Howdy folks, this is my first post on treasure.net and it is an exciting one for me! Today was a long day but worth it for my first real find and It just so happened to be gold! I am a novice hunter and received a bounty hunter gold digger for my 26 birthday. I originally wanted a garrett ace 250 but had to settle for a lower end model. But I am inclined to say that the gold digger works fantastic for the price! Heck it found gold on my third trip out! I decided to research old parks in the area and found an old park with spanish roots. I figured this place would be a good one to start with for coin hunting as Id done some beach combing with no luck already. I started out near the big trees in the park and immediately got coin sigals. To my suprise most of the day revolved around pulling pennies out of the ground, many were broke in half which was strange to me. The gold diggers trash discrimination seems to work very good for me as I had it turned all the way up. I pulled minimal trash and bottlecaps mostly just pennies pennies pennies! The dirt and grass in the area was an easy dig so I was able to hit many targets and even without a pin pointer I was able to dig my finds fairly quickly. 3 hours passed and with a few dirty looks and annoying comments from passerbys and nerds on their segways I hadn't much to show for the naysayers of the dog park club and the concerned citizen committee even though I dig neatly and fill in all my holes. I was starting to get a little discouraged but I knew this park had to have something worthwhile in it. And then lo and behold as if It were placed there by whatever spirits felt pity for me and my pile of clad there appeared in my hole what looked to be at first a piece lf gold foil and then I pulled it out and was a bit confused at what I saw... the strange part was that I wasnt really confused at all, I knew I found something awesome, old, and judging by the numbers 999.9 baby it was gold! I have never felt a rush compared to this before. The Ill sentiments I felt towards the passerbys who annoyed me with the repeated curiousty of why a grown man was digging in the dirt quickly changed into me wanting to tell someone... anyone. About my first gold find! But instead I decided to put it in my pocket and put my headphones back on and keep digging for more! Hours went by and I must have dug 50 holes in that park, I had gold fever and wanted to find more but alas the gold was to be my find of the day and Im not complaining. I took my headphones off and walked back to my truck with a smile on my face and a piece of sunshine in my pocket. Now it was time to inspect the goods... the cache of clad I pulled out of the ground consisted of mostly pennies that were so weathered most were unrecognizable a few nickels and dimes, no quarters at all! A few Budweiser caps and pull tabs, one bathroom token, a broken knife, a long piece of steel and some rusted metal. But then there was the angel who blessed my journey and made it all worthwhile, a gold pendant with an angel or a saint on the front with the numbers 999.9. Slightly bent and twisted but shiny and beautiful nonetheless. I was proud of myself my little machine and my mother who gave it to me, she was born on christmas so shes a bit of an angel herself 
thats why my first find is so significant to me and though Im curious to know how much its worth I dont plan on ever selling it. I am curious to hear everyones opinion on what it might be and how old it Is. Judging from the parks history and its spanish roots I dont think its crazy to assume that it could be pretty old. The park dates back to the 1700 hundreds so im really curious about this! Also Id like to know who the angel Is on the front. Could it be the virgin mary or saint christopher? Anyhow very exciting first find for me and I will cherish it and the memory of finding it forever. Have a great day everyone, happy hunting, and enjoy this wonderful hobby!
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It clearly has paid off with a nice piece of solid gold! That's a bullion charm. These are usually worth just a little over their weight in gold. Most probably from the later part of the 20th century. Not very often people find gold bullion in the park. Finding pure 999% gold is very rare even for the well seasoned treasure hunter! 
