Friday, October 30, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Amateur Prospector Discovers Gold Nugget Worth $150,000 In Australian Outback
That's a big ol' hunk of gold! Placer gold.
A Broken Hill prospector has unearthed a gold nugget weighing more than a kilogram in outback NSW.
The nugget, nicknamed the "Tibooburra Spud" by the hard working prospector, is said to be worth about $150,000.
The prospector, who wishes to remain anonymous, has been fossicking for years and is familiar with coming up empty.
"You dig lots of rubbish … lots of lead bullets, old timer's nails, horseshoes, everything," he said.
Do tell.
He was finishing up a day of searching in mid-October, when he stumbled across a signal with his GPZ 8000 metal detector.
"It wasn't a loud signal for the size of the piece that it is [but] once I got down to 100 [millimetres] or something like that, the machine was squealing," the prospector said.
With plans to sell the nugget to a collector, the price could be pushed as high as $200,000, according to the prospector.
Best of luck, brother!
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