A Battle for Sunken Gold Treasure

There may soon be a battle over shipwrecked gold. This battle will probably be a legal one and not one fought on the high seas on a battleground, however.

A U.S. company discovered gold worth millions of dollars, but just because you discover a gold treasure doesn't mean you get to keep it when a sunken ship is involved.

Spain has staked its [ read more ]

Sell Gold Teeth and Gold Caps for Cash

As the media has noted, in recent years, getting gold teeth was a major trend. And we say trend because many people were not getting gold teeth because they needed them, but rather as a fashion statement. When it comes to gold teeth, there are gold dental crowns and then there are removable gold teeth, which are also known as caps or grills. Gold [ read more ]

Everyhing Gold is New Again

Earlier in the week, we gave you some of the history behind the "new" Double Eagle gold coin that is to be released next year. We refer to this gold coin as "new" because it is really a modern implementation of an old design.

Although he was around to see his design for the $20 gold coin receive some high praise, the designer, Augustus [ read more ]

Silent Film Star's Unique Gold Ring Goes to Auction

As we mentioned earlier this week while discussing gold pacifiers, there is a time to keep gold and a time to sell gold. No matter how much we like a gold item, we may find there comes a time when we want to part with it and accept cash for gold in its place.

In December, a gold ring that once belonged to a famous actress is going to be [ read more ]

Gold Ring That Was Lost in Flood is Found

It is great when something that was lost gets found. Earlier this week, we told you about how an alert parent at a Boys and Girls Club came across the gold and silver Olympic medals that were stolen from an Olympic swimmer. This is a great story because it has a happy ending. However we are still shaking our heads over the fact that the swimmer [ read more ]

Sell Your Unused Gold Chains

You may remember the fairy tale story about Rumplestiltskin—it involved a young woman tasked with spinning straw into gold. She could not complete this task on her own, but she was able to present the required gold with the help of Rumplestiltskin, And as you may also remember, Rumplestiltksin did not work for free.

The thought of gold being [ read more ]

Bringing Home the Gold from the Olympics

The other day an article in the satirical news publication The Onion joked that President Bush had asked the U.S. Olympic team to bring home the gold, literally. The joke was not that he was expecting the athletes competing in this summer's Olympics to return to the U.S. with gold medals, but that he literally wanted them to return from China with [ read more ]

Gold Hallmarks Contain Valuable Information

In general, a gold hallmark contains information about gold content and about the jeweler or manufacturer. Sometimes a hallmark is very straightforward. If a piece of jewelry is marked with 10k, 10kt or 10ct, then you know that this piece of jewelry is made with 10 karat gold.

Here in the United States, every piece of gold jewelry will not have [ read more ]

Disgraced Athletes Lose the Gold

A certain athlete's scandal is all the rage these days and we imagine that some people
are thankful because it takes the heat off of them. Still, we did notice one story that
is rather unfortunate--the Olympic Committee has decided that there is to be no winner for the women’s 100 meter in the 2000 Sydney Games. Perhaps you may recall that [ read more ]

Tour the Federal Reserve's Gold Vault

Did you know that you can tour the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City? It seems like such an important bank would be off-limits, but they welcome you to take a guided tour. The bank offers a free tour that lasts half an hour. And as you can probably imagine, gold plays a big part in the day-to-day operations at the Federal Reserve Bank and in [ read more ]