“Welcome Stranger” the largest alluvial gold nugget ever discovered, yielding 3,123 troy
“Welcome Stranger” the largest alluvial gold nugget ever discovered, yielding 3,123 troy ounces of pure gold. Today it would be valued around $4 million.Discovered by Cornish prospectors John Deason and Richard Oates near Moliagul, Australia, February 5th, 1869. -- source link
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