Packing a warm jacket and hat to ward off the December chill, Kristie Cowling hiked among thick pines and rocky outcroppings above 7,000 feet in California’s Sierra Nevada – increasingly hopeful that ...

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 heartbreak of ...

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 ...

People have reportedly been hunting for gold in the Danube (pictured) for thousands of years, but today, it's mainly the ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Polly Thompson Every time Polly publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox!

The Treasure Coast of Florida includes Indian River County, Martin County and St. Lucie County. The Treasure Coast of Florida got its name in part because of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet maritime ...

Traditional treasure-hunting is a huge hassle—you have to buy an ancient map in a scary curio shop, hire a ship captain with a hidden agenda, bribe officials in exotic nations, and who knows what else ...

We went gem and mineral hunting in Michigan and found pyrite crystals, also known as fool’s gold. This video shows where we ...