Thrill of Collecting Treasures

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

People were able to have their gold, silver, coins, and paper money assessed or sold when Precious Metals Buyer and President of TC Precious Metals, Terry Burrill, hosted the Recycling Roadshow at Vegreville Legion Hall on October 28 and 29.

Burrill started collecting pennies in 1965 at six, when his grandfather handed him a handful of pennies and a blue book, and said to start collecting coins for Burrill’s collector badge because he was in Cub Scouts. “I have always been into collecting coins, but probably about 15 years ago, was when I saw some ads where they said to send us your gold, and we will send you a cheque. We thought, ‘Who would do that?’ So we didn’t go for it. We started up in the farmers’ market. The problem was that people don’t bring goods to this market; they go there to buy stuff. So, I started to do events that I hold all over.”

Burrill loves his job, as he enjoys interacting and visiting with the people in the communities.

His advice to people who want to get into collecting, buying, and selling treasures is to take some seminars and know how to spot fakes and forgeries.  You have to be a people person and love what you do.