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Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets while on TV show Aussie Gold Hunters Two gold nuggets worth around A$350,000 (£190,000; US$250,000) have been discovered by a pair of diggers in southern Australia. Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets near goldmining town Tarnagulla in Victoria state. Their lucky find was shown on TV show Aussie Gold Hunters, which aired on Thursday. The men dug up the ground and used metal detectors to detect gold in the area. “These are definitely one of the most significant finds,” Ethan West said, according to CNN. “To have two large chunks in one day is quite amazing.” They found the nugget s, which have a combined weight of 3.5kg (7.7lb), in a number of hours with the help of Mr West’s father, according to the Discovery Channel which airs the programme. The nuggets weigh around 3.5kg (7.7 lb) in combined weight The show, which is also broadcast in the UK, follows teams of gold prosp...

A gold prospector has found a gold nugget worth $4,000 buried two feet underground. The prospector, known as Bill M, found the 50g nugget on a private property in the Ballarat area, south-west Victoria, last week. The exact location remains a secret. He shared a photo of the nugget to Australian Facebook group Detecting Downunder. The prospector, known as Bill M, found the 50g nugget (pictured) on a private property in the Ballarat area, south-west Victoria ‘This is straight from a main gold reef and Bill looks like he’s onto something special. It was found about two feet (60cm) down.’ A gold reef is where a large amount of gold is found encased underground in the rock it was formed in. The community of treasure hunters weighed in on the find. ‘Just wondering what a nugget of that size is worth ? one user asked. The group administrator answered: ‘At the current gold price of $82 per gram, it’s worth around $4k. Not a bad...

Miners have discovered two massive gold-encrusted rocks estimated to be worth millions of dollars each in Western Australia. The biggest weighed 95kg (210lb) and was found to contain more than 2,400 ounces of gold. Canadian mining company RNC Minerals said it had extracted gold worth £9m from a mine near Kalgoorlie and the find was “extremely rare”. The second rock yielded around 1,600 ounces of gold and weighed in at 63kg (138lb). Professor Sam Spearing, director of the Western Australia School of Mines, said: “People do still record finding nuggets in goldfields, but typically they are less than several ounces. “Very, very seldom do we see results on that level. This is an exceedingly rare find and very exciting.” The Beta Hunt mine, where the giant nuggets were found , had been used to extract nickel until the discovery last week. Over the past week, approximately 9,250 ounces of high-grade gold was produced from the mine....

But one lucky explorer is set for a windfall after discovering Britain’s largest ever gold nugget in a river in Scotland. Experts say that the 85.7g lump, which is the width of a golf ball, is worth at least £50,000 – and potentially much more. The valuable nugget was found lodged in a riverbed by a treasure hunter Gold expert Leon Kirk of Gold Panning Supplies described the discovery as ‘unprecedented’ and expressed his wish that a British museum would buy it. He added: ‘The nugget’s rarity means it is very hard to put a price on it. ‘I would say it is worth at least £50,000 but, as it’s rarer than a Aston Martin or a Faberge egg, a billionaire could easily come along and pay a lot more for it. ‘Historically, it is off the Richter scale.’ Gold expert Leon Kirk admires the nugget that’s valued at £50,000 He found it by ‘sniping’, which involves wearing a dry suit and snorkel and lying face down in a river. He said: ‘I was following a crack in the bedro...

A MINE in Australia has produced what its owner believes are two of the biggest gold specimens in recorded history. The biggest of the stones came in at 90kg and is estimated by the company to contain about 2300 ounces of gold, a total that at current prices would be worth around £2 million . Gold encrusted rocks which were recovered from the Beta Hunt mine in Kambalda East, Australia The second-biggest piece weighed 60kg and was valued at about £1.5 million . Early estimates from RNC Minerals have put the total take of coarse gold from the cut at more than 9000oz, or more than £8 million worth . Airleg driller Henry Dole has been credited with uncovering the astonishing find at the 45-year-old Beta Hunt gold mine near Kambalda. He has been in the profession for 16 years and says he has never seen anything like it. Gold in quartz at Beta Hunt mine after the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ discovery Miner Henry Dole was the first to spot the massive nugg...

A SKINT dad found a lump of gold worth £20,000 while walking with his family and their dog called Lucky. He was walking on the outskirts of Bendigo, Australia, when his daughter stumbled across the nugget and asked: “Dad, is this gold?” Stock image showing a gold nugget similar to the one found in Australia The dad-of-two, who wants to remain anonymous, told the Bendigo Advertiser: “I actually walked right past it but my daughter pretty much kicked it as she was walking. “She then goes, ‘Dad, is this gold?’. I said, ‘I think it might be’.’’ He headed to the supermarket to weigh the gold and it came in at 20 ounces. He said: “We couldn’t find anywhere to properly weigh it. HARD TIMES “We ended up taking it to the IGA and weighing it up there at the supermarket. They weren’t too happy that we were weighing it at the deli there.” And the gold couldn’t have come at a better ti...

THERE’S GOLD IN THEM HILLS! Prospector finds massive gold nugget worth over £50,000 in a small California town… which is now preparing for Wild West-style gold rush The lump of precious metal, which is thought to be worth over £50,000, was uncovered in sleepy Jamestown, California. Golden find … Prospector Oscar Espinoza made glittering discovery thought to be worth over £50,000   What a lump … Gold nugget is so heavy it broke precise scales The small town is now preparing itself for a flood of gold hunters after local man Oscar Espinoza of nearby Modesto made the mammoth find. The nugget , which weighs over a half a kilo, was discovered in the Woodscreek area of the town. Lucky Oscar’s hotel owner friend Charlie Morgan was first to hear about the discovery. When asked what his reaction was, Mr Morgan told CBS: “‘Oh my God’, I thought, ‘That’s a lucky guy”. The gold is so weighty that it broke ...

From hoards of ancient coins to mysterious golden chalices, here are some of the most incredible (and valuable) treasure finds… 5,000 Anglo-Saxon silver coins – Estimated worth: £1million In 2015, a hoard of over 5,000 Anglo Saxon coins was unearthed near Lenborough, Buckinghamshire Last year, a hoard of over 5,000 Anglo Saxon coins was unearthed near Lenborough, Buckinghamshire – the largest discovery of coins in modern times. The impressive discovery was had by metal detector enthusiast Paul Coleman, who almost didn’t go to the dig as he could barely afford to fill up his car with petrol. Metal detector enthusiast Paul Coleman (pictured) made the discovery, which is worth an estimated £1.3million Hours later he found the incredible stash, which experts believe was buried following the Battle of Hastings to conceal it from the Norman invaders. The coins were in such good condition, they were set to raise at least £250 each, totalling over £1.3million ...

Three men in rural Victoria, Australia, have unearthed two golden nugget s worth almost £200 ,000. Ethan West and Brent Shannon, helped by Ethan’s father Paul West, made the discovery using a digger to clear the top layer of soil before turning to their metal detectors. The nugget s, located near Tarnagulla, a gold mining town in central Victoria, weighed 78 and 45 ounce respectively. “We were in the grips of not being able to freely mine because we were unable to get the permits and licences through in the time frame,” Mr Shannon said. “When you find large piece, you don’t automatically get excited. In the first instance of seeing a big lump of gold, it’s not instantly joyous, it’s more a sense of accomplishment and History . The monetary side comes in last.” Mr West added: “My reaction is bit different to Brent. He is like a child in candy shop. I see the prospect of making a lot of money. When you see the size of the nugget and start working out what it’s...

A massive gold nugget worth at least $110,000 has been uncovered by a prospector in remote Western Australia. The retired man, who does not wish to be named to protect his identity, said he had been combing the same patch in the northern Goldfields with a metal detector for years, but struck it lucky with better Technology . “When I had finished digging it out, I just thought ‘Oh my God’,” he said of the find, a 3.23kg specimen containing 68 troy ounces or 2.11kg of gold. “It was pretty deep at about 800mm in clay soil, so it took more than two hours of careful digging to get it out.” Rob Anderson, who owns the Prospectors Pick in Bunbury, has known the prospector for a long time and said he was a specialist at finding deep nuggets. “He’s been very successful over the years,” Mr Anderson said. “I think this find proves there’s still a lot of gold still out there, even in areas you might think...