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A 7.3-ounce California gold specimen that sold at auction in October 2010. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive and Holabird-Kagin Americana.

Don Kagin puts huge California gold nugget up for sale

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
A 7.3-ounce California gold specimen that sold at auction in October 2010. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive and Holabird-Kagin Americana.
A 7.3-ounce California gold specimen that sold at auction in October 2010. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive and Holabird-Kagin Americana.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – One of the biggest gold nuggets found in modern times in Northern California’s historic Gold Country is going up for sale.

Weighing in at more than 6 pounds, the so-called “Butte Nugget” is expected to carry a price tag of $350,000.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports the owner of the nugget asked dealer Don Kagin to keep his name and the location of the discovery secret.

What is known is that it was found in July by a gold hunter on public land in the Butte County mountains.

The nugget will be unveiled Thursday at the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show at Fort Mason.

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Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com

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A 7.3-ounce California gold specimen that sold at auction in October 2010. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive and Holabird-Kagin Americana.
A 7.3-ounce California gold specimen that sold at auction in October 2010. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive and Holabird-Kagin Americana.