Amateur Australian gold digger finds massive nugget worth $160,000
The man made the discovery in Victoria's goldfields
The man made the discovery in Victoria's goldfields
The man made the discovery in Victoria's goldfields
The man made the discovery in Victoria's goldfields
An amateur Australian gold-digger hit jackpot when he found a nugget weighing 4.6 kg. It contains gold worth approximately $160,000. The rock was found in Victoria, which is famous for gold. The digger was armed with a budget metal detector.
The man, who doesn't want to be named, made the discovery in Victoria's goldfields - which were the heart of Australia's gold rush in the 1800s, BBC reported. "I was just gobsmacked... It's a once-in-a-lifetime find," he said.
Prospector Darren Kamp Darren Kamp told NCA NewsWire that the specimen was the biggest he saw in his 43-year career.
He said, "He pulled this rock out of his backpack and as he dropped it in my hand he said, 'Do you think there's $10,000 worth in it?" to this Kamp replied, “Try $100,000.” Normally people come in with fool's gold or other rocks that look like gold, Mr Kamp says. Kamp bought the nugget from the gold digger and named it 'Lucky Strike'.