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.<br /><br />Science teacher Jacob Strickling took his two sons, Samuel, 11, and Matthew, 21, on a mining trip to Hill End on June 16.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />"I managed to get my youngest son away while I quickly planted the fake gold nugget amongst the pay dirt in the sieve.<br /><br />"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.<br />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!<br /><br />"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!"
