How to Use old gold in a Sentence

old gold

noun
  • 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
  • In Oatman, an old gold mining town, donkeys followed tourists along the boardwalks and into stores.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Discovering 300-year-old gold coins underwater is always exciting.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Authorities in Egypt are on the hunt for a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet, once owned by a pharaoh, which has disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This tiny neighborhood is north of Fresno, in old gold-mining country, where the Friant Dam turns the San Joaquin River into Millerton Lake.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
  • 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
  • Enchanted Circle Drive The Enchanted Circle Drive circumnavigates Wheeler Peak, the highest mountain in New Mexico, and cuts through the lush Hondo Valley, past the Taos Pueblo, and into old gold mining towns.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025

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