US EditionEngland’s largest gold nugget found in Shropshire with faulty metal detector
- The largest gold nugget found in England, named 'Hiro's Nugget,’ was discovered by Richard Brock using a faulty metal detector. It is set to sell for at least £30,000.
- The nugget was found near Much Wenlock, believed to contain stones from Wales, known for its gold deposits. The find is considered the biggest in England, weighing 64.8g.
- Auction house Mullock Jones is offering the nugget for sale in a timed auction until April 1, with an estimated price of £30,000 and expects significant interest in the item.
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The 64.8 gram clot is the largest ever found on English soil.
A 67-year-old Briton has found the largest gold nugget of its kind on English soil in a very remarkable way in the county of Shropshire in the West Midlands region. This is what the story behind the auction of the 64.8 gram heavy mineral with an estimated yield of at least 30,000 pounds (almost 35,000 euros) tells.
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Cheol-hwan = A man searching a field with a metal detector in the UK found a gold ball worth 64.8 grams (about 17 dollars) and “hit the jackpot”...
A Shropshire resident surprised everyone when he announced that he had discovered the largest gold nugget ever made in England, valued at 30,000 euros. This news generated the “gold rush in Shorpshire”, meaning that many people also joined in wanting to find a treasure of such value. This story began when Richard Brock, a resident of Shropshire, Great Britain, discovered, thanks to his metal detector, the largest gold nugget in England on an exp…
England’s Largest Ever Gold Nugget Found by Detectorist
A detectorist with a faulty metal detector has unearthed England’s biggest ever gold nugget. Credit: James St. John. CC BY 2.0/flickr A metal detectorist in Shropshire, UK, who was an hour late for the dig and had a faulty metal detector, has unearthed England’s largest ever gold nugget, worth £30,000 ($38,000). Richard Brock, 67, joined an organized outing on farmland in the Shropshire Hills last summer, arriving late after a three-and-a-half-h…
A treasure hunter has unearthed a gold nugget believed to be the largest ever found in England. The man's luck is even harder to believe, especially since his metal detector broke down exactly when he arrived at the place where he made the discovery, writes CNN.
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