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In Oatman, an old gold mining town, donkeys followed tourists along the boardwalks and into stores.—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026 Tore it apart before scraping it and sure enough, tucked into a corner, covered with lint, was an old gold ring.—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Discovering 300-year-old gold coins underwater is always exciting.—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 Cairo, Egypt Reuters — A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from an Egyptian museum earlier this month was stolen and melted down, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday.—CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for old gold