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  2. Mojave Nugget - Wikipedia

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    The Mojave Nugget is a large gold nugget found in California, United States. It was found in the Stringer district near Randsburg by prospector Ty Paulsen in 1977 using a metal detector . The nugget, which weighs 156 troy ounces (4.9 kg), is part of the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Collection of gold nuggets that was donated to the Natural ...

  3. In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate ...

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    Known as the Mojave Nugget, the 156-ounce behemoth was found there with a metal detector in 1977 and now sits on display at the Natural History Museum of L.A. County.

  4. Recreational gold mining - Wikipedia

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    This 156-troy-ounce (4.9 kg) gold nugget, known as the Mojave Nugget, was found by an individual prospector in the Southern California desert using a metal detector. Recreational gold mining and prospecting has become a popular outdoor activity several countries, including New Zealand (particularly in Otago ), Australia , South Africa , Wales ...

  5. Gold prospecting - Wikipedia

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    Gold nuggets in a pan also from the Blue Ribbon Mine in Alaska. Old workings in a drywash in southern Arizona. Using a metal detector in a Southern California desert , an individual prospector found this gold nugget , known as the Mojave Nugget , weighing 156 troy ounces (4.9 kg).

  6. Good news for desert tortoises: Stretch of Mojave ... - AOL

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    A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use near military ...

  7. Category:Gold nuggets - Wikipedia

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    Mojave Nugget; W. Welcome Nugget; Welcome Stranger This page was last edited on 30 December 2013, at 20:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  8. The Mojave Desert is burning in California's biggest fire of ...

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    The New York Mountains in the Mojave National Preserve have an enormous density of rare plants, including blue blossom, manzanita and uncommon chaparral shrubs, that could be devastated by fire ...

  9. List of metal detecting finds - Wikipedia

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    Mojave Nugget: N/A United States: 1977 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Newark Torc: 200 to 50 BC United Kingdom: 2005 Millgate Museum: Peebles Hoard: 1000 BC to 900 BC United Kingdom: 2020 N/A Ringlemere Cup: Bronze Age United Kingdom: 2001 British Museum: Rogiet Hoard: 253 to 296 United Kingdom: 1998 National Museums and ...