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A prospector made an extraordinary discovery yesterday, when he found an "incredibly rare" 12-pound (5.5-kilogram) gold nugget under only 23 inches of dirt. The total price for such a happy unearthing: a whopping $300,000. And he found it in a place where hundreds searched before, all thanks to state-of-the-art technology.

And it could be even more than that. At current market prices, 12 pounds of gold will get you 298,697 US dollars but, apparently it can reach a higher price because it's such a weird discovery. Geologists are impressed by the finding, which looks like howling jackal to me.

The anonymous prospector discovered the nugget in a field near the city of Ballarat, located on the Great Dividing Range in the state of Victoria, Australia, by the Yarrowee River. It's 8.66 inches (22 centimeters) on its longest side.

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that thing is huge
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Damn, but i could have sworn there has been bigger?
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The title says it all' its a damn big golden nugget!
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If only I could find one of those...
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I don't live to far from there!
Time to start digging up my backyard.
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sweeeeeeeeettt lucky for some
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i can only say "Millions of Dollars"
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xREx15 wrote i can only say "Millions of Dollars"
No, Not million, BILLION LOL
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Wow! that's one big motherf**ker!
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