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2 Kg Nugget Found At Ballarat


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I prospected near Ballarat for one day before going back north.  Perhaps I should have stayed?  haha
I think you have to get permission to be in the pastures with a metal detector but obviously a good find.  I wonder what he found it with if he bought a new one.
 
What was mined in Ballarat Victoria in the 1850s?
In the 1850s gold discoveries in Victoria, in Beechworth, Castlemaine, Daylesford,Ballarat and Bendigo sparked gold rushes similar to the California Gold Rush. At its peak some two tonnes of gold per week flowed into the Treasury Building in Melbourne.
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"When he showed me the nugget here in the store he was shaking like a leaf. He didn’t know what to do with it. He hadn’t slept in three days."  (Mining shop operator reporting on the condition of the finder.)

 

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Wow, one retiree refired big time. Makes you shake just thinking of it, imagine digging it...…….

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Not only big but it has the looks as well..that one ought to fetch top dollar for sure. 

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