A million-to-one find near an old Australian Gold Rush prospecting area turned out to be something far rarer than gold – a ...

In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock ...

Man’s “gold nugget” find in Australia turns out to be a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, offering rare clues to the early ...

SYDNEY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - 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 ...

But Gordon Pringle is adamant that Queensland exploration permit 28594, awarded to his private company Xringer Pty Ltd on May ...

A task that brought people from far and wide to certain parts of Australia in the 1800s could be making a comeback thanks to the price of gold skyrocketing in recent weeks. Gold panning can take hours ...

Australia’s Golden Triangle may be named for the abundance of its cereal grains, but since the 1800s, it’s been an equally fertile ground for gold prospectors. It was recently the site for a once-in-a ...

AUSTRALIA: Along a winding creek in eastern Australia’s Great Dividing Range, Jhob Drinkwater bends over his pan, digging patiently into the earth. He scoops up soil and gravel, shovelling them into ...

He had never been lucky enough since he started prospecting for gold, but he never gave up. Now, he has struck it rich as he unearthed a nugget heavier than a newborn and worth more than $300,000. The ...