Dalton, Ga. ? A Georgia truck driver stepped forward Wednesday to claim half of a $390 million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S. history.

“I’m going to do a lot of fishing,” Ed Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Ga., about 90 miles north of Atlanta, said in a deep Southern drawl.

The other winning ticket in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing was sold at a liquor store in New Jersey, and the holder did not immediately come forward.

Nabors bought his ticket when he stopped in for his weekly cup of coffee at a convenience store in Dalton near a carpet mill run by his employer, Mohawk Industries.

He said he didn’t learn he had won until 9 a.m. – about 10 hours after the numbers were announced – when his co-workers told them that someone bought the winning ticket in Dalton.

“I’m still numb,” he said.

He elected to take his winnings in a lump sum instead of annual installments, and will get $116.5 million before taxes, or more than $80 million after.

Nabors said he wants to buy a house for his daughter, who has wanted to move out of her mobile home for a long time, and plans to keep working – “at least two more days.”

The winning numbers were announced in New York’s Times Square, where the 12 participating Mega Millions states agreed to move the drawing from Atlanta after the jackpot hit $355 million.