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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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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Why It Is So Difficult to Find Buried Gold... and How to Do It Anyway

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Why It Is So Difficult to Find Buried Gold... and How to Do It Anyway

It can be very hard to find gold that is buried underground, even if it is found in something as big as a locomotive. Here are some of the reasons why:

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How to Eliminate the Middle Man and Get the Most Money for Your Gold Scrap

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How to Eliminate the Middle Man and Get the Most Money for Your Gold Scrap

When you have gold to sell, you need to be talking to a company like Specialty Metals Smelters and Refiners. And we’re not making you an empty, hard sales pitch when we say that. There are some very solid reasons why we should be the company you choose to handle all your recycling and refining needs...

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Congratulations! You Just Won an Olympic Gold-Toned Medal Made of Base Metal

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Congratulations! You Just Won an Olympic Gold-Toned Medal Made of Base Metal

Have you been watching the Olympics? Are you filled with excitement whenever your favorite athletes climb to the top spot on the prizewinners’ stand to receive their gold medals? It’s a true crowning achievement in the lives of those elite competitors. How many people, after all, earn the most important awards in their professions? How many people work that hard for years and then see their labor repaid in such a visible way?

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Don’t Be Fooled by Gold on April Fool’s Day

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Don’t Be Fooled by Gold on April Fool’s Day

During the great gold rush, some prospectors were fooled by fool’s gold. It doesn’t happen often these days but sad to say, people continue to make other foolish mistakes about gold – and lose money. Let’s take a look at some of costly blunders people still make when buying or selling gold today.

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