Massive 6.35 kg gold nugget found - named "Devils Ear"

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  1. SpacePete

    SpacePete Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Not sure if this was mentioned elsewhere on the forum.... but a massive 6kg nugget has been found in Siberia.

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    From another article:

     
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    Pretty cool. If only one like that could be found here. It might give me the impetus to get off my apathetic backside and finally use my detector for something.
     
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    Thanks for sharing. That is indeed a huge gold nugget!

    And I like the quote "First we will have to check the dropouts more carefully - to see what else the clever equipment threw away!'
     
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    :)

    I had a detector when I was a kid (some cheap Dick Smith thing) and spent many holidays dreaming of finding treasure at the caravan park or beach.
     
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    DanielM Active Member Silver Stacker

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    Well if you leave it for someone else then what's the point in going to look for left overs? Get out there first
     
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    160,000 at spot price... i'm sure someone would pay way over that for the nugget as it stands though!
     
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    it looks like a cheap russian fake to me.
     
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    The Ballarat Nugget was found last year in Vic weighing 5.5kg. How much motivation do you jeed?
     
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