A metal detector led a prospector to a rock that resisted a saw, acid, drill, and sledgehammer; years later, scientists cut the block with diamond and discovered a 17 kg meteorite from the beginning o

The meteorite was found in May 2015 by David Hole, a resident of Maryborough, in the state of Victoria, Australia, while he was using a metal detector in the Maryborough Regional Park. The heavy and reddish rock was removed from an area linked to the old Australian gold rush, which led the prospector to imagine he had found a hidden nugget. The Maryborough meteorite was found by David Hole in May 2015, in the Maryborough Regional Park, in Victoria, Australia, after a metal detector signal. Identified in 2018 at the Melbourne Museum, the block revealed 17 kg of ancient material from the ... [6965 chars]