Record prices have amateur prospectors buying picks and ‘pay dirt’ buckets and dreaming of stumbling on the motherlode ...

The Dream Mat Sluice Box made today’s gold prospecting session unforgettable! From river material to every pan, we found flakes and nuggets that fueled our gold fever. Watch the full adventure in ...

Gold has risen to $4,000 an ounce right now. Here in Arizona, the price spike has led to an increase in prospecting club ...

Around 1860, prospectors came to Idaho to find gold in the Boise Basin. The bet was solid, and word got out as people came here to stake claims. This Discovery of gold set one of the largest ...

Ezra, my 11-year-old son, and I clung to a thin rope as we scrambled down a steep, rocky hillside into a narrow river canyon. Using the rope, shovels and our muddy boots to slow our descent through ...

Tales of prospecting for gold may conjure up images of treasure hunters victoriously uncovering massive rocks of the valuable metal. In reality, prospecting was hard, back-breaking work, with days ...