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Goler Wash "Throw Back" Gold Nugget [190345]

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Goler Wash  Throw Back  Gold Nugget [190345]
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This is an incredible gold nugget found by the Nugget Ace in Goler Wash, the site of gold discovery by 1849 Death Valley Argonauts. It was originally copper coated, as are the six small nuggets with this lot, all from the same place in Goler Wash. The large nugget shows an apparent chisel cut, probably placed by an early miner, perhaps in the 1860s.
The "Nugget Ace" found this nugget decades ago in Goler Wash, and kept is as a copper nugget, along with several similar nuggets. He dipped it in toilet cleaner in an attempt to take away some of the dullness, and "Jackpot!" - it was gold, and he ran through his house hollering "its gold!" scaring his wife half to death.
The Nugget Ace" named the nugget "throwback nugget" because some miner in a century past must have thrown it back into the ground thinking it was copper. The small chisel-like cut on one side must not have removed enough of the copper.
The large gold nugget here is about 1" x 1 1/4" x 1/2", a nice large chunk. The small nuggets are all about 1/4" long and still retain the original copper coating from Mamma Nature. 34.5g total, [ Kern Co., Goler Wash California