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  2. Ironstone's Crown Jewel - Wikipedia

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    John Kautz, proprietor of Ironstone Vineyards, purchased the gold specimen in 1994 for an undisclosed price; its appraised value at the time was $3.5 million. [1] Kautz had the 60 lb troy (22.4 kg) nugget etched with acid to remove most of the quartz; the resulting gold leaf specimen is 44 lbs troy (16.4 kg).

  3. 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 ...

  4. Gold in California - Wikipedia

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    Because the gold in the California gravel beds was so richly concentrated, the early forty-niners simply panned for gold in California's rivers and streams, a form of placer mining. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] However, panning cannot take place on a large scale, and industrious miners and groups of miners graduated to placer mining " cradles " and "rockers ...

  5. $10,000 reward offered after gold nugget reported stolen in ...

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    A massive gold nugget was reported stolen Thursday from the Long Beach Convention Center, prompting an offer of a $10,000 reward. Bob Campbell, the owner of a coin shop in Salt Lake City, said he ...

  6. Gold nugget - Wikipedia

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    The largest gold nugget found using a metal detector is the Hand of Faith, weighing 875 troy ounces (27.2 kg; 60.0 lb), found in Kingower, Victoria, Australia in 1980. Historic large specimens include the crystalline "Fricot Nugget", weighing 201 troy ounces (6.3 kg; 13.8 lb) – the largest one found during the California Gold Rush.

  7. List of gold nuggets by size - Wikipedia

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    The Hand of Faith is the world's largest gold nugget found by using a metal detector. A wood engraving of the Welcome Stranger published in The Illustrated Australian News for Home Reader on 1 March 1869. The scale bar across the bottom represents 12 inches (30 cm). Gold nuggets of various sizes have been found throughout the world.

  8. Rare coin issued after the California Gold Rush sold at ...

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    This photo provided by Stack's Bowers Galleries shows a rare $20 double eagle gold coin from 1870, which sold for $1,440,000 at an auction Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Costa Mesa, Calif. (Stack's ...

  9. California Mother Lode - Wikipedia

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    (Left) Two water-worn gold nuggets from Tuolumne County. They are typical of larger nuggets found by the early California gold rush placer miners (each ~1.6 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm). (Right) Crystalline gold specimen from the California Mother Lode, probably from Tuolumne County (5.3 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm).

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