By comparison, a nugget that weighs only one troy ounce is about as rare as a five-carat diamond. Golden Beauty is among the largest golden nuggets ever found in Australia. CREDIT: Heritage Auctions.

Here’s how it works. The largest gold nugget ever found in England was discovered by a man using a faulty metal detecting device. Metal detectorist Richard Brock unearthed the chunk of gold last ...

Tyler Mahoney, also from Kalgoorlie in WA, is a fourth-generation gold prospector. She sold a mammoth nugget for a cool ...

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 ...

Experts say that even finding a one-ounce gold nugget is harder than finding a five-carat diamond. This underscores gold’s ...

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Two friends from Western Australia have struck gold, pocketing more than $160,000 after discovering large nuggets during a ...