An Australian man who loves to search for treasures found a gold nugget valued at approximately $ 160,000, according to the website. bbc The man – whose name was not revealed – was able to find the gold nugget in the Victorian goldfields, which is one of the areas rich in the yellow metal, and has attracted treasure hunters since the nineteenth century..

The site quoted Darren Camp, who valued and bought the nugget, as saying it was the largest combined amount of gold he had ever seen in his 43-year career..

The weight of the solid block is 4.6 kg

According to Camp, he evaluated the solid mass of 4.6 kilograms, which the man found using a metal detector, and concluded that slightly more than half of the rock’s weight consists of gold, which is equivalent to 2.6 kilograms. Finally, Camp evaluated the price of the entire rock with gold. In the amount of 160 thousand US dollars.

Camp explained that the man’s discovery is evidence that there is still gold present in Victoria in the so-called “Golden Triangle” or “gold fields”, adding that budding prospectors must be persistent in their search for gold.

The man holds the golden nugget

golden nugget

On the other hand, it is indicated that a British man, named Luke Budworth, discovered – earlier – a 400-year-old historical mural hidden on the kitchen wall in his apartment, where Dr. Luke Budworth, 29, was shocked when he discovered the mural in his home in Mecklegate, North Yorkshire, earlier this year, the doctor, who works at the University of Leeds, began receiving builders at his home to prepare a new kitchen, according to the British newspaper, “Daily Mail”.

The staff discovered the mural

While working on the house, the team discovered the first piece of the painting, which contains scenes from a 1635 book titled Emblems Written by poet Francis Quarles.

Locke explained: “The first people to find it originally were the craftsmen in the kitchen who saw it under my kitchen cupboard. Before, I thought there were pipes behind it.”

The painting was hidden in the kitchen

Explaining how the mural had been hiding in plain sight for years, he continued: “We always knew there was a strange piece of the wall but we thought the apartment was really run down because it was old.” Locke, a history buff who is originally from Cheshire, said he was drawn in. Originally to Yorkshire due to its cultural significance.