6-pound gold 'Butte Nugget' up for sale in California
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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.