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Money making hobby: panning for gold

Posted April 9, 2009 - 12:49 by Xin Lu

Making Extra Cash, Lifestyle

Gold flakes

Lately many Californians have been heading to the rivers and streams to prospect for gold. The increase in people taking up this activity has some newspapers writing about "the new gold rush". Although very few people can make a living off of finding gold, it is a decent money making hobby since gold is worth around $900 an ounce currently. Here is how you can get in on the action.

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Hoopde for sale. Starting price - $500. Winning bid - $226,521.

Posted November 19, 2008 - 10:25 by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Life Hacks, Making Extra Cash, Cars and Transportation

Crappy old car

I love stories like this. It gives me hope that one day, something “worthless” sitting in my garage will instantly fill up my daughters’ college funds. In this case, the seemingly worthless item was a rusty bucket of bolts called a 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Tempest. When I saw the pictures, I was surprised at the high starting bid of $500. Imagine how the owner felt when it netted him almost a quarter of a million dollars.

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