Big Gold Nugget Found, Ballarat Australia – Weighs 177 ounces!

big gold nugget found weighs 177 ounces

This is the 177 troy ounce monster gold nugget.  The big gold nugget found, Ballarat Australia – Weighs 177 ounces or 5,505 grams – (That’s a hefty 5.505 kgs or 14.8 pounds.)   This monster nugget was found by a gold prospector that was using a  metal detector close to Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on January 16, 2013.  Yup that’s  a really big gold nugget found, Ballarat Australia – Weighs 177 ounces that’s huge! The price for it should be at least 2x spot or about $1680 US/oz U x 2 or about 500,000. Not bad for a day’s work! I’ll bet the real story is a bit longer than a days search went into finding this nugget. We’ll have to see…

Gold News upload date 10:30am Jan 16 2013!

You have got to see the big nugget beast to believe it.  I’m writing this page as fast as possible so you get the news before the big Ballarat gold rush is on! Anyway you may want to pack your bags and get ready to go and compete for the next monster nugget. How about your name next to the title “big gold nugget found, Ballarat Australia – Weighs 177 ounces…” ?

Here’s the video that was just posted on YouTube about the Gold nugget found – Weighs 177 ounces Ballarat Australia…  This one’s going down in the history of record breaking gold nuggets. It is the second such monster nugget in the last year from the Ballarat region. That makes the region one of the best for gold finding and nugget recovery. Way to go for Australian gold prospector’s!

See gold nugget here  http://youtu.be/wiAnhfZ9HKI

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