I went up in the hills to go metal detecting along a gold rush era creek and after digging many shot gun shells I got a good signal, I thought it might be an Indian Head Penny. I would have been happy with that, but no it was a 1.2 ounce Gold Nugget !
The next week I figured I would go back and bring my buddy with me, on the way to where I found the Gold Nugget my buddy was detecting , so I thought I might as well swing my coil over the dirt by the creek. After about 20 minutes I got a solid signal and was soon trembling with a key date $5 Gold Coin !!!! It is an 1848 D $5 Gold Piece, gold rush era from California! I plan on sending it off to be graded by a pro.
John Bauer - California, USA
