Talk about striking gold! Metal detectorist unearths the largest gold nugget EVER found in England - and it's set to fetch at least £30,000 at auction

A treasure hunter has discovered the largest gold nugget ever found in England worth £30,000 - despite having a faulty metal detector. A treasure hunter has discovered the largest gold nugget ever found in England worth £30,000 - despite having a faulty metal detector Named 'Hiro's Nugget', the metal lump is now set to fetch at least £30,000 at auction as it's believed to be the biggest find of its kind on English soil Dad-of-four Richard said: 'I have been detecting since 1989 and decided to join the trip as a similar previous one to Australia was cancelled during the pandemic. After only 20 minutes of scanning the ground I found this nugget buried about five of six inches down in the ground,' Richard said Richard, who has been metal detecting for 35 years, discovered the biggest find of his life - after unearthing a 64.8g golden nugget 'The machine I was using was pretty much kaput - it was only half working. Just what a gold nugget was doing in the Shropshire Hills, near Much Wenlock, remains somewhat of a mystery Richard's discovery was made on a site believed to have been an old track or road with railway lines running through, containing stone possibly distributed from Wales Parts such as the Wenlock Edge is an ancient landscape which was once under a prehistoric ocean and hunters often find remnants of coral in the area Retired cameraman Richard added: 'Upon doing some research, we could only find bigger than this in Wales and Scotland 'The last one which claimed to be bigger in England was 54 grams but mine is 64.8 grams, so we're pretty confident its the biggest found on English soil.