Can you imagine pulling THIS out of the ground?!?

large-gold-nugget-found-in-butte-county (CA)

Saw that in the news yesterday!
It would be too big to fit in my vial.

Great. Just great. Now I gotta add a metal detector to my list for next Christmas..... I'm hopeless.

Congrats to the finder, and that just goes to show that the Oldtimers did not find it all - unless that was a solid gold meteorite.....

WOW! That is the stuff dreams are made of.

Sure would be nice to find one of those in your lifetime. Most I have ever found with a detector is an old tractor seat.

Whats it weigh in at?

Ah I see now, sorry bout my last post, didn't see the link initially

I like it. A lot.

I did get to hold this one in Alaska. Close as I'll get to finding one lol

That is a pretty nice nugget there.

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Nice nugget. Not the greatest, but nice.

I would cry with joy if I ever found one!

Heck, if I found one - I'd probably have a heart attack from the shock and someone would steal it.

I would have a hard time handing it back. LOL

Here, give it to me and I'll fix that problem for ya!

Reminds me of the day Dan was also being closely watched like a hawk while holding this precious.

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I couldn't believe they let us play with the gold like that. Sure had them on the edge till you gave them back.