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2. The Best Metal Detectors to Uncover Buried Treasure - AOL

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   Scavenge for gold, coins, and other buried treasure with these metal detectors, including models from Garrett, Fisher, and National Geographic.

3. 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.

4. 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 .

5. 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 ...

6. Metal detector - Wikipedia

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   A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground, and under water. A metal detector consists of a control box, an adjustable shaft [dubious – discuss], and a variable-shaped pickup coil. When the coil nears metal, the control box ...

7. 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 (at ...