Saturday, September 12, 2026

Question: Where was the largest gold nugget in North Carolina discovered?

Answer: North Carolina’s largest gold nugget was found at Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County. In 1803, an enslaved boy named Peter unearthed a 28-pound nugget while mining Little Meadow Creek—still the largest documented nugget found in the United States and the largest ever discovered east of the Mississippi River.