gold mountain detector?:ausflag:

[blowfly1967]

was the gold mountain detector any good?i know someone who has one hanging in his shed.never uses it.handed down from his father,who bought it,used it once or twice.supposedly got in the way of working the farm.so hung it in the shed for when he had some spare time.blowfly

 

[Steve(MS)]

There were several that supposed to be good in iron trash,
do a local search and see what comes up.

 

[Monte]

Remember that there was Gold Mountain, and after a resurrection it became Gold Mountain Technologies, but with different equipment

Most of the original Gold Mountain models were TR Disc. models, and some were VLF/TR-Disc .models. Of them my favorite was the last of their run which was the Gold Mountain VIP Deluxe. The VIP came with one search coil, and the Deluxe came with a larger 10" coil included. That was how many manufacturers sold detectors back then, using a model name that noted a 2-coil package. I was selling and using the VIP Deluxe about 29-30 years ago so you can imagine what it lacked with what we have now.

You can contact Sven via e-mail at treasurelinx@yahoo.com to get connection info for the old Gold Mountain catalogs. Then match up what your acquaintance has. In the end, however, while it might be an interesting older model, and might even work for some applications, most of those very dated detectors just aren't worth a hoot by comparison with the more recent offerings we have today.

Monte

 

[slingshot]

Remember that there was Gold Mountain, and after a resurrection it became Gold Mountain Technologies, but with different equipment

Most of the original Gold Mountain models were TR Disc. models, and some were VLF/TR-Disc .models. Of them my favorite was the last of their run which was the Gold Mountain VIP Deluxe. The VIP came with one search coil, and the Deluxe came with a larger 10" coil included. That was how many manufacturers sold detectors back then, using a model name that noted a 2-coil package. I was selling and using the VIP Deluxe about 29-30 years ago so you can imagine what it lacked with what we have now.

You can contact Sven via e-mail at treasurelinx@yahoo.com to get connection info for the old Gold Mountain catalogs. Then match up what your acquaintance has. In the end, however, while it might be an interesting older model, and might even work for some applications, most of those very dated detectors just aren't worth a hoot by comparison with the more recent offerings we have today.

Monte

Yeah. And mine took 6 -9v batteries!

 

[UK Brian]

Back in 79 or 80 the Gold Mountain Coin Finder was imported into Europe and it was one of the few machines locked into the discrimination mode that was any good. Under $100 and with a two year warranty and their 24 hour burn in test that weeded out faulty detectors.
The Treasure Spy was even better for about $30 more and there was the "Eagle" as the top of range with two coils included.

Its not going to beat the mid or top of range detectors of today but GM offered good value for their cost at the time and it would be interesting to see how it would compare against the cheaper detectors of today.