Tyler Mahoney joins Richmond Auctions to offer rare Aussie gold nuggets. Bid live in Greenville or online Sept 6, don’t miss ...

The largest surviving gold nugget found in the western hemisphere is a breathtaking nugget named The Boot of Cortez.

Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery about the geologic process behind these large pieces of gold found in quartz rock.

Even though the gold rush has slowed since its peak in the 19th century, prospectors still find gold nuggets in the American River.

G old has captivated humans for millennia, but it comes in many different forms out in the wild. Among the rarest and most ...

Even though people have been hunting for – and finding – gold nuggets in the Earth for hundreds of years, we haven’t stopped too often to ask how they’re formed in the first place. But ...

Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.

Geologists have known that earthquakes can produce bits of gold on quartz. However, a new study published last week in Nature Geoscience details precisely how the seismic waves form the coveted ...

A Victorian prospector has literally struck gold while making a tutorial video on the subject in WA's Goldfields, unearthing a 7-ounce nugget.

In 2020, gold diggers in southern Australia found two huge nuggets worth 350,000 AUD ($250,000) in historic goldfields. In 2013, an amateur explorer discovered one worth at least $300,000.