An Australian couple was searching for gold using a metal detector in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in 1979 when they uncovered ...

By comparison, a nugget that weighs only one troy ounce is about as rare as a five-carat diamond. Golden Beauty is among the largest golden nuggets ever found in Australia. CREDIT: Heritage Auctions.

the largest piece of gold unearthed at the property was a 28-pound nugget found early on by an enslaved boy, historians said. Today, a plaster cast of Shinn’s nugget is held in a safe at Reed ...

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.