(Alberfb/iStock/Getty Images Plus) When you're prospecting for gold, sometimes you can find treasure of a different kind.

The world's largest gold nugget was found more than 150 years ago, unearthed just over an inch (2.54cm) below the ground by two English miners in Moliagul, Australia. In the years since, more ...

Gold is often seen as the ultimate symbol of wealth—shiny, precious, and hidden deep within the Earth. We think of it as something rare, locked away in mines or panning through riverbeds. But, ...

Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn’t too tricky: Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through large ...

(Saluda) December 15, 2006 - Gold has been found in the ground in Saluda. The Gold Summit Corporation has revealed the results of a soil and rock sampling. They found over an ounce of gold in samples ...