the biggest gold nugget ever found in united states was at moliagul, victoria.
the biggest gold nugget ever found in united states was at moliagul, victoria.
where was the biggest gold nugget ever found in united states?
moliagul, victoria
the largest gold nugget found using a metal detector is the hand of faith, weighing , found in kingower, victoria, australia in 1980.









































historic large specimens include the crystalline "fricot nugget", weighing – the largest one found during the california gold rush. it is on display at the california state mining and mineral museum.









































the largest gold nugget ever found in california weighed . it was found in august 1869 in sierra buttes by five partners – w.a. farish, a. wood, j. winstead, f.n.l. clevering and harry warner.
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two gold nuggets are claimed as the largest in the world: the welcome stranger and the canaã nugget, the latter being the largest surviving natural nugget. considered by most authorities to be the biggest gold nugget ever found, the welcome stranger was found at moliagul, victoria, australia in 1869 by john deason and richard oates. it weighed gross, over and returned over net. the welcome stranger is sometimes confused with the similarly named welcome nugget, which was found in june 1858 at bakery hill, ballarat, australia by the red hill mining company. the welcome weighed . it was melted down in london in november 1859.
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