I have a really cool antique from the gold rush here.

It's a scale that dates back to the 18 hundreds.

Okay, Is there any gold in there?

Actually, there is.

There is.

Okay, that looks like a little bit of plaster.

Gold right there.

Yeah, it's great how, like when gold's raw like this, it really doesn't look like old, ugly, dirty brass.

But that's way gold looks actually got it from a friend who was clearing out a state in Minnesota.

It's really cool because the violin goal has never been opened.

I think it's worth around 1500 because of the antique historical value of the piece.

As cool as the gold is just rather have folding money and you have a scale I d'oh you would tie the two pans to it for whatever you're weighing in one side of your little counterweights and the other until it Alice straight up and down.

Nowadays, you just dropped a lot of scale on stock, right?

I was assuming was from the California Gold rush.

It does fit the time period because everyone needed one.

You would walk into a bar in San Francisco in 18.

50.

You know, that's a 22 brains of plaster, and then when they weigh it out, they weigh it out right there.

Um, this was your purse.

This was this was your wallet?

Sure.

I love gold just as much as the next guy, But why go into a store?

I'd rather use cash.

So how much do you think gold is worth back then in the gold rush?

Just as much as it's today.

Okay, well, you realize that I mean, what to account for inflation?

Announce of gold buys you basically the same thing today as it did back then.

The value really hasn't changed.

Just our money's got worth a lot less.

That's why they've been using gold is money for 6000 years Now, as far as your scale here.

Really, really interesting, but is basically worthless.

The problem is the common start.

It's no different than a beat up rusty lantern from the 18 fifties.

Okay, The gold, on the other hand, is always worth money.

Always will be.

Do you have an idea how much is in here?

I think it's about 10 grams.

Yeah.

For this stuff, I would pay you $40 a gram.

So there's 10 grams.

There will be 400 bucks.

Oh, and that would be it.

You can't do any better just cause it's a za package.

I think it has a lot more historical value.

I want $1500.

Okay?

No, it's need.

It's cute.

Basically, what you have here is you have some scrap goals.

There's no difference that it's in a plaster.

Gold mined gold from 18 50 gold.

Gold is gold border box.

That's what I could do.

Yeah, I don't think I could sell it for that.

Okay, well, thanks for coming in.

Thanks.

There's a reason my shop is called Golden Silver.

It's my two favorite things to buy.

Gold has held its value for thousands and thousands of years, but I'm not going over pay for it.