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Radio Cornwall,3 mins

The "Welcome Stranger" is the biggest gold nugget ever found - two Cornishmen discovered it 150 years ago.

Julie Skentelbery and James Churchfield

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The 11 stone (72kg) gold nugget was unearthed in Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869.

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