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This small piece of yellow metal is believed to be the first piece of gold discovered in 1848 at Sutter's Mill in California, launching the gold rush. James Marshall was superintending the ...

Discover how to create a custom men’s sapphire gold ring, crafted entirely by hand using simple tools and traditional techniques. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to transform raw nugget gold ...

June 8, 2011 — -- A gold nugget that sold at auction for $460,000 in March may, it turns out, actually be from Australia -- not California's gold country. Fred Holabird, the auctioneer who ...

Typical 18-karat gold is an alloy of 75% gold and 25% of one or more other metals, such as copper or silver. This miraculous nugget uses plastics instead of metal for that 25%.

A whopping 100-ounce gold nugget found in California last spring will go to auction March 15. The mega-find and high gold prices have triggered a new gold rush in them thar hills.

A treasure-hunting hobbyist in Scotland has unearthed a solid gold nugget worth an estimated £80,000, about $103,400 USD. It's worth more than $100,000. It's worth more than $100,000.

A massive gold nugget believed to be worth about $80,000 was discovered by a retired man in Western Australia who said he’s been searching the area for years with a metal detector.

The man found the nugget, weighing about 85 grams, or 3.02 ounces, while lying face down with a snorkel in the riverbed, a method that prospectors call “sniping.” ...

An amateur Australian prospector who hadn't had much luck searching for gold has struck it rich, unearthing a nugget heavier than a newborn baby and worth more than $300,000.

An anonymous donor from New Albany donated a raw gold nugget valued at $40,000 to $60,000. The donor told the Salvation Army he had found it in Australia. “He said the two happiest days of his life ...