More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

Searching for gold in America with a metal detector is a favorite pastime for thousands who dream of striking it rich.

Almost two centuries later, California continues to see the largest number of new gold ... off the income he gets from selling chunks and flecks of gold. One day, he found a whopping 127 ounces ...

“It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” Marshall later would say. News of the riches would soon spread beyond across the United States, kick-starting a wave of mass migration to ...