Coinseeker 78
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Went detecting across the street at a home that had been abandoned. When I went to the back yard I found a considerable amount of overhead power lines generating a high amount of EMI. I adjusted the F70 with the 5 inch coil to have a minimum of chatter and proceeded to sweep the yard. I found some clad and 3 Hot Wheel cars of which two were in pieces. The little toy which looked like a Tootsie toy still had all wheels. I then decided to go to the front yard and found little EMI present. I was able to adjust the detector to 80 Sensitivity, 4 Disc, 4 tones and 9 threshold. I proceeded to sweep the front yard and picked up some more clad and three Wheaties then I got a good quarter signal. I dug the plug and low and behold there lay a 1932 silver quarter at 5 inches. I was thrilled to say the least. I filled my dig and proceeded to sweep and about 3 feet from the last dig I get another good reading. I started to dig and at about 5 inches I spotted a glimpse of gold. As my heart began to beat at a rate comparable to a marathon runner in this nearly 79 year old body I bared the object with my digger and there lay a quarter size gold coin. It had a strange appearance unlike any US coin I have seen. On one side it said 2/12 cents the other side said it was a 1948 year coin. My heart began to drop because I began to realize it couldn't be gold because who would make a 2 1/2 cent coin out of gold. I went to the house and checked Google and found it was a coin from the Netherlands. Oh well, I still had the thrill of the hunt for awhile.