A dad in New South Wales pulled off a prank on his son making him believe he'd found a gold nugget while on a mining trip.
A dad in New South Wales pulled off a prank on his son making him believe he'd found a gold nugget while on a mining trip.
Science teacher Jacob Strickling took his two sons, Samuel, 11, and Matthew, 21, on a mining trip to Hill End on June 16.
As Matthew was chipping away at a rock his dad managed to sneak in a 'golden nugget' into the pan which his eldest son later believed was authentic.
Strickling told Newsflare: "In my pocket, I had a large fake gold nugget which was made from some molten lead (quite dense) and sprayed with gold paint.
"As the fake gold nugget was quite large I had to secretly plant it amongst the other rocks, I encouraged Matthew to chip larger pieces.
"I managed to get my youngest son away while I quickly planted the fake gold nugget amongst the pay dirt in the sieve.
"Matthew then used the water and a shaking motion to clean the rocks and get the smaller chunks to pass through the sieve and into the pan.
My absolute favourite moment was at time stamp 2:18 when Matthew notices the gold nugget for the first time.
I've watched it 10 times and still laugh!
"Eventually I told him it was a prank.
He wasn't happy!
It literally took him the rest of the day for him to forgive me!"
This was a 100% genuine prank. My son Matthew had absolutely no idea he was being pranked.
Jacob Strickling and his two sons..