UNBELIEVABLE Gold Nugget (Specimen) Found Metal Detecting in Australia! My BIGGEST Gold of 2025!

[@Tactixresponse]

That’s a bloody ripper mate. Great video thanks.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks.

[@TheBrubaker2]

That is an absolute beauty 🎉 The duck's guts. And as an ex-Terratorian I hear you about the humidity out in scrub. Brutal.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Cheers mate. Yep it is brutal out there this time of year. Best of luck for 2025 👍

[@nightwalker3114]

Congratulations mate...Nice looking Specimen.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@nightwalker3114]

@TerraRangerGold ..All good..I'm sure there is plenty more to come,for you...Exciting times.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Let’s hope so mate.

[@nightwalker3114]

@TerraRangerGold ..I'm sure there will be 👍.

[@BruceschultzAU]

That's awesome, well done

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@ryanadams3858]

If that’s a sign of things to come for 2025 your in for a hell of a good year mate. And for the record, i reckon fast forwarding anyone’s videos to get to the shiny stuff is just not cricket, especially when you’re sweating your ring off doing it tuff, and then the hours of editing that goes into it. You keep making em , I’ll keep watching em….. in full 😂

[@TerraRangerGold]

Appreciate that Ryan. Thanks.

[@rumpig845]

Ryan, I and a lot of followers, like to see how other prospectors/ fossickers like to see the ground and the methods used in finding gold in these content creators' videos. It's not only trying to work out where they are, but what differences that might 🤔 improve their chances of finding patches. Talking in videos to meet algorithms is almost a complete waste of time to the viewer when it's repeated over and over again by multiple channels these days. The thumbnail is often enough for the viewer to save time. Prospecting videos are just that, locate, demonstrate, deliver then bang on for as long as you like 👍. Cheers 🍻

[@DetectaBull]

I had a similar situation in April last year. After digging up a lot of deep trash, I managed to dig up my biggest gold nugget ever. 18.5g about 8 inches deep. Recently I went back to the spot & dug an 18 inch hole for a piece of flat tin. Gotta dig em all.

[@TerraRangerGold]

That’s it mate. Dig every thing. You just don’t know what that next target is.

[@topendgold9284]

Well done Matty! I know how hard it is on days like that!

[@TerraRangerGold]

Cheers mate. Hope you are feeling better?

[@nicolejamieson9378]

Wow! That’s a heavy specimen 👌

[@stephenwatson4005]

Well done Matt great piece

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate 👍

[@ProspectorswithParkinsons]

I just watched this video after spending the day in the Vic Golden Triangle and WOW, what a great story and video. Matt, you have captured the essence of what prospecting with a detector is all about, persistance, pain, dissapointment, fitness, mental fortitude and elation all while providing us with a real life experiencial day out on the hunt for gold. My day of detecting was very similar to yours, oh except for about 33.95 gm of gold (I did dig up a very small gold specie in quartz 0.17gm) after crushing it. But I must say I have changed my way of thinking and I no longer say I have to 'Dig Every Target' because that statement will see you go home earlier than expected, particually after digging up 38 pieces of lead shot (which fell out of my pocket while in the washing machine) you reckon the 'Death Adder' gets angry, you should see this one. But getting back to digging every target, I now say I have to 'IDENTIFY' Every Target just so as I can stay in the game.

[@TerraRangerGold]

This is great. Especially the death adder. 😂👍 love it. Thanks for sharing and well done on your find. Great work. Every target can be excruciating at times. But it’s all apart of the adventure.

[@minelabaustralia]

Well done mate. That's awesome beauty

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺

[@denatingle7343]

That’s awesome.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks, Hope to get a few more in 2025 👍

[@ianallen7326]

You earn your gold matt the real life of prospecting congratulations hard work great find.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks, it was a great reward. 👍

[@MrGef12]

Nice spicimen 👌👌👍

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@MrGef12]

@TerraRangerGold tis bit hot out there.. just drains you ..wet as

[@kanedalton7395]

Excellent find Matt. That might be a good one to cook in caustic soda to remove the quartz and leave the gold in it's true form

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate, appreciate that. . I'll leave it as it is (for now) 😂.

[@pkgoldopalhunting]

nice work mate

[@TerraRangerGold]

Appreciate it thanks mate 👍

[@MetalDetectingMermaid]

How stunning! Congratulations on choosing persistence, tenacity, and fortitude. It's always enjoyable and educational to watch your videos. Thank you for all your great content.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Wow thanks so much. I’m still a little sore from this day. 😂 But it’s worth it.

[@SnK_Prospecting_Adelaide]

Bloody Awesome find, well done

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺

[@Lord-Shadow]

Proof that patience and persistence has it's rewards. Well done I can only wish to find a specimen like that but I keep trying. Thanks for sharing that

[@TerraRangerGold]

You will get onto one, one day. As you said patience and persistence has its rewards. 👍

[@Lord-Shadow]

@@TerraRangerGold Thank you, I've a couple of placer mines up here in Montana but all I find is the tiny stuff, I'm not complaining but would like to find one of those for sure. Thanks for showing it to us. I'm planning a trip down there in June maybe we could trade Adventures if you're interested in panning for some gold in the Rocky mountains.

[@TerraRangerGold]

@Lord-Shadow wow that sounds unbelievable. I would love to get over there at some stage. Hopefully find a few more of these and I can. Are you coming to Australia?

[@Lord-Shadow]

@@TerraRangerGold Yes I'm coming to Australia. I'm sending you an Email so we can talk a little easier

[@TerraRangerGold]

@Lord-Shadow ok no problems. I will keep an eye out for it.

[@joefavetta2736]

Great find Matt well deserved l was so hoping you’d find some yellow l was starting to worry hearing the heavy breathing in the extreme heat

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks so much, next time I will ensure the mic isn’t so close. But it was definitely brutal heat. 👍

[@patplayswell6950]

Great video. You can tell Matt was tired. Usually he would say bloody ripper or something when he gets a big nugget.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. Yeh I was a little hot and tired. 👍

[@G1zmoe27]

Great find.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@frenchys_prospecting]

What an absolutely stunning specimen and what a beautiful place to prospect in. 2025 is gonna be good to you

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. Hopefully it will be a good year for us both. 👍

[@frenchys_prospecting]

@TerraRangerGold cheers to that, brother

[@peterware5173]

Thanks tr great video nice find.

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@joepearce3033]

Excellent

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@timothyanderson2108]

Nice find mate

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate, happy Australia Day.

[@GoldFairyTina]

Kudos for your persistence 👌we could hear how hard you were working 🥵

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks Tina. It was a slog, but worth it.

[@michaeldemeo1844]

Well done mate, what a ripper. You deserve it for all your hard yards. Cheers Mick

[@TerraRangerGold]

Cheers Mick, appreciate it. Makes it all worth while when you get onto a good one.

[@robertjackson8280]

Beautiful specie mate congratulations

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. Hope to get a few more in 2025. 👍

[@redroo4583]

Thanks mate. Just found you. Are you from Darwin by any chance?... country side looks familiar

[@TerraRangerGold]

Yes I am in Darwin mate. You?

[@SHTFYT]

Great start to 2025 mate. How does this video not 1M views?😮

[@kaynef6637]

Freakin awesome score

[@TerraRangerGold]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@goldfools5445]

Very nice. I reckon those numbers are pretty close. I reckon you can say you are in the one ounce club now..

[@TerraRangerGold]

Hey thanks mate. Not sure if I should it as is or dissolve the quartz in acid. What would you do?

[@goldfools5445]

@ I would leave it as it is as part of your collection. It’s an interesting specimen. If you have to sell it, regardless of what people say that specimens are worth more, they are not easy to sell. In that case you will have to extract the gold in one way or another, then you will know the true value. As I said though, if you can keep it, you know it’s always there if you need.

[@TerraRangerGold]

@goldfools5445 great, appreciate that, thanks. To the pool room it goes 😂👍

[@OPIXdotWORLD]

well done boss...thanks for sharing ... but i gotta ask, what district was it?

[@TerraRangerGold]

Top End Of the Northern Territory Australia

[@OPIXdotWORLD]

@@TerraRangerGold wow... i would of needed lots of guesses..cheers.. stay safe out there!!

[@robertjackson8280]

A great but bit you are seasoned like myself so as ya know up hill and try down as well just incase ,good luck mate ,2025 great year for us 🎉

[@TerraRangerGold]

Absolutely mate. Best of luck for 2025 to you as well. Let’s hope we get onto some big ones.

[@michaelfercik3691]

My dad used to tell me when prospecting "If you are hunting elephants, then hunt where elephants roam". Read my book while practicing and mastering the dowsing lessons taught in: The Art of Dowsing - Separating Science from Superstition ($14.95), by Michael Fercik. Then go back to this area and dowse the higher concentrations of gold nuggets. Use the modern light weight ball bearing dowsing rod to guide you to the areas of concentrated gold nuggets, then use the electronic metal detector to recover the gold nuggets as they are dug out. P.S. We can use amplified dowsing from a moving vehicle to guide us to the placer or lode gold deposits that are dowsed out of foot. I hope dowsing enriches your life intellectually and financially.

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

over $4,000 per oz !