Image source, AussieGoldHunters/DiscoveryChannel
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Brent Shannon and Ethan West find nuggets of gold while covered on the Aussie Gold Hunters TV show.
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Two nuggets of gold valued at about A $ 350,000 (Rp3.7 billion) were found by two miners in southern Australia.
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Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the stones near the gold mining town of Tarnagulla in the state of Victoria.
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Their findings were featured on the Aussie Gold Hunters television show, which airs on Thursday.
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The two men excavated the ground and used metal detectors to detect gold in the area.
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“This is definitely one of the most significant discoveries,” said Ethan West, as quoted by CNN. “To be able to get two large nuggets in one day is incredible.”
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They find nuggets of gold or nugget, with a total weight of 3.5kg, in a few hours with the help of West’s father, according to the Discovery Channel which aired the television show.
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Image source, AussieGoldHunters/DiscoveryChannel
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The total weight of the two chunks is 3.5 kg.
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The television program, also broadcast in Britain, follows a team of gold prospectors digging in a goldfield in a remote part of Australia.
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“I think we are lucky,” Shannon told Australian TV show Sunrise. “[Emas] it was on virgin land, meaning it had not been touched and had not been mined. “
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West said that during his four years of mining for gold, he may have collected “maybe thousands” of pieces.
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Discovery Channel also says collectors can pay up to 30% more for nugget of their estimated value.
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In 2019, an Australian man found a 1.4kg nugget worth of approximately A $ 100,000 (Rp1.6 billion) using a metal detector.
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Gold mining in Australia began in the 1850s, and is still an important industry in the country.
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The town of Tarnagulla itself was founded during the Victorian Gold Rush and became very wealthy during a period of time when gold hunters moved there to test their luck. according to local website.
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