{"id":377,"date":"2024-03-21T10:32:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/the-prospector-found-a-1-2-kilogram-gold-nugget-valued-at-63000-hidden-just-beneath-the-ground-and-he-says-theres-more-nearby\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:09:29","slug":"the-prospector-found-a-1-2-kilogram-gold-nugget-valued-at-63000-hidden-just-beneath-the-ground-and-he-says-theres-more-nearby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"The prospector found a 1.2-kilogram gold nugget valued at $63,000 hidden just beneath the ground \u2013 and he says there\u2019s more nearby."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content mh-clearfix\">\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>A North Queensland prospector unearthed nugget in a field with metal detector<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The gigantic chunk of solid gold weighed 1.1763 kilograms and is worth $63,800<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Found 15cm below the ground, it was discovered using advanced technology<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The prospector found it after looking under a double rainbow he saw day before<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>There could be more gold to be found in the same spot where nugget was buried\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A lucky prospector has unearthed a gigantic gold nugget weighing in at 1.1763 kilograms and worth $63,800.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.81 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad25895 \" id=\"quads-ad25895\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 3px 3px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\" data-lazydelay=\"3000\">\n<!--f-->\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The nugget was found 15cm below ground in the Charters Towers area of North Queensland by a man using a Minelab GPX 5000 detector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The life-changing find came after the prospector saw a double rainbow near his campy the day before and decided to search under the highest point of the arc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-24.jpg 600w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-24-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-24-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1787\" src=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nuget-australie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nuget-australie-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nuget-australie-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A lucky prospector has unearthed a gigantic gold nugget (pictured) weighing in at 1.1763 kilograms and worth $63,800<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I said to myself that\u2019s where we\u2019re going to find gold tomorrow but I never thought it would be so much,\u2019 said the Queenslander, who asked not to be named.<\/p>\n<div class=\"connatix-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-container cnx-full-height \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-container cnx-full-height cnx-ad-video-size-slot\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-bid-slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div 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day of Kenya state visit\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-673eed90-07d9-4bee-a00b-a58cb8edf6a3\/8772d6c5-e209-478a-af81-891da9a4459f\/5e3a8d05-bb8d-4631-954c-6666cf107b06.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"King of the food truck! Charles samples Nairobi Street Kitchen\"><a class=\"cnx-ui-ps__wrapper cnx-ui-ps__title--default\" title=\"Friends scenes go viral in the wake of Matthew Perry&#039;s tragic death\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12697367\/Friends-scenes-viral-heartbreaking-Matthew-Perry-tragic-death-devastated-fans.html?ito=rss-connatix&amp;traffic_source=Connatix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Friends scenes go viral in the wake of Matthew Perry\u2019stragic death<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Only moments before unearthing the enormous nugget the veteran prospector had found a nugget weighing nearly 100 grams \u2013 at that point his best find yet.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mol-fe-related-replace ccox\" data-track-module=\"related-replace\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-articles\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-info\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count-wrap\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count wocc\">\u2018When I found the first nugget I was super stoked because that was my biggest ever,\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I would have been really happy with just that but after I\u2019d calmed down, I went back to the same spot, restarted my detector and after just two or three swings I found the big one.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1689\" src=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322832.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\u00a0Peter Cragg (pictured with the nugget), a dealer with Minelab Townsville, confirmed there could still be gold to be found in the same spot for those using the right technology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It\u2019s fair to say I was emotionally overwhelmed at that time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Using advanced gold-finding technology, the prospector was about to call it a day when he got a good signal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"middle-entry-content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He dug the nugget out of the ground but had to wait until getting home to find out how much it weighed, as the scales he had with him only went up to 500 grams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The overjoyed Queenslander named his find Arcus Nugget \u2013 Arcus means rainbow in Latin \u2013 and is tight-lipped on exactly where he found it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It was beneath some vegetation so it was a bit of a challenge to get to, but now I\u2019m thinking maybe those roots are keeping some other big nuggets safe ready to be found another time,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The prospector is now in private negotiations to sell the nugget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Peter Cragg, a dealer with Minelab Townsville, confirmed there could still be gold to be found in the same spot for those using the right technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018It\u2019s a fantastic story and goes to show that there are still big nuggets out there ready to be found if you have the right equipment and can spot the terrain,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018He found more than a kilo of gold in an area which has certainly had detectors go over it before. It makes you think what might still be out there!\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1688\" src=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/model.icusocial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/322831.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The nugget was found 15cm below ground in the Charters Towers area of North Queensland by a man using a Minelab GPX 5000 detector (pictured with the nugget)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-views content-post post-1786 entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Post Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">766<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"jp-relatedposts\" class=\"jp-relatedposts\">\n<h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A North Queensland prospector unearthed nugget in a field with metal detector The gigantic chunk of solid gold weighed 1.1763 kilograms and is worth $63,800 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/?p=377\" title=\"The prospector found a 1.2-kilogram gold nugget valued at $63,000 hidden just beneath the ground \u2013 and he says there\u2019s more nearby.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gold-mining","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}