The nugget had to be broken into smaller pieces in order for its total weight to be calculated. The two men who discovered it ...

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After all, Schnabel tends to operate in areas where gold is very fine, and large nuggets are quite rare ... "They're preserved because they're ivory and they were buried in the permafrost so ...

An Australian couple was searching for gold using a metal detector in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in 1979 when they uncovered the largest gold nugget found in the region in the previous 50 years.

The lucky prospector said: "oh wow, the wife's going to be happy with that" An Australian man using a budget metal detector has hit the score of a lifetime – a giant gold nugget worth $160,000.

An amateur gold digger made the discovery of a lifetime when he unearthed a giant gold nugget buried in a field in Victoria, Australia. The man, who asked to remain anonymous, was using a budget ...

A metal detectorist has unearthed a gold nugget that is currently up for auction and expected to sell for over $37,000. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

In 1887, miners Tom Groves and Harry Lytton found the largest gold nugget in Colorado history. The nugget was located near Breckenridge around an area called Farncomb Hill. While there are many ...

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"All told through local objects and illustrated newspapers." It’s a story that’s also told with a gold nugget that’s at the center of the exhibit, called the Little Johnny Nugget.

An amateur gold digger has found an enormous gold nugget worth 240,000 AUD ($160,000) in Australia. Discovered in the state of Victoria in an area known as the “Golden Triangle,” the gold ...