Huge Gold Nugget find with metal detector

[ptiworld View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

Anyone else hear about this guy?

Quote:A prospector made an extraordinary discovery yesterday, when he found an "incredibly rare" 12-pound (5.5-kilogram) gold nugget under only 23 inches of dirt. The total price for such a happy unearthing: a whopping $300,000. And he found it in a place where hundreds searched before, all thanks to state-of-the-art technology.

Makes me want to go get a better metal detector. Sounds like he was using one of the most expensive models from Minelab.... but who has that kind of money? Not me

[Dave View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

I heard about that today too, WOW.
I'm not sure how I would handle that one.


[undefined=undefined]Metal detector aficionados, rejoice! Man finds 12-pound gold nugget


A metal-detector-wielding amateur gold prospector is the envy of professional gold-diggers after unearthing this gargantuan 12-pound nugget. The $315,000 specimen is said to be the largest lump of gold ever discovered in Ballarat, Australia. Before you rush out to grab a cheapo detector, it’s worth noting that, according to the YouTube description, the unnamed prospector has a super-nerdy model worth around $6,000, "a Minelab GPX 5000 … with an Advantage Plus 'Sadie' mono [elliptical] coil, and a Rooster Booster audio enhancer." All that technology paid off: The guy detected his find buried 2 feet under, with a buzzing in his ears that sounded "like the [hood] of a car through the head phones." [/undefined]

[mark View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

Now, that is a WHOPPER!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-17/lu...et/4470016

[tink View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

That's what I have been missing - Buzzing in my ear. That is one retirement find.

[Dave View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

Well dang, I had buzzing in my ears most of my life.
A couple of years ago I had an operation to fix it

[beacon44 View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

http://www.pti-world.com/product/whites-...-detector/
I go for it I didn't find this before. But I am curious to know how can I buy, there is error to buy from that site.

[mark View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

Beacon, we have a few detector dealers that hang around the site... go down to the buy/sell/trade forum and post that you're interested in something and I'll bet someone contacts you. Welcome to DetectorStuff, by the way!

[draaiorgel View Profile Find User's Posts Find User's Threads PM User E-Mail User]

Now that is a big lifestyle changing find.
I'm not greedy, I only want one find approaching that value.