The world's largest gold nugget was found more than 150 years ago, unearthed just over an inch (2.54cm) below the ground by two English miners in Moliagul, Australia. In the years since, more ...

The world’s largest ever gold nugget, discovered in 1869 during the Australian gold rush, remains a symbol of extraordinary wealth. Weighing as much as an adult man, the Welcome Stranger gold nugget, ...

The Golden Beauty was found in 1979 and is close to 7.5 inches wide. The shiny behemoth known as the “Golden Beauty” was found in 1979 the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in Western Australia by John and ...

A gold-hunter claims to have found the UK’s largest gold nugget, weighing a hefty 121.3 grams (4.28 ounces), in a Scottish river. The metal lump, found in two pieces and dubbed “The Reunion Nugget,” ...

An Australian couple was searching for gold using a metal detector in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in 1979 when they uncovered the largest gold nugget found in the region in the previous 50 years. Coming ...

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — This enormous gold nugget was donated anonymously to a Salvation Army red kettle in southern Indiana last December. Now, it's up for auction. The nugget, weighing in at 15.52 troy ...

In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out of the earth.