![]() Discovered by five prospectors in August 1869 in the Monumental Claim in Sierra County, California. The largest gold nugget discovered in America weighed in at between 1,648oz and 1,696oz. ![]() Named in honour of the then-Governor of Victoria’s wife, it was found by nine miners at the Canadian Gully in Ballarat Victoria, in September 1854. ![]() The second biggest nugget found during Brazil's Serra Pelada Gold Rush of the early 1980s and is on display at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil. It is on display at the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.Ĭanaã 2 Nugget: 1,430oz. ![]() The largest ever discovered in Russia, it was found in 1842 by prospector Nikofor Syutkin at Miass in the Ural Mountains. Notable for its distinctive ferrous red hue, it is the third largest nugget unearthed during the Brazilian Serra Pelada Gold Rush of the early 1980s. Discovered at Canadian Gully in Ballarat, Victoria, in January 1863.Ĭanaã 3 Nugget: 1,230oz. The fourth-largest nugget found during Brazil's Serra Pelada Gold Rush of the early 1980s and resides at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil.Ĭanadian 2 Nugget: 1,224oz. It was a headline-grabbing national sensation, before being sold to the Western Australian Government.Ĭanaã 4 Nugget: 1,185oz. Discovered by 17-year-old Jim Larcombe at Larkinsville, Western Australia in January 1931 and named due to its resemblance to the majestic bird. It was unearthed by a French sailor in January 1853. Named after the famous ship and found at Canadian Gully, Ballarat during the Victorian Gold Rush. Like the Viscountess Canterbury Nugget, its partner was found in May 1870 at John's Paddock, Berlin in the gold-laden Rheola locality in Victoria. Named after a popular gold commissioner and found near Old Golden Point in Fryer's Creek on the Mount Alexander goldfield in Victoria, in March 1855. One of the largest nuggets discovered during the Victorian Gold Rush, it was found in January 1863 at Canadian Gully, Ballarat. Found at John's Paddock, Berlin in the Rheola locality in Victoria, in October 1870, and named after the then-Governor of Victoria’s wife.Ĭanadian 3 Nugget: 1,099oz. It is the largest gold nugget found using a metal detector and is on display at the Golden Nugget Casino Hotel in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. Found by Kevin Hillier near Kingower in Victoria, in September 1980. Found in Tarnagulla, Victoria in December 1906, inspiring a festive gold rush. This sparkling hunk of gold is currently on display at The Perth Mint. Found in a dry creek bed in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1995. The three nuggets weighed 810oz, 805oz and 782oz respectively, however they no longer exist. Found in either 1857 or 1858 by Nicholas McAvoy and Walter Palmer, in the Rheola locality in Victoria. It was melted down but a replica forms part of the Mineralogy Collections at Museums Victoria. Found by Chinese prospector Loo Ching in April 1871 at Catto’s Paddock, Berlin (now Rheola), in Victoria. America's third largest true gold nugget found at Magalia, California in 1859, and is variously known as the Dogtown, Willard or Magalia nugget. The fifth biggest nugget found during Brazil's Serra Pelada Gold Rush in the early 1980s, is on display at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil.ĭogtown Nugget: 711oz. Found in August 1887 at Sulky Gully, in Ballarat, Victoria by the Midas Mining Company, and named in honour of the then-Governor of Victoria's wife.Ĭanaã 5 Nugget: 646oz. Today, the Great Triangle is kept in the Diamond Reserve of the Russian Federation.Lady Loch Nugget: 617oz. This nugget is considered to be the biggest precious gold stone in the world at the present time (larger nuggets found abroad have been melted). The sides of this stone measured 39, 33 and 25.4 cm. It was a practically flat slab of 8 centimeters thick that looked like a triangle. The largest Russian nugget was found in the Southern Ural region in 1842. As it turned out later, this was the giant nugget that was to be called ‘Welcome Stranger’. After making several pick strokes, the miners understood that this was a big block located at a depth of about three centimeters. John and Richard found the nugget acccidentally while pulling a stuck cart out of the mud. They both worked in the area of the gold mining town Moliagul. Incredible fortune smiled upon two miners – John Deason and Richard Oates on 5 February 1869. This fantastic gold nugget was discovered in Australia.
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