4.1kg gold nugget found in Victoria

A MASSIVE 4.1KG gold nugget has been unearthed in central Victoria’s Golden Triangle, a historical region that once inspired Australia’s first Gold Rush period in the 1850s.

Source: thedailytelegraph

The man who unearthed the monster nugget is a long-term prospecting enthusiast who has been fossicking on weekends for over a decade. When the metal detector hinted at a possible find, he initially thought it was just rubbish – probably an "old horseshoe," he said.