I remember when I was a teenager staring at the ad for a Bounty Hunter I.B. Wishing for enough lawns to mow to be able to afford an I.B 300. Now that I cruise through E-bay the I.B. series rarely comes up. I think this can mean people want to hang on to these detectors, or it can mean they weren't that great! If anyone has personnel knowledge on these detectors please share!
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Bounty Hunter I.B. series
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Induction/Balance is the same as Transmit/Receive and the "IB" term just wasn't as popular.
The Bounty Hunter 300 IB was simply an OK transmit./receive detector that competed along with a vast array of early IB or TR models of that era. I can assure you that are not being held onto for their great value. The Bounty Hunter line back then was a "budget" buy compared the the much finer fit-and-finish used by the likes of White's, Garrett, Fisher and most others. In short, many of them just didn't hold up all that well, physically, and I think the early BH models were a bit looser in component tolerance as I worked with many that just didn't perform all that well.
Most of those were made
The Bounty Hunter 300 IB was simply an OK transmit./receive detector that competed along with a vast array of early IB or TR models of that era. I can assure you that are not being held onto for their great value. The Bounty Hunter line back then was a "budget" buy compared the the much finer fit-and-finish used by the likes of White's, Garrett, Fisher and most others. In short, many of them just didn't hold up all that well, physically, and I think the early BH models were a bit looser in component tolerance as I worked with many that just didn't perform all that well.
Most of those were made
Ed in SoDak
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http://www.whiteriverprep.com/vintage/bhvintage/bhIB200.html
PorscheThrills
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I have a mint IB 200 that I received as a gift when I was a child, I can't see why they don't exist.
My IB 200 works just fine, the meter, the wiring, the circuitry and the exterior is perfect and scratch free. I just pulled it out of the closet, put a 9v in it, and it works fine.
I will say that I'm surprised that is fault free, after all this time. I guess if you take care of something properly, it should last.
My IB 200 works just fine, the meter, the wiring, the circuitry and the exterior is perfect and scratch free. I just pulled it out of the closet, put a 9v in it, and it works fine.
I will say that I'm surprised that is fault free, after all this time. I guess if you take care of something properly, it should last.
Ed in SoDak
Member
The condition of mine was excellent also, but it had an intermittent connection that I never did find. I guessed that this problem may have kept it in the closet and thus preserved it since it didn't work and never got used much if at all.
I thought the overall build quality was up to par with other electronics of the same era. Then as now, you got what you paid for and the BH machines were generally "affordable." Testimony is in PorcheThrills comment that his still works after 40+ years.
When mine did work, I tested it at maybe 4 or 5 inches on a quarter in my soil. Coil shielding was on the weak side. It wasn't impressive enough for me to want to keep it.
-Ed
I thought the overall build quality was up to par with other electronics of the same era. Then as now, you got what you paid for and the BH machines were generally "affordable." Testimony is in PorcheThrills comment that his still works after 40+ years.
When mine did work, I tested it at maybe 4 or 5 inches on a quarter in my soil. Coil shielding was on the weak side. It wasn't impressive enough for me to want to keep it.
-Ed