Man with metal detector finds 222-year-old coin near church

EMBDEN, Maine (AP) — A North Carolina man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that Shane Houston was on a metal-detecting trip with a friend from New Hampshire when he found the coin earlier this month. He said it was found on the grounds of a church in Embden where he had permission to use his metal detector. The copper penny, dated 1798, comes from the first decade of American-minted money in North America.