Went out to the park for about 15 minutes on my way in to work tonight hoping to maybe find some pocket change. I was on my 3rd or 4th dig when I was approached by a group of young soccer players asking if I was finding anything. Just at that moment I popped open the dirt ball and saw sparklies embedded in a golden halo! It was quite dirty, but held it up for the kids who were in awe. My heart was pounding as I thought I found my first gold! I cleaned off the dirt and saw a mark inside the ring and was sure of it-but as I cleaned more dirt off I realized it was starting to corrode and the gold was flaking off. Oh well, still a nice find and only my second ever ring, but gives me encouragement to keep plodding along with the hope that eventually I will find that ever elusive gold.