I’m never going to make fun of those metal detector geeks again.
11 pound gold nugget found in Australia by guy with metal detector
January 17, 2013, 11:58 AM
Pack your bags, gold bugs!An Australian prospector using a state-of-the-art metal detector has discovered a gold “nugget” that weighs as much as some small dogs, the BBC reports.The 5.5 kg (11 pound) nugget was found about 2 feet below the surface of the ground near the town of Ballarat, in Victoria, according to the report. (See map below.)The gold in the nugget is worth more than $300,000 at current prices. But the size of the sample likely makes it worth even more. Gold was first discovered in the area more than 160 years ago.
Eddie says:
Several questions come to mind immediately:
Isn’t cyanide sometimes used in the metallurgy of gold?
Is this guy married?
How much of a cut does the goverment take off the top?
Is this an example of good karma? Terrible karma?
Where the hell is Ballarat? How many frequent flier miles would I have to cash in to get there?
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17th January 2013 at 12:30 pm
Maddie's Mom says:
JACKPOT!!!!
(We had a metal detector many years ago. Never found anything with it that I recall. Not even a worthless piece of crap.) Ha!
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17th January 2013 at 12:33 pm
Maddie's Mom says:
Does he have to pay taxes on that?
Finders fee?
Anything???
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17th January 2013 at 12:35 pm
Administrator says:
I don’t think he’d have to pay a dime in taxes until he sells it.
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17th January 2013 at 12:40 pm
BUCKHED says:
He was killed two days later and the nugget stolen…seems the thugs were armed…he wasn’t per the law RIP !
JK !
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17th January 2013 at 12:44 pm
Dan says:
That’s not a nugget, it’s a relic from Atlantis
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17th January 2013 at 12:46 pm
ecliptix543 says:
There’s actually a town called “Port Fairy”. I guess that’s where DP came from. It would explain the sheep.
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17th January 2013 at 12:53 pm
ecliptix543 says:
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17th January 2013 at 12:56 pm
gubmint cheese says:
Tresspassing?
Who has mineral rights to the property?
On whose land was it found anyway?
I’m sure the Aussie gubmint or the Aboriginals will want a cut too.
Lawsuit. The lawyers win!
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17th January 2013 at 1:48 pm
Eddie says:
We are all so cynical.
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17th January 2013 at 2:10 pm
NoEffingWay says:
He can afford that badly needed lipo now.
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17th January 2013 at 2:31 pm
AWD says:
That top picture is Admin at wildwood beach. He sells the pinky rings and piercing hardware he finds for cold, hard cash.
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17th January 2013 at 2:33 pm
Administrator says:
Blow Me
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17th January 2013 at 2:40 pm
aussie says:
No tax, Crown land, Miners Right costs $30. There is a God.
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17th January 2013 at 5:22 pm
fool on the hill says:
Did I see PORT FAIRY on that map?
Wonder if they have a red bridge like we do?
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17th January 2013 at 9:26 pm
KaD says:
You don’t have to go all the way to Australia to strike it rich. You can do that in Arkansas, home of the planet’s only public diamond mine: http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
And if you hit it big you owe me a cut because I told you about it BICHEZ!
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17th January 2013 at 11:28 pm