During the early Australian gold rushes which began in the mid 1850’s up until about 1910, more than 1200 nuggets weighing over 620 grams 20 troy ounces (643 grams) had been officially documented, (it was then a legal requirement to report all finds over 20 ounces) but this record is by no means complete. Many large nuggets of reportable size were not reported, particularly those found by Chinese miners who had been sent to Australia by wealthy masters to work in the Victorian goldfields. The amount of gold (which was considerable) sent back to their masters in China by these miners was never accurately recorded, and it certainly would have included many, many nuggets in access of 20 ounces. Today although nuggets are still being found, many serious collectors consider that the supply of gold nuggets is diminishing rapidly, and it is now extremely rare to find a nugget weighing 20 ounces or more, even in countries like Australia.
source :www.finders.com.au/gold-pages/gold-nuggets/
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