Oakland Silver & Gold

11/13/2025

If you’ve been putting off any home repairs that you’re afraid might cost you a pretty penny, maybe you’ll hit a rich vein instead.

10/06/2025

01/27/2024

The renowned sculptor discusses her designs, her decades served in national organizations and committees, and the next generation of artists.

12/03/2023

Wow. What will the gold price be on Monday?

09/12/2022

"Joseph and Sarah clearly distrusted the newly-formed Bank of England, the 'banknote' and even the gold coinage of their day because they (chose) to hold onto so many coins dating to the English Civil War and beforehand. Why they never recovered the coins when they were really easy to find just beneath original 18th century floorboards is an even bigger mystery, but it is one hell of a piggy bank..."

When a couple living in an 18th-century North Yorkshire village home embarked on a renovation project, they were ready to spend money, and redoing the old kitchen floor was on the list.

08/19/2022

"Underwater explorers believe they have discovered treasure belonging to the notorious 17th-Century Scottish pirate William Kidd in the waters off Madagascar."

Underwater explorers believe they have discovered treasure belonging to the notorious 17th-Century Scottish pirate William Kidd in the waters off Madagascar.

02/17/2022

"As many gold bulls remain confused about why gold isn’t already heading for $3,000, the question really is, what can possibly stop it?"

It’s unpleasant to think in terms of a major European conflict, but the impact on everything, including gold, will be tremendous if a conflict escalates.

09/21/2021

"The government is trying to confiscate $86 million in cash and a stockpile of jewelry, rare coins and precious metals taken from about half of the boxes. But six months after the raid, the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles have produced no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the vast majority of box holders whose belongings the government is trying to keep."

This is a policy badly in need of review.

08/18/2021

Silver price extended last week's losses by plunging to its lowest level since September 2020. The decline is a reaction to the positive job numbers.

06/17/2021

"Milling-Stanley added that once this wave of panic selling ends, gold will still be in a good position to push back up above $1,900 an ounce and take a run at the record highs above $2,000 an ounce by the end of the year."

Kitco News' general-interest stories takes a look at what is making headlines in the marketplace and how that is impacting precious metals prices

04/05/2021

Two weeks ago, I described how the U.S. Mint is limited by federal statute from paying more than the paper market spot price for the metals it purchases to