Armed with metal detectors and clad in broad-brimmed hats, each winter a legion of prospectors set off in search of fortune in the West Australian desert. People have prospected for gold around ...

Steve Herschbach has been a treasure hunter virtually all his life. Born and raised in Alaska, he was still in his single-digit years when his father took him gold panning for the first time. "I was ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The price of gold has continued to climb for the past 11 years. The precious metal synonymous with wealth has reached giddy heights, ...

Everyone knows the story of gold mining in Colorado — fortune-hunting ruffians working claims with pickaxes, guarding them with pistols and throwing back whiskey in mud-splattered mountain towns that ...

A Victorian man has unearthed a gold nugget while filming a prospecting tutorial video in WA's Goldfields with his wife. Kevin Richardson found the 7-ounce nugget under a shrub in bushland about 600km ...

Australia’s Golden Triangle may be named for the abundance of its cereal grains, but since the 1800s, it’s been an equally fertile ground for gold prospectors. It was recently the site for a once-in-a ...