A Victorian man has unearthed a gold nugget while filming a prospecting tutorial video in WA’s Goldfields with his wife. Kevin Richardson found the 7-ounce nugget under a shrub in bushland about 600km east of Perth.

A prospector has literally struck gold while making a tutorial video on the subject in Western Australia’s Goldfields, unearthing a 7-ounce nugget.

Kevin Richardson, who runs an educational YouTube channel sharing his prospecting tips and tricks, was demonstrating the importance of searching under bushes near Kalgoorlie, about 600 kilometres east of Perth. Then, his metal detector started beeping loudly.

The 7-ounce nugget was covered in dirt, but the weight of it was an immediate indicator that he had found gold.

“I’m thinking I’m going to dig out a bullet or a piece of tin, and then I just felt the weight in my hand with this gold nugget and I just knew straight away what it was,” he said.

The video captured the incredible moment Mr Richardson realised it was a gold nugget.

“Oh my God! That is gold, look at the size of that,” he exclaimed before kissing the nugget.

Extracted from: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-07/gold-nugget-discovery-in-wa-goldfields-prospecting-video/105614900