Whether you are looking to sell used guitars, trying to find wholesale diamonds, you are looking for diamond buyers, or you want to buy and sell watches, you will probably need to make your way to a pawn shop. Here are a few things that you should know before you make your way into one to sell used guitars.

1. Though it might not be the most rare, of all the precious metals, gold continues to be the most popular as an investment. Though there is some whispering that silver might very well take over in this aspect in the future.

2. Gold has been a popular precious metal around the world for well over a thousand years. In fact, it is so popular that worldwide, the total amount of gold that has been mined is well over 150,000 metric tons.

3. Though they are almost required these days, diamond rings were not the only choice for engagement rings in the past. One of the first recorded uses of a diamond engagement ring was in the proposal of Archduke Maximilian of Austria to Mary of Burgundy. He did so with a ring set with thin, flat pieces of diamonds in the shape of an M.

4. For thousands of years, gold has been highly valued as not only currency, but also as decoration. Through the course of history, gold has been utilized in decoration tombs and houses of worship, all across the world.

5. Though it is a commonly used term, many people do not know what 14K gold is. It is a mixture of 14 parts gold mixed throughout with 10 parts of another metal to create one of the most recognizable homogeneous mixtures in all of history. Research more like this.