Ezra, my 11-year-old son, and I clung to a thin rope as we scrambled down a steep, rocky hillside into a narrow river canyon. Using the rope, shovels and our muddy boots to slow our descent through ...

The gold rushes of the 19th century have long since ended, but there are still plenty of places you can hunt for the precious metal using a shovel, pan, metal detector, and more. In fact, recreational ...

When it comes to mining in Michigan, iron and copper tend to get top billing. However, I’ve discovered recently that gold can be found throughout the entire state. A good example is the Ropes Mine ...

Some or all links may be monetized.It’s been more than 170 years since California’s Gold Rush — but locals are once again finding gold dust, flakes and even nuggets glittering in the state’s rivers.

Weighing gold on a bottle cap scale. And making gold teeth from gold you've mined yourself. Sara Taylor is a Peace Corps volunteer based in Panama. She wrote to us after listening to our first gold ...

With the record rainfall over the winter and wildfires of recent years, treasure hunters are again combing the loosened rocks and soil of California for gold, according to reports. The original Gold ...

There's a gold rush in North Central Ohio and families are invited to stake their claims this weekend, for free. Prospecting takes place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at ...

A gold panner vanished after going to try to find water for his exhausted hiking companion, California rescuers reported. The two were hiking to the Middle Fork of the Feather River near Milsap Bar to ...

A screenshot from a video showing people wading into a river to pan for gold. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Footage circulated on Chinese social media over the weekend showed dozens of people ...