Golden Eagle Gold Nugget

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The find was made in a rich goldfield near the now abandoned. Gold nugget 4550 carpenter rd spread eagle wi 54121 rated 4 4 based on 7 reviews dusty runs a good friendly place. Perth mint australian gold golden eagle nugget coin 1987 1 4 oz. The famed fabulous golden eagle nugget found near kalgoorlie in 1931 epitomises the wealth of the eastern goldfields region of western australia where gold nad been continually mined since it was first discovered there in 1893.

96 922 14 59 81 034. The larcombes sold the nugget to the state government for 5 438 the equivalent of 470 000 today 2015. Treasure of the world also has certified collectors series of gold nuggets and gold coins from perth mint under limited edition series gold nuggets with alluvial gold dust and silver kookaburra one ounce coin to series of four 1 20 ounce gold coins. It was unearthed by a depression era miner working in a very remote goldfield near the famous kalgoorlie gold mining area.

The discovery of the golden eagle during the great depression caused a rush to the widgiemooltha area. The golden eagle nugget weighed 1 135 ounces and in 1931 the larcombe s received an offer of 6 000 from a buyer. I can only presume that the jim larcombe in the article was a distant relative. Many years ago one of my elderly larcombe aunts sent me a yellowed newspaper cutting of a famous gold find in western australia it was the golden eagle nugget discovered in 1931.

Gold in the blood. Good girls good times worth. The golden eagle nugget is the first stop on the trail and the more you touch it the more gold it will become. In the early days of gold mining it was simply the gold content alone that determined the value of a nugget.

Sgd 753 65 sell back sgd 630 11 quantity. The find was a symbol of hope during the great depression. One of the largest gold nugget discoveries in australia and the largest gold nugget found in western australia was called the golden eagle nugget. Perth mint also produced gold nugget coin in 1987 for the golden eagle nugget found in 1931.

The golden eagle nugget is believed to be the largest solid mass of gold ever found in western australia and one of the largest nuggets ever found in the entire world. It was found in january of 1931 by a teenage boy the son of a miner named jim larcombe.