[Deteknix Quest] What was your VERY FIRST metal detector?

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[Deteknix Quest] What was your VERY FIRST metal detector?
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What was the very first metal detector you owned?

 

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[JoeB_OH]

A Bounty Hunter Tracker 4. I loved the simplicity, gave me 5 yrs. of FUN & Finds!

 

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[jeweler21]

Whites Gold Master BFO. 1961 or 1962. Non-discrimlnator work your butt off but found a few coins.
Good Luck & HH

 

[QMaze]

Whites Gold Master BFO. 1961 or 1962. Non-discrimlnator work your butt off but found a few coins.
Good Luck & HH

Wow, OG right there.

 

[Dagger Woods]

And i bet it wasn't cheap.

Actually just the opposite. If I was able to buy it as a teenager it had to be pretty affordable, as we weren't a wealthy family. My memory is crap nowadays but I seem to remember two figures from when I was ordering via the post office... $60 and $120.... so it had to be one of those two... I'm leaning towards the $120 but I'm struggling to recall where & how I came up with that sum as a teen.... maybe birthday/grad/savings money... *shrug* If I get the energy to go through all my papers in storage I bet I could find the copy of the money order I paid with... I tend to hold on to those things.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

A used Whites 66TR in about 1976. That was a circa early 1970s machine, so it was only about 5 yrs. old at the time I got it. But was already a dinosaur, because in 1976 discriminators began to be on the market. So I updated to a Garret Ground (vlf/tr) in about 1979. But that TOO was already a dinosaur because there were motion discriminators out that were kicking b*tt. Doh!

 

[Spectrum]

Whites Eagle Spectrum. Still have it and still works

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Whites Gold Master BFO. 1961 or 1962. Non-discrimlnator work your butt off but found a few coins.
Good Luck & HH

Hey jeweler21, thanx for chiming in. What was the depth on coin-sized objects that that machine could get ? And what type places were you taking it to ?

There was a fellow in our town who, in about 1964 had gotten one of those old Whites BFO's. He'd seen a classified ad in the back of a True West or Arizona Highways type magazine and had sent away for a catalog. He took this machine out to the older schoolyards in our city and got a lot of silver. I mean, go figure: silver was still in circulation, doh! I don't think the machine went more than a few inches deep, but that was all they needed to get quarters, halves, etc... They didn't know enough to use headphones, didn't go to any exotic areas, etc... To them, at the time, digging coins was pretty exciting, because at the time, I'm sure minimum wage was still $1.25 p/h.

 

[QMaze]

ACE350..> Followed quickly by a Harbor Freight 7 function for my son (who killed it on clad but totally wasted time having to dig everything. we upgraded him in 2 weeks with an ACE250...)

Whats a Harbor Freight 7, a detector?

 

[Newfiehunter]

Mine was a Whites Liberty 2 waaaaay back in 1985!

 

[jeweler21]

Hey jeweler21, thanx for chiming in. What was the depth on coin-sized objects that that machine could get ? And what type places were you taking it to ?

There was a fellow in our town who, in about 1964 had gotten one of those old Whites BFO's. He'd seen a classified ad in the back of a True West or Arizona Highways type magazine and had sent away for a catalog. He took this machine out to the older schoolyards in our city and got a lot of silver. I mean, go figure: silver was still in circulation, doh! I don't think the machine went more than a few inches deep, but that was all they needed to get quarters, halves, etc... They didn't know enough to use headphones, didn't go to any exotic areas, etc... To them, at the time, digging coins was pretty exciting, because at the time, I'm sure minimum wage was still $1.25 p/h.

It would detect up to about four inches but you found ten thousand pieces of trash for every item that was a keeper. Never found much with the White's. Then about 1974 A.H. Electronics came out with a very good
TR/VLF Discriminator. I paid about $400 for it and it paid for itself in the first 2 hours. I had pockets full of silver coins and gold rings.
Good Luck & HH

 

[CaptjimUP]

My first detector was a Garrett Grand Master Hunter CXIII and I still use it today. I also own a AT Pro.

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[QMaze]

My first detector was a Garrett Grand Master Hunter CXIII and I still use it today. I also own a AT Pro.

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Awesome, great pic.

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Back in 1977 I was stationed in Erlangen Germany and was board out of my mind hanging around the barracks, so I decide to try metal detecting. I saw an add in a magazine for a Relco Metal Detector and decided to buy one through the mail. Erlangen was a large army base with dozens of old German Army barracks that all dated to World War I.
It would have been metal detector heaven, but this Relco Detector really sucked! I spent hours & hours trying to find something good, all I found was rusty chunks of iron.

I became so disillusioned that I gave up the hobby until 1985. In 1985 I purchase a Fisher 1220X. The 1220X was awesome! I found my first silver coins and gold rings with it....The rest is history.

 

[QMaze]

^^^ Cool story. Too bad you didnt have that Fisher in Germany.

 

[The Dirt Pirate]

I don't remember what it was exactly but I think it was an old White's or Garrett. All I remember is that it was heavy because I was 6 years old at the time.

 

[mick56]

In the mid-60's, I was about 10, my Dad bought a used Goldak detector. I remember using it a couple of times, don't think we ever found anything with it. About 9 years ago I bought an Ace 250.

 

[QMaze]

In the mid-60's, I was about 10, my Dad bought a used Goldak detector. I remember using it a couple of times, don't think we ever found anything with it. About 9 years ago I bought an Ace 250.

The treasure bug itself obviously stuck with you your entire life, funny how that works.

 

[foiler]

Metro Tech , June 1964

 

[deteknix]

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[QMaze]

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