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Typical 18-karat gold is an alloy of 75% gold and 25% of one or more other metals, such as copper or silver. This miraculous nugget uses plastics instead of metal for that 25%.

June 8, 2011 — -- A gold nugget that sold at auction for $460,000 in March may, it turns out, actually be from Australia -- not California's gold country. Fred Holabird, the auctioneer who ...

The man found the nugget, weighing about 85 grams, or 3.02 ounces, while lying face down with a snorkel in the riverbed, a method that prospectors call “sniping.” ...

A treasure-hunting hobbyist in Scotland has unearthed a solid gold nugget worth an estimated £80,000, about $103,400 USD. It's worth more than $100,000. It's worth more than $100,000.

An amateur Australian prospector who hadn't had much luck searching for gold has struck it rich, unearthing a nugget heavier than a newborn baby and worth more than $300,000.

The nugget is around the size of a UK 50 pence coin. The find, nicknamed Hiro’s Nugget, has an estimated worth of between £30,000 ($38,000) and £40,000 ($50,700), according to Shropshire-based ...