Are gold nuggets 100% gold?

Gold nuggets range in purity between 70% to 95%, with the average nugget being 90% pure, which is 22k (for comparison, 41% pure is 10k and 58.5% pure is 14k). Nuggets are not 100% pure because they are formed by nature and usually mixed with other precious metals, like copper, silver or nickel.



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Yes. Most metal detectors are capable of finding gold, but some will do a much better job than others. Since gold has rather low conductivity, metal detectors that use higher frequencies will spot gold better than low-frequency detectors.

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