A whopping 52 Ounce nugget

[IdahoGoldGettR]

In 1937, this (52) troy ounce nugget was found in the river banks of Turnagain Creek British Columbia. It is recognized in this province to be the largest gold nugget in existence.

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[Guardrailnickel]

That is a great find. Three and quarter'ish pounds of gold, H#&L yea!

 

[A2coins]

That's really cool bet theres more out there lol just waiting to be picked up

 

[IdahoGoldGettR]

‘She’s a beauty that’s for sure. I know gold is gold but there are some “plane Jane” nuggets that don’t do much for me (other than the obvious reason $$) but then there are those that have great character like this one. Throw in a little quartz matrix and you now have sex appeal. That’s what I am talking about. Yep ‘She’s a beauty in my book.

 

[ratled]

That is a great find. Three and quarter'ish pounds of gold, H#&L yea!

4.3 pounds - its a troy thing

 

[xr7ator]

In BC it may be the largest but in reality it's not;[h=2]List of nuggets[edit][/h][TABLE="class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"]
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[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Name[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Discovered by[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Location of Discovery[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Country[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Date[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Mass[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Net return[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Notes[/TH]
[TH="class: unsortable, bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]References[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Welcome Stranger[/TD]
[TD]John Deason and Richard Oates[/TD]
[TD]Moliagul, Victoria[/TD]
[TD]

Australia[/TD]
[TD]1869[/TD]
[TD]2,520 troy ounces (78 kg; 173 lb)[/TD]
[TD]2,284 troy ounces (71.0 kg; 156.6 lb)[/TD]
[TD]Found only 3 cm (1.2 in) below the surface, near the base of a tree[/TD]
[TD][SUP][5][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Welcome Nugget[/TD]
[TD]Red Hill Mining Company[/TD]
[TD]Bakery Hill, Ballarat[/TD]
[TD]

Australia[/TD]
[TD]June 1858[/TD]
[TD]2,218 troy ounces (69.0 kg; 152.1 lb)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Melted down in London in November 1859[/TD]
[TD][SUP][6][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Canaã nugget also known as the Pepita Canaa [SUP][a][/SUP][/TD]
[TD]Serra Pelada Mine[/TD]
[TD]State of Para[/TD]
[TD]

Brazil[/TD]
[TD]September 13, 1983[/TD]
[TD]1,955 troy ounces (60.8 kg; 134.1 lb)[/TD]
[TD]1,682.5 troy ounces (52.33 kg; 115.37 lb)[/TD]
[TD]Largest in existence[/TD]
[TD][SUP][9][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]W.A. Farish, A. Wood, J. Winstead, F.N.L. Clevering and Harry Warner[/TD]
[TD]Sierra Buttes[/TD]
[TD]

United States[/TD]
[TD]August 1869[/TD]
[TD]1,593 troy ounces (49.5 kg; 109.2 lb)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Sold to R.B. Woodward for $21,637[/TD]
[TD][SUP][10][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Serra Pelada Mine[/TD]
[TD]State of Para[/TD]
[TD]

Brazil[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1,506.2 troy ounces (46.85 kg; 103.28 lb)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Displayed at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil[/TD]
[TD][SUP][11][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Serra Pelada Mine[/TD]
[TD]State of Para[/TD]
[TD]

Brazil[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1,393.3 troy ounces (43.34 kg; 95.54 lb)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Displayed at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil[/TD]
[TD][SUP][11][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lady Hotham[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Ballarat, Victoria[/TD]
[TD]

Australia[/TD]
[TD]1854[/TD]
[TD]1,170 troy ounces (36 kg; 80 lb)[/TD]
[TD]17 dwt. of gold[/TD]
[TD]Lady Hotham was named after the wife of the Governor, Sir Charles Hotham[/TD]
[TD][SUP][12][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]The Heron[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Golden Gully in the Mount Alexander goldfield[/TD]
[TD]

Australia[/TD]
[TD]1855[/TD]
[TD]1,008 troy ounces (31.4 kg; 69.1 lb)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Miners found the nugget on their second day of digging[/TD]
[TD][SUP][13][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hand of Faith[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Kingower, Victoria[/TD]
[TD]

Australia[/TD]
[TD]1980[/TD]
[TD]875 troy ounces (27.2 kg; 60.0 lb)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Found using a metal detector[/TD]
[TD][SUP][14][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fricot Nugget[/TD]
[TD]William Davis[/TD]
[TD]Sierra Nevada and Northern California goldfields[/TD]
[TD]

United States[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[IdahoGoldGettR]

I stand corrected. It is the 4th largest nugget in the province of B. C. but is the only one of the four that is of existence today.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Search the online digital newspaper websites for “pound nugget”...lots of big nuggets and a few HUGE nuggets.

A surprise for me was the 85 pound nugget in Oklahoma...

 

[ratled]

I stand corrected. It is the 4th largest nugget in the province of B. C. but is the only one of the four that is of existence today.

Well then if it's only the 4th largest might as well throw it back. Send it to me and I will release it to grow up some more

 

[russau]

That would be a GREAT way to start a day ! I'd pop a few tabb top's to celebrate that one !!