Old metal detector

[digsomemore]

How often do you use your older are oldest md do they ever retire ? lol and what kind is it

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

I still use a Compass 77b I keep handy, from time to time. It dates to the early 1970s. It's an all-metal TR. It can see through small iron (up to 2 or 3 nails at a time), like they're not even there. So that makes it good for ghost-town type hunting. But the benefits end there. In all other ways, it's an antique and will get its b*tt kicked by modern machines. Ie.: a bear to keep balanced, lacking depth, no other forms of disc, lousy in minerals, etc... But I have found times that it finds things that today's machines can't.

 

[dnuggett]

I have a Compass 99B but wouldn't start a hunt with it. It was purchased as a tool for a specific purpose- to not alert on the iron. If the situation is right it will come out, just another tool to increase finds.

 

[Alienson]

I have a Heath Kit MD that I built for my father in 1968. It still works, but I've not used it in years. Actually, I've just recently got re-interested in MDing and purchased an ACE 350 at Thanksgiving and found two gold rings (one a men's wedding band 12g) the first "official" time out to a park.

 

[Goose-0]

I guess I'm a newbie here....my kids gave me a White's Coin Clasic II for Christmas of 1990....1st used in the spring of 1991. I've updated twice since them. I just finished my 21st yr using a DFX for the last 10 years. Now and then I use the Coin Classic II for fun..... that is a good machine, still pulls the coins pretty well.

 

[gleaner1]

1984 Garrett Freedom II, complete with original Official Detector of the 1984 olympics sticker, hands down the most productive coin grabber ever devised, my bum buddies that wont buy their own tector always want to use that one, turning down cz units and things like atpros and such.

 

[Brian C.]

I use my trusty Garrett Freedom ace, I think it is 16 years or older, and it is a great relic detector. It is probably what the ace 250 is today.

 

[dnuggett]

Took my Compass 99B out recently. 100khz is great for ignoring the iron!