A List of the World's Largest Gold Nuggets Including the Welcome Stranger

A replica of the largest gold nugget in history-

 List of nuggets

 

Welcome Stranger

John Deason and Richard Oates

Australia

1869

2,520 troy ounces (78 kg; 173 lb)

2,284 troy ounces (71.0 kg; 156.6 lb)

Found only 3 cm (1.2 in) below the surface, near the base of a tree

 

Welcome Nugget

Red Hill Mining Company

Bakery Hill, Ballarat

 Australia

June 1858

2,218 troy ounces (69.0 kg; 152.1 lb)

Melted down in London in November 1859

 

Canaã nugget also known as the Pepita Canaa

Serra Pelada Mine

State of Para

 Brazil

September 13, 1983

1,955 troy ounces (60.8 kg; 134.1 lb)

1,682.5 troy ounces (52.33 kg; 115.37 lb)

Largest in existence

 

 

W.A. Farish, A. Wood, J. Winstead, F.N.L. Clevering and Harry Warner

Sierra Buttes

 United States

August 1869

1,593 troy ounces (49.5 kg; 109.2 lb)

Sold to R.B. Woodward for $21,637

 

 

Serra Pelada Mine

State of Para

 Brazil

1,506.2 troy ounces (46.85 kg; 103.28 lb)

Displayed at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil

 

 

Serra Pelada Mine

State of Para

 Brazil

1,393.3 troy ounces (43.34 kg; 95.54 lb)

Displayed at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil

 

Lady Hotham

Ballarat, Victoria

 Australia

1854

1,170 troy ounces (36 kg; 80 lb)

17 dwt. of gold

Lady Hotham was named after the wife of the Governor, Sir Charles Hotham

 

The Golden Eagle

Jim Larcombe and son

Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia

 Australia

1931

1,135 troy ounces (35.3 kg; 77.8 lb)

Sold to and melted down by state government

 

The Heron

Golden Gully in the Mount Alexander goldfield

 Australia

1855

1,008 troy ounces (31.4 kg; 69.1 lb)

Miners found the nugget on their second day of digging

 

Hand of Faith

Kingower, Victoria

 Australia

1980

875 troy ounces (27.2 kg; 60.0 lb)

Found using a metal detector

 

Fricot Nugget

William Davis

Sierra Nevada and Northern California goldfields

 United States

1865

201 troy ounces (6.3 kg; 13.8 lb)

Sold for $3500 to Jules Fricot, who sent it to the 1878 Paris Exposition. On display at the California State Mining and Mineral Museum.

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gold_nuggets_by_size

https://www.goldindustrygroup.com.au/news/2020/11/20/the-worlds-30-largest-gold-discoveries