The lucky prospector said: "oh wow, the wife's going to be happy with that" An Australian man using a budget metal detector has hit the score of a lifetime – a giant gold nugget worth $160,000. The ...

Not all heavy, rust-colored “gold rocks” are from Earth. In the historic goldfields of southeastern Australia, a prospector ...

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 ...

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A prospector was scanning his metal detector across an overgrown Australian sports oval that hadn’t been used since the 1950s when it began to sound. The distinct ring indicated it wasn’t a modern ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 30 (Reuters) - In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out of the earth. The retired retail worker was ...

Australian billionaires Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest have built their fortunes mining iron ore, but both have recently expanded into gold ...

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