The buyers with the Treasure Hunters Roadshow are proving that one person's trash, can truly be someone else's treasure.

The show rolled into Gainesville on Tuesday and took up residence at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1735 Browns Bridge Road, where it will stay until 4 p.m. Saturday.

"We had a woman bring in her mother's (old) gold teeth," said roadshow manager Kenny Watkins.

As outrageous as that may seem, maybe more surprising is that the show's buyers made her a deal.

"With the way the market is now, there's real money in scrap gold, silver and platinum," Watkins said.

The way the roadshow works is that potential sellers bring in their items, buyers examine them and assess interest from collectors before potentially making an offer.

If the seller accepts the offer, they are paid on the spot.

"I cut them a check before they leave," Watkins said.

"So far, one of the largest checks that I've written was for right around $2,000. The rest have been around $200 to $600."

For local sellers Tiffany Moon and Nadine Ham, the trip to the roadshow paid off.

"(We) brought in some old coins and jewelry," Moon said.

"And we're pretty pleased with the (check) we got."

The roadshow is based out of Illinois and travels around the country hosting five-day events, where buyers are looking to purchase just about any and everything. Items like Tiffany lamps, Lionel trains and even autographs have been snatched up by roadshow buyers.

"We started out with collectors looking for pressed metal toys," Watkins said.

"And now we have branched out to include many other types of items.

According to Arthur Isaac, one of the show's buyers, one of the more interesting items he's seen so far in Gainesville has been a 1959, student edition Gibson guitar.

"Most of the Gibson guitars have four knobs, but this one only has two. That makes it pretty unique," Issac said.

Sometimes an item's unusual nature, not its immediate monetary value, is what draws the buyers in.

"In Savannah, I purchased a (Spud McKenzie) lamp just because I thought it was unique," Isaac said.

Other sought after items include pre-1934 paper money, coins from 1964 or earlier, war memorabilia and historic documents.