A metal detectorist exploring an Australian Gold Rush-era campsite made a remarkable discovery in recent weeks — even without striking gold. Angus James, a treasure hunter in the Australian state of ...

A metal detectorist exploring an Australian Gold Rush-era campsite made a remarkable discovery in recent weeks — even without striking gold. Angus James, a treasure hunter in the Australian state of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A metal detectorist scouring an Australian campsite used during the 1851 gold rush discovered a mid-19 th century Japanese coin.

The gold rush was one of most defining periods in Australia's history. It brought wealth, democracy, social change, ...

Louey and Kate O'Hoy were part of the early Chinese immigrants who came to Australia during the gold rushes. The O'Hoys — their name was Anglicised on arrival — came to Bendigo from Canton, China, in ...