Who Came up with the modern metal detector?

[Terry Soloman]

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Great video..and metal detectors are still being used to save lives.

Here's a couple interesting links on the history of metal detectors..:

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-metal-detector-1992303

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_detector

It's amazing how a simple technology has evolved into the machines
we use today, but still built around the original principles.

 

[SD51]

Here I thought it was either Chuck Norris or Al Gore...

 

[ARC]

I think... errr... would bet... the very first "metal detector"...

was in fact nothing more than a magnet tied to a stick.

No joke.

 

[ticndig]

I think... errr... would bet... the very first "metal detector"...

was in fact nothing more than a magnet tied to a stick.

No joke.

or a good set of eyes !

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I know who started the hobby and brought it to the average person, Stu Auerbach who founded Kellyco in 1955. After making a bulk purchase of surplus military mine detectors he started selling them out of the trunk of his car at the local beaches before starting a store.

 

[Exhuminator]

I believe it was Charles Garret who brought on the modern revolution of the metal detector. No he did not invent the first metal detector, but he paved the way for its refinement into what we have today.

 

[Clad2Silver]

Everything I've ever read credited Gerhard Fisher with developing the first modern metal detector.

 

[Rookster]

Great imfo and video.

 

[Rookster]

The earliest machine I’ve seen was an old Western Auto machine.

 

[crashbandicoot]

I guess that gives the lie to old joke about the Polack mine detctor.Stomp,stomp,stomp,Boom!