Eureka! 145-Ounce ‘Friday’s Joy’ Is the Latest Huge Nugget to Be Discovered in Australia’s Golden Triangle
An Aussie metal-detector enthusiast was sure he had dis covered a piece of rubbish — possibly an old horseshoe — when his device signaled a sizable find in Central Victoria’s storied Golden Triangle last week. What he pulled from the ground was a 145-ounce (4.12kg) gold nugget worth nearly $200,000. “I really couldn’t believe my eyes,” said the amateur prospector, who wishes to remain anonymous. “This wasn’t an old piece of steel in front of me. I had just unearthed a colossal gold nugget – a once-in-a-lifetime find! I was in total disbelief as I didn’t think nuggets of this size were still around.” The lucky Aussie named the nugget “Friday’s Joy” to honor the day on which it was discovered. Only a day earlier, the same man had found a nine-ounce, near-round gold nugget using his Minelab flagship GPZ 7000 metal detector. Based on that success, he decided to return for more. Back in March 2015, we reported on a massive 87-ounce g...