The newly discovered gold nugget weighs 64.8 grams and is worth $50,000 (Muloch Jones)
Local media revealed that a man named Richard Brooke, in his sixties, found a piece of gold weighing 64.8 grams in the Shropshire Hills, western England. Brock set off on a four-hour trip from his residence to participate in exploration operations last May, and due to damage to his equipment, he resorted to using an old, less efficient device. However, he was lucky enough to find a solid block of pure gold.
In a statement issued by auction company Moloch Jones, Brock expressed his initial concern when he arrived late, thinking that he had missed the opportunity to find something, in addition to the fact that the equipment he had was less ready compared to what his fellow scouts had, which led him to believe that the riches... Sometimes nature presents itself to you on a golden platter in all the meaning of the phrase, regardless of the tools used.
Expert assessments indicate that the price of this block of gold ranges between 38,000 and 50,000 dollars, and this was reason enough to highlight it, in addition to the fact that it will be the heaviest block of gold discovered in English territory, exceeding the previous record of 54 grams.
The discovery of this piece of gold is a rare event and a mystery, given the location of its discovery in the highlands of the British county of Shropshire, an area believed to have been submerged under an ocean in prehistoric times.
The auction company assumes several different scenarios for the presence of this piece on British soil, including that it likely arrived from another place, which means that there may have been a road passing through the region in the past, and this opens more questions and research.
Gold reached the surface of the Earth in its early stages of formation, often through a huge meteorite that struck the Earth (artificial intelligence)
Gold...the most precious metal
Gold carries a value that other metals do not carry, and enjoys ancient historical appreciation and interest that extends back thousands of years. It was and still is among the most desirable precious metals, and has a symbolic significance of power, prestige, exaltation, and empowerment.
The ancient Aztec civilization believed that gold was the “sap of the sun,” which bears part of the truth, as gold is a heavy element whose production and formation depend on several stages, beginning with intense nuclear fusion in the nuclei of stars, where pressure and heat are Very high levels, then the atoms of lighter elements such as hydrogen and helium fuse, and then atoms of heavier elements are formed.
The supernova explosion enhances these nuclear fusion processes, so the pressure and temperature increase to extreme levels, and the atoms of heavy elements fuse with each other to form atoms of heavier and heavier elements. After the massive explosion, atoms of heavy elements fly throughout the universe.
Then comes the stage of "neutron capture", which is a nuclear reaction in which a collision occurs between a nucleus and one or more neutrons, and then fusion occurs to form heavier nuclei, and this process is known as the formation of heavier isotopes of the existing elements.
At this stage, gold, as it is known, is formed in its existing form, and astronomers believe that there are 50 billion tons of gold present in the visible universe.
Gold reached the surface of the Earth in its early stages of formation, and was often through a huge meteorite that struck the Earth and caused the gold to spread over its surface. However, the molten surface of the Earth at that time swallowed most of the gold pieces and pushed them into the ground. Volcanic eruptions and the rush of volcanic magma into the Earth's crust from within are the most important methods used by humans to obtain gold.
The process of searching for precious metals has attracted many hobbyists around the world, and the number is constantly increasing due to the recent increase in sales of prospecting and detection devices. The price of some of these advanced devices reaches about 15 thousand dollars. The matter is not limited to the material value associated with gold, but rather to its historical and cultural value that persisted in ancient times.
Source: Al Jazeera + websites