Looking for Gold-Panning Stories: Just Gold, No Appraising Antiques or Gambling on Jade 求淘金文，只淘金不鉴宝不赌石的
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Gold Diggers, Gold-Digger Souls, Gold Diggers Are All Better Than the Rest 淘金人，淘金魂，淘金都是人上人
[Urban Fantasy + City Life + Reborn + System Cheats + Tycoon + One Female Lead + Gold Prospecting] Gambler Yang Fan unexpectedly awakens the Gold Prospector System. From the start, he pawns his wife's dowry jade bangle to buy a metal detector. "Wow, I dug up silver nuggets, and now I've found a gold nugget! Who knew gold prospecting could be this thrilling?" "If you can make money doing this, who the hell would gamble?" With the System able to pinpoint locations and give updates, Yang Fan qu
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- 2 You Asked Me to Hunt for Treasure, but I Found All These Beautiful Women 让你寻宝，你却寻这么多红粉佳人 [System + Gold Prospecting + Adventure + Beauties + Tycoon] Pan Xiaowei transmigrated to the 1990s in a parallel world and was bound to a treasure-finding System from the start… Anything without an owner, from cash on the ground to gold in the earth and treasures in tombs, all ended up in his possession… As Pan Xiaowei made his fortune, romantic encounters and luck with beautiful women kept coming his way… 5.9kReads8.2Score638Shelves
- 3 I Told You to Pan for Gold! Do You Even Know What That Means? Why Are You Hauling It Away by Car? 让你淘金，淘金懂吗！你用车拉？ A financial crisis sent wages plummeting, and newly graduated students fought tooth and nail for jobs paying just 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn’t take the disappointment. He stayed home, hanging around doing nothing, smoking and drinking every day. Luckily, he awakened the Gold Prospector System. With a metal detect 19.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
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From the Start, I'm a Wilderness Gold Prospector: I Haul My Gold Away by the Truckload! 开局荒野淘金客，我黄金用车拉！
One man, one car, one dog. A metal detector in his left hand, a little shovel in his right! Unable to take another day of being squeezed dry by his idiot boss for a monthly salary of just 1,500 yuan, Li Dashan quit on the spot. He put what little he had on the line, headed for the western wilderness, and became a proud wilderness gold prospector! After awakening the Voice of All Things, he could communicate with all kinds of animals without a hitch! With connections spreading across the wilderne
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- 5 Hunting Jade in the Gobi from the Start: I Unearth Financial Freedom! 开局戈壁猎玉人，挖出财富自由！ One man, one vehicle, venturing deep into the Gobi, exploring ancient riverbeds, braving the depths of the Kunlun Mountains, and uncovering natural treasures hidden underground! From jade hunter in the Gobi of the great northwest to gold prospector in the Altai Mountains of the northern frontier, wherever precious natural resources can be found, you'll see Li Muyang, the ultimate treasure hunter! A car accident changed Li Muyang's eyes, granting him a miraculous ability to detect treasures, as w 4.2kReads7.9Score291Shelves
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You Went Panning for Gold, but You Struck a Gold Mine 让你淘金，你掏金矿主啊
[One heroine, laid-back, slightly slow-paced, gold mining, rich tycoon, mildly satisfying] When Jiang Yi had just started his sophomore summer break, his parents went bankrupt in the gold-mining business. With no other choice, he went abroad to take over his parents’ gold mine and awakened a System. Expert: “This land has no real mining potential.” Jiang Yi: “Right, right. So let me have it.” “Hmph, this old geezer’s discriminating against me? Don’t blame me for taking you for a ride.” Reporter:
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The Gold Rush Dream 淘金梦
[Everyday life + gold prospecting] Down on his luck, Martin Blake is working part-time at a bar when he meets people in the gold prospecting business. After learning about the trade, he decides to give prospecting a try himself.
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- 8 What Era Is This? And You’re Still Gold Panning the Old-Fashioned Way? 都什么年代了，还在传统淘金？ Who still pans for gold the old-fashioned way these days? [Urban farming + urban life + gold prospecting + golden finger + tycoon] The way you imagine gold prospecting: Alone in the wilderness, carrying a gold pan and a shovel, working all day to find a pitiful handful of gold flakes. The way gold prospecting really works: A multi-ton excavator scoops up tons of earth in a single pass, while a powerful bulldozer can level a whole hillside in a day! And then! A washing plant that never stops runn 2.8kReads8.6Score125Shelves
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Gold Rush Legend: Two Tons of Gold in Ten Years 淘金传奇：十年收获两吨黄金
(Urban life, everyday life, tycoon, farming) Ten years, a total haul of 55,000 ounces, or about 1.6 tons, of gold, worth more than 100 million dollars. From the age of 18 to 28, this is the story of a young man’s growth. From ignorant and hot-tempered to composed and wise. A new gold-rush legend is on the rise.
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Reborn in the California Gold Rush: I Will Rule America 重生加州淘金：我要统治美利坚
Tang Hui, a history major, is reborn in California in 1850 and awakens the Golden Empire System, which lets him locate gold underground. In this legendary era of the Gold Rush, while everyone else pans for gold, he digs it up, going after the biggest deposits and ignoring the small ones. This allows him to amass a fortune. Once he has built up enough seed capital, he uses his knowledge of history to seize every opportunity in a rapidly developing America, competing head-to-head with the titans o
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From Treasure Hunting to Mining Tycoon 从寻宝到矿业大亨
[Treasure hunting] [Stone gambling] [Antique appraisal] [Jade mines] [Gold mines] [Portable space] (Over 100,000 words already written. His parents died in a car accident, he was fired from his job, and his girlfriend, whom he was about to marry, broke up with him when they couldn’t agree on the terms... That year seemed especially unlucky. Chu Hang returned to his hometown, weary in body and m
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- 12 After Our Divorce, I Struck Gold with My Daughter, and Now You're Crying 和离后，我带女儿挖金暴富你哭了 [Ancient times + gold prospecting + raising daughters + no regrets + everyday life + heartwarming] The everyday life of a modern older man who transmigrates to ancient times to prospect for gold and raise his daughters. Jiang Bei transmigrates in a flash, waking up in a thatched hut with nothing but bare walls. The house is shabby, and the bed is just a pile of straw. He also has twin daughters, who stare at him with sparkling eyes, their gaze full of hunger. Well, he can only roll up his sleeve 655Reads7.8Score102Shelves
- 13 Wilderness Gold Prospector 荒野淘金客 [Wilderness Survival + Gold Prospecting + Gunfights + Special Cheat + World Exploration] Reporter from a world-famous TV network: “Mr. Lei, as a Longxia native, you went from having nothing to becoming a billionaire in the United States in just a few years. It’s quite a story. There are three rumors in the gold prospecting world: that you have superhuman strength; that you know Eastern dragon-seeking and tomb-raiding arts; and, finally, that you know kung fu and once fought the infamous Golden B 2.4kReads7.1Score186Shelves
- 14 X-Ray Vision: I Became a Tycoon by Foraging in the Mountains 透视：我靠赶山成首富 [X-ray vision + enhanced body + treasure hunting in the mines + revenge on an ex-girlfriend] When Zhang Wei awakened his ability to see through stone, his body was enhanced as well. Zhang Wei’s family had been tricked into paying an outrageous price for an abandoned jade mine. Zhang Wei looked over the mountain with his X-ray vision and said, “There’s so much raw jade here. This mine isn’t abandoned at all.” When the village bully picked on his father, Zhang Wei beat him up and sent him off to p 4.4kReads8.5Score544Shelves
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The Superpower Gold Prospector 异能淘金者
(Urban farming + gold prospecting + supernatural abilities + tycoon) The protagonist was a food delivery rider in Hangzhou. After an accident left his blood on the jade pendant he carried, it activated the pendant’s inner space and awakened his psychic abilities. This is the story of how he uses his space and powers to farm and prospect for gold.
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- 16 Let's Strike Gold! Let's Get Rich! 淘金吧！暴富吧！ Urban life + gold prospecting + one couple + investment + Tycoon. Liu Weimin wakes up one day as another version of himself, and somehow he has a wife and an adorable daughter. What can he do but work hard to support his family? Fortunately, he has a System. Though it glitched out and left him with only scraps, even scraps feel great when there's gold in his hands. Watch as this poor young man rises from the lowest rung of gold prospecting to become a billionaire. 587Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 17 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼：挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.2kReads8.8Score607Shelves
- 18 Gold Rush: I Made It Big in Australia 淘金：我在澳洲做大佬 My new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.1kReads5.8Score—Shelves
- 19 Gold Prices Are Soaring, and I Dig Up Sacks of Gold 金价疯涨，黄金一挖一麻袋 A short drama and comic adaptation with the same title are now available for free on Hongguo. [Get Rich Quick]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Gold]+ [Feel-Good Story]+ [Rural Life] In his previous life, he was a professional simp. To buy his girlfriend a gold necklace, he worked night and day at a construction site, only to lose his footing and fall to his death. After transmigrating to a parallel world, he faces soaring gold prices and awakens the Precious Metals Detection System, becoming a prospector i 7.9kReads7.8Score596Shelves
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Transmigrated to 1960, I Start with Eight Calabash Brothers 穿越60的我开局带八个葫芦娃
[Period Setting] + [Spatial Storage] + [Lighthearted] + [Single Heroine] + [Decisive and Ruthless] He transmigrates to the 1960s. While other transmigrators arrive with both parents, grandparents, and siblings around, Yang Zhiyuan finds himself fleeing famine. And he has eight kids to look after. From the start, he nearly starves to death. Other people start with a bowl and end up with a noose. He starts with a jar and ends up with eight Calabash Brothers and a noose. See how Yang Zhiyuan manage
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- 21 I Returned to My Hometown for Silver Dollars, Then Struck a Gold Mine Worth Millions in the Mountains 回乡捡银元，进山挖出千万金矿 [The Red Fruit short drama is now online, and it's a little hit!] After delivering takeout in the Magic City for several years, Zheng Jing ended up unemployed and heartbroken, returning to his hometown with nothing. Disheartened, he had planned to live out an ordinary life, but unexpectedly awakened the [Unclaimed Metal Detection System]. Old silver coins buried in the fields, gold ornaments hidden in the beams of an old house, ore veins beneath barren slopes... As long as a metal object has no 56.1kReads8.3Score5.6kShelves
- 22 Gold Rush Legend: I Have Golden Eyes 淘金传奇：我有黄金瞳 The protagonist, Wang Yu, was a truck driver. An unexpected car accident awakened his heaven-defying Divine Eye, the Golden Eye. With its help, he became a new-generation gold prospecting legend. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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From the Start, I Dug Up a Ton of Gold 开局挖到一吨黄金
After his girlfriend dumps him, He Shiming suddenly gains the ability to foresee the future. From then on, all kinds of girls start chasing him like crazy. His ex-girlfriend shouts hysterically, “He belongs to me! None of you dare steal him!” The campus belle replies boldly, “No! You gave him up, so now he’s mine! Stay away from my boyfriend, or you’ll regret it!”
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My Years Panning for Gold in the Sewers 我在下水道淘金的那几年
I’m a plumber, and through a strange twist of fate, I stumbled into a mysterious, shadowy gold-panning trade! They hide in the bustling heart of the city. In a world driven by material desires, they soil their feet, endure the stench wafting into their nostrils, and plunge their hands into filthy, murky water, pulling out strings of gold, silver, and jewels...
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Reborn, I Run a Taoist Temple 重生后我经营一座道观
From the start, Wang Dashan killed a bandit, saved his grandfather, and then set out on a path from hunting to becoming a tycoon who would help restore his country. In 2023, 58-year-old Wang Dashan, alone in the world, was reborn in the Taoist temple where he had lived at age fifteen. To save his grandfather, who had been killed by bandits while protecting the villagers, and make up for the regret of having wanted to care for his parents only after it was too late, he picked up a knife and kille
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- 26 EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5kShelves
- 27 Lightning Is the Strongest? I Stand with Both Hands in My Pockets! 雷电最强？我空间双手插兜！ [Lighthearted comedy + System + dual powers + one heroine] Read the first three chapters. If you don't like them, track me down online and beat me up! The System pulls off something ridiculous right from the start! The campus belle can't take it anymore! Later, after bombing the Sakura Shrine, he decides that's not enough and uses his powers to fertilize the place, showering it with poop! The Japanese: ??? “Ugh! Baka! Who did this?!” Jiang Feng: “Would you believe me if I said my steel pipe can 11.3kReads7.9Score946Shelves
- 28 I Became a Chief in Africa 我在非洲当酋长 After graduating from college, Xiao Peng got a job with a mining group and joined the company’s exploration team in Eritrea, a country in North Africa. By chance, he rescued the daughter of a local tribal chief. In gratitude, the chief made him the chief of the Hajisan tribe. It sounded like a wonderful place, but little did he know that his territory lay in the Danakil Desert. The locals still mainly traded through barter, and there was no water, electricity, or internet. More importantly, his 5.9kReads8.3Score556Shelves
- 29 Gold Rush Rookie: Did I Dig Up a Mammoth Tusk on Day One? 淘金新人，第一天挖出猛犸象牙？ [Gold panning + everyday life + farming + lighthearted + pets + tycoon] After unexpectedly transmigrating, Gu Wen awakened a quest System. As long as he completed quests, he could earn traits of the corresponding level, and even grant those traits to other team members. [Gold Prospector]: Can sense ores underground, but there’s a chance you’ll dig up nothing but rocks! [Master Mechanic]: Nothing special, just years of practice! [Heaven-Defying Luck]: You’re not searching for a mineral vein. The 190Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Gold Panning in the Wilderness: From Laborer to King of Gold 荒野淘金，从打工牛马到黄金之王 Chu Mu, a civil engineering graduate, was only an intern, yet he had to oversee safety for the entire project. He earned just 1,800 yuan a month and was eventually fired. After getting fired, Chu Mu awakened the Strongest Gold Prospector System. As long as he could dig gold out of the ground, he would receive rewards. “Master Prospector,” “Physical Attributes x10,” “Lifespan +10 Years,” and more... Taking everything he owned, Chu Mu flew to the western United States and became a wilderness gold 706Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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Starting Life in Another World After Nearly Dying During Transmigration 从差点死在穿越开始异世界生活
[The author dotes on readers and replies to every comment. Come see for yourself.] In the misty marshes, the carrion-scaled swamp dragon drags its prey beneath the surface. Between sheer cliffs, the iron-feathered thunder griffin wheels and dives. Across the barren bonefields, magic-sniffing scripture-devouring hyenas hunt their prey. Beneath the frozen sea, frost-spined leviathans smash through the ice. Atop thousand-year-old trees, the forest sprites sing in the language of the woods. Beside
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- 32 EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 759kReads9.0Score136.9kShelves
- 33 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 464.5kReads8.5Score51.3kShelves
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Wilderness Gold Rush: Australia Has Gold Mines Galore 荒野淘金：澳洲金矿有点多
[Gold prospecting + beauties + Australia + gold + territory + System] Australia, the place with more gold than anywhere else in the world. Chen Mo awakens the Gold Bloodline System, which can detect where gold is located. Starting out as a gold prospector, he gradually builds his own golden empire. He encounters a gang that controls the gold trade through the black market; he faces a mining giant's ruthless attempts to wipe him out; he hunts for clues to the missing gold fleet of Britain's First
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The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局
[Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra
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The Overseas Gold Rush: Turmoil in the Underworld 海外淘金路之江湖风云
[Gold prospecting overseas + underworld intrigue + no saintly protagonist + no System + realistic, not over-the-top] Unfortunately, my business venture back home left me with nothing. Fortunately, I can still try my luck prospecting overseas and start a new life. But abroad is no paradise, and the underworld there is even more dangerous. Human life is truly worth nothing there! If you have anything at all to lose, don't travel to a foreign land. Our beloved homeland is the perfect world we all d
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Treasure Hunting for Gold in America 人在美国寻宝挖黄金
A charming gold prospector, Li Ling's life as a gold hunter in America! Poor Li Ling was already struggling to get by when a useless friend talked him into going to America to make a fortune. Once they got there, his friend disappeared, and Li Ling started washing dishes for a living... Then, by chance, he stumbled into a colorful new life as a gold prospector...
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Gold Rush 淘金
A standout mystery-adventure tale from a master of deduction A Rashomon tale from the gold rush A major adaptation of the same name, meticulously produced by iQIYI’s Mist Theater Starring Liao Fan and Chen Feiyu Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jiang Zhuoyuan No blood, no gold! No deaths, no gold! I’m a gold prospector, the kind who stakes his life In the 1980s, I followed my elder brother to prospect for gold. When we arrived, we formed a temporary team with several other prospectors and headed
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