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The Truth About Rainbows and Gold — And How to Find Real Hidden Treasure

Each year, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, in observation of the death of St. Patrick, a patron saint in Ireland. The day is filled with feasts, festivals, and folklore, such as the legend

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Why is Gold Valuable?

Gold has long been a symbol of wealth, nobility and extravagance. Its appeal is as old as time itself, with some of the earliest surviving gold artifacts dating back to the fourth millennium B.C.,

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Silver Halides in Early Film Technology

As a full-service refinery, precious metal sellers who are new clients of ours are often surprised about the variety of scrap we pay for. We do not accept certain types of silver-bearing photographic

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Gilded Ages: A Timeline of Great Moments in Gold History

Gilded Ages: A Timeline of Great Moments in Gold History

If you have been a reader of this blog for any length of time, you know that gold is a fascinating metal. Not only is it incredibly valuable, but in some way or another, gold is connected to events

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Why is this Mine the World’s Largest Source of Gold?

Since its discovery in 1886, the Witwatersrand Basin near Johannesburg, South Africa has produced more than 1.5 BILLION troy ounces of gold. That’s almost half of all the gold ever mined in the

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How One Silver Coin Rewrote History

The Hallaton Treasure is a hoard of gold and silver coins with many unique characteristics. It’s the largest hoard of British Iron Age coins ever found.

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