16 Pound Gold Nugget Found in the Dominican Republic

Ok, I got a email yesterday from a friend in Punta Cana, the other side of the Island from where I live. He was telling me about some good sites over there for prospecting as I haven't been there yet. As the email continued, it gets to this part about a man named "Doroteo" who found a 16 pound nugget just outside of "Miches". Yes, I said a 16 Pound Nugget!! I read on and it tells me that this story is published in "Although You Might Not Believe" by Robert Ripley.” Believe it or Not!!
I have been having great luck lately in this country, Not that great, but pretty good. Everybody will know when I find one like that, You'll hear me hollering from wherever you are......
My wife says "Doroteo" has a new nickname, "Rich". 

    Mo' bigger mo' better but how could I wear that'n around my neck on a chain???    John

I have been trying to find pics or any more info, Heck I'd like to find the guy.

Sounds to me like sixteen pounds of BULL-SHEET!

Most of these giant nugget stories are phony, or exagerated. Most are a big piece of quartz with a few streaks of gold in them.
Just like the 9 lb. nugget found in Nevada County, CA where I live. It looks like molten gold that was poured onto the sand.
Mine promoters always love to lead with the "giant nugget" story/picture to suck in unwary investors.

If bull sheet was gold, we'd all be millionaires!

Sounds to me like sixteen pounds of BULL-SHEET!

Most of these giant nugget stories are phony, or exagerated. Most are a big piece of quartz with a few streaks of gold in them.
Just like the 9 lb. nugget found in Nevada County, CA where I live. It looks like molten gold that was poured onto the sand.
Mine promoters always love to lead with the "giant nugget" story/picture to suck in unwary investors.

If bull sheet was gold, we'd all be millionaires!

I'm confused, bedrock. You don't believe large gold nuggets existed? Or that a large gold nugget could exist in the Dominican Republic? Or that a 9 lb. nugget found in Nevada County CA was real? Three questions. To which is your sheet referencing?

There were many, many large nuggets taken out of California. Many were melted long before it became profitable to display them. Even into the 1870's and 1880's large gold nuggets were being found in the West, but not just in California.

   I think with great effort to believe in my highest thought that there was some big mammoths nugget and very high prized specimen...that were smashed and melted down.they didn't look at things like we do today....They weren't thinking... MUSIUM ... pieces ...

When gold was being mined, there was no thought to "museum pieces." It was get it out, get it smelted, get it assayed. No one was paying premiums for anything but "jewelery rock," usually with some gold crystals in it. Not many gold crystals anywhere in the West.

There are books detailing historic gold nugget finds in CA, NV, OR, WA, ID and elsewhere. One of the largest of these was said to be carried on its way to the Philadelphia World's Fair for display when the ship that was carrying it sank. Lots of gold coins from that wreck have been recovered to date. I'm not sure the salvors were away there was a monster gold nugget on board too.

The nugget, btw, was originally excavated near Susanville, CA. It was originally shaped something like a barbell, with a large mass of gold at either end. The bar joining the gold was mostly quartz. In attempted to get the whole nugget out of the hole, the bar broke.  May have broken again, too. So at least 2 nuggets.