Did you have a BFO detector? What did you find with it?

[CreakyDigger]

I had one when I was a wee lad of 13 in 1974. Lived in a rented house near a farm, and there was a small foundation in a pasture. I found a few spoons and some odd metal, but I don't remember finding any coins.

 

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[SvenS]

I had a Dtex Tiny Tex when I was 14, 1000% better than that Relco drift box had just before it. Was finding coins left and right with the Tiny Tex then graduated to a Whites TR machine.

 

[SusanMN]

I believe that was my first detector in the 80’s. Things needed to be on the surface or very close to the surface but I found a few silver rings and a lot of clad coins.

 

[CalReg]

I had a Bounty Hunter BFO in 1975 (starter model, no visual meter, just the speaker). Mostly hunted parks and schools, with the occasional old site. Tried hunting the beach down by where I lived, but there was too much trash. Found a lot of clad and managed a few Buffalo Nickels, IHP and silver coins. Back then, finding silver coins in the early 60's and older was not that big a deal. Now you scream to the heavens when you find one!

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Has a Frontiersman by Relco I got for my 16th birthday in 1972. Unless it was the size of a manhole cover it would not find anything. I still have it tucked away in my closet.