BATTLE GROUND — There’s gold in them thar hills of Southwest Washington. And in our rivers and on our beaches, too. You just have to know how and where to look for it. Several times a month, members ...

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. – There’s gold in them thar hills of Southwest Washington. And in our rivers and on our beaches, too. You just have to know how and where to look for it. Several times a month, ...

Long before gold reached nearly $2,000 an ounce and reality television shows such as “Gold Rush: Alaska” became huge hits, there was the Temecula Valley Prospectors. The group, which formed in 2001, ...

Prospecting for gold is as much about the journey as it is about getting rich. At least that’s the stance of local gold-hunting hobbyists, many whom belong to the Yakima Prospectors Association. While ...

BLEWETT PASS — The two men stepping out of the pickup truck were rough-looking fellows. One of them wore a sidearm pistol, and the second was missing a front tooth and held a spade with a ...

Everyone knows the story of gold mining in Colorado — fortune-hunting ruffians working claims with pickaxes, guarding them with pistols and throwing back whiskey in mud-splattered mountain towns that ...

Five years ago, when his teenage son was getting into trouble, Richard Hanson decided hunting for gold would be something they could do together. "I thought he was nuts, quite frankly," said Brian ...

A hundred and sixty years have passed since the California Gold Rush of 1849. Today, with the price of gold far exceeding $900 an ounce, gold prospecting is hot again. Memberships in gold prospecting ...

“I also started a prospecting club here around the same time, and that went on for probably eight years. We’d meet once a month at the community center and have an outing when we could,” added ...

Feb. 12—Clifton Greuter has started a Metal Detecting and Prospecting Club for those who want to prospect together and/or use metal detectors and look for treasures. Beginners and experienced alike ...