812 Million Gold? Two Stones Found in Australia

Two gold bars worth $ 350,000 (Tshs. 812 million) have been found by two miners in southern Australia.

Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the stones near the town of Tarnagulla in the state of Victoria.

Their lucky stones were shown on the Aussie Gold Hunters television program, on Thursday.

The men dug a hole in the ground and used a special device to identify the gold mine.

"This is undoubtedly one of the most important inventions," Ethan West said, according to CNN. "Getting two big stones in one place for a day is amazing."

They found the stones weighing 3.5 kilograms in a two-hour period with the help of his father West, according to the Discovery station that broadcasts the episode.

The program, which is also broadcast in the UK, tracks miners in gold mines in some of Australia's rural areas.

"I admit we were lucky," Mr Shannon said on Sunrise television in Australia.

Mr West has said in his four years of gold mining "he may have found thousands of pieces".

The Discovery Center also said buyers may pay 30% more than the estimated value.