Lucky Aussie finds a rare coin worth a small fortune

Shane King was walking along an old train line with his metal detector in Busselton, Western Australia when he came across a 1909 half sovereign made of 22-carat gold. A lucky Australian has literally struck gold by finding a precious rare coin thanks to a late change of plans on where to go on his regular hunts with a metal detector. Shane King was due to join a mate on a day out detecting, but that fell through, and instead he went searching along the old train line near the centre of Busselton, Western Australia, when he came across a 1909 half sovereign made of 22-carat gold. ‘I actually rang my mate to go detecting and he cancelled on me, so I tried a new spot and I dug up just in Busselton, Western Australia,’ he said.