"Autumn Gold" 2024 November Auction

Dinosaur egg nest replica from nest found in China. 12x eggs in circular fashion, black and brown, 24" diameter. [ China Chunlin Zhu Collec...

Fish fossil--Found in Montana. Ray-finned Fish--Diplomystus dentatus and Herring-- Knightia eocaena. This amazing fossil piece is from the Green River

From the Personal Collection of Fred Holabird. This piece (an one other in this sale) are from the Green River Formation. Excellent contrast and qual

From the Personal Collection of Fred Holabird. This piece (an one other in this sale) are from the Green River Formation. Excellent contrast and qual

2 fossilized great white shark teeth in matrix. Found at Orcutt Formation, Lompoc, CA. "The Orcutt Formation consists primarily of fluvial sand...

Very nice "picture rock" (banded rhyolite) bookends cut smooth about 7 x 2 x 5 inches. Natural Art / home decor.

Classic Calcite Stalactite Group 9 points, yellow brown calcite from the roof of a cave in China. Heavy. About 11 x 10 x 12". See photo for co...

Three crystalline gold specimens: boot shaped nugget (2.8 grams); Crystalline gold on quartz (10.9 grams); largest piece (17.9 grams).

1/4 Troy Oz. Three nuggets found by the "nugget Ace" in Western Australia while nugget shooting in a gold bearing sandstone unit. 8.5g, ...

Spectacular native silver with safflorite and Cobaltite from the Langis Mine in Ontario, Canada. This is one of Canada's and North America's...

Spectacular native silver with safflorite and Cobaltite from the Langis Mine in Ontario, Canada. This is one of Canada's and North America's...

Spectacular native silver with safflorite and Cobaltite from the Langis Mine in Ontario, Canada. This is one of Canada's and North America's...

Spectacular native silver with safflorite and Cobaltite from the Langis Mine in Ontario, Canada. This is one of Canada's and North America's...

Placer gold & quartz nugget. Wright Creek, 20 kilometers eat of Atlin, British Columbia, Canada. 5.96 Troy ounces. 90% Au. About 2-1/2" x 1...

Placer Gold in Quartz Specimen from Caribou Creek Alaska. Beautiful gold formations, one side has been in a crusher (flattened). 57.6 grams, Au conten

Large free-form placer gold nugget over white quartz. 43.037 grams, estimated 1.39 Troy ounces Au content. From Caribou Creek, Alaska. Large, heavy sp

The "Nugget Ace" found this gold nugget while detecting for meteorites, and says "sometimes I just can't get away from the gold!&...

Crystalline Gold. Vulture Mine, Vulture City, Arizona. XRARE. 0.46 Troy ounce. About 1-1/4" x 1" x 1/4". The Vulture Mine is a gold m...

The "Nugget Ace" found this fun gold nugget which resembles Saturn, with the ring around the planet being an outer coating of leaf gold ar...

Gorgeous crystalline gold in pure white quartz, 19.7 grams gross weight. A beautiful specimen the way Mamma Nature let us find it. Perhaps 30% by wei

Large white quartz nuggets with copious gold veining overlays. 1.5 Troy ounces, from the 16 to 1 Mine in Alleghany, Nevada County California. About 1-

Gold quartz specimen. 16-1 Mine, Alleghany, California, Nevada County. 1.1 Troy ounces. Au Leaf connects 2 parts. Probably 0.75 %. About 1-3/4"...

Gold ore in quartz. 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Nevada County, California. 0.35 troy ounces. About 1" x 3/4" x 1/2". [ Alleghany, Nevada...

Gold in quartz. 16-1 Mine? Alleghany, Sierra County, California. 9.8 grams. About 1-1/8" x 3/4" x 5/8". [ Alleghany, Nevada County Ca...

Gold in quartz. 16-1 Mine. Alleghany, California. Sierra County. 8.1 grams. About 1-1/4" x 1/2" x 1/4". [ Alleghany, Nevada County Ca...

Sponge crystalline gold. 16-1 Mine. Alleghany County, California. 2.29 grams. About 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/4". [ Alleghany, Nevada County Ca...

Gold ore in quartz. 16-1 Mine. Alleghany, Nevada County, California. 0.40 Troy ounces. About 1-1/8" x 5/8" x 1/8". [ Alleghany, Nevad...

Benson Gulch Gold Nuggets Trio, 49.3g, 1.58 troy ozs). The nuggets range from 1/2" to 1" , nice and chunky. Not curated and raw. Benson G...

"Madonna and Child" Benson Gulch Gold Nugget, 25.4g (0.81 troy). Sizeable gold nugget with pinkish brown quartz matrix tied up in the nugg...

Placer gold nuggets from the Goler Wash Narrows, Kern County, Cal. About 25 nuggets, from tiny to 5/8" long. 33.2 grams, 1.06 troy oz. From the...

Gold Leaf in White Quartz, Grass Valley California. 2.81 grams. Measures about 1/2" x 1/4" x 1/4". [ Grass Valley California

Micro-Crystalline Gold over Interlocking white Quartz specimen. 17.7 grams, from the famous Grass Valley Mining district, Grass Valley California. Ult

Fine Crystalline Gold in Quartz, Indian Diggins California. El Dorado County, 19.9 grams. From the Consumnes River Cave. About 1" x 1" x 3...

The "Nugget Ace" spent years detecting and finding gold nuggets is places no one ever imagined them to exist. In another lot in this colle...

The "Nugget Ace" spent years detecting and finding gold nuggets is places no one ever imagined them to exist. In another lot in this colle...

An unusual flat gold nugget our "nugget Ace" calls the "Inyo Corn Flake" because it looks just like a "Corn Flake". (R...

While prospecting in Goler Wash in the El Paso Mountains, the "Nugget Ace" found a remnant ancient river channel about 500 feet in elevati...

While prospecting in Goler Wash in the El Paso Mountains, the "Nugget Ace" found a remnant ancient river channel from which he mined four ...

" The Inyo Eagle," Gold Nugget, from "Hell's Half Acre", Inyo Mtns, 16.9g, 1 1/8" across. ).55 troy ozs. Our gold nugg...

The "Nugget Ace" came up with yet another rare location in Inyo County for gold nuggets. While detecting in the Inyo range from Lone Pine ...

Nice 1" long gold nugget in red quartz from Benson Gulch, near Randsburg. See other lots in this sale for the story of Benson and Goler Gulches...

The "Nugget Ace" Collection here contains a number of gold nuggets from very scarce locales in Kern and Inyo counties. While he found more...

This is an incredible gold nugget found by the Nugget Ace in Goler Wash, the site of gold discovery by 1849 Death Valley Argonauts. It was originally

Gold nugget found at Summit Diggins School House Section, kern County near Randsburg. This is yet another of the placer locales found around the massi

Crystalline Gold on White Quartz, Sierra Nevada Mountains. 16.5 grams. About 1-1/4" x 1" x 3/4". [ Mariposa County California

Gold in pure White Quartz, (uncurated) ore specimen. 2.0223 Troy ounces, from Mariposa County California. Gold content calculated at approx. 80%. Love

Fantastic gold-laden white quartz nugget. 16.8 grams, from Mariposa County California in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Showing extra-fine gold/ leaf pa

Very heavy and probably old native gold in white quartz, out of the Mother Lode region of California. Gold occurs as leaf and massive, with some minor

Beautiful high grade gold specimen, native gold wire and veinlets surrounded by light gray sulfides (?). 7.33 troy ozs, Tough to estimate gold conten

Gold over white quartz, classic Placer nugget specimen from Nevada County, California. 0.76 Troy ounces, approx. 70% Au content. About 1-1/8" x...

Beautiful gold nugget specimen from the Red Ledge Mine, Nevada County California. 2.3 grams. About 3/4" x 1/2" x 1/8". [ Nevada Count...

Gold/quartz placer nugget. Nevada County, California. 10.9 grams. Red/brown quartz. Attractive. .85-.9 Au. About 7/8" x 5/8" x 3/8". ...

Gold in quartz & crystalline gold. Nevada County, California. 35.7 grams. Uncurated. 60+% weight Au. .69 Troy. About 1-3/4" x 1-1/2" x...

Gold in quartz. Placer, California. 1.16 Troy ounces. About 1-1/2" x 1-1/4" x 1". [ Placer County California

Crystalline gold in quartz. Placer County, California. 0.34 Troy ounces. Old nugget. Lots of handling - tried to get out quartz (chalky). About 1&qu...

Gold in quartz. Eagles Nest Mine. Placer County, California. 2.69 Troy ounce. Uncurated. Heavy, 60%? About 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" x 1". [ Pl...

Crystalline and Wire Gold in White Quartz with some light brown breccia Fragments. 23.5 grams. From Placerville California. 1-1/2" x 1-1/4"...

Large polished placer gold nugget. 22.3 grams, from Yuba River placer, Placerville California. Wonderful specimen. About 3/4" x 3/4" x 1/2...

Geologists and prospectors often use aerial photos to look for anomalies, then , with knowledge of local geology, go into the field to investigate. Th

Massive Leaf Gold on Quartz, Sierra County California. 25.7 grams, from the original Sixteen-to-One Mine. About 1-1/2" x 1-1/4" x 3/4"...

Gold in quartz ore specimen. Possibly 16-1 Mine. Sierra County, California. 17.8 grams. Classic Mother Lode gold quartz jewelry grade. About 2-1/2&q...

Crystalline gold & quartz placer nugget. Sierra Madre Mountains, California. Possibly Holcomb. 1.48 Troy ounce. One side indicates been through ...

Crystalline Leaf Gold in on light milky quartz slab. Better than jewelry grade, 11.26 grams. From the Sierra Nevada mountain in northern California. A

Large heavy multi-colored quartz nugget, gold deposits heavy one side. 49.3 grams, from the Sierra Nevada Mountains in northern California. About 2-1/

Gold vein in quartz specimen. Sierra Nevada Mountains, Northern California. Looks like Alhambra Mine specimen, in Placer County, California. Could be

Gold in Quartz with Wall Rock, possibly southern Mother Lode. 31.1 grams. Contains some dark sulfides. Perhaps 70% by weight gold. This specimen is so

Gold Quartz Crystals from Northern California. 19.9 grams. About 1-1/2" x 3/4" x 3/4".

Gold telluride from Cripple Creek Colorado. Typical spheroridal gold typical of roasting. 15.3 grams. About 1" x 1" x 3/4". [ Cripple...

High Grade Micro-Crystalline in Quartz specimen from Idarado Mine, Telluride M.D., Ouray Colorado. 34.4 grams, gold content calculated at 8.1 grams. A

Large gold & sphalerite in quartz nugget. 51.1 grams, from the Idarado Mine, Ouray Colorado. (1) cut surface, dark rock with white quartz streak...

Gold and sphalerite in quartz. Idarado Mine. Ouray, Colorado. High grade. 45.7 grams. 60%? $2,300 gold contained. About 1-3/4" x 1-1/2" x ...

Crystalline Gold in Quartz specimen. 14 grams, from the Sunnyside Mine, Eureka M.D. San Juan County Colorado. Gold content calculated at +/- 3.8grams.

Gold in Quartz Large Specimen, from Silverton Colorado. 61.8 grams. Listed from the Sunnyside Mine in San Juan County. Choice ultra-high grade jewelry

Gold in white quartz, Breccia bands. Cut surface, extremely pretty specimen. 25.1 grams, from the Sunnyside Mine in San Juan County, Silverton Colorad

Ivanhoe district, Elko County. 5 x 3 x 2.5" Quartz and calcite with ruby silver minerals in a banded breccia with quartz pseudomorph of calcit...

13.5g of crystalline gold found in a dry wash process in the Pine Nut Mountains. Nevada Bureau of Mines geology papers discuss much tiny to micro gold

Nice 1" x 1.5" gold specimen found by metal detecting in the Pine Nut range found by the "Nugget Ace" at the Monarch Mine. 26.3g...

Native crystalline gold on quartz, Rogue River Oregon. 8.8 grams, white quartz with brassica bands. Collected by Lee Myers, 1980's. About 1-1/2&...

About 18 small pieces of white quartz with crystalline gold from the Honest Abe Mine in the Alabama Hills. Very rare location. The Alabama Hills are p

A fine uncurated Smithsonite mineral specimen from Cerro Gordo collected by the "nugget Ace" He tells us this is the best specimen he has ...

3 silver and lead ore samples from Cerro Gordo Mine in Inyo Mts. Located in Cerro Gordo near Lone Pine, California. 2.8# total. [ Inyo County Californ

2 Cerro Gordo Mine Smithsonite/zinc ore samples. 2x2.5" and 4x3". About 2.2 lbs total. [ Inyo county California

Large native gold in quartz specimen from the Monarch Mine in the Pine Nut Range. This is one of the first of the surface discoveries from the modern

Large, 135g high grade gold in quartz and hematite ore specimen. One face is cut and polished with much visible crystalline and leaf gold. The rock is

Turquoise (5 pieces) - hand selected, high grade specimens. Dark blue. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often considered one of the top t

Turquoise (2 pieces) - darker blue half-slab specimens. Solid, good color. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often considered one of the t

Turquoise - high grade, hand selected, darker blue large specimens (3). One cut and lightly polished side exposes an entire blue surface on each. Appr

Turquoise (6 pieces) - hand selected, high grade specimens. Darker blue. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often considered one of the top

Rough turquoise (13 pieces) - RARE GREEN HUES. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often considered one of the top turquoise mines in the wo

Turquoise (1 piece) - hand selected, Choice, dark sky blue, spider web, high grade nugget specimen. One surface is highly polished. From No. 8 turquoi

Turquoise (1 piece) - hand selected, high grade, sky blue with black matrix display specimen. Some surfaces are highly polished. From No. 8 turquoise

Turquoise - hand selected, high grade, some darker blue specimens (5). Three with one surface highly polished, two with one surface lightly polished.

Turquoise - hand selected, high grade, darker blue specimens (6). One cut surface lightly polished on each. Approximate weight .8 pound. From No. 8 tu

Turquoise (6 pieces) - hand-selected, high-grade specimens. Darker blues. One surface polished. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often co

Turquoise (6 pieces) - hand-selected, high-grade specimens. Deeper blue. One polished surface. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often con

Turquoise (5 pieces) - hand selected, high grade specimens. Sky blue color. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada. All pieces are polished on o

Turquoise (2 pieces) - hand selected, high grade specimens. Spider web with polished surface. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often cons

Rough turquoise (2 pieces) - hand selected, high grade specimens. Choice spider web nuggets. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often consi

Turquoise - hand selected, high grade, powder blue color (6). One surface highly polished on each. Approximate weight 1.2 pounds. From No. 8 turquoise

Turquoise (6 pieces) - hand selected, high grade specimens. One surface on each is highly polished. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, ofte