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Big Nuggets - 1oz and larger
bittenbythebug  
Posted : Sunday, 6 January 2013 6:56:31 PM(UTC)
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Hi everyone out there.

Does anyone have any photos of big nuggets they have found over the last few years? I'm talking over 1oz and bigger here and nuggets found in NZ.

Heard of some of the big nuggets found in the 1800s and even 1930s but does anyone have anything decent to show off in recent times that they have found?

Saw a 7oz nugget on trademe several years ago from a lister around Nelson ways. Wish I had brought it as they only wanted aroung $7500 for it. Would have made a great investment.

If you have any, show em - dont need specific details of where they were found but it would be great to see some colour.

(I have the yearly gold itch and cant wait to get south in the next couple of months)

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kiwikeith  
Posted : Sunday, 6 January 2013 7:04:02 PM(UTC)
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one from up the waimagaroa just over the 2oz from 3 years ago
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bittenbythebug  
Posted : Sunday, 6 January 2013 7:08:35 PM(UTC)
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Very nice Kiwikeith, trust you to come up with the goods, nice work

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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Sunday, 6 January 2013 8:42:39 PM(UTC)
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Daughter and Nugget found half an hour before photo taken

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peteatpapaaroha  
Posted : Sunday, 6 January 2013 9:11:36 PM(UTC)
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Gee Lammerlaw that sure is some nugget, must be another name other than nugget for a rock that size.
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bittenbythebug  
Posted : Sunday, 6 January 2013 9:34:49 PM(UTC)
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Nice Lammerlaw, what was the weight on that bugger?
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Posted : Sunday, 6 January 2013 10:29:08 PM(UTC)
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i have personally held that nugget of lammerlaws twice in the last week..it is heavy and very very nice..lol
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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Monday, 7 January 2013 9:59:36 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: bittenbythebug Go to Quoted Post
Nice Lammerlaw, what was the weight on that bugger?


I dont know my sons la de da smartarse electronic scales tell lies in comparison with what my other sets of traditional scales tell me so I dont know exactly what it weighs - I leave it to everyone to guess - it can be as heavy or as light as you guess it to be!

Its bad for a blonde with a sick sense of humour to read things when they just get up and answer them as they are usually in a niggley mood until past mid day.
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oroplata  
Posted : Monday, 7 January 2013 2:12:05 PM(UTC)
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Just a little bit more and you'll be able to sport one of these shirts when you head to town for your shopping, Graeme...

http://www.zerohedge.com...just-wealth-preservation

You'd have to have the mother-in-law in the passenger seat to level out the landrover.
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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Monday, 7 January 2013 4:09:54 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: oroplata Go to Quoted Post

Just a little bit more and you'll be able to sport one of these shirts when you head to town for your shopping, Graeme...

http://www.zerohedge.com...just-wealth-preservation

You'd have to have the mother-in-law in the passenger seat to level out the landrover.



I have been plagued once in my lifetime and I dont want to dig the Mother in law up to plague me again - my Mother in law was a cross between an Elephant with breasts that were having a competition to beat her belly button to the ground and a demonic reincarnation of Mad Madam Mim...only worse - she was the epitome of evil incarnate and the very essence of pseudo religious hypocrisy...and if I had that shirt she would rise from the dead to swipe it - anyone who has visited my place with tell you that the gun loaded with silver bullets isnt for Werewolves and the Garlic on the door isnt for vampires. When she was alive she kept telling me it was my duty to sell my gold to support her daughter!
I like the shirt though.

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rgmcbrid  
Posted : Monday, 7 January 2013 10:16:20 PM(UTC)
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I have been plagued once in my lifetime and I dont want to dig the Mother in law up to plague me again - my Mother in law was a cross between an Elephant with breasts that were having a competition to beat her belly button to the ground and a demonic reincarnation of Mad Madam Mim...only worse - she was the epitome of evil incarnate and the very essence of pseudo religious hypocrisy...and if I had that shirt she would rise from the dead to swipe it - anyone who has visited my place with tell you that the gun loaded with silver bullets isnt for Werewolves and the Garlic on the door isnt for vampires. When she was alive she kept telling me it was my duty to sell my gold to support her daughter!
I like the shirt though.


Can't stop laughing at this gem
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goldstalker  
Posted : Wednesday, 23 January 2013 5:10:37 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Lammerlaw Go to Quoted Post
Daughter and Nugget found half an hour before photo taken


was that detector or dredge ?
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Posted : Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:03:49 PM(UTC)
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What's the punishment for bigamy??

Two mothers in law.

darn nice pieces of gold you all have folks
Nulli Illigitimi Carborundum
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