The explorer ventured out to the Sonoran Desert with nothing but an entry-level metal detector from Radio Shack ... At first, he saw just a bit of the gold nugget through all the sand, but ...

This 177 troy ounce gold nugget (5,505 grams - 5.5kgs) was found by a prospector with a hand held metal detector near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on January 16, 2013. What a find!!! No it wasn't ...