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Nuggets are large masses of gold found in soil and stream beds, known broadly as alluvial deposits. ... The Welcome Stranger, found near Moliagul in 1869, is the biggest known nugget, containing 2300 ounces of gold. ... Welcome Stranger Nugget. D.25.24 ; Source: Museum Victoria...
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The world's largest recorded gold nugget is the "Welcome Stranger", found in Australia on 5 February 1869. The Welcome Stranger measured 61cm by 31cm and was discovered by prospectors John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, abo...
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Welcome Stranger Nugget on Reverse of a 1986 Australian One Ounce Proof Gold Nugget Coin Welcome Stranger Nugget. We Sell Nuggets · Nuggets Information ...
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www.taxfreegold.co.uk/nuggetslist.html
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Moliagul is a small township in Victoria , 202 kilometres north west of Melbourne, notable for the discovery of the world's largest gold nugget, the Welcome Stranger in 1869....
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Welcome_Stranger
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The largest gold nugget ever found was called the "Welcome Stranger" weighing in at 2316 troy ounces (72.04 kg). It was found by John Deason and Richard Oates (pictured below with miners and wives) at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia on February 5th, 1869. While the gold from the Welcome Stranger is still out there,
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www.blackcatmining.com/reference/largest-nugget.cfm
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The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to one of the largest gold nuggets ever found in the world today. Measuring 61 cm by 31 cm, it was discovered by ...
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www.the-metal-detective.com/gold-nuggets.html
www.the-metal-detective.com/gold-nuggets.html
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Gold Rush hamlets such as Kingower, Rheola, Tarnagulla and Moliagul are just a few fascinating places almost lost on today’s road maps; ... The London Chartered Bank, also on Broadway, was built in 1867 to replace a wooden and corrugated iron building. The Welcome Stranger nugget was sold to the bank for 9,534 pounds.
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The Welcome Stranger, world’s largest nugget was a 65 kilogram lump of solid gleaming metal found at Moliagul in 1869. It was sold to the bank for 9,534 pounds ($19 ... The Hand of Faith nugget, worth a million dollars, was found in the region in the 1980s, heralding an era of metal detectors and a new harvest of gold.
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On February 5, 1869 Richard Oates and John Deeson found the Welcome Stranger nugget, the largest ever recovered gold nugget in the world. It was resting upon red clay, rubbly rock and quartz, just below the surface, 55m on the down hill side of the black Reef.
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www.gold-nuggets.org/finding-gold-nuggets-areas.htm
www.gold-nuggets.org/finding-gold-nuggets-areas.htm
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