coinshooter
n.— «Alveshire says he’s a cache hunter, not a “coinshooter,” the term for a person who uses a metal detector to hunt for individual coins people have lost over the years.» —“Treasure Hunter, Historian Author” by Larry Stroud Guard-Record (Batesville, Ark.) Dec. 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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