Caught my limit today

[SusanMN]

This weekend has been all about tot lots and school playgrounds. I've never done well in either but it just felt great to get out and learn my new Cortez. Yesterday I was out for around four hours and returned home with five dollars in clad and a couple of junk rings. Today, I only had an hour or so so I hit a recreation center close to home. Lots of teens were there when I arrived, so I almost left, but then they moved on and I had the playgrounds nearly to myself. Picked up a squashed penny, a couple of dimes and not much else. As I was making my last pass through the center of the playground, I got a jumpy, signal that means something close to the surface. Swiped the sand and saw the glint of gold, and pulled out this beauty of a necklace. Each of the links in the necklace is a tiny fish. No marks on it but I could tell by the weight and the color that this was the real thing. Tested it when I got home and it hit the top of my 18k Mizar, so its either 18k or maybe even 22k, and weighs in at 12.1 grams. My FIRST gold necklace and my first good playground find.

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

Thats a very nice find there Susan.

 

[rwsnc]

Very nice. Keep us informed as you learn your Cortez. I'm toying with the idea of buying one, myself.

 

[Moonshadow]

Super cool find Susan! I've never seen chain links like that before.....Thanks for sharing the close up pic! Don't ever give up on the tot lots. I love em!

HH,
Moon

 

[mlayers]

Yes tot lots are great. You just have to be the first one there for the good stuff. As more and more hunters is hitting them. You got one very nice neglace there. Glad you findly got a decent find....Matt

 

[DrGrip]

My lady, that has custom written ALL over it! Great find for sure.

I love the playgrounds, they are like a box of chocolates, you never knwo what yer gonna git!

Grip

 

[MrBling]

That is a real quality find
Congrats

 

[Yeasty]

The necklace is from Thailand. I recognize it being Thai by the clasp. If you look very closely at the ends of the chain you will probably see "100" stamped on it indicating 23K gold.
Very, very nice find. 12.1 grams comes in as .80 baht weight which is the Thai weighing system for gold. 1 baht gold = 15 grams.

Pete

 

[wyattrr]

Nice Score...Way to break in your machine...Congrats

 

[Roger Mn.]

Nice looking necklace.

 

[RONC(OR)]

Sweeet looks 23k to me

 

[SusanMN]

The necklace is from Thailand. I recognize it being Thai by the clasp. If you look very closely at the ends of the chain you will probably see "100" stamped on it indicating 23K gold.
Very, very nice find. 12.1 grams comes in as .80 baht weight which is the Thai weighing system for gold. 1 baht gold = 15 grams.

Pete

Thanks Pete! As I said, I could tell just from the color and weight it was gold. But 23K Yahoo!

 

[PA John]

Wow! Nice Catch!! Haven't found any gold yet.

Very, Very Nice!

Think I will hit a Tot Lot I have been eyeing up before someone else does!

 

[ModernMiner]

Susan,
YABA DABA DOO!!! What an awesome gold find. Congrats to you. Sometimes those tot lots surprise us.
-MM-

 

[michigan michael]

Beautiful find!

 

[Michiganne]

Very nice!! Congrats on the great necklace.

HH

 

[time4me]

That is awesome! I need to start hitting tot lots more often - lots of you Tnetters pull some awesome stuff out of them wood chips and sand.

Jim

 

[lasttoknow (Tim)]

I like your string of fish much better than my boys caught yesterday. But since I'm a nice guy I'll trade you 5 fresh trout for it..... Should be pretty ripe by the time they get there too.... lol....Nice find...

 

[allen]

congrats on that gold necklace !!!

 

[Tnmountains]

Awsome finds. I am going to try a playground this year. That is great treasure. I saw a tot lot Gold coin made banner. Congratulations on your find and your machine.

TnMountains