An Australian man has unearthed a 1.4kg (49oz) gold nugget with a metal detector while wandering Western Australia's gold fields, say locals. A shop in Kalgoorlie shared pictures of the rock ...

Attention has been already directed to the many large pieces of gold ... large sketch made by Mr. Francis Fearn, which was certified by the discoverers as a fair representation of the nugget ...

While discoveries like this are rare, Australia is estimated to have the world's largest gold reserves and many of the world's biggest nuggets were found in Australia.