5.5kg gold nugget found @ ballarat today!

Hey Gold Bugs

That's how you do it!

We'll Done to the chap who found it.

Cheers Nectar

IDC.AX

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Huge gold nugget found in Ballarat
Yahoo!7 January 17, 2013, 12:06 pm


5.5kg gold nugget found in Ballarat

A 177 troy ounce gold nugget has been found by a prospector with a hand held metal detector near Ballarat, Victoria.
Huge gold nugget found in Ballarat

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A huge 177 ounce gold nugget valued at almost $300,000 has been discovered in central Victoria.

The mystery prospector made the lucrative find in Ballarat yesterday using a hand held metal detector at a depth of 60cm, the Courier reports.

The prospector made the lucrative find yesterday using a hand held metal detector at a depth of 60cm, the Ballarat Courier reports.

With the price of gold at $1600 an ounce, the treasure could be worth around $285,000.

A video of the nugget has been posted on video sharing website YouTube.

A monster gold nugget weighing 3.66kg was discovered in the same region last year.

The nugget, named the Destiny Nugget by the discoverers, was said to be one of the largest nuggets to be discovered in Victoria in the past 10 years.
More details to come.



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