He dreamed of a giant gold nugget—12 days later, he found 27 kgs of gold worth $1 million that made history

Kevin and Bep Hillier discovered a massive gold nugget near Wedderburn in 1980. This extraordinary find, weighing about 27 ...
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Historic Boot of Cortez Gold Nugget to be Auctioned on June 12 at EJ's Auction & Appraisal

At 26.2 pounds, the "Boot of Cortez" is the largest surviving natural gold nugget found in the Western Hemisphere GLENDALE, Ariz., May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- EJ's Auction & Appraisal has been ...
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Man Keeps Rock For Years, Hoping It's Gold. It Turned Out to Be Way More Valuable.

In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock ...