Our ancient ancestors found gold first and as there are no records going back that far we do not know who first found gold.
Gold was first found in New South Wales. Unofficially, traces were first found in the Fish River in the 1830s; officially, gold was first found at Ophir in 1851.
Gold was found by our ancient ancestors in many locations, but as man came out of Africa one could surmise that African gold was the first gold to be found by man.
Aurum is gold in latin.
1849
Gold was first found in North Carolina in 1799 but no one knows who or were in North Carolina thanx for readingAge:12
It started a gold rush.
James Marshall was the first ever person to think he found gold
Probable gold.
in the prehistoric times!
in 1848
In 1799 Gold was found in North Carolina, but it didn't amount to much. The 1828 discovery in Georgia was the first Gold Rush.