Detectorist strikes gold with largest ever nugget found under English soil

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• Sizzler@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s also fascinating because it is at the edge of the wrekin coal seam and is only a few miles away from some of the most mined area traditionally with lots of unknown mineshafts all around.

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  • swab148@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Detectorist is a hell of a profession name, though.

  “I see what you did there… That’ll be $100”

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you’ve never watched The Detectorists, it’s one of the loveliest programmes ever made

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lucky I haven’t, then! I just hope it doesn’t become less lovely once I get around to watching it 😁

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• SteefLem@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  64.8-gram (about 2.28 ounces) golden nugget.

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  • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gold is currently worth $2208.45 an ounce so this is worth $5035.26, and the ability to make anyone criticizing your hobby shut up.

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    • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Actually, nuggets are worth more than just their amount of gold. There are few of them around.

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  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We need a banana, or Penny or something for scale.

    At 19.3 g/cm3, it should be a little over 3cm3, so about half a pinky finger?

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    • SteefLem@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Here you go:

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