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A rare gold nugget the size of a baby’s head has been put up for sale for a million dollars (around £730,000), 23 years after it was discovered. The Centennial Nugget, which weighs around 20lbs, was discovered by gold miner Barry Clay on Swift Creek in Alaska in 1998.

He found the valuable remnant from the 1896 Klondike Gold Rush while pushing dirt with his bulldozer along the shores of the Swift Creek Mine.

It has been recorded as the largest gold nugget to be found in Alaska, and only smaller than the ‘Boot of Cortez’ nugget found in Mexico which weighs 24lbs.

The vendor, who acquired the nugget from Clay over 20 years ago, is now selling it with Heritage Auctions in Dallas alongside a host of other precious pieces.  A Heritage spokesperson said: ‘The Alaska Centennial Gold Nugget is the largest gold nugget ever found in the State of Alaska.