More Gold
Lady luck was definitely on the side of an anonymous man from California who came across a huge nugget of gold when he was out in his backyard with a metal detector. The gold weighed in at 8.2 pounds and was auctioned for $460,000. While there are other chunks of gold in private collections and museums, this one is truly unique.
In fact, at the Sacramento auction where it was sold, it took a mere two minutes of feverish bidding for a buyer to snatch this beauty up. The opening shot was $250,000 but the hammer quickly fell at the winning bid.