First Gold!

[Monty]

The weather cooperated today, sunshine and mid-sixties, ground a little wetand hard to dig in the old gumbo clay around here. I was working a small park a block from my house behind the outdoor basketball goal. Got a beep indicating foil or 1 cent on the scale of my BH Land Ranger. I noticed there was also a deep tone right next to it that registered 52 on the scale....not even sure what the scale is in relation to as I am that new. I got out my trusty garden trowel with sharpened edges and dug down about an inch and found a 1975 penny, thought what the heck and widened the hole where I had the low tone. Out came a link of gold chain and I kept pulling and when it all came out it was 15" long and stamped 14k! I could hardly believe my eyes! When I left the house I told the wife I would have to hurry up if I was going to find her a ring for valentine day. Hope she will like the gold chain necklace as much. As you might have guessed, the clasp was broken on it otherwise it looks new. Wahoo! Will success spoil me? I hope not. I only wish I had a camera so I could takae a picture and post it.

 

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[zommbee]

Way to go!!!? Just goes to show you how double targets can be VERY fun!? Wonder
how many other folks ID'd the penny and said 'nah' and moved on!

Good work!

Zommbee

 

[jeff of pa]

Did you Double Check the Hole ? odds are you got the Signal off a Charm, as Gold Chains are Very hard to detect alone. ANY WAY ; Congrats !

 

[Monty]

No, didn'tlook for a charm as it was the wide flat gold type that you really can't put a charm on very easily.

 

[jeff of pa]

That is probably Why you got the Signal then. Cause of it being flat. Either that or B.H. is better then most detectors for gold chains That first gold is always the COOLEST Too .

 

[foolserrand]

Congrats!

Gold chains are hard as heck to find!

Never found one myself.

 

[nick1878]

Only luck finding gold chains was on the beach of florida. Digging every signal no matter how week. found three in an hour along with 4 earrings and 2 diamond cluster rings

 

[stoney56]

That's absolutely great Jimmy! Now go & enter it in the ITTHC Find of the Month. HH See ya soon.

 

[spotz]

Alright! My first gold was a chain also. 14 inches & 12 K. Congrats to you. Your hooked for sure from know on. Spotz

 

[dave-enc]

Congrats on the gold chain, the first gold find is always memorable. Hope your wife likes it
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[Monty]

Thanks for all the well wishes. I went out the next day to what I thought would be a really good area ( house demolition site) and got skunked! How ironic is that? But I'll keep diggin'!