pegleg nuggets

I found hundreds with my metal detector in socal. When I file them down, I noticed gold flakes everywhere . Did I hit jackpot ? I'll give half of whatever we find if u can help me get his of them and identify them 🙏

Lost Gold Mines of the American West By Charles Michelson Charles Michelson was born in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1869. He ran away from his Comstock Lode home thirteen years later, eventually becoming a newspaper reporter for William Randolph Hurst’s San Francisco Examiner. In the...