Dozens of giant gold nuggets were found all over the Sierra in the mid-1800s, including the 54-pound Magalia Nugget — shoveled out of the dirt, also in Butte County, in 1859.

Giant gold 'Butte Nugget’ sells to secret Bay Area buyer By Kevin Fagan , Reporter Updated Oct 25, 2014 8:59 a.m. The 6.07-pound gold Butte Nugget sold Friday for an undisclosed amount of money ...

A massive gold nugget found this summer in Northern California is expected to carry a $350,000 minimum price tag when it is sold Thursday at the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show.

One of the biggest gold nuggets found in modern times in Northern California's historic Gold Country is going up for sale.. Weighing in at 6.07 pounds, the Butte Nugget is expected to carry a ...

The California gold rush is still on, maybe not as heady as it was 150 years ago, but still on – especially since the discovery last spring of a giant among gold nuggets, which will soon go up ...

HELENA, Mon., Jan. 25.—A forty-two- pound gold nugget worth upward of $10,000 is reported to have been found in California Gulch, one of the tributaries of the famous Alder Gulch, in Madison County.

A man who claimed that he found a giant gold nugget on his farm in California's Sierra Nevada mountains was exposed as a fraud when the specimen was found to be Australian in origin, The Union ...

The world’s biggest gold nugget ever found weighs as much as an adult man and it is a gold miner’s absolute dream. For people hoping to invest their fortune, gold has typically been a reliable ...

Gold diggers in southern Australia have found two huge nuggets worth $350,000 AUD ($250,000 USD) in historic goldfields. The pair of nuggets weigh in at a combined 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds) and ...

Australian man finds giant gold nugget. Photo: 9 News Australia/Youtube An Australian man using a budget metal detector has hit the score of a lifetime – a giant gold nugget worth $160,000.

Gold nugget formation from earthquake-induced piezoelectricity in quartz. Nature Geoscience , 17 (8). Request Reprint & Licensing Submit Correction View Editorial & AI Guidelines ...