A lucky gold hunter struck it rich when he discovered a valuable gold nugget worth $4,000 hidden two feet beneath the ground. Bill M, the prospector who unearthed the 50g treasure in the Ballarat region of south-west Victoria, decided to keep the exact location a mystery. He proudly displayed a photo of his find on the Australian Facebook group Detecting Downunder with the caption, “Gold prospector ‘Bill M’ found this stunning 50 gram nugget on private property in the Ballarat area.”
Bill M, a prospector, made a remarkable discovery when he unearthed a 50g nugget in the Ballarat area of south-west Victoria. This nugget was found deep, about two feet (60cm) down, straight from a main gold reef, hinting at the potential for more treasures. A gold reef is where a significant amount of gold is contained underground within the rock formation. The treasure hunting community was abuzz with the news of this find, with some users curious about the nugget’s value. According to the group administrator, with the current price of gold at $82 per gram, the nugget is estimated to be worth around $4k, making it a lucrative discovery. Some users joked about burying it deep enough to avoid detection, while others marveled at the impressive find.
One year later, another lucky prospector stumbled upon a two-kilogram nugget in the Ballarat region, following a similar discovery. Mark Day, a supplier of prospecting equipment from Gold Ballarat, described it as the largest nugget he had seen in years. He shared, “In my 25 years in this business, this is the biggest find one of our customers has ever told me about.”
Day was surprised by the nugget’s size when the man, a regular customer, brought it to show him. The man was visibly shaken and hadn’t slept in days, unsure of what to do with his incredible find. Reportedly, buyers offered him $160,000 for the nugget.
On 5 February 1869, Australia witnessed the discovery of the Welcome Stranger, one of the country’s biggest gold finds.
Displayed at Ballarat’s Gold Museum is the Welcome Home nugget, a significant find in Australia’s history. Unearthed by John Deason and Richard Oates in the town of Moliagul, Victoria, this nugget weighed an impressive 72kgs and measured 60cms in length. Their discovery fetched them £9,381 at the time.
On 9 June 1858, miners at the Red Hill Mining Company site in Bakery Hill, Ballarat, stumbled upon the Welcome nugget. This massive find measured 53cms long and weighed 68.2kgs. It was later sold for £10,500 and eventually made its way to the Crystal Palace in London before being acquired by the Royal Mint in 1859.
On September 26, 1980, the Hand of Faith nugget was discovered by Kevin Hillier using a metal detector. This massive nugget, the largest of its kind in the world, was found just 30cm below the surface in Kingower, a quaint town in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria. After its discovery, the nugget was sold to the Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas, where it remains on display today. Weighing 27.2kg and measuring 45cm in length, the Hand of Faith is truly a remarkable find.
In 1995, the Normandy Nugget was found in a stream near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, making it the second largest gold nugget in the world. Weighing 25.5kg and measuring 27cm in length, this precious find is currently owned by the Newmont Mining Corporation and can be admired at the Perth Mint museum.
On the 18th of December in 1906, a massive nugget named The Poseidon was unearthed in the gold mining town of Tarnagulla in Victoria. Weighing 29.6kg, it was named after the Melbourne Cup winning racehorse of that year. The discovery led to the area being referred to as Poseidon Lead, as numerous other gold nuggets were found there.
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