Science Archaeology Huge gold nugget found by metal detector enthusiasts set for auction The 'Golden Beauty,' a sword made of meteorites, and more go up for sale on April 23. By Laura Baisas ...

The world’s biggest gold nugget ever found weighs as much as an adult man and it is a gold miner’s absolute dream. For people hoping to invest their fortune, gold has typically been a reliable ...

Turns out the most amazing gold nugget found in decades in the Sierra Nevada was a fake. Not fake gold, mind you. Just fake in that it was actually discovered in Australia - not on an amateur gold ...

A gold digger -- yes, really -- made quite the discovery while out in the Butte County foothills this summer. And we're just now learning about it.

One of the largest gold nuggets in modern times pulled from Northern California's Gold Country has sold to a secret buyer.

Tom’s Baby remains today the largest gold nugget ever found in Colorado,” the Town of Breckenridge explained when Prospector Park opened in 2015.

"Striking gold" is mainly a term to express when someone gets really lucky nowadays, but by golly, someone has actually done it. A 145-ounce gold nugget has been reportedly found in Victoria ...

This large gold nugget, thought to be worth £30,000 has been found in Shropshire. The discovery was made at an organised dig on farmland near Much Wenlock, near Wolverhampton. Richard Brock from ...

These massive gold nuggets were found by diggers on the Australian TV show Aussie Gold Hunters.

The Orr nugget, a thumb-size gold nugget found in Gold Canyon near present-day Dayton on June 1, 1850, by Mormon pioneer John Orr, led to Nevada’s first gold rush and the eventual discovery of ...

The largest gold nugget found in Scotland in more than 400 years has gone on display in a public collection. The “Douglas” gold nugget weighs 85 grams (three ounces) and was found in a river ...

The world’s largest ever gold nugget, discovered in 1869 during the Australian gold rush, remains a symbol of extraordinary wealth. Weighing as much as an adult man, the Welcome Stranger gold ...