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.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – If you’re short on funds or looking for something fun to do, consider trying your hand at panning for gold. Cuyahoga Falls will host a gold panning expo in the Cuyahoga River on ...

Minneapolis — In the classic 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” an old gold prospector opines that the precious metal is valuable because an ounce represents the sweat and ...

Recreational gold mining is a pastime for many people these days, and for good reason: the largest nugget ever found in California was discovered by an amateur.