Eureka! After California’s Heavy Rains, Gold Seekers Are Giddy.

April 22, 2023

The mother lode of winter storms has sent water blasting through rock crevices and rivers in the Sierra Nevada, leading to more glittering discoveries by prospectors. PLACERVILLE,Cali.-Albert Fausel spends his days at the family hardware store sorting through boxes of bolts and pacing the old,…Read More

British Refiner Says It Can Track Gold From Mine to Jewelry.

April 13, 2023

The Ity Mine in western Ivory Coast in 2019. It is one of two large-scale gold mines in Africa that have signed up for the Single Mine Origin program. Tracing the path that gold takes from mine to market is notoriously difficult. Charlie and Dan…Read More

Metal Detector Hobbyist Finds a 500-Year-Old Pendant Linked to Henry VIII.

April 5, 2023

Researchers say the jewelry, found in a field outside Birmingham, England, is an extraordinary piece of treasure. A gold, heart-shaped pendant with a pomegranate bush engraved into it with red enamel details and a double-headed Tudor rose. The gold, heart-shaped pendant has symbols connected to…Read More

The Glitter of Gold.

March 16, 2023

We’ve always turned to this precious metal in times of distress, so is there any wonder that jewelry designers and museum curators are busy with work? And is it really any surprise that there seems to be a modern-day gold rush? “In these troubled times,…Read More