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Another New Nugget !!! POST YOUR GOLD NUGGET!!!

markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 12, 2024 11:42AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Traded my bullion for this 12.2 gram nugget. Now I have two nuggets. Post your parcells and/or leave a comment.




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  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice nugget! :)<3

    Sorry, don't have one to post. :/

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,736 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful, do you know the source? Looks Californian....
    bob :)

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 12, 2024 11:44AM

    @AUandAG said:
    Beautiful, do you know the source? Looks Californian....
    bob :)

    I don’t know, my Guess from the way it looks is that it may be Australian though I could be Californian as Instead. It has a deeper orange color than my other nugget which from what I read means higher purity. When I go back to collage in the fall I will ask permission to go to the lab with the XRF to know for certain.

  • goldengolden Posts: 9,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not have pictures, but I bought several back in 1989-1990.

  • PacecarPacecar Posts: 49 ✭✭✭

    This one is a 5.4 gram nugget from Australia. I call it "Land Shark".

    Pacecar
  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Pacecar said:
    This one is a 5.4 gram nugget from Australia. I call it "Land Shark".

    Fitting name, I was thinking about what name my nuggets would be since you mentioned it. The little one looks like a hand and the big one looks like I dinosaur footprint.

  • Glen2022Glen2022 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭✭

    interesting. Thank you for posting. Out of curiosity, what purity are nuggets? I'm not even sure how one would describe the purity of a nugget. If not pure gold, what other substances might be included? will a precious metal tester indicate purity? Other included substances?

    Just asking, thanks in advance for responses.

  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 13, 2024 9:58AM

    @Glen2022 said:
    interesting. Thank you for posting. Out of curiosity, what purity are nuggets? I'm not even sure how one would describe the purity of a nugget. If not pure gold, what other substances might be included? will a precious metal tester indicate purity? Other included substances?

    Just asking, thanks in advance for responses.

    From my understanding from the little research I have done and what the store owner told me, the purity ranges from 19 Karat to 23 karat of gold or 79%-98%. Alaskan are between 82-86% pure while Australian are 94-98%, and Californian nuggets are approx 90% pure. From my understanding as well, the more orange color, the more pure the gold content of the nugget. Usually the others metals are silver, copper or even platinum are what dilute the gold purity.

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, those are massive. I have panned for gold in Cali, but never found anything near that big.

    Vplite99
  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 13, 2024 5:39PM

    @vplite99 said:
    Wow, those are massive. I have panned for gold in Cali, but never found anything near that big.

    Just Imagine being the lucky one who pulled something like that from the river. That would be awesome. I have watched prospecting & panning videos on YouTube and it looks like a time consuming yet fun activity.

  • PacecarPacecar Posts: 49 ✭✭✭

    @Jinx86 said:

    That's a beautiful specimen!

    Pacecar
  • PacecarPacecar Posts: 49 ✭✭✭
    edited July 14, 2024 4:35PM

    @markelman1125 said:

    @Pacecar said:
    This one is a 5.4 gram nugget from Australia. I call it "Land Shark".

    Fitting name, I was thinking about what name my nuggets would be since you mentioned it. The little one looks like a hand and the big one looks like I dinosaur footprint.

    Maybe, "Insane in the Membrane" for the rough one and "Rock of Goldbraltar" for the other.

    Pacecar
  • PacecarPacecar Posts: 49 ✭✭✭

    @USMC_6115 said:
    My 26 gram nugget from Australia:

    I'd call that one "Fat Bastard". LOL

    Pacecar
  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SmEagle1795
    That is a natural beauty 😱

  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can really appreciate these nuggets. Very cool to collect.

    Student of numismatics and collector of Morgan dollars
    Successful BST transactions with: Namvet Justindan Mattniss RWW olah_in_MA
    Dantheman984 Toyz4geo SurfinxHI greencopper RWW bigjpst

  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Jinx86

    4oz nugget, that’s massive and rare.

  • Glen2022Glen2022 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭✭

    a 4.08 ounce nugget with iron inclusions sold Sunday, 7/14 on GC for $8102 including BP. I was tempted, but unfortunately, didn't have $8K laying around the house.

  • markelman1125markelman1125 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MtW124 awesome nugget !
    If you don’t mind me asking, how many grams?

  • MtW124MtW124 Posts: 407 ✭✭✭✭

    @markelman1125 said:
    @MtW124 awesome nugget !
    If you don’t mind me asking, how many grams?

    12.14 grams

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,523 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Jinx86 said:



    WOW!!

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