Wow, talk about famine to feast! You sure did that in style. I'm hoping this year I get to experience Spanish silver for the first time, too.
As far as celebratory expressions go...two of my friends who don't detect but who've let me hunt on their properties met one day, and the subject of my hobby came up. The one friend says to the other, "Have you seen Ken do his happy dance yet?" The other one goes, "Oh yeah, totally! When he hops around with that smile on his face?" I had no idea. But thank God for people who embrace our quirks.