If These Movies About Gold Don’t Get You Excited About Recycling, What Will?
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Just spend a day binge-watching some of these classic movies about gold. Their characters are excited about gold – and shouldn’t you be too?
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Is White Gold Worth More than Other Gold?
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The title of today’s post reflects a question that we heard from a caller recently, who asked, “Is white gold worth more than other gold . . . it contains platinum, right, so it should be worth more per ounce than other gold.” The caller’s reasoning is sound, but unfortunately the answer to his question is a bit more complex than he might realize. Here are some facts that clear up the confusion.
Read MoreCan You Accurately Test Gold at Home?
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Although those kits are useful, they cannot take the place of the thorough testing and analysis that is offered by a qualified gold refinery like Specialty Metals Smelters and Refiners, the parent company of GoldRefiners.com. Acid-testing kits can only determine the gold content of small individual items like rings or earrings. They can’t determine the gold content in materials like these, which we regularly test for our customers
Read MoreHow Much Gold Does Donald Trump Own?
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It’s no secret that rich and famous people like to own gold. Some of them buy it as an investment. Others wear it as jewelry or even makeup. Still others like to decorate their homes, cars and boats with the metal. How much gold do ultra-rich people own? And how much gold did famous people who are no longer living own? We did some research. Here’s a summary of what we learned.
Read MoreWhy Not Spend Your Next Vacation Looking at Gold?
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People have been enthralled with gold since ancient times. If you love it too, why not spend part of your next vacation looking at it, learning about it – and maybe even finding some and bringing it home? There are many ways to make gold part of your vacation. Here is just a small sample of what you can do.
Read MoreDiscoveries of Gold and Silver Encourage Us All to Keep Hunting for Precious Metals
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Keep looking! Gold and other precious metals are still out there waiting to be discovered. If you doubt it, here are some stories that should make you think again...
Read MoreNew Book Reveals Best Places in America to Pan for Gold
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You don’t have to invest a ton of money before you go out and look for gold. If you want to, you can actually start by using your hat to scoop up gravel and silt from the bottom of streams. If you do a little searching online, you will find that plenty of equipment is available for casual and serious hobbyists.
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know about Investing in Gold Medals
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It is also important to consider collectible value. Like rare coins, some rare and significant commemoratives can have value to collectors that makes them worth more than the melt value of the metals they contain. But be aware of this: Gold-toned commemoratives that are being sold currently by commercial mints are usually plated with extremely thin layers of gold – not enough to be worth recycling.
Read MoreWhere to Look for Small, Easy-to-Find Pieces of Gold that You Can Recycle Profitably
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The best thing about looking for small pieces of gold is that if you start looking, you are really going to find them. (That cannot be said if you go out and buy a metal detector, for example, or if you put on scuba gear and start poking around on the ocean floor.) Here are some of the places where you are going to find small pieces of gold.
Read MoreThree Unexpected Places You Could Find Sunken Gold
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That’s exciting, but have you stopped to think that gold can be found underwater in other locations too – in places you don’t need a boat or scuba gear to explore? That’s what we’re going to write about today. Here are three wet places where you stand a good chance of finding gold.
Read MoreInvestment Strategy - Give Gold to Your Children Now Tax-Free, Watch it Appreciate
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If you’ve been watching gold prices over the last month, you’re aware that trading prices have fallen to historical lows. That leads to the obvious conclusion that this is a pretty bad time to sell gold. But here’s a contrarian investment idea to consider. If you have gold that you don’t want to sell now, why not give it to your children?
Read MoreWhy the Gold Kentucky Derby Trophy Could Be the Most Valuable Trophy Ever Made
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Odds are that you will never find a trophy like that one at a yard or estate sale, or find a gold or gold-plated trophy either. But you will find silver-plated and even solid sterling trophies that you can recycle using a qualified silver refinery like Specialty Metals Smelting and Refining, the parent company of GoldRefiners.com.
Read MoreCan You Reclaim Gold from Antique Ronson and Zippo Lighters?
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Although chances are slight that the lighter will contain a quantity of gold that is worth recycling, a small number of lighters have been made over the years with gold and gold-filled cases that really do contain gold that can be profitably recycled – they’ll pay back your $25.00 investment four or five times over or maybe even more. If not, chances are you can sell the lighter on eBay and get your investment back anyway.
Read MoreIs There Hidden Treasure in Your Home?
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If you own an old house, there is a pretty good chance that a previous occupant hid something valuable in it. People conceal valuables to hide them from thieves and from their own family members. Sometimes they hide cash they have earned to avoid paying income tax on it. Sometimes they even hide things that they have stolen.
Read MoreDon’t Fall Victim to “Cash for Gold” Scams
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The words “Cash for Gold” have been cropping up nearly everywhere recently. They appear in ads on billboards, on loose ads in packets that arrive in the mail, and even on store signs. It seems kind of odd that there is so much demand for your gold at a time when it’s not trading at top-of-market prices, doesn’t it? And in fact, it is kind of odd. But there is an explanation, and not a very happy one...
Read MoreShould You Recycle, Keep, or Sell that Old Gold Watch?
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There is money to be made recycling the gold that is found in watches in this category. Forty or 50 years ago, many American watch companies like Gruen and Waltham made watches with cases that were gold-filled (i.e., plated with thick layers of gold that are worth recycling). Still other American companies imported Swiss watch movements and put them in gold-filled cases. Less-than-high end watches with gold-filled cases are often good candidates for recycling.
Read MoreSome Solid Advice on Investing in Gold Coins
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Gold coins can be valuable because of their melt value – the amount of gold that can be extracted from them by a gold refinery. They can be worth even more because of collectible value – if they are rare, historically significant, in beautiful condition, or possess other extras that collectors are looking for.
Read MoreAll that Glitters Could Be Gold . . . In America’s Fading Movie Palaces
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But how much gold is really to be found in the interiors of old theaters? If you get involved in demolishing one or have the opportunity to comb through architectural materials that were salvaged from an old theater, how much gold are you going to be able to reclaim and recycle?
Read MoreGold Refining – Everything You Need to Know about Aqua Regia
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Granted, it is not that hard to get your hands on nitric or hydrochloric acid and start experimenting with it. You can mix it up, toss in some printed circuit boards, stand back, and watch them bubble and dissolve. But our advice to you is, don’t do it. Lots of bad things can happen to you, including severe burns, lung damage, even explosions and fires.
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