England’s largest gold nugget found in Shropshire with faulty metal detector

Richard Brock arrived late at detectorists’ outing but within 20 minutes had found Hiro’s Nugget, likely to be worth £30,000 plus

A metal detectorist in Shropshire has unearthed England’s largest ever gold nugget worth £30,000 – despite turning up an hour late for the dig with a faulty metal detector.

Richard Brock, 67, travelled three and a half hours from his home in Somerset to join an organised expedition on farmland in the Shropshire Hills last May, and ended up arriving late. He also had problem with his metal detecting kit, and was forced to use an older machine that was not working properly.