PHOTO: Metal Detectorist Makes ‘Great Discovery’ at Australian Gold Rush Site
A metal detectorist in Australia found something quite special at a historic site in Victoria on January 24.
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Gold Rush-Era Shipwreck That Killed over 300 People Discovered Off Washington Coast
Maritime archeologists discovered a famous Gold Rush-era shipwreck that was a part of one of the deadliest Maritime disasters in the Northwest region 147 years ago.
Valuable Artifacts from Gold Rush Era Shipwreck Auctioned Off, Possible Levi Strauss Jeans Sold for $95K
Valuable artifacts from a shipwreck linked to the California Gold Rush era were auctioned off in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday for the first time ever.
Cal State Dumps ‘Prospector Pete’ Mascot Over Claims that Gold Rush Harmed Indigenous Peoples
California State University is eliminating its 60-year-old “Prospector Pete” mascot, over accusations that gold miners in the 1840s were racists against California’s indigenous populations.
