Monster nugget discovered in Butte foothills

found this on another forum, all i can say is WOW.  found in california, 12 inches  75 oz.




and they say the good bits are all gone, goes to show ya it could happen to anyone if your coil is on the ground.
cheers

and it sold for $400k US

Well that's good timing with the soon to be released Minelab 7000, haha come on in sucker.

could be a stunt kev, they wont say which machine they found it with although if it was at 12 inches most would scream over it anyway, and to get $400k US seems a lot of money for 75oz at 80 odd percent gold, must be the rarity of the find giving it the value.

Biggest Kev wrote:Well that's good timing with the soon to be released Minelab 7000, haha come on in sucker.

A buzz of excitement swept through the historic gold mining state of California, US, at the end of October, when a recently discovered 75 oz gold nugget was put on show and sold for about $400 000.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the rare clump of gold, which has been christened the Butte Nugget, having been found in a rugged area of Butte County, in northern California, was discovered in July but details relating to the lucky metal-detector-bearing prospector and the exact location of the discovery are being kept secret to prevent scammers and treasure seekers from taking advantage.



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