500+ Pound Nugget!

[Chris Gholson 1,064]

One of our customers sent in this awesome photo showing a “nugget” he found with his detector. This nugget is actually made out of copper, and like gold, they occur naturally in several regions around the US. I have detected a few here in Arizona that weighed a couple of ounces, but nothing like this monster which weighed in at 545 pounds!!! Although not as valuable as gold, copper nuggets are still highly collectible. Now he just needs a back yard big enough to store his new find! Congratulations and thank you for sharing..

[Uncle Ron 20]

Any idea what that monster CU nugget is worth?

[Dakota Slim 1]

Is that what John B refers to as a "green turd"?

[Gold Seeker 9]

That would make a lot of pennies if pennies were still made of copper!!

 

As a specimen hard to say what it would be worth, but if sold as scrap copper, depending on how pure the nugget is I would say it would say if it's close to being pure copper the price would hopefully be somewhere between #2 copper and #2 communication wire, here the prices as of today.

 

Scrap Metal Prices

Metal/Material Per Pound Pricing Bare Bright Copper $1.80-1.90*/LB #1 Copper $1.67-1.77*/LB #2 Copper $1.50-1.65*/LB #2 Communications Wire (Cat 5) .50-.55*/LB

[beatup 66]

got to be worth a few thousand

[Tom H 28]

Ok, ill never again complain about digging a 1 1/2 foot hole anymore

Tom H.

[nugget108 27]

Thing is the size of a dang Volkswagen. Bet that wasn't quiet in the ol headphones.

[bado1 121]

Back yard? Hell, that sucker would go in my man cave.... so nobody could run off with it!!

I think he needs a bigger nugget/finds bottle.

 

Dean

[chrisski 8]

For a nugget that size, I bet the trace amounts of precious metals in it make it worth something.

[Chris Gholson 1,064]

Here's another chunk that the same fellow picked up metal detecting. This little paper weight tips the scales at over 360 pounds!

[Gold Seeker 9]

Chris,

 

What his plan for these big nuggets?

 

Is he by chance in upper Michigan, that part of the state is known for copper and also big/huge copper nuggets/float?

 

Here's a video of a old fellow from upper Michigan, the first 5+ minutes is nothing much more than scenery where he finds big copper nuggets, jump ahead to 5:14 to see some of his big copper.

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Here's a short story and photos from Bill and Linda's website of a another guys that detects for big copper in Upper Michigan, and gold in Nevada.

 

http://www.billandli.../jackbeebe.html

 

 

Here's a photo what they are saying is the world's largest piece of copper float, it weights 28.5 tons, and a link to a website telling the story of saving it instead of it being exploited for it's metal value.

 

http://www.awesomemi...m/float_copper/

 

[Tortuga 3]

I've got a couple nice copper nuggets I've bought at the Tucson Gem Show. Guys from Michigan come down and sell them.

I only paid $30-40 for each one but I like to imagine they're GOLD nuggets sometimes

The vendors polish them up and put a clear lacquer on them so they shine. They also have partly polished glacier float ones that have green all over them. Cool stuff.