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BrianB6

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There's gold in them there hills
« on: August 25, 2016, 08:24:39 am »
The Australian gold rush has never ended.
I should trade my transmitter for a gold detector.  %%
This 4+ Kg. nugget was found this week in the 'Golden Triangle' in Victoria along with a couple of smaller ones.
Just to put things in perspective.   More gold was taken out of one Bendigo mine than was found in the whole of the California gold rush.
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Re: There's gold in them there hills
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2016, 08:56:21 am »
Just for my satisfaction, before I come over and start searching, how much would a nugget like that be worth?
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Re: There's gold in them there hills
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2016, 09:24:47 am »
Nearly £132,000 providing there is no decimal point that we can't see..
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Re: There's gold in them there hills
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2016, 10:36:19 am »
Quote from: nivapilot on August 25, 2016, 08:56:21 am
Just for my satisfaction, before I come over and start searching, how much would a nugget like that be worth?

About US$1,327.80 per ounce, or per Oz if found in Australia
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Re: There's gold in them there hills
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2016, 11:38:01 am »
 :-))
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Re: There's gold in them there hills
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2016, 12:08:55 am »
The value is actually more than the gold price.  %%
Collectors are willing to pay extra for the nugget.   A 3.5 + Kg one sold for about 170.000 pounds in 2014 so this one could be over 200,000 pounds
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