“Once-in-a-lifetime find”: Man discovers gold nugget worth six figures
A man from Victoria has struck gold armed with his budget metal detector.
The man, who wishes to not be named, discovered a 4.6kg rock in Victoria’s “Golden Triangle” which stretches between Ballarat, Bendigo and up to St Arnaud.
Unsure of whether it was worth anything, he brought the rock to Lucky Strike Gold in Geelong for evaluation where Gold trader Darren Kamp discovered it contained a staggering 2.6kg of gold worth $240k.
“He said, ‘Oh, do you think there’s $10,000 worth in it?’, and as soon as it hit my hand I looked at him and said: ‘Try a $100,000’,” Kamp told 9News.
"And he said, 'Oh wow, the wife's going to be happy with that," said Kamp.
Funnily enough, the man had only brought in half of the rock and left the other half “at home”.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime find,” said Kamp.
Small nuggets of gold are worth up to $1000, but the value of gold has soared due to inflation.
“You’ll hear the term, ‘if it’s got your name on it, you’ll find it’,” Kamp said.
“You just need some luck and persistence. It’s like a Tattslotto ticket, you’re never going to win it unless you’ve got a ticket,” he added.
The gold nuggets from this region were famous for their quantity, size and purity, and were mostly found in streams or river beds.
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