An Australian man discovered a rock with 82 ounces of gold in it using an amateur metal detector. Darren Kamp, a prospecting shop owner, said he bought the rock from the unnamed man in November.

Metal detecting has been around ... A.D. There is also a stamped pendant, a small gold bar, and two other jewelry fragments.

Rough Science has a gold theme running through it, and one of the challenges for the first episode was to make a metal detector to help locate this precious metal. Iron, gold and other metals ...

The prospector, who found it in late 2022 and wishes to remain anonymous, arrived at the Lucky Strike Gold prospecting store in Geelong, a city south-west of Melbourne, unaware of the value of his ...

The couple was out simply looking for a little gold with their metal detector, but ended up finding the largest from Kalgoorlie in more than half a century. At the time of writing, the bid for the ...

Ms DaSilva said the couple was looking forward to prospecting in the Kimberley this year after finding more than 150 grams of gold in the area last year. Armed with a $10,000 metal detector ...

Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his ...

An Australian couple was searching for gold using a metal detector in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in 1979 when they uncovered the largest gold nugget found in the region in the previous 50 years.