 

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How to Turn Aluminum Cans into Solid Gold

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How to Turn Aluminum Cans into Solid Gold

Something amazing happened on January 15, 2017. That was the day when William Strimp, the owner of an automotive junkyard in Washobee, Kansas, accidentally turned 24 aluminum cans into more than $2,000 worth of 24 karat gold. Here’s the story, as told by Strimp to WCFT Topeka News 17 . . .

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Where Can You Find Gold and Valuables Hidden in Clothing?

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Where Can You Find Gold and Valuables Hidden in Clothing?

Why would anyone hide gold and other valuables in clothing? There are many reasons. Sometimes people want to conceal valuables when they are traveling to other countries. Sometimes they want to hide valuables in clothing in the belief that home burglars will not look there. And sometimes they stash cash and coins to conceal income from the IRS. 

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Will King Tut Put Gold in YOUR Pocket?

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Will King Tut Put Gold in YOUR Pocket?

King Tut has been making the news again lately. That’s quite an achievement for a boy king who has been dead for about 3,000 years. What’s the news? A group of archaeologists from Italy are about to take advanced imaging equipment into Tut’s tomb – equipment that can “see” through 40 feet of solid rock and take images – to determine whether there are additional chambers in the tomb that haven’t yet been explored... 

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Incredibly Odd Questions about Gold

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Incredibly Odd Questions about Gold

We’ve heard a lot of odd questions about gold over the years, and we’ve been saving them up. Today, we’d like to share some of them with you and tell you the answers. Question One: Is it true that the human body contains gold?

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Is Men’s Jewelry about to Make a Comeback in the Trump Era?

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Is Men’s Jewelry about to Make a Comeback in the Trump Era?

Before his foray into politics, Donald J. Trump had his own line of jewelry that was marketed under the Donald Trump brand. His branded items included tie bars, watches, cufflinks, and more. If you look on eBay, you will find a lot of them. Does that mean that men’s jewelry is posed to make a comeback during the Trump presidency? 

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What You Need to Know about Getting Value from Thin Layers of Gold

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What You Need to Know about Getting Value from Thin Layers of Gold

All that glitters might be gold – either a lot of gold or just a little of it. There is only one way to tell. Call Specialty Metals Smelters and Refiners at 800-426-2344 and tell us what you have. We’ll explain how to send your items to our state-of-the-art labs for testing and evaluation. We can tell you just what you have, recycle it and issue you prompt payment at full current trading prices. 

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Going Hunting with a Metal Detector? Here Are the Best Places to Look

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Going Hunting with a Metal Detector? Here Are the Best Places to Look

Beaches are the best places to go hunting for gold and other precious metals with a metal detector. But there many other places where you can use a metal detector to discover gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals…

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Alert Crook Snatches 86 Pounds of Gold and Walks Away

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Alert Crook Snatches 86 Pounds of Gold and Walks Away

Most gold heists are executed by clever thieves who plan for months or years and then execute their crimes under the cover of darkness. But not all thefts are like that. In today’s post, let’s look at some lessons that the heist teaches about the gold you already own. 

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What Will Happen to Gold Prices if The U.S. Pulls out of TPP and NAFTA?

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What Will Happen to Gold Prices if The U.S. Pulls out of TPP and NAFTA?

If he carries through with his plans and withdraws our country from both trade agreements, what will that mean for the price of gold, both in the U.S. and internationally. In truth, it is a bit difficult to predict, but here are some factors that could affect the price of gold.

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Eliminate the Middle Man and Get More $$$ for Old Gold Jewelry

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Eliminate the Middle Man and Get More $$$ for Old Gold Jewelry

If you have a small quantity of old jewelry, you’re not alone. Many people have dresser drawers or old jewelry boxes that contain a jumble of chains, cufflinks, pins, rings, and even small bits and pieces like earring clasps. If you have items like that lying around, you’re probably stalling about figuring out exactly what you have. It’s all just costume jewelry, right, so why hurry? 

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Your Guide to Incredibly Useful 2016 Posts on the Gold Refiners Blog

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Your Guide to Incredibly Useful 2016 Posts on the Gold Refiners Blog

The GoldRefiners.com editorial team had a very busy 2016, writing a total of 45 blog posts on a variety of topics. Some posts contained only nuts-and-bolts advice on finding gold. Others covered politics and trends. And some were a little wacky. Yet we did our utmost to deliver practical, usable advice in every post we wrote. In today’s post, we’ll organize those 2016 posts by topic, so you can quickly find the information you’re looking for. 

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