9.1 Kg Nugget Discovered

[gedanate]

Some lucky person managed to unearth this 9.1 Kilo gold nugget near the town of Ruby in Alaska.
It weighs a whopping 294.10 troy ounces, which makes this lovely nugget the biggest one ever found in Alaska.

Isn't it a (not so) little beauty? :lol:

Source: Facebook.
http://on.fb.me/1PAY3AG

 

[dam it]

WOW with capital F
that's awesome. Lucky lucky bastards .

 

[Heatho]

FMD, awesome.

 

[Dreamwalking]

In a lump like that I see it as a thing of .... beauty and freedom .... until it gets melted down into wedding rings ....LOL

 

[silver]

Now that's a doorstop.

 

[Swinging & digging]

Thats an old find, i seen that picture years ago.
Its not a recent find.

 

[Jaros]

Still wouldn't want to live in a so far away from the real world. and COLD!!!!!!!!!!! 8)

 

[Nightjar]

https://www.facebook.com/AmazingGeologist/

 

[Redfin]

That was found in the 1990's from memory, was a grader or bulldozer.

 

[AKA_RedRimmed_Desert]

Too many big bears up there for me. They say the climate is much milder near the southern ocean front. GPAA has summer camp trips sluicing the beach sand deposits at Nome Alaska.

 

[nucopia]

Once spent three weeks in Anchorage , we arrived the last week of May to a bleak overcast dreery place were every thing looked depressing..no leaves on the trees snow still melting in some place every thing grey with white snow in patches. Every thing looked lifeless.
A week later the leaves and flowers had blossemed every thing was green and flowering..the days were long and the nights if you could call twilight night were short. Sore a few Moose an Elk but no bears.. Amazing place spent the next two weeks playing golf and visiting the Glacia and or other tourest spots.. Amazing place in summer. But I would hate to live through the long cold and dark winters.

 

[Ridge Runner]

This one was found in 1998, Hope this helps.

http://www.goldrushnuggets.com/alcenu.html

 

[Dirtdemon]

Yep old news.... thought it was bout 1998 and yeah he tipped it up with a dozer bucket from memory

 

[Tassie Daz]

Only a pebble by Australian standards though. Still wouldn't pass it up!

 

[Nightjar]

VERY old find, wait till you view the 2016 Easter nug here in Oz.

 

[Ridge Runner]

VERY old find, wait till you view the 2016 Easter nug here in Oz.

Funny how they turn up at such times, I till like looking at them, I think we need a Vintage Nugget Section so we can Look and Dream

 

[silver]

Or check and quote ! Too.

 

[AKA_RedRimmed_Desert]

Once spent three weeks in Anchorage , we arrived the last week of May to a bleak overcast dreery place were every thing looked depressing..no leaves on the trees snow still melting in some place every thing grey with white snow in patches. Every thing looked lifeless.
A week later the leaves and flowers had blossemed every thing was green and flowering..the days were long and the nights if you could call twilight night were short. Sore a few Moose an Elk but no bears.. Amazing place spent the next two weeks playing golf and visiting the Glacia and or other tourest spots.. Amazing place in summer. But I would hate to live through the long cold and dark winters.

Golfing on Kodiac Island might be different, those Kodiac Brown bears will come strolling across the turf right in front of you. I don't play golf but have seen it there on TV.

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