During the Australian gold rush, the world’s largest nugget was found by miners originating from the UK. On 5 February 1869, ...

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The news of the nugget reached Melbourne in the Tuesday evening edition of The Herald under a headline “Latest News (by electric telegraphs) — Discovery of a large mass of gold”.

Near the spot where this mass was found there were unearthed two nuggets weighing respectively 114 ozs. and 36 ozs. Very heavy gold is characteristic of this district; and large nuggets are found ...

Now, tiny gold nuggets as small as a pea are the latest sensation in the local jewelry scene. Dubbed "kongal geum" in Korean, which roughly translates to bean-sized gold, they are gold pieces ...

The unearthing of the large gold nugget follows a suite of discoveries in the area over the past month leaving prospectors hopeful for even bigger yields in the near future.