We wern't sure what it was at first. I'd heard of the coins, but have never seen one. My five year old picked it out, he just thought it looked cool. When we got home after a days worth of hunting, he showed it to me. When I told him that we need to go out and put it somewhere else for others to find he wasn't happy about it. But I think I convinced him, that it would be better to track it online and find more treasure out there.