Surprise gold at end of day.

JVA5th

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Mar 1, 2014
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Merced, CA
Detector(s) used
Deus 2, Deus XP, AT Pro, Whites TRX pinpointer, Sampson Ground Shark shovel
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Spent almost 4 hours in a school field in 101 degree heat. Cleaned up a ton of trash and found a handful of junk jewelry. Haven't had a lot of luck in a long time. I go back home defeated and worn out from the heat. Sit around it gets to be around 7:30pm I say heck with it since it's cooled off I go out to metal detect the backyard to just kill time just thinking I'll be cleaning trash out. My second signal is a broken mid tone sounds like aluminum trash. I dig it and spot the color or gold. I pick it up and it's a gold ring. I get so excited I drop it and it bounces off the shovel and I almost panic because I can't find it then realize oh yeah I have a detector lol. Find it quickly again. Was a nice little surprise right in the backyard.
 

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Well that'll get the blood-a-pumpin' and the brian-a-thinkin'. GRATS!
I've done most of my own yard with no luck on silver or gold. However, I do have a few more spots to try in the back......
LUCK next time out. Cool weather, too. HH ALL
 

Well that'll get the blood-a-pumpin' and the brian-a-thinkin'. GRATS!
I've done most of my own yard with no luck on silver or gold. However, I do have a few more spots to try in the back......
LUCK next time out. Cool weather, too. HH ALL
Just moved into this house. Relatively new home build in the 70s. So wasn't expecting much cleared the front of all signals. Only found change and a 1960s Mexican coin. Had done the back yard once cleared a lot but was a ton of trash. Finally cleared it all yesterday
 

Well it's about time you got some gold, congratulations John.
In the back at that, maybe I should detect mine, only been here 10yrs. 😆
 

That's a very nice ring and to think it was in your backyard this whole time. Looks like you had some nice little trinkets from the school too. Is the pendant lead?
None of the jewelry was lead. Which one are you referring to?
 

I really chuckled over your losing it, panicking and then remembering you had a detector! Something I could see myself doing.
Lol yeah I in the moment wasn't thinking
 

Well it's about time you got some gold, congratulations John.
In the back at that, maybe I should detect mine, only been here 10yrs. 😆
Lol worth trying. I don't have many places I can go so I try what I have
 

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