My son came across this relic

CASPER-2 · Mar 4, 2015

he was helping someone clean out a house and came across this - they told him he could keep it
it still works - guys were using these when I was using my early Compass machine as a kid in the 70s

worldtalker · Mar 4, 2015

They were good machines...I used this one.

GOD Bless

Chris

NHBandit · Mar 4, 2015

I still have an old Garrett Master Hunter 5. Heavy clunky old thing but it found a bunch of stuff back in the day.

NHBandit · Mar 4, 2015

Just dusted mine off.. It's got an old "Crossfire" 5x10 elliptical coil on it. That was the hot setup back in the day..

Msbeepbeep · Mar 4, 2015

Cool find for your son. Good old American made quality!

kingskid1611 · Mar 4, 2015

Imagine the possibilities for the future.

sutphin · Mar 4, 2015

I have never own anything garrett but for something free I would be happy to give it a swing . I bet that unit could tell a story or two . Neat . vanzutphen

JimK · Mar 4, 2015

When I started I would read the treasure magazines and dream of a machine like that. This is what I started with "back in the day". Loved every minute of it also.

JimK

park pirate · Mar 4, 2015

Nice one..

John-Edmonton · Mar 4, 2015

That is in really good shape! A liitle washing/dusting and it will look nearly new. Some of those old analog metal detectors had some serious depth compared to todays machines.

WHADIFIND · Mar 4, 2015

Nice find!

I started with this one:

Then I moved up to this one:

Which I still have after about 40 years AND it still works!

Memories......whoa oh whoa oh .....memories!

bzbadger · Mar 5, 2015

Amazing how far we've come with all the bells, lights and whistles we have now. I know some if the old machines you thought you were really doing something if you detected 4" down and now we have some that go few feet. I'd love to find one of the old machines just as a cool wall hanger

Joe(TX) · Mar 15, 2015

bzbadger said:
Amazing how far we've come with all the bells, lights and whistles we have now. I know some if the old machines you thought you were really doing something if you detected 4" down and now we have some that go few feet. I'd love to find one of the old machines just as a cool wall hanger

........Some of the older Garrett's especially the Deepseeker's and Groundhog's did a lot better than 4 inches....really the depth depends on the mineralization of the soil that you hunt in. My soil is Neutral so I have been able to do well with most models even with the Original Garrett Hunter! Since I am mainly a re Relic Hunter I have n Never cared for Bells and Whistles.....just make it simple.....simple to operate and good depth.

Joe(TX) · Mar 15, 2015

CASPER-2 said:
he was helping someone clean out a house and came across this - they told him he could keep it
it still works - guys were using these when I was using my early Compass machine as a kid in the 70s
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............Casper.....you have a very early model Garrett TR/Discriminator.....this is Pre-VLF....so probably made in the mid 70's.... I think that it operates at 50KHZ which makes it very good at detecting tot lots.