Lot 1022
TWO LARGE GOLD NUGGETS. Two nice gold nuggets from Rich Hill, Arizona, they weigh a combined 4.04 troy ounces. Rich Hill is one of the most famous gold nugget sites in all of Arizona. A tertiary (fossil) gold-bearing gravel bed once stretched across the currenty topography which is now eroded away. The top of Rich Hill was called "potato patch" because of all the nuggets found there were erosion remnants of the old gravel bed. There is mining still going on today. The nuggets measure 47 x 22 mm and 50 x 21 mm. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP
From Goldberg's Auction 53, Lot 1478 The Santa Barbara Collection.
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| Realized $8,100 |
