An amateur gold digger discovered several months ago in the state of Victoria (Australia) an unusually large gold nugget. The latter indeed weighs 4.6 kg in total and contains 2.6 kg of the precious metal, reports CNN this Tuesday. The man who made this incredible find brought it at the end of the year to specialist Darren Kamp, who estimated its value at 240,000 Australian dollars, or around 147,000 euros.
The expert said he had never seen such a massive nugget. The area where the treasure was unearthed is nicknamed “the Golden Triangle” due to the amount of precious metal found there. The discovery was widely shared and discussed. She even received a nickname, that of “the lucky nugget”. The man behind the discovery wished to remain anonymous.
A device at 700 euros
For this unexpected find, he used a metal detector sold for just over 700 euros on the market. ‘The Golden Triangle’ has been attracting seekers of precious metals since the 1850s, when a series of gold rushes began in Australia. The largest nugget ever discovered in the area, nicknamed “the Holtermann nugget”, weighed more than 90 kg.