Garrett BFO

[relichound51]

Here's an oldie for ya. One of these days I'm going to get rid of it.

Mike

 

[relichound51]

Wonder if I could trade this for an Ace 250?

 

[treasurefiend]

wow, I never seen that one!!!

 

[relichound51]

Here's a picture of the other side. This thing is in excellent shape for its age.

 

[bjsone]

Nice unit. It amazes me how many of the late 60's and early 70's units are still working. I had a Garrett Hombre that had no discrimination and had two combo coils. One was 3 1/2" and 8" and the other was 5" and 12". Quite a machine! I gave it to friend in 1973 and he still uses it occassionally. Here is a picture of my first BFO unit manufactured by a Florida High School science teacher, Jim Ford, and was purchased by my wife as a Christmas gift in 1969 (it still works too). Just like the Garrett he made combo coil units too. Thanks for sharing! This brings back many memories of my early days with Garrett BFO's. Here's to "diggin it"! LARRY
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[Steve In Michigan]

when I talked to Sue @ Garrett she said you could trade it in on a new garrett and get a pretty good price.

 

[bjsone]

n/t

 

[camel]

nice old machine.i found many a coin with one of those.thankfully it pre dated most of the pull tabs,its biggest enemy was the metal soda pop caps.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah Garrett would probably give you a good price on a trade.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah all of us old farts started with BFO's about 137 years ago. I started with a Metrotech in 1963.

Bill