Finding Hidden Treasure In Unexpected Places

You probably already know that your old appliances and electronics may contain enough gold to make it worth your while to harvest and sell it, but these aren't the places where you might find gold or other precious metals. Sometimes, hidden treasures are found in places where you wouldn't ordinarily expect them to be. Following are just a few of the places where you might find valuables where you least expect to. 

Old Homes and Gardens 

If you have recently purchased or inherited an older home, for instance, there's a chance that literal buried treasure exists on the property, especially if it's been a long time between interior remodeling projects or lawn and garden renovations. Great Depression homeowners sometimes hid valuables in fence post holes to keep them safe from intruders. If old fencing or traces of it still exists, doing some exploring in their particular vicinity is well worth a try. Home garden spots were also favorite places to hide coins, jewelry, and other objects -- always use a metal detector before digging so that you minimize lost time and effort. Treasures have been found hidden under floorboards in old barns as well, so if you've got one on your property, keep an eye out for external floorboards that aren't quite in sync with the others and anything that otherwise appears as if it could be used as a trap door. Chicken coops were also used as hiding places because chickens make enough noise when intruders enter their space to alert homeowners that something is wrong. Other places to check are:

• Old pipes in the basement that are no longer in use and have been capped. 
• Old medicine cabinets -- especially the kind that have a built-in opening designed to hold razor blades. Homeowners of yesteryear often stashed coins in these. 
• Clothesline posts that have been hollowed out. 
• Openings in the walls behind shelving, cupboards, and surfaces where pictures have been hung. 
• Under porch steps, inside door locks, and in hollowed-out beams.

If you've got a creek or pond on your property, consider dragging it -- these are popular places for thieves to throw valuables when attempting to elude law encroachment officers. always check with law enforcement to ensure that the valuables aren't currently the subject of an ongoing investigation. 

Old Furniture 

If you're an estate sale enthusiast, it is worth checking out that dusty old dresser or sideboard with good ones you picked up at a local sale for hidden stashes of coins, jewelry, and other treasures -- or perhaps you've recently purchased an old home that contains some of the original furnishings or have inherited furniture from an elderly friend or relative. Whatever the case, always make sure to check the pieces out thoroughly for any hidden compartments that may contain hidden stashed of coins, jewelry, or other valuable items. Place to look include hollow bed posts, false bottoms in drawers and cabinets, and hidden compartments in desks. Hollowed-out wooden chair legs were another popular place to hide valuables during the Great Depression. 

Old Trophies 

An extremely overlooked source of gold and other precious metals is old trophies. You often see these languishing unsold at estate sales, and few people are thrilled when older relatives bequeath them their trophy collections. Many old trophies were gold or silver plated, however, so check with a qualified jeweler or pawn broker if you suspect they may have more than sentimental value. Old medals may also be good sources of precious metals.  Please feel free to contact a site like http://www.desertjewelrymart.com at your earliest convenience for more information on this topic.