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I came up with another method that might be better:  a Gradient Map.

• Open a B&W adjustment layer with the same settings as what I described above.
• Reduce the opacity of the B&W adjustment to about 40%. (This amount can be played with later to refine the result.)
• Open a Gradient Map adjustment layer above the B&W layer. Change the blend mode to Color.
• Set the colors of the gradient map to be gold for the light values and whatever you like for the dark values.
• If you want, you can add additional color stops into the gradient map, but for now I'm just using two colors (see settings below).

This method will put some stray gold into areas where it should not be, but the obvious ones can be masked away. What I like about this method is that it does a better job on the transitional border areas.

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