 The "Boot of Cortez" is the largest natural gold nugget in existence from the Western Hemisphere. Its weight is 389.4 troy oz. and was found in the Sonora Desert with a metal detector in 1989. (Note that the owner corrected me in that it is not the largest ever found in the Western Hemisphere but the largest surviving nugget.) |
 Reef Mn. Cochise Co. Arizona |
 Quartzsite La Paz Co. Arizona |
 Gold from Carson Hill, Calaveres County, California |
 The Fricot. Crystallized gold mass - 201.40 troy oz. (approx. 13 lbs.) Discovered August, 1865 by William Russell Davis Grit Claim, Spanish Dry Diggins, Middle Fork American River, El Dorado County, California |
 Nuggets in a gold pan |
 Nice big nugget from Australia |