amateur unearths 177 oz. gold nugget

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derryb
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Lucky prospector finds huge gold nugget

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  • DoubleEagle59
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    Nice find!

    What a door stop that would make.
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  • OnlyGoldIsMoney
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    There's one person who received his 100 extra ounces of gold. Only 6 billion or so left to go.
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    YEE-HAH!!!!!!!
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  • SmallTownCoins
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    Looks like a bog'ole Dinosaur "Crown Tooth"..
    Did Dinosaur's have Dentist's ?

    Can not imagine pulling that thing out of the ground.. Amazing !!
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  • guitarwes
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    Spank Me! Wow. Just over $300K @ $1700 spot........just lying there waiting to be found. I could stand to stump my toe on something like that once in my life.
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  • OldEastside
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    Near Ballarat, at first I thought it was that old ghost town near
    Ridgecrest, CA, There was mining going on last time I was there
    or near there, it also famous for a gas stop for the Great Race of
    1908. Wrong Ballarat and wrong continant, Great find though

    Steve
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  • Cakes
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    Derry, the metal detecting guys would love it if you posted this there too.

    Sorry they already had it posted over there..............doh
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  • Timbuk3
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    WOW !!! ):
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  • AUandAG
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    Amateur? Really, with a $6k metal detector all tricked out and the nugget at 2' deep?

    I think he knew what he was doing. Hardly amateurish.

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  • RedneckHB
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    Very cool.
    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • Cakes
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    << <i>Amateur? Really, with a $6k metal detector all tricked out and the nugget at 2' deep?

    I think he knew what he was doing. Hardly amateurish.

    bobimage >>



    Very good points. They mentioned he found it in an area that has been searched before, do you think the high end equipment was the diference maker?
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