LONDON (Reuters) - An Australian man of precious metals hobbyists found a pure gold piece weighing 1.4 million kilograms worth A $ 100,000, the Daily Mail reported.

The unidentified man found the rare piece of gold when he was hunting for gold in Goldfields-Esperance County with a simple metal detector, the newspaper said.

For his part, one of the experts of the precious metal that the finding of such large pieces of gold get several times a year, and with the help of special equipment.

He pointed out that after the publication of the news and the image of the gold piece, many people who wished to know their luck in the search to the province.

"This is very interesting, I do not remember a year like this year," Gold said.