Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
Syd Pearson Strikes Gold
By Mark Stewart
26 May, 2017
Syd Pearson remembers the exact moment he struck it lucky in Victoria’s sprawling gold fields. Pacing across a little patch of earth out the back of Dunolly last December, the 68-year-old heard the hum set off by his metal detector then the distinctive “clonk’’ as he chipped into the soil with his pick axe.
He knew what it was.
Hands already shaking, the garbage man from Maryborough brushed away the dirt to discover a 4.3kg gold nugget.
“I lit a ciggie and made a cup of tea but I didn’t have to bloody stir it,’’ Mr Pearson said.
The Aussie battler had hit the jackpot. He didn’t know it yet but the rock in his hands would be worth almost $300,000. 


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