FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT

DULUTH - Northlanders braved the cold to dig in the snow for gold Wednesday morning. It was all for part of 95 KQDS's KQ Gold Rush at Spirit Mountain.

Ninety-five finalists went through a couple feet of snow with only their hands to get ahold of a bunch of prizes which included a certificate for an ounce of gold.

The man who won the big prize says he wasn't expecting to find it.

"I just picked a spot and started kicking away at the snow and then started digging and then finally, i just kicked a little more," said Mike Edmundson of Virginia.

Edmundson is still deciding whether to keep the gold or cash it in.