There's gold in them there Australian hills!
 

Now I'm wishing we had spent more time in Ballarat during our visit to Victoria this past November :-(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21055206

Ah, but did you have your metal detector with you?
Lucky guy - hope he really does deserve the find.

Does this mean there will be another goldrush in Ballarat!?

While the Bendigo area produced more big nuggets, this is rubbish. "Local gold experts say gold has been prospected in the area for decades, but no such discovery had been made before." (Unless they mean on a Tuesday with a metal detector operated by a left handed amateur with less than five years experience driving a white ...)

But from http://museumvictoria.com.au/discove.../gold-nuggets/

The Welcome Stranger, found near Moliagul in 1869, is the biggest known nugget, containing 2300 ounces of gold. The Welcome, from Bakery Hill at Ballarat in 1858, contained 2200 ounces. The 1743-ounce Blanche Barkly, found at Kingower in 1857, the 1600-ounce Precious, found near Rheola in 1871, and the 1110-ounce Viscount Canterbury, found in 1871, also at Rheola, were other big finds.

In the 20th century, the largest known nugget found with a metal detector was the Hand of Faith, containing 870 ounces, from Kingower in 1980.

When I was in ballarat a few years ago I lost my hat somewhere.
Couldn't even find that let alone a pile of Gold the size of my hand!

:-)

Good luck to him !!

Muck