Claimed by German-born miner Bernhardt Holtermann at Hill End in New South Wales in late 1872, the gold-embedded-in-quartz behemoth weighed in at a gargantuan 10,229 ounces, or 290 kilograms. Valued at £12,000 pounds (or around $1.7 million today) upon its discovery, the “nugget” was crushed, with its gold extracted.

How big is the largest gold nugget?

Two Cornish miners found the huge nugget dubbed the Welcome Stranger while prospecting in the gold fields of Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869. It weighed 11 stone (72kg) and was 61cm long (24 inches) when it was found buried just below the surface.

How big is the biggest gold nugget in the world?

The scale bar across the bottom represents 12 inches (30 cm). Gold nuggets of various sizes have been found throughout the world. Historically, they are melted down and formed into new objects. The Welcome Stranger is the biggest alluvial gold nugget found, which had a calculated refined weight of 97.14 kilograms (3,123 ozt).

Where was the second gold nugget found in Australia?

The 2nd large historical gold nugget found in Australia was the “Welcome Stranger” which was discovered in Victoria in 1869. Reports as to its weight vary but are consistently above 70 kgs of gold content.

How big was the Welcome Stranger gold nugget?

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. The Welcome Stranger is sometimes confused with the similarly named Welcome Nugget, which was found in June 1858 at Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia by the Red Hill Mining Company.

Which is bigger a gold nugget or a Pepita Canaa?

Two historic gold nuggets found in Victoria, Australia in the 1800s were both larger than the Brazilian Pepita Canaã nugget, and both at times still appear in “world’s largest gold nugget lists”. The first of these was “The Welcome” nugget found in Ballarat in 1858 during the Victoria gold rush. This gold nugget weighed approximately 69.98 kgs.