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.
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the largest silver nugget was found inColorado
The world's largest SILVER nugget was found in 1894, near Aspen Colorado. it was 1,840 lbs.
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No it was found in Australia
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The Holterman Nugget was found in Hill End in NSW on 19 October, 1872. It was the largest single nugget ever discovered anywhere, although strictly speaking, it was not really a single nugget but rather a mass of gold found in a reef.
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.
The largest golden nugget ever found weighed about 389.4 troy ounces, which is approximately 27.2 pounds. It was discovered in Australia in 1980 and is known as the "Welcome Stranger" nugget.
The world's largest silver nugget in 1894 was found in the state of Colorado. It was known as the "Sherman Silver Nugget" and weighed over 2,000 pounds.