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An Australian couple was searching for gold using a metal detector in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in 1979 when they uncovered the largest gold nugget found in the region in the previous 50 years. Coming ...

A metal detectorist found what he believes is the largest gold nugget ever found in England. Despite arriving late and using faulty equipment, he found the 64.8-gram nugget within just five minutes of ...

The world’s largest ever gold nugget, discovered in 1869 during the Australian gold rush, remains a symbol of extraordinary wealth. Weighing as much as an adult man, the Welcome Stranger gold nugget, ...

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For 17 long years, David Hole hoarded a rock in his home and imagined that it contained a gold nugget. When he couldn’t figure out a way to cut up the rock for investigation, he took it to two eminent ...