Tag: metal detectorist

Detectorist Down Under Finds 10-Pound Gold Nugget Worth $250,000 As Gold Prices Soar in Australia

An amateur gold hunter Down Under hit pay dirt in March when he stumbled on a massive nugget worth a cool quarter million. The finder, who wished to remain anonymous, was scanning Victoria’s “golden triangle” between St Arnaud, Bendigo, and Ballarat when he heard his detector sound. The man brought the gold specimen to gold…


Metal Detectorist Helps 87-Yr-Old Neighbor Reunite With Wedding Ring She Lost in the 1960s in a Potato Patch

A simple visit between two friends last fall in Scotland led to the recovery of a gold wedding band that had been lost way back in the 1960s. Builder Donald McPhee, 57, who also owns Nunton House Hostel on the island of Benbecula, also happens to be a metal detector enthusiast. In November 2021, he was visiting…


Metal Detectorist Discovers 400-Year-Old Gold Posy Ring Engraved With 2 Hearts

A metal detectorist said he cried tears of joy after uncovering a 17th-century gold posy ring—which he claims could have been thrown away after a “lovers’ tiff.” Robin Potter, 50, from Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, found the 400-year-old ring in a farmer’s field and is now waiting to hear if the rare piece of…