Selling gold as in jewelry & tooth fillings?

[Orchidflower]

Articles in the paper lately about people stealing copper from empty homes and buildings now. Have you seen them?

 

[travelover]

Articles in the paper lately about people stealing copper from empty homes and buildings now. Have you seen them?

Copper theft is pretty common here. Some have died trying to steal live wiring.

Huron Daily Tribune - Copper, other metal thefts on the rise across Michigan, including the Thumb

Catalytic converters from parked cars are also being stolen for the platinum content.

 

[Orchidflower]

Makes you wonder what people wouldn't steal if we went into a Depression, eh? Scary thought.

 

[cute fuzzy bunny]

From the darwin awards 2007 list...

(28 July 2007, Czech Republic) A pack of thieves attempted to steal scrap metal from an abandoned factory in Kladno. Unfortunately for them, they selected the steel girders that supported the factory roof. When the roof supports were dismantled, the roof fell, fatally crushing two thieves and injuring three others.

(21 June 2007, Philippines) Three entrepreneurs planned to profit from stolen scrap metal. They entered a former US military complex and approached the prize: an abandoned water tank. Bedazzled by the potential upside, the three threw logic to the wind, and began to cut the metal legs out from under the tank. Guess where it fell? Straight onto the thieves. Their flattened bodies have not yet been identified.

(31 July 1997) Two teens were disassembling an electric tower with wrenches when it toppled to the ground. They apparently wanted to sell its aluminum supports for scrap, but they failed to realize the essential role the aptly named "support" plays in a 160-foot tower. One of the men was crushed by the collapse of the ten-thousand-pound tower, while the other dug himself out from under, a sadder but wiser man from his close brush with a Darwin Award. Reference: Associated Press

 

[Puzzley]

Another option for selling gold is a rare coin dealer, if you're in or near a city large enough to have one. Call your local dealer, and you'll find that many of them will buy gold of all types, not just coinage. You'll also find that these are usually reputable business people....