“Amateur treasure hunting has emerged as a unique American subculture represented prototypically by the Fenn chase community,” psychology professor Alan King wrote in a study published in 2021. He ...

A sharp rise in the price of gold is drawing folks out of their homes and into nature, fueling surge of interest in amateur prospecting across the US. The price of gold broke $4,000 per ounce for the ...

An experienced prospector shares his tips for finding treasure. On a sunny day this past January, Pauly Larouche was floating face down in a creek in a remote New Zealand forest. He was thousands of ...

Aaron Chandler was in a secluded creek panning for gold in Lumpkin County last year when unexpectedly another gold hunter walked up. “I thought it was my secret place,” the Athens resident and gold ...

With an ounce of gold being sold for more than $3,000 at the moment, many are hoping to cash in. We went on a hunt for gold with a prospect who showed us just how tedious the process can be to find it ...