{"id":131648,"date":"2024-11-30T04:45:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131648"},"modified":"2024-11-30T04:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:45:27","slug":"lucky-man-who-hoarded-gold-for-years-shocked-to-discover-its-something-far-rarer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131648","title":{"rendered":"Lucky man who hoarded &#8216;gold&#8217; for years shocked to discover it&#8217;s something far rarer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It rocked his world.<\/p>\n<p>A metal-detecting man was floored to realize the rock he uncovered and believed to be gold was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/12\/world-news\/video-shows-suspected-meteor-drop-from-the-sky-in-australia\/\">actually from space<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Incredibly dense for its size at almost 40 pounds, finder Dave Hole of Australia was convinced it must have contained a nugget of the precious metal. However, not even a mighty swing of his sledgehammer could put a dent in the rock.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A unique rock found by a metal detector is actually an ancient meteor from space. <span class=\"credit\">Museums Victoria \/ Rodney Start<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A metal detector found a rock that he thought contained gold. It actually was from space. <span class=\"credit\">Museums Victoria \/ Rodney Start<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hole told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/prospector-s-mystery-rock-was-no-nugget-but-something-much-rarer-20190716-p527pi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">The Syndey Morning Herald <\/a>he thought, \u201cWhat the hell is this thing?\u201d at the time of his 2015 find.<\/p>\n<p>After taking his rock to the Melbourne Museum\u00a0for analysis, it became clear this was no Earthly object.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Geologists Dermot Henry (left)  and Bill Birch realized the rock was from outer space. <span class=\"credit\">Museums Victoria \/ Rodney Start<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Instead, Hole discovered a roughly 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite, which the experts determined in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re looking right back to the formation of the solar system here,\u201d geologist Dermot Henry told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>He detailed that the rock \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publish.csiro.au\/RS\/RS19002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">classified in a scientific paper<\/a> as an H5 ordinary chondrite \u2014 has a \u201csculpted, dimpled look\u201d that took shape after breaking through Earth\u2019s atmosphere. <\/p>\n<p>It is now nicknamed the Maryborough meteorite after the town Hole had uncovered the otherworldly mass. Henry says it likely only came to Earth a mere 200 years ago or less.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Man Thought a Rock Was Gold. It Was Far More Valuable.\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHdMmDXsGQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis particular meteorite most probably comes out of the asteroid belt between\u00a0Mars\u00a0and\u00a0Jupiter, and it\u2019s been nudged out of there by some asteroids smashing into each other, then one day it smashes into Earth,\u201d Henry told Channel 10 News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/man-keeps-a-rock-for-years-hoping-its-gold-it-turns-out-to-be-far-more-valuable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">according to Science Alert<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And its discoverer recognizes he struck gold \u2014 from a certain point of view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just potluck, mate. A billion to one \u2013 bigger, a trillion to one,\u201d said Hole. \u201cGot more chance of being struck by lightning twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/29\/science\/lucky-man-who-hoarded-gold-for-years-shocked-to-discover-its-something-far-rarer\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It rocked his world. 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