Monster nugget discovered in Butte foothills
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- A dream by its nature is usually etherial and vaporous, but that is not the case for Bob Van Camp of Paradise. For Van Camp, at least, this one dream is 5.18 standard pounds of shimmering, nearly pure, California gold.
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I'm pretty sure that nugget fell out of my pocket when I was camping out there.
Just email me for the return.
Thanks!
Timothy Reed wow
Timothy Reed gtfo
That's a melted Rochester Quadrajet carb from a 1969 Chevy painted with Krylon flat gold spray paint..He aint foolin me man !
LMASSOFFF!!!
Isn't that crazy how he found that
Sale price was 400,000 according to the sf chronicle. Not bad for 1 days work.
but 75 troy ounces of PURE (which this isn't) gold is worth somewhere around the $125,000 USD. Why would someone pay 400,000?
+Rick it was sold not in weight value but nugget value as a collector piece
Moto Fan
I would understand that as I pay irresponsibly to feed my love of historical coins :)
Except the guy who found it spent years prospecting and searching. So, I'm sure if you calculated his hourly wage to find gold, it's probably less than minimum wage.
gold nuggets are worth more than their weight.. nuggets are rare and one this size would go nicely in someones collection.
There's no way that should ever be melted down for the money. It should be a museum piece. That's incredibly rare.
Thats not a nugget, thats a burger
Marching Band Critique ...
That is fantastic! Thank the finder for allowing you to share this with us!
Even more amazing to me is the fact that it was found at a depth of just 12 inches. :O
i live in oroville if i found that , i would totally move but first give back to this once wonderful place that has be ruined by drugs and poverty . congrats to everyone.
You can't even call that thing a nugget that a dam bolder
You would think seeing how it's historical, there would be some level of value added on to it. $400,000 seems a bit low.
The current gold price is about $1,300 an ounce I would expect that it's worth way more now than it was back in 2014
Sometimes it turns out that these large nuggets found at shallow depths where there aren't really any other gold deposits is the result of a special kind of bacterial colony that can create large gold nuggets over a vast period of time. Value of nuggets produced this way is priceless for research purposes as most of these rare nuggets are melted down.
www.nature.com/news/2006/060713/full/news060710-13.html
Surprised the detector didn't start smoking!
so you just ride around on your ATV carrying a huge nugget? LIKE A BOSS!!!
I had a 6 pound butte nugget once, the day after i ate at taco bell :(
I have personally held a nugget that was found almost on the surface with a cheap detector that had a value of 10,000€ i think thats about 15,000 dollars, the owner or finder had bought his detector from the shop in nantes, where i worked as a radio engineer and we also sold detectors. I also repaired them. The person who found the nugget was a novice, and the actual make of detector was a fairly cheap make, not one of my favorites at all. and not especially good for gold either !
It's all about being in the right place, and digging every target..
You wont find tresor if it's not there, regardless of what detector you take to that place..if there is nothing there, then you will never find anything..but by reading the signs the landscape will guide you to places that can produce nice finds. or you can just keep plugging away here and there, trying new areas when the previouse area runs dry of finds.
it's all about taking the detector out of it's box, and taking it to where ever you go, and spending time waving it back and forth almost as in an ancient ritual, to one day find the find of your dreams. be it a gold nugget, an ancient artifact, a civil war coin, or a gold ring at the beach. Dig every target, as every object found will tell it's own story, remove the find and detect again in the same place, as one find can hide another underneath..
Keep spare batteries at hand and use a sweep pattern that covers every inch to avoid missing easy targets. and keep detecting..keep digging and you too will have the same chance of finding a life changing find...it's one of the best hobbies there is...
Hey you're a great narrator! Thanks for the vid, keeps peoples hopes up!
I live in Butte county right near the foothills. Damn, there is GOLD in them thar hills!!!
What an amazing find !! Thanks for the inspiration
WOW - imagine finding that...one can only dream! Thanks for sharing!!
WOW! THAT JUST GAVE ME A CHILL AS I SIT IN A HOUSE WITH THE ORIGINAL FOUNDATION DATES TO 1790'S IN A DIRT FLOOR BASEMENT. IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING ANOTHER DETECTOR AS MINE GREW LEG'S AND WALKED OFF. JUST BEAUTIFUL.. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO BROTHER.
$250K retirement in California? Think again.
I'd keep it quite otherwise the government may find a way to take it.
peter8488 I'm sure the government is not like "OH SHIT! A few hundred thou in raw gold! WE MUST HAVE THIS!" Meanwhile.... I'm almost positive the government has a nice rainy day fund.
+Jeanetta Dumouchel wrong, it's his tax free. the only taxes paid is from the person who buys it in auction.
+Jeanetta Dumouchefl you can't tax gold, or silver, or any other metal. You can only tax money. If you find a gold nugget and sell it, yes, you have to pay tax on it. You do not have to pay tax on gold itself.
Jeanetta Duche, chill the fuck out.
Blackhatter and
The biggest nugget ever found was in Ballarat Australia witha Minilab GPX-5000 it weigth around 5,5 kg metric system. (the story about the stone found in Moliagul weigth 71 kg.....) 1 kg is 1000 grams, 1pound is 0.438kg 1 ounce is 28,3 gram troy ounce is 31,1 gram.
Wow, I learned a lot from this. I can tell you are passionate about your work. Thanks for the info about this great find!
Such a piece is worth much more than its own weight in gold, it could sell for hundreds of thousands at the right auction 'cause this isn't just a gold bar, it's a huge gold nugget, which is very rare nowadays...
Thank you Sir for sharing to all the People and God bless you!!
400k is 1/3 of the average home price in CA. Not really a "Retirement" amount...
With gold a bit over $1,100/oz. its true market value is about $83k. The extra bonus nugget is just that.
+dizzotizzo69 Nuggets this size don't go by weight. They're collectors items and the value is whatever bidding collectors are willing to pay. Something THIS size - sky is the limit.
spot price was much higher when he found this. plus this nugget belongs to the class of less than 1% of 1%. it's very rare to find nuggets this large. the biggest mine in the US scraps 10000lbs of rock to get 1oz of gold out.
+dizzotizzo69 with something this size its easy to expect double or even triple spot price.
I would have "found" it in another state that has no income tax.....the state of California will take 13% of what they sell it for as well as the feds taking 39% not to mention what the auction house takes so retirement will have to be a single wide mobile home in phoenix.
Der iisss dis Pleace cwalled Svitserlund!!!
so true....after taxes and fees take home will be about 100k if lucky
Fucking scavengers
Douglas your comment made my day you are better than Chris Tucker...
Then it couldn't be sold as a 'Placer Nugget'. Placer nuggets are very pure and fetch higher prices because of their origin.
That's mine I lost that about 30 years ago and I can prove it and describe it!
1 it looks EXACTLY like this one in the video and 2 it weighs about what you said it weighs!
So like I said it's mine I just proved it, so send it back here my house in Los Angeles CA.
thank you for finding my gold nugget!!! It's me gold!!!!
Thats insane. Wish I could find one...
My dad found a heart shaped half ounce nugget with his Whites Gold Hunter model at Youngs hill mine near Indian valley Tahoe National Forest
this is awesome and thank you for sharing. My kids were eyes bugged out excited and happy for the original finder. We live in the Crater of Diamonds area and love panning ourselves for diamonds.
Non ho parole per descrivere questo ritrovamento! GRANDEEEE!!!
congrats nice 1
I dig up everything that makes a noise. You never know.
About 90k in gold plus the extra value of the size of nugget
? Will you create an ebook for us who are still in the hunt for gold
Oh yes! I live in Alaska, a strange foreign land, I am stoked for summertime. I got my detector and all I need is ONE nugget like that!
It's amazing how they call it a VEIN of gold. Has anyone ever really thought about that?
I'm sorry you see Alaska and Australia as some strange foreign land...
lol! life in those outer regions must be horrific
CNN is reporting the nugget sold for $400K at the San Fran Fall Antiques Show. Damn.
I really like the your message at the end. Very powerful.
From the Cowardly Lion tomb on exibit now in north Ca.
WOW, that's some nugget! Great video Digger Bob.
I'm not going to tell you what detector he used but I am wearing a White's Metal Detectors polo. Just sayin'
Kelly Painter
Is it a good detector?
Kelly Painter whit a whites TDI ; )
Kelly Painter well use a little common sense he plainly said he is not the one that found it so it doesn't matter what he wears with whatever advertisement on it or what detector he's using because it wasn't his detector that found it.
cool videos and great material. Thanks for sharing and greetings from WW2Historyhunter
2016 price $102,000 - roughly, just for the gold and not the notoriety value.
Assuming it's 24k, which it's not.
Not sure how much Gold is going for per troy ounce but, WOW! I have always wanted to see some one working with a huge dozer to just dig in the earth and come out with a massive cake of pure gold! This is as close as it gets I guess unless there is more there. So awesome.
Gonna listen for this sound always!
That is surely a great nugget, thanks for telling us about it.
Financial value is not really that important to an observer, it's a symbol of the beauty that nature creates away from human eyes and the educational value is priceless. Nice to see that geology can still make people go 'wow;.
funny it looks exactly like the nugget from Australia that was sold at auction to a buyer in norcal years ago
finding that caused the price of gold around the world to drop a dollar (supply vs. demand)
how much price of this machine
thanks digger bob
that music to my ears
Probably near Oroville.
I remember hearing about this and was all excited that there could be big deposits left over. That nugget is from Australia... I believe those guys lied.
That detector is a BS101.
How do they estimate the value? Gold is going for $1244 an ounce right now, and at 75 troy ounces that comes out to $93,300. Is it valued more because it is a large nugget? So a collector value?
Unique large nuggets are worth several times more than their value in weight alone.
It is not based on gold prices. This size of nugget is a rare find and collectors will pay top dollar for something like this. In fact many smaller nuggets are made into jewelry and not sold for usual gold prices.
***** Also more expensive because it's "Made in California" not "Made in China"
Steve here's for you to learn , nugget will always worth more, even if the purity is much lower than 24 k ( average nugget will have silver and copper content and other contaminant ) now why because a large nugget like this one is very rare and very hard to find. The shape also is unique each nugget as it own shape and make it unique in the world....
Samuel L. Jackson
Actually it was only "found" in California.
Good job digger Bob! It was cool to watch your "Treasure Hunting America" video and then watch this. Awesome!
This was fun to watch, tnx 4posting.
"Not from Australia or any other mysterious lands" we are no mysterious land my friends
I thought this was going to be about a giant Chicken McNugget.
"State of Jefferson" hat on presenter! The Northern CA people who wish to secede from the Southern half of CA. Love it!
***** Never is a long time, John. But, it's not likely, true.
This definitely motivates me even more to get out and get me a metal detector just for reasons like this, Gold Fever baby.
The nugget just to own for display might even be worth more. I mean really where are you going to find one that big?
There's my nugget! Thank you for finding it. I dropped it while camping. I know you'll do the right thing ad return it. Hello? Hello?
Wonder why it made a sound like it was only iron or some other base metal.
That's a Beaut from Butte! Wow man thats what dreams are made of!
the box is from cuba of tabacos?
Heart of Gold
can you send it to me its just metal?
bigmuchknow if it's just metal why u want it?
Thanks for sharing.
Maybe for you gold prospectors but I mine for the love and beauty of nature and life and the excitement of treasure hunting and the feeling of having useful knowledge. The money I make is just to continue my dream of finding amazing pieces and hopefully discovering new crystals
They found a nugget in my butte
I don't remember it being yellow...
Thanks for sharing!
keep the dream alive
Huh huh huh Butte Nugget. Huh huh huh
+420PATROCK hahahaha
took me a second. but genius! actual lol
Kudos"Mr. Smith".
sir Good morning what name,that gold tetector yuo can use,what is the price I want to buy tank yuo please reply message
This is wonderful.
My mind races. Where? It's in the Digger Pine belt,so I'd guess above the steel bridge. It had to be on a bench. Not shore gravel. Above Helltown and Whiskey flats. Up on the hillside between Whiskey flats and The Forks of the Butte powerhouse
Minelab GPX 5000? Garrett ATX?
WHERE I CAN FIND METAL DETECTOR
Seems to know alot about the guy without even knowing his first name. Makes me wonder if he is lying.
Hey! What’s so strange about Australia?
its sold for 400k lol imagine how much the octane people got out of it !
Damn why do I live in Holland? Dutch soil doesn't have these kind of nuggets....
Kagens was a good choice to liquidate it. They're a very professional outfit.
hi I love the out door I have always dream of going out an look for gold . but I don't know how or where to find out information to such places
good on him , wish I had found that beauty.
BOB, you almost sound breathless about this one, LOL.
I think I'll vacation in... Calif?
Awesome Find !
mr? what gold detector that ?
Great find!
this is like 200.000-250.000 euro?
Is butte county by Modoc?
That looked so much bigger until he grabbed it with one hand
i recon it was a garrett at pro
6-pound gold chunk sells for $400KBy Kevin Conlon, CNNUpdated 10:05 AM ET, Sun October 26, 2014