A 12-year-old's "cool rock" sparked an industry that made North Carolina the nation's gold leader before California's infamous gold rush.

Investors who have bought into gold miners, pawnbrokers and jewellery retailers since the start of 2025 have struck gold, loading their pockets with more wealth and lifting their spirits higher.

In this modern-day gold rush, some amateur prospectors are going out in hopes of striking the motherload. Others are turning to social media to become gold digging influencers. Gold has been on ...

Nowadays, gold-digging is not just a woman’s game. For ages, men have accused women of being gold diggers. Nowadays, it’s not just a "woman’s game." Men are increasingly dating women for what they ...

COLORADO — The prospectors at Vic's Gold Panning in Black Hawk, Colorado describe themselves as "crazy." Using processes that date back more than 150 years, this group continues a long legacy of ...