The lure of removing valuable substances from the earth has been attracting humans for about 7000 years. Scientists can’t say exactly when this practice started, but according to some sources there ...

Gold diggers in southern Australia have found two huge nuggets worth $350,000 AUD ($250,000 USD) in historic goldfields. The pair of nuggets weigh in at a combined 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds) and were ...

The lucky prospector said: "oh wow, the wife's going to be happy with that" An Australian man using a budget metal detector has hit the score of a lifetime – a giant gold nugget worth $160,000. The ...

NEVADA CITY, Calif. — A 6.2-pound hunk of gold was auctioned for nearly half a million dollars in March after a man claimed he found it on his Sierra Nevada property, but it turns out it was actually ...

An amateur gold digger has found an enormous gold nugget worth 240,000 AUD ($160,000) in Australia. Discovered in the state of Victoria in an area known as the “Golden Triangle,” the gold-filled rock ...