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#1 Rogerdodger

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 01:04 AM

Man finds 12-lb gold nugget while prospecting with metal detector...


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Published on Jan 16, 2013
"This 177 troy ounce gold nugget (5,505 grams - 5.5kgs) was found by a prospector with a hand held metal detector near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on January 16, 2013.
What a find!!! It was found at a depth of a little over 60 cm (2 ft) with a modern detector with a small coil. The prospector said it sounded like the bonnet of a car through the head phones. It was lying flat (broad side up) and he carefully dug it up. In this video it hasn't been cleaned. It is approximately 220mm long, 140mm wide and has a maximum depth of 45mm."

Edited by Rogerdodger, 18 January 2013 - 01:13 AM.


#2 dasein

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 03:24 PM

so around $300K in gold - nice find, but will he really get all 300K?
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