Cindy’s Pride

Friday’s Joy was the bigger catch and it weighed quite heavy at 145 ounces, which is equivalent to eight pounds, more or less. It was more than enough to classify it as a huge nugget and it is almost about the same size as Cindy’s Pride. Cindy’s Pride is a nugget which was discovered in the year 1985. The nugget is by far the biggest find in the history but Friday’s Joy is somehow worth more. We’ll tell you how …

The Actual Worth

Cindy’s Pride was even heavier than the Friday’s Joy as it weighed an astounding 174 ounces. This huge gold nugget sold for $66,000 back in 1985 and the price of gold is way more than what it used to be. The amount that this anonymous prospector can expect for his Friday’s Joy would be somewhere over $180,000. That’s how much eight pounds of gold is worth today. However, he can make more money given the history of such gold nuggets.

A Rare Occasion

What makes this gold nugget so attractive to the buyers is its very size, It certainly isn’t 1851 anymore and it is quite rare to stumble upon a gold nugget of such size. What’s more startling is the fact that such gold nuggets can rack up twice as much as their original value during the auctions for the simple reason. This implies that Friday’s Joy can manage to make $500,000 which is twice as much the market value. Someone’s getting rich pretty soon.

Still Hot

The Golden Triangle still has a lot of gold left in it. It was four years ago when a prospector stumbled upon a gold nugget that had almost the same size as that of Friday’s Joy. It weighed almost 3.7 kilograms and was named the Destiny gold nugget, it was eventually sold at an auction for $292,000 in the year 2014.

A Few Beers

What would be the first thing you do if you were to stumble upon a huge gold nugget? Need some time to think maybe? These Aussie guys decided to knock a couple of cold ones before brainstorming. “It’s like catching a big fish and not knowing what to do with it!” the prospector told Minelab. “Where do we put it? I washed it in water, covered it in aluminum foil and kept it in my oven on the first night.”

Touring The Nation

Ultimately, the nugget was locked inside a bank vault before selling it at the auction. The first thing the anonymous prospectors wishes to buy is a van to go on a driving tour of Australia. He would certainly grab his metal detector and explore exotic places to discover what the ground yields.