Check this bad boy out

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My wife’s grandfather recently passed away and I was asked to clean and organize all of his personal belongings. I had no idea he had a detector. Anyone know anything about its approximate age ?

 

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[GaRebel1861]

That’s got to be an early detector. 1960s?

 

[creskol]

I am pretty sure those were used as utility locators .. not really for hobbyists.

 

[CTXAgGetter]

Man, all the old ladies would for sure call it a Geiger counter if you were swinging that antique in their front yards!

 

[Al D]

My wife’s grandfather recently passed away and I was asked to clean and organize all of his personal belongings. I had no idea he had a detector. Anyone know anything about its approximate age ? View attachment 1738924 View attachment 1738925 View attachment 1738926

Used for detecting pipe and rebar

 

[A2coins]

Man, all the old ladies would for sure call it a Geiger counter if you were swinging that antique in their front yards!

or a cool looking cane

 

[flip flop]

Thanks for the info. I think this will accidentally be omitted from the estate sale [emoji16]

 

[Al D]

It should work fine for detecting meteorites, some of those are worth more than their weight in gold

 

[flip flop]

Found this tnet post from March 2008

 

[smokeythecat]

I think it was made BC. I have never seen one of these.

 

[flip flop]

BC. That’s awesome. Creskol nailed it ...... utility locator Still made today

 

[jajayo]

My first commercially made detector was a Goldak. I was 16 years old in 1960. It was a beat frequency oscillator. I found a walking liberty half a merc. and a war nickle in the same hole and I was hooked on the hobby. I still have that old detector. I use a tesoro now and I have found a lot of treasure with it. I'm 76 years young and a two time cancer survivor but I still detect and I still love it. Best hobby in the world!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[flip flop]

Very nice jajayo

 

[ecmjamsit]

Some info on a new one

https://www.goldak.com/images/pdf/720.pdf

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool vintage detector!

 

[Cape Hunter]

My Dad had a old one from way back. It was killer with surface finds!

 

[against the wind]

That Bad Boy is Cool.

 

[Mackaydon]

https://books.google.com/books?id=l...QAQ#v=onepage&q="Model 720 Commander"&f=false
Don...... (maybe 1967)

 

[ajaj]

Being the Luddite that I am, I love it.

aj