One visit to Ancient Gold Jewelers is all it takes to discover that owner James Hatadis has had a life-long fascination with gold and gemstones. He recalls his childhood games always included a ‘gold treasure’. But in 1980, along with mining partner Sid Walker, Hatadis hit a small mother-lode with a Keene gold dredge along the North Fork of the Yuba River in eastern Sacramento Valley, California. That fortuitous strike jumpstarted his learning to make jewelry while he entered into gemological training. While maintaining its devoted clientele that have been coming in for years, Ancient Gold Jewelers welcomes new customers who are dazzled by the one-of-a-kind selection of artistic jewelry found only at this store. Visitors are taken by the...
