<P> In literature , there are two nuggets that claim their status as the biggest gold nuggets in the world : the Welcome Stranger with the Canaã nugget being the largest surviving natural nugget . Considered by most authorities to be the biggest gold nugget ever found , the Welcome Stranger was found at Moliagul , Victoria , Australia in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates . It weighed gross , over 2,520 troy ounces ( 78 kg ; 173 lb ) and returned over 2,284 troy ounces ( 71.0 kg ; 156.6 lb ) net . The Welcome Stranger is sometimes confused with the similarly named Welcome Nugget , which was found in June 1858 at Bakery Hill , Ballarat , Australia by the Red Hill Mining Company . The Welcome weighed 2,218 troy ounces ( 69.0 kg ; 152.1 lb ) . It was melted down in London in November 1859 . </P>
<P> In literature , there are two nuggets that claim their status as the biggest gold nuggets in the world : the Welcome Stranger with the Canaã nugget being the largest surviving natural nugget . Considered by most authorities to be the biggest gold nugget ever found , the Welcome Stranger was found at Moliagul , Victoria , Australia in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates . It weighed gross , over 2,520 troy ounces ( 78 kg ; 173 lb ) and returned over 2,284 troy ounces ( 71.0 kg ; 156.6 lb ) net . The Welcome Stranger is sometimes confused with the similarly named Welcome Nugget , which was found in June 1858 at Bakery Hill , Ballarat , Australia by the Red Hill Mining Company . The Welcome weighed 2,218 troy ounces ( 69.0 kg ; 152.1 lb ) . It was melted down in London in November 1859 . </P>
where is the biggest gold nugget ever found
where is the biggest gold nugget ever found
Moliagul , Victoria , Australia
Moliagul , Victoria , Australia