His unrelenting gold fever and enthusiasm for metal detecting keep his videos exciting and entertaining to watch. And, his secret to success is something he found at a very young age-a true passion for a lifestyle he loves. Nugget Noggin’s prospecting know-how is impressive. “She helped buy my detectors and lots of gear over the years” “She was a big influence in my career,” Bennett said. Though she passed away two years ago at the age of 72, his grandmother, Nancy, encouraged her grandson’s spirit and imagination, which later amounted to metal detecting and a lot of digging. And, my grandma would throw ’em back in the driveway when I wasn’t lookin’.” “When I was just a toddler, I would pick up rocks in the driveway and bring them back in the house. ![]() “My whole life I’ve been into rocks - collecting rocks,” he said. I would talk about gold prospecting, and wanting to find that big gold nugget!”īut, Bennett said his fever really began much earlier. “He called me that because I always had gold on my brain, and I still do sometimes. “My grandfather gave me the nickname Nugget Noggin,” Bennett said. More recently, he has traveled overseas on his metal detecting hunts. When he was old enough to get his driver’s license, Bennett ventured out by himself and has since traveled to many different states. With either his dad (Michael Bennett Sr.) or Grandpa Jerry driving, young Michael would head out on metal detecting adventures across the countryside, usually not too far from Charlotte. That’s when Angie bought her son his own detector. Ever since that day, I’ve had the fever to go find old coins and relics.” I dug down about a foot and found part of an old 12-gauge shot gun from the early 1900s. I walked a few feet away and got a really strong signal on the bank of the creek. “I asked him if I could use the metal detector, and try my luck. “Grandpa took me out gold prospecting one evening, and he was searching the creek with the detector, while I panned for small specks of gold,” Bennett said. Then, Bennett’s mom, Angie, bought her dad a metal detector for his seventieth birthday. They have a mine and you can did for emeralds in the creek. “Grandpa would take me out to Hiddenite, North Carolina, which is basically a gem place. We’d watch Tom Massie out finding gold,” Bennett said.Įventually, the gold fever had risen so high that Bennett convinced his grandfather, Jerry Cox, to take him out prospecting-first for gems and then for gold. “Me and grandpa would watch Gold Fever on Outdoor Channel. He began metal detecting and gold prospecting when he was 14 and has been hooked ever since. is now sponsored by Garrett Metal Detectors. The 22-year-old metal detecting enthusiast from Charlotte, N.C. “Back then, I didn’t even know how to make a video, so I would just post clips of all my finds.” I never thought I would do this for a living,” said Bennett, whose first video was a single, unedited clip. ![]() His channel, has grown to more than 203,000 subscribers. Many of his videos have gone viral with more than two million views per video. The shows range from gold prospecting to coin, relic and treasure hunting. ![]() Since posting his first video online in January 2009, Bennett has become a YouTube sensation, boasting more than 500 videos with more than 32 million total views. ![]() in late October to speak at the GPAA Gold & Treasure Show. Michael Bennett, will head to Concord, N.C. Gold and treasure hunter Nugget Noggin, a.k.a.
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