“Finding Buried Treasure at a Historic House,” an article Alexis Gutter wrote for the This Old House website, lists a lot of valuable old items that members of the This Old House renovation crew found in a 300-year-old house in Bedford, Massachusetts. They found bells, buttons, part of a silver brooch, buckles, a chisel, old iron ox shoes (which are kind of like horseshoes, only bigger), and plumbing fixtures.

We have written before on this blog about good places to hunt for undiscovered precious metals – places like old jewelry factories, wells, drain pipes, and even graveyards.

Today, we would like to add one more place to look for old gold, silver, and platinum items that you can recycle profitably . . .

“EPA Allows Mine Company to Pursue Permits Near Alaska Bay,” an article that Becky Bohrer wrote for the Associated Press on May 12, reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of approving a permit for a new copper and gold mine in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska...