Join us as we head up the Yellowstone River in Montana on our search for Moss Agates and Petrified Wood. Montana is known as the Treasure...

How The Metal Detector Was Invented. Mr. Fisher who was experimenting with radio signals in the 1920s for the US Navy stumbled upon the...

Dump Diving For Old Bottles. Some pretty awesome antique bottle finds and a whole lot of fun as well.

Pre-Scouting Treasure Hunting Spots. You can use these pre-scouting tips and techniques on land, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Find old...

A Reader Scored Sterling Despite "Bad News" from the Seller. The seller looked through the jewelry for marks and others were using loupes

Today I want to cover moveable jewelry. What exactly is moveable jewelry you ask? It is jewelry that has a moveable part to it. What type

Sterling Candle Stick Holders - A Steal of a Deal. www.treasurefever.com

Here's a find that took place at a yard sale this summer. But this find starts a couple years earlier, let me explain. In my spare time I

With some of the basics out of the way, we are finally going to discuss some of the characteristics of natural solid opals....

Let’s discuss natural solid opals. These are the opals mined from the ground. These rough chunks are cut into one solid piece of opal....

Doublets and triplets – Oh My! Would this be a parent’s worse nightmare or best blessing? Just kidding. I’m not referring to the amount...

Let’s start the opal article series with the ones to avoid paying high prices for. These include the imitation opals (fakes), not...

https://youtu.be/UxQU66PWMMY Good Luck and Happy Hunting, ~Vicki Priebe Author of "Cheap Gold and Silver"

Here’s an awesome tip, complete with pictures, sent in from one of my readers. My reader wanted an easy way to determine if an item is...

Here’s a picture of my latest sterling silver find and the story to go with it. This past Friday I visited a few thrift stores that I...

https://youtu.be/n8T4qkJYxdw Good Luck and Happy Hunting, ~Vicki Priebe Author of "Cheap Gold and Silver"

Although this particular bracelet isn’t solid gold or silver, these types of vintage Damascene panel bracelets can be made from precious...

I know, it was Ms. Scarlet in the Kitchen with the Candlestick! Oh wait, we aren’t playing the board game “CLUE”. My love of games...

https://youtu.be/9a0J8ojFi4g Good Luck and Happy Hunting, ~Vicki Priebe Author of "Cheap Gold and Silver"

Here’s one of my latest treasure acquisitions. It is a sterling silver, horseshoe with a gnome standing inside it (see the pictures...