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KathrynK

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Brand new to this, why? I found a light weight detector at the garbage dumpster, friend chk'd it and it is good to go. It's raining here in Bucks co. Pa so I figure tomorrow on Mother's Day would be a good time to start my new hobby, the ground would be soft for digging up things. I have put this off for so long because the only detector I have is an old, purchased 6/24/1970, White Goldmaster model S65T, serial #cg392, totally complete in original book (how's that for a keeper) but for me, it weighs a lot to handle Thus the new found light weight is the keeper.....Please Wish Me Luck.
Any advice would truly be appreciated. KathrynK
 
Just signed up today, Sat 5/13/17 and read some of the comments regarding being "attacked".....I'm old, a dinosaur, thanks for posting important wake-up calls as read,,,,Guess we all need reminders on being safe!!
 
"attacked" ? Not sure which post you're referring to.

As for the 1970 Whites machine, can you post a pix of that if/when you have time ? Some of us here are into vintage machines :)

The late 1960s and early 1970s machines *quickly* became dinosaurs, at the advent of the mid 1970s evolutions.

Welcome !
 
Oh sure, it will take a little time for the pic...I'll find a friend who is not a dinosaur to take a post for me.
 
Sorry Amber, I was lucky to have the assembly manual attached to this find and a friend check it out that it worked nicely for him....It's simple and might just work out for me as a starter.
 
Any of these look like the one? http://detecting.com/bounty-hunter-starter-metal-detectors.htm#vlf If so, it may be a Bounty Hunter, or, it may be a Chinese imitation. If it doesn't look like any of those, it's probably a Chinese model that isn't a knockoff of one of our products.

You may be surprised that there are folks here who are interested in your stone age White's Goldmaster. There are people who collect antique metal detectors just like there are people who collect other antique stuff.

[EDIT] In looking over the website pics of our VLF2.1 and VLF, it appears that our VLF/2.1 trademarked products do NOT say "Bounty Hunter" on them......... I never actually looked at the machines to check, it never occurred to me we wouldn't have the BH trademark on them!
Here's the manual for the VLF2.1 http://detecting.com/manuals/MVLF2.1-08.08.14-Reader.pdf It is made in China for us, designed and built to our specifications.
Manual for the VLF: http://detecting.com/manuals/MVLF%20(English%20French)%20-%20SINGLE%20-%2005.12.11%20-%20Reader.pdf designed and manufactured in the USA.
Both these products have been counterfeited or adapted by Chinese knockoff artists, who sometiimes reprint our manuals verbatim so it may be hard to tell what you really have.
 
David J, forgive me, I am still learning to navigate this site etc. Thank-you, greatly appreciated the links. I think I have the Bounty Hunter VLF...I scrutinized the photos & it matched except for the decal, which is laid out like the gold-digger. The manual was the same except for the page containing Code of Ethics...many thanks.
 
Amberjack (AJ), I rec'd links from Dave J. and it really looks like I have a Bounty Hunter VLF if that counts for anything.
 
The BH VLF (Gold Digger is same thing but different cosmetics) is an easy machine to learn, as are the BH Junior and the VLF2.1 which are electrically and functionally just about the same thing. But.... the ergonomics ain't so good, sorry! Rest assured I wasn't responsible for that part.

These units are "second derivative motion discriminators", a technology that was introduced to the industry in the early 1980's by Fisher, Tesoro, and Garrett about the same time and which is still the dominant metal detector technology today.

These particular BH models are a major revision of the Tracker IV, a circuit platform which I believe goes back to the legendary metal detector engineer George Payne. Because the BH VLF works pretty much the same way most metal detectors work these days, once you understand what it does and what it doesn't, your learning curve on a more expensive metal detector will be a lot shorter. In the meanwhile its lack of "features" keeps you focused on the basics, and the modest sensitivity/depth will keep you out of a lot of trouble fighting the problems that come with increased horsepower. If it turns out that you don't enjoy "dirt fishing", you got it for free. And, if you discover you do enjoy "dirt fishing", it's a good machine to be starting out with.

Since it's a BH, you might want to continue the conversation in the Bounty Hunter forum. http://www.findmall.com/list.php?60
 
Here's a how-to video by Russ Balbirona, a skilled metal detector user who works in our marketing dept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ojpIZ0MI4 He's demo'ing a Tracker IV. Your BH VLF is fairly similar except that it doesn't have the 2-tone mode.

You've got a great story about how you got into the hobby..... "Well, I found this metal detector in the dumpster, and......".
 
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