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gold. It turned out to be the largest undisputed gold nugget found in the Black Hills in the past 120 years. (A larger nugget has been found, but its authenticity has been called into question).

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It weighs in at 15.52 ounces, just over 1 pound. Somebody dropped this particular nugget into a Salvation Army bucket last year. Large gold nuggets aren’t easy to come by, even in gold-rich areas.

The largest gold nugget ever discovered was “Welcome Stranger,” found in Australia in 1869 weighing 156.6 pounds. It was split into fragments and split between 17 miners, according to the BBC.

By comparison, a nugget that weighs only one troy ounce is about as rare as a five-carat diamond. Golden Beauty is among the largest golden nuggets ever found in Australia. CREDIT: Heritage Auctions.