Glad I detected this community, good find!

I live in Northern California very near where gold were first discovered! My wife and daughter bought me a metal detector last year from a pawn shop, a Garrett brand, and I've only used it a few times but have found tons of pull tabs and several lithium batteries so far. It is legal here but only in certain areas as I understand it but living where I do now I'm excited to scope out my back yard and maybe the old rail road behind my house late at night 😉

Anyhow, open to suggestions or advice and I'll post anything I find as I go!

Good luck everyone!

This is one of my favorite finds. I believe its a gold plated half of some kind of locket or pendant.

Dont get discouraged because you aren't pulling precious metals and valuable loot out of the ground most of the time. The chance is always there. Keep at it!