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What was the name of the gold nugget found in 1858 at Bakery Hill Ballarat?
The gold nugget found in 1858 at Bakery Hill near Ballarat was the "Welcome Nugget". This is different from the "Welcome Stranger", which was the name given to a largest gold nugget ever found and recorded.
Was the Welcome Stranger the biggest nugget found in Australia?
Yes. The "Welcome Stranger" was not only the biggest single nugget, not reef gold, found in Australia, but the single biggest nugget found in the world. It measured 61 cm by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, western Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869. It was found only 5cm below the surface on a slope leading to what was then known as Bulldog Gully and it weighed 2316 troy ounces or 72.04 kg. The Welcome Stranger is not the same as the "Welcome Nugget" found in Ballarat in 1858 which was the largest single nugget prior to the discovery of the Welcome Stranger.
Where was the golden nugget found?
A 12-pound gold nugget was found in Ballarat, Australia in 2013. It is believed that the nugget will be worth over $500,000 dollars. The nugget was found by a prospector using a metal detector.
Who found the world's biggest nugget?
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How big is the worlds biggest chicken nugget?
The biggest gold nugget was found in Australia in 1869 and weighed 78 kg
What is the name for the biggest gold nugget found?
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What was the biggest pure gold nugget ever found?
The Welcome Stranger is the biggest pure gold nugget ever found, discovered in Australia in 1869. It weighed a whopping 2,284 ounces (about 158 pounds) and was valued at the time of discovery at around $10,000.
What is the worlds smallest gold nugget?
The biggest gold nugget ever recorded was the "Welcome Stranger", found in Australia. It measured 61 cm by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, western Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869. It weighed 2316 troy ounces or 72.04 kg. The finders were paid £19,068. The Welcome Stranger is not the same as the "Welcome Nugget" found in Ballarat in 1858 which was the largest single nugget prior to the discovery of the Welcome Stranger.
Biggest gold nugget ever found and recorded what was it named?
The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to the largest gold nugget ever found and recorded. It measured 61 cm by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly. It was found only 2 inches (5 centimeters) below the surface on a slope leading to what was then known as Bulldog Gully and it weighed 2316 troy ounces or 72.04 kg. Note that the Welcome Stranger shouod not be confused with the "Welcome Nugget" found in Ballarat in 1858 which was the largest single nugget prior to the discovery of the Welcome Stranger.
Where was the largest gold nugget ever found?
The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to a largest gold nugget ever found and recorded. It measured 61 cm by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, western Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly and half-way between Maryborough and St Arnaud. It was found only 5cm below the surface on a slope leading to what was then known as Bulldog Gully and it weighed 2316 troy ounces or 72.04 kg. The finders were paid £19,068. The Welcome Stranger is not the same as the "Welcome Nugget" found in Ballarat in 1858 which was the largest single nugget prior to the discovery of the Welcome Stranger.However, larger than this is the Beyers and Holtermann nugget, the largest single piece of reef gold ever discovered in the world. The Beyers and Holtermann nugget was, strictly speaking, not a nugget, but what is called a matrix. Weighing in around 286 kilograms(about 630 pounds), it measured 150cm by 66cm, and was worth at least £12,000 at the time it was discovered, in October 1872. It was discovered by workers at the Star of Hope Gold Mining Co on Hawkins Hill, at the Hill End goldfields in New South Wales, Australia.
How big is the biggest gold nugget found in the Mojave desert?
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