Contrary to what most people assume, the gold rush didn’t end in the 1800s. Across the U.S., people still pull real gold from rivers, streams, and old mining sites simply with a shovel and a gold pan.

When the carpenter James Marshal chanced upon some rocks that looked like gold in the American River in California in 1848, he sparked what history remembers as the Gold Rush. People from across the ...

Schnabel tells PEOPLE being open about his personal life was "not a very good thing" Parker Schnabel is opening up to PEOPLE about why he wants to keep his personal life out of the public eye He ...

It’s a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mishmash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes, swaths of ...

New Yorkers' appetite for gold is spiking as economic concerns juice demand for safe assets. Business is booming for Isaac Kahan, owner of Bullion Trading LLC. Kahan shared with Business Insider the ...

After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

Jaye Hernandez is a well-seasoned reality TV features writer for Collider. After studying journalism and psychology, she began her career as a freelance writer. In the last 10 years, she's expanded ...

Gold Miners Rick Ness, Parker Schnabel and Tony Beets are back with a new season 16 episode in Discovery Channel’s hit series “Gold Rush.” The miners know that big risks can lead to big rewards as the ...