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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 809114, member: 5454&quot;]I also have been forever curious regarding MD finds.&nbsp; So one summer a few years ago I picked up an old radio shack detector for $4 [with batteries]at a church yard sale.&nbsp; Being an older crummy model I never expected it to do much.</p><p>Heck new batteries cost as much as the unit.</p><p>Anyway I went and Googled it which brought up a home made instruction manual by someone who has one.</p><p>&nbsp;I saw my neighbor out in the corner of my yard one day.&nbsp; He was looking for the metal peg that marks property lines.&nbsp; I used the detector and found [guess what?] a soda can pop top.</p><p>Next I threw a cheap foreign coin out in my front yard on purpose and started searching with the detector.&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; I mowed the grass down to a half inch scalp.&nbsp; Raked it and swept it.&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; Gave up.</p><p>One day I was fooling with some crusty common Indian head cents and acetone.&nbsp; During one of the cleaning phases I went out and dumped the jar out on the porch railing so the acetone could evaporate.</p><p>Later picking them up the best one fell off the rail into tall grass.</p><p>I looked and combed- put my face 4 inches off the ground but never found the coin.&nbsp; Tried the metal detector but found nothing. It was a very hot day so I came inside.</p><p>&nbsp; My girlfriend said &quot;Want me try?&quot;&nbsp; She went out with the cheap detector and Bingo...&nbsp; found it.</p><p>&nbsp;The record is:&nbsp; me 3 hunts and 3 nothing founds.</p><p>&nbsp; Girlfriend:&nbsp; 1 hunt and 1 instant find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have purchased a very good book for a dollar from some kid called </p><p>&quot;Successful Coin Hunting&quot; by Charles Garrett&nbsp; {1974} Ram Publishing</p><p>&nbsp; My investment is $5 total and I am ready to hunt coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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