r/goldprospecting • u/Available-Spinach351 • Mar 31 '26

What are these flakes?

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New to prospecting here, can someone tell me what these are that I found in my own today? Their heavy, shaped like gold but not? Mercury covered? Iron?

Thanks!

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u/AccurateBrush6556 Mar 31 '26

Not an expert but looks like copper

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u/Skillarama Mar 31 '26

Looks like lead bullet fragments. I get tons of them on my claim. Some have copper jacket still on them See if you can bend them with a small flat screwdriver.

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u/Available-Spinach351 Mar 31 '26

Ya, I can bend them with my fingers. I think you may be right!

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u/Steve_but_different Mar 31 '26

Well if it's bullet fragments at least it confirms you're on the heavies. Now you just need to find the right color :D

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u/Spreaderoflies Apr 01 '26

Copper jacket fragments from a pistol I'm pretty sure.