The weight of one of the largest gold nuggets was 72 kg. The nugget was 60 cm long and almost 30 cm wide. The “treasure” was discovered by John and Richard Dysons in Australia on February 5, 1869. Nugget assigned the name "Welcome stranger." It is noteworthy that the golden "stone" was located at a depth of five centimeters from the surface of the earth.

The “ Welcome stranger” in its original state looked amazing. It seemed impossible that such a huge mass of gold could form into something monolithic, but that was exactly the case. The Stranger was as hard and strong as it looked from the side.

Many tried to lift him, others cried in surprise at the sight of the nugget. Upon request, they brought a blacksmith's hammer and chisels for cold felling; A lot of effort was made to shatter the " Welcome stranger" into pieces, but to no avail.

Gradually, chipped off piece by piece, and soon the nugget looked like gigantic Swiss cheese. After 5 hours of hard work, the "Stranger" still broke and sent to the smelter. As a result, 70.54 kg of gold was obtained.

In addition, at least about a pound, the happy miners distributed to their friends and relatives, who were madly wanting to get a piece of such a huge nugget that the world had not seen.