Like others have said, natural placer gold can typically be sold for 24k value. Natural placer nuggets are collectible and sell for 5-10x over placer value. That's one hell of a find! Congrats!

The Dime is phenomenal! If I didn't know better, I'd say that was from a mint set, since the coin was struck so hard. The penmenship pin is 20th century; the very simplistic style tells me that. No quill or scrolls or laurel leaves or stars that were all associated with achievment in the 19th century. It's still a very cool find for an old Vermont Farmer/logger. The nugget... I couldn't stop thinking of the poor soul who lost that nugget. What hopes and dreams were dashed when it was lost? Would that have paid for their own land/home? OR was the nugget stolen from someone else, and thankfully dropped by the thief. Whatever the story, I'm glad you found it.

Nice find Brad! as already stated the nugget is far more valuable than the weight of the gold, the location, etc. makes this a very unique find! Congrats !!!

The gold nugget is probably as special a find as you will make in the mountains of Vermont and a seated dime is one of the nicest designs for a silver coin, but the pin you found is unique as there are not that many to be found anywhere. All three finds are special but my favorite is the pin. Great hunt, Brad.

Between the buckle, the pin, the silver coin, and the nugget that trip is better than my friend's best year! What a great day trip. Amazing. You caught lightning in a bottle with that day!

Well done on the gold nugget find....your living the dream Brad.

Even without the gold, I would call this one of your best days yet. As for the nugget, it is extremely unlikely that it was naturally occurring in that spot. It is possible that the road it was on was topped or filled with river gravels containing gold specimens, or it fell from a travellers pack/ pocket. Many people have searched for many years in the RIGHT places, on purpose for a nugget like that and had no luck. So you are indeed lucky, my friend. Nice work, and good luck.

Sadly there was a day back when that someone would have hydro-blasted the whole side of that mountain after a find like that nugget. Washing all the dirt down into the valleys below just in hopes of more nuggets. So glad we outlawed that practice. Thanks Brad for a great video.

What a find. There is definitely a story behind that gold. That definitely is the best thing about this hobby!

Congratulations on the great finds!! This video is quality over quantity. Gold nugget is super cool. Someone dropped or just a lucky natural gold nugget find. Carried by a glacier perhaps and deposited a long time ago for you to find. Payment for hard work and perseverance! Swing on!!

FANTASTIC gold find. As a panner/metel detector in Alaska, I knew immediately that it was a real gold nugget. And an interesting thing is, we could usually tell what area of the Alaskan state the gold came from. "Dirty gold" came around Chicken/Tok area, etc. That's why you were told that it was Vermont gold. They know the mineral contents that made it from your state. Most states have some gold in active/dry stream beds. Detecting around boulders on the opposite side of where the water comes flows, is where most gold accumulates as it swirls around the boulders.

Congratulations Brad. Your videos are perfect way you capture and document things like an artist. Nice to see videos about history and stories they can tell not about dollar values. Keep making cool videos dig on !!!

Amazing hunt. Even without the gold nugget it was a tremendous day. The gold made it an out of this world day. Congrats Brad, I have watched every video and wouldn’t miss one for the world.

To say that’s an incredible hunt is an understatement. My hats off to you, great job!

Eighty-three is quite the high number for Au in any form (nugget or jewelry.) There isn't a "set" number it'll ring up, but typically it's a low tone - down there in nickle, pop-top and + / - territory. So when you said 83, the last thing I expected to see was a gold nugget - which to me makes this find all the more amazing. Congrats!

Perfect Friday video! I know you enjoyed that hunt, just not knowing what treasure you may find would keep anyone going. The years you put into this is rewarding you.

WOW!! What a find!! That is so cool. This memory will be shared many times with your friends, family, kids and grandkids. Congrats Brad on the find of a lifetime!!!

Well congratulations on the find of a life for your area. You hit the trifecta gold, silver and copper. You set the bar high for your friends. Happy metal detecting.

You have the spring time VT wave down pretty good! Have a friend that lives in Guilford , VT and he hits a lot of the streams in VT fishing and crevassing for gold. using very thin hooked tools he probes the cracks and crevasses in the stream beds and has found quite a few nuggets' largest about 3 gm. Highly probable that someone found it in a local stream and as you noted lost it. Great day in spite of the black flies.

You deserve that nugget for all the great content you have posted.

Brad, as much as I enjoy seeing your facial expressions, I'd wear netting. Black flies are mean! For a day that stared out slow, what amazing finds you had today! That nugget is amazing! The seated dime... I won't name all them but what an amazing day. Your face when you thought you saw that nugget was priceless. Thank you for another wonderful video. Best ever!

Congrats Brad, on the great finds, you deserve them, after all the hard work you put into metal detecting in the mountains of VT. Enjoy all your videos, thanks.

So happy to have enjoyed this day with you! I was in a LIVESTREAM last night and we were all speaking of your channel and how incredible your editing is and all the equipment you use and place in the right areas for awesome captures! So true💯 Been a while since I've been here, so glad I started back with this video💚 That gold was of great value to someone of the past and now recovered by you. Fantastic find, love the dime and the pin brings joy to my heart🤗 I wish more kids these days could have the opportunity to learn handwriting and receive a cool reward of a pin like the one you discovered ! Awesome day out👏👏👏 Thank you🙋

Brad, I think this has to be one of your best hunts! The gold nugget the most amazing find! You had such a wide variety of old coins and relics! Congratulations on the nugget!

I say, I say there's gold up in them there hills! Way to finish the hunt with a seated dime and wow a gold nugget! That's colonial gold I would imagine! Awesome hunt Brad!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! GOLD!!! Plus All of the other wonderful finds and black flies too! What a wonderful day! Please be careful and stay safe! ❤❤

Congrats on the find of a lifetime.. awesome !

As a homegrown Vermonters that have been gold prospecting in AZ for the last 18 years. The value of a gold nugget is greater than the nugget weight per stock market price. A nugget is a one of a kind naturalmade by nature. A 15 grams nugget in AZ or AK great! A 15 grams nugget in Vt, from VT unbelievable, and fantastic! The rarity of a VT nugget that size will multiply the value. Great find.

A big congrats on the awesome finds. That’s what makes metal detecting a great hobby !

How cool was that!!! Love watching and learning. Love seeing the plants, my moms would take us to the woods as kids, teaching us about the woodland flowers and plants

Good vid. There's places out west where the nugget wouldn't be considered massive, but in VT it probably is. Also in a placer deposit even rarer, and it does look placer. What's even bigger is all the finds you're making, beautiful place you're in, anything found is probably old, love the dime. Like time stood still. Maybe the gold was used as payment, it's still done in places such as AK. Once again, great video.

Holy moly!!! Imagine going out with a metal detector fully expecting literally ANYTHING but gold and finding a massive 15 gram nugget worth an estimated $850!!!! That is an amazing find but not only that the story behind that nugget must have been insanity.... the possibilities are just wild for everything to have had to happen for you to stumble upon it all this time later. This is why I am falling more and more in love with this channel! The history and everything behind each and every item you find is just incredible.

Nice gold nugget! That's bigger than any gold nugget I've ever found and I gold prospect quite often. I think you're probably right about it being carried as a form of payment. 15 grams would have probably had a similar value to a $10 gold coin back in late 1800's.

Another great video Brad! Amazing finds and history from the area. One of the best nuggets I've seen, congrats!

Congratulations Brad! That gold nugget is an awesome find and that dime is pretty sweet too. Thanks for the history filled videos, I have been enjoying them for a few years now and thanks to you I have gotten into metal detecting.

Wow!! Congratulations. Wonderful finds and love the extras of the flowers.

WOW. Can't see any hunt getting any better than that!! Incredible finds, wow. Be safe & keep on digging.

The gold nugget is so cool. I feel bad for the person that lost it back then. That was probably a lot of wages or hard work lost.

Awesome, Brad your by far the best KZfaq program in my repertoire. God bless you.

Incredible Brad! Very interesting to find a nugget like that, I agree on your hypothesis as well. Absolutely love that buckle! Seated liberty and Indians are great. Nice hunt brother 👊

Thank you Brad - a fun hunt! I always enjoy your weekly posts - congrats on the buckle, silver and gold. See you next week. Chuck in NE Kansas

WOO HOO! WOW Brad! What an awesome find with the GOLD nugget and then all of your other treasures! Congrats on that and thanks for sharing this awesome video!

Silver and gold, silver and gold. 🎼🎵🎶. Congratulations! Joyce ❤️🇺🇸

Heck of a hunt! That’s so cool that you found a nugget on top of all the other coins

So happy for you. Thank you for taking us along.

Just subscribed! I love these type of videos, found you by chance. 🇺🇸

Great find ! Well put together video , Congrats !

Congratulations on your gold find!!! It’s always interesting to see the variety of objects that you find. Always a joy learning the history . Thank you

I love how you look at what seems to be just forest and see 100 year old (or older) roads. I also like your empathy for the people who lost the items you've found. Those dimes found in a farmer's field are nifty for us but the loss could have been devastating to a 18th or 19th century person. Great channel - thanks

I love watching you in areas that once were fields and are now going back to forests. It seems like, in other areas, forests turn into fields, which turn into developments.

Very nice find Brad! Great job!

Great day! Awesome finds... congratulations Brad!!

You have the composure of a mortician. I would have been doing the gold dance and screaming like a little kid getting a new bike. Fantastic. Oh and yeah,. the black flies are HORRIBLE this year! I had to stop after a couple hours detecting the other day because I was going mad from being bit. :) They don't give a tinkers cuss about bug spray.

So stoked for you! Congrats!

So stoked for you I love watching people come up and it’s not about the money it’s about finding buried treasure it’s not about the treasure it’s the story thank you for sharing

Love the wild flowers, trillium and daffodils. The gold nugget! you was more excited over the barber dime than the gold. I would have been shaking and screaming to the top of my lungs. Lol.

100k subs! Grats dude!

Brad, I'm sure I speak for many - we are super glad for you and your awesome finds! Fun video today to catch up on 😎👍🏼 You got yourself some AU 👈

Congratulations on your incredible finds. Always enjoy watching your videos and listening to your music. Keep up your great videos.

What an amazing lineup of finds!

Congratulations, well deserved find! Your videos are full of interesting history and you are very knowledgeable, so you educate us as well...

Thanks for sharing with us a day you'll NEVER forget!! Stupid fortunate to find THAT in the area! Congratulations Good Sir!

Love you're videos brad please don't stop the adventures im a flatlands man from Florida i enjoy the mountain scenes god bless

Hey. Your videos are really great. I watch every morning over breakfast. Your very informative on your finds which makes for a wonderful learning experience. Thank you and I look forward to more videos. Btw, I live in Olympia, WA.

Awesome! Did you see De Grau's footprints anywhere around?

Ahhhh--perfect Fri morn. Coffee, GMMD w/ Brad M. & gold & silver!

Nice! Thanks for sharing your adventure 👍

I watch your channel, I learn things. How you describe the land ,what to look for. Love the photography is really nice!. Great finds! Keep on hunting/teaching.

Gold is yellowish and Fools Gold is actually gold colored and grows more in a crystal shape. The weight of Gold is different from Fools Gold. Put the two together and you will see the difference in color. Brad's got the fever! Enjoyed the video! Have a great day!

I always look forward to Friday because of u.. thank u for your videos keep doing what u do Brad I love it 💜

My mother was born in 1924 and, never went to high school. Believe it or not you could find good work back then with only an 8th grade education. She received awards in the 4th, 5th and 7th grades for the Palmer Method of Cursive Writing. Thank you for bringing back some memories from my childhood. It's the first time I've heard those words in probably 50 years.

Well you finally struck real gold Brad and a BIG CONGRATULATIONS! Glad for you my friend and love your videos! Mike in sunny Florida

Congratulations! Great find great spot. I think you should go back another time and hit it again. Awesome video

WOW !!! Huge Congrats Brad. That is amazing. Great Finds. Awesome to see ya grow and hit 100,000 subs.

Great channel. smooth delivery.

Great day, Brad! Congrats!

Hi Brad, what a stunning find, congrats on the gold nugget, that is so awesome. The cursive writing pin is such a great find too in itself and all of the other finds too are pretty cool. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤

If that nugget could tell the story of how it was lost. Did the person frantically retrace their footsteps to try and find it? What were the effects on that person or their family after losing it? I’m sure it was extremely valuable back then and a heartbreaking loss.

Fantastic finds!!! The flowers are beautiful.

Awesome video! Amazing finds! congratulations!

Amazing hunt as always. Congrats on the gold nugget and the seated Liberty dime. Both of those are on my bucket list.

I was born and lived all but a dozen years here in Vermont. How exciting to find a piece of gold! It’s very interesting. Glad I found your videos.👍

Wow! Incredible finds congrats GMMD

Great finds on this outing!!! There is so much in the ground!!

Your finds are amazing! Wow

WOW, so happy for you. A gold nugget, how wonderful. Congratulation Brad.

Congrats on your finds today. I really enjoy your videos and happy you found the gold nugget. .feel sorry for the person who lost it.

Fantastic Day! Great video! Thank you.

Brad, I am so happy for you and your family! I'm grinning ear to ear! Cheers, Rik Spector

Great video as always! That gold and the silver coin was a excellent payday for sure!

Another awesome hunt and video.. Congrats on the gold nugget. The history behind that pin is amazing.. The treasures you find always tell the story of years past.. Thanks for sharing..

Incredible finds Brad, that has to be a place you want to go to gain. Interesting theory on how that gold got there, perhaps a gold shipment gone bad, robbers and highway men.!!! Very cool Brad, see you next week.👍♥️🇺🇸

Some great finds there mate..Congrats on finding a very nice nugget. Love that seated Liberty dime too..All the best from down under.

Hi Brad, We were just watching Avant Minning, on KZfaq. Couldn't help but notice, that they are literally playing "Your Song", as they show their Crystals. After watching you for so many years...It was easy to catch. Of course, we all love your music!

Great video Brad awesome find on that gold nugget keep up the good videos

It’s really cool that you clean and repurpose some of your finds!

Awesome gold nugget! That is a quality jewelry piece and is way more valuable than melt. Awesome other finds too. GL&HH Matt 👍

Congratulations, and I really like the style of videos you put out . 2nd to none . Cheers

I've waited a day to comment on your fantastic nugget find Brad!. So far no one has mentioned the very distinct possibility that the gold was left behind when the last glaciers retreated from Vermont and New Hampshire eons ago. In Southern Indiana there are deposits of flour gold that people pan from creeks and streams. I'd spend a few hours detecting some of those small streams in the mountains where you are! Great Seated Dime also!

Wonderful! That nugget would be such a treat. Totally unexpected. What a wonderful day Brad. Good for you!