Inspired by the weekly "By The Numbers" page in Time magazine. This week I read in Time that the average car on the road in the US is 10.4 years. I found that shocking, and maybe some of these numbers related to gold will be equally shocking to you!

In the past few years a plethora of metals have emerged in the jewelry industry.  In the past, wedding rings were always made of gold or platinum.  The precious metals were used to symbolize the precious union of marriage. These days many men are looking to alternative metals because of cost.  Here are the down and dirty facts about many of the metals out there.