The largest gold nuggets ever found
The largest pieces of the precious metal ever discovered

Lady Loch Nugget: 617 ounces (17.5kg)

Canaã 5 Nugget: 646 ounces (18.3kg)

Dogtown Nugget: 711 ounces (20.2kg)

Kum Tow Nugget: 796 ounces (22.6kg)

McEvoy Nuggets: 810 ounces (22.9kg) (largest)

Normandy Nugget: 899 ounces (25.5kg)

Poseidon Nugget: 953 ounces (27kg)

Hand of Faith Nugget: 960 ounces (27.2kg)

Viscountess Canterbury Nugget: 970 ounces (27.5 kilos)

Canadian 3 Nugget: 1,099 ounces (31.2kg)

Heron Nugget: 1,106 ounces (31.4kg)

Viscount Canterbury Nugget: 1,114 ounces (31.6kg)

Sarah Sands Nugget: 1,117 ounces (31.7kg)

Golden Eagle Nugget: 1,135 ounces (32.2kg)

Canaã 4 Nugget: 1,185 ounces (33.6kg)

Canadian 2 Nugget: 1,224 ounces (34.7kg)

Canaã 3 Nugget: 1,230 ounces (34.9kg)

Great Triangle Nugget: 1,277 ounces (36.2kg)

Canaã 2 Nugget: 1,430 ounces (40.5kg)

Lady Hotham Nugget: 1,576 ounces (44.7kg)

Monumental Nugget: 1,648 ounces (46.7kg)-1,696 ounces (48.1kg)

Precious Nugget: 1,717 ounces (48.7kg)

Blanche Barkly Nugget: 1,743 ounces (49.4kg)

Leg of Mutton/Canadian Nugget: 2,144 ounces (60.8kg)

Canaã Nugget: 2,145 ounces (60.8kg)

RNC Minerals' 2 'Nugget': 2,222 ounces (63kg)

Welcome Nugget: 2,433 ounces (69kg)

RNC Minerals' 1 'Nugget': 3,351 ounces (95kg)

Miners working for RNC Minerals unearthed an even larger gold-encrusted rock at the Beta Hunt mine in Western Australia back in September 2018. This eye-opener weighs in at a back-breaking 3,351 ounces (95kg) and is said to contain around 2,400 ounces (68kg) of pure gold valued at $3 million (£2.3m).
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Welcome Stranger Nugget: 3,524 ounces (99.9kg)

The magnificent Welcome Stranger, the granddaddy of all true gold nuggets, was found by English prospectors John Deason and Richard Oates in February 1869 at Moliagul in Victoria, Australia. Weighing in at a jaw-dropping 3,524 ounces (99.9kg), the monster nugget was broken up into three pieces that were later melted down. It would be worth at least $3 million (£2.3m) if still intact today.
Holtermann 'Nugget': 10,229 ounces (290kg)

While the Welcome Stranger is the largest gold nugget ever found, the biggest single gold specimen discovered on the planet is the Holtermann 'Nugget'. Unearthed in October 1872 by German-born miner Bernhardt Holtermann at Hill End in New South Wales, Australia, the gold-embedded-in-quartz specimen weighed a staggering 10,229 ounces (290kg). The rock was valued at £12,000, which is $1.7 million (£1.3m) in today's money, before it was crushed and the gold extracted.
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