Interesting story about my first e-trac gold find!

[Full Metal Digger]

Hey diggers, As you probably know, e-tracs are not famous for being gold magnets. I found lots of gold with my ACE 250 but none with my e-trac. That changed yesterday at an old house. It was a pleasant day with the temperature being about 50 degrees and sunny skies. I was finding lots of modern coins in the small front yard but nothing old. I had found 2 or 3 small coin spills but they were mostly penny spills. As I worked over by the foundation, I got a weird signal at 3 inches deep. It was jumping around a bit but was clearly a coin-like signal. I cut the plug and out pops a jefferson nickel.

Hmmmm, I thought that didn't make sense for the type of signal I had gotten. I put the probe back into the hole out popped out a clad dime. Put the probe back in and got two pennies. As I was moving the dirt around looking for the pennies I saw a flash of gold! What? I rubbed it and sure enough, it was gold! A tiny gold medallion in the shape of a Chinese fortune cookie (of all things). I passed it in front of the coil to see how it rang up. Would you believe it rang up as 08-0:eyebrow: I would never dig a signal like that (ever). If it wasn't for the coin spill, I would not have found it. When I got home I was able to see a 14K mark on the loop. It weighs in at a slim 2.2 grams which equals $55 on 10/26/13.

I know we have all found things (usually non-metallic) in our dug holes but this has got to be a first! Here are some pics. Thanks for looking and HH, Dave.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1615_zps7f25d19a.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1615_zps7f25d19a.jpg.html)

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http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1613_zps1a4a9b49.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1613_zps1a4a9b49.jpg.html)

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1609_zpsdaa9b44b.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1609_zpsdaa9b44b.jpg.html)

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1611_zpsa649dbb1.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1611_zpsa649dbb1.jpg.html)

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[POKIE73]

you know the old saying about id would rather be lucky than good maybe theirs some truth to it congrats on your first gold with the e trac i am still waiting for mine dennis

[sfox54]

nice gold piece! the golden fortune cookie...sounds like a charlie chan movie title. i have only found one gold item a 10k ring in the same hole...1926 buffalo nickel at the base of an old tree in an old park i use a teknetic delta 4000...the nickel and the ring both id=ed at 57

[z118]

Nice find! I've gotten a couple of gold rings around 08-08 on the etrac. Gold really does come in all over the place. No easy way around having to dig it all that I can figure out!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Awesome story, Dave! Congrats on your first E-Trac gold! |:cheering:

I really like that fortune cookie charm! I've never seen anything like it.

:congrats:

[PL8MAN]

Sweet gold thumbsup01 , Great bunch of finds !

[milco]

Cool finds! Congrats on the gold, I'll bet you will be digging more 08-08's now! If I am in a yard I'll dig just about everything, it's great to get those surprise signals!

[tanacat]

Would you believe it rang up as 08-0:eyebrow: I would never dig a signal like that (ever).


Congrats on the gold! |:cheering: Great story... :perfect10:

Your new name will be &quot:grin:ig-it-all-Dave... lol

[AmxFred]

Congrats on your gold! :congrats: I have found five gold rings so far with my E-Trac and they have all been 12-12 or 12-13 nickel signals. So now I did all nickel signals regardless of depth. :yes:

[OxShoeDrew]

Hey Dig-It-All,
That's some sweet digging. Those presidential tokens aluminum? Nice job, Drew

[Full Metal Digger]

Hey Dig-It-All,
That's some sweet digging. Those presidential tokens aluminum? Nice job, Drew


Oh yeah, the infamous 1968 Shell Game Coins! You know, the ones that ring up like silver quarters and then let you down hard. :-)

[wisconsin digger]

Etrac is great but you definitely are right when you say it's no gold magnet. Great find. I also like the Cracker Jack Presidents. I just found a Teddy Roosevelt. It rang up as a 12-45 so you know what I was hoping for, but the medallion is cool. Great hunt Wisconsin Digger

[coinnut]

Congrats on the gold cookie lol I'm a relic guy, so an 08-08 signal would have been dug every time. A lot of dainty gold rings come in at 12-03, 12-04 and most people do not dig those either. If you have access to different gold pieces, I would scan them to see the numbers. I'm assuming you are not going to open that cookie are you? ;)

[aloldstuff]

:congrats: on the golden cookie. Looks great. Will you be digging 08-08 signals from now on............:huh::huh:thinkingabout:

[RobW]

Congrats..may it bring you good fortune :detecting: