There’s a modern-day gold rush happening across the country as the price for the precious metal skyrockets. As of Monday, Nov ...

Dip a pan in river silt, swish it around, snag a shiny nugget, get rich. Who hasn’t dreamed of finding gold in the hills, valleys and streams? For my age group, we watched white-bearded prospectors on ...

It may be hard to believe, but there are specks of gold waiting to be discovered in most area streams — the reason Dean Ransom of Milton has been gold prospecting for 13 years. "I've always been ...

It’s a Saturday in mid-August in northern Montana, about 45 minutes outside Helena in an area informally referred to as Magpie Gulch by locals. Dustin LeDoux stands in an ankle-deep stream, the ...

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LIBBY, Mont. – Shovels in hand, covered in dust, they work in the sandy soil above Libby Creek in the Kootenai National Forest. Like so many before them, they search the hillside and creek for the ...

The largest hoard of gold coins from the British Iron Age, consisting of 933 pre-Roman coins, has been discovered in Essex.

CUDDEBACKVILLE – Want to go panning for gold? If so, you have to go no further than Orange County to be a prospector. The Tri-State chapter of the Gold Prospectors Association of America recently ...

Today everyone agrees that the park is well-guarded, while artisanal gold mining is officially prohibited. Those caught by the park’s rangers risk up to two years in jail and a hefty fine. Yet the ...