 It was assayed by William Birkmyre of the Port Phillip Gold Company  and given its name by finder Richard Jeffery.Eclipsed by the discovery of the larger Welcome Stranger eleven years later in 1869 (also in Victoria), it remains the second largest gold nugget ever found.The finders had been among the first to introduce steam-driven machinery into the field at Ballarat and had looked first at nearby Creswick with no luck.