The twenty biggest and priciest gold nuggets ever discovered. The last golden brick will surprise you.
Can you imagine the excitement of finding a shiny gold nugget? Read on to learn the stories behind the world’s 20 largest gold discoveries of all time, most of which were unearthed in Australia!
The Golden Age of Treasure Hunting: 150 Treasure Troves Found in the Past 10 Years
More than 150 buried treasure troves have been discovered in the West Midlands and Staffordshire since records began 10 years ago, figures reveal. Data from the British Museum and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport showed 172 finds have been made since 2012, including 27 last year. But the overall number of finds is […]
Byzantine gold coins that were hidden in a wall during the seventh century were found by Israeli archaeologists.
Archaeologists in Israel say 44 pure gold coins dating to the 7th Century have been found hidden in a wall at a nature reserve. Weighing about 170g, the hoard found at the Hermon Stream (Banias) site was hidden during the Muslim conquest of the area in 635, experts estimated. They said the coins shed light […]
The strangeness of “Treasure Mountain” An ancient mine in Russia contains gold, platinum, and rare stones.
The “treasure mountain” is rich in platinum, gold and other precious metal ores, the result of a billion years of geological movement and erosion. According to Siberiantimes,…