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in gold •  7 years ago 

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World's largest alluvial gold nugget, the Welcome Stranger, found by John Deason and Richard Oates (weighting 97.14kg) in Moliagul, Australia

On this day in 1869

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Considered by most authorities to be the biggest gold nugget ever found, It weighed gross, over 2,520 troy ounces (78 kg; 173 lb) and returned over 2,284 troy ounces (71.0 kg; 156.6 lb) net.
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Wow imagine how much that would be worth