Hmmmm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_gold#:~:text=All%20gold%20in%20the%20ground,0.064%20ozt)%20must%20be%20reported.

Turns out there's plenty of gold in Ireland, just not many people prospecting it seems. How much money would it take to get set up for prospecting. It rains here a LOT!!! So there could be new gold getting deposited all the time..