Mark ( ohio )
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How many remember the very first detector you started the hobby with and how long ago ??
- Thread starter Mark ( ohio )
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Tony from Tidewater
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I built my first one from a company called Heath kit , then started with a Whites in 1979!
Sounds like my first one (1970) it was a conquistador coin master made by whites electronics for someone else. Easy to swing too lol
HH Jeff
chalkhillblue
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My first detector was a compass coin scanner pro i was 16 and just started my first job as a bin man in london someone had thrown it out in the rubbish collection so i had it away first time out i dug a few horse shoes and plough parts then jackpot a george the first penny after i was hooked had many other detectors over the years but i got the compass that started it all and it still works.
As a poor 15yr old who loved the hobby of electronics, I could only dream about buying a Relco, Jetco, Whites, and Garrett that I saw in magazines.
My father, an electronics tech, helped me build a BFO detector from a schematic we found in a hobby electronics book.
It was a BFO oscillator that coupled with a small transistor radio which was tuned to a dead spot in the low AM band. It only went a couple inches deep.
I guess when my parents saw how vested I was in the hobby of detecting and electronics for that whole year, they extended themselves and bought me a Heathkit detector for Christmas.
I disappeared to my room the whole day into the evening meticulously assembling it.
My father, an electronics tech, helped me build a BFO detector from a schematic we found in a hobby electronics book.
It was a BFO oscillator that coupled with a small transistor radio which was tuned to a dead spot in the low AM band. It only went a couple inches deep.
I guess when my parents saw how vested I was in the hobby of detecting and electronics for that whole year, they extended themselves and bought me a Heathkit detector for Christmas.
I disappeared to my room the whole day into the evening meticulously assembling it.
The Coin Magician
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I think it safe to say we all found MORE with the early detectors (back in the day) than we do with modern machines today. I think most might agree. I remember fields carpeted with literally thousands of coins.
coopercat
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I started with a bounty hunter in 1990, i think it was called a pioneer or something like that. (no time to hunt) Next was a cz-20 (still not much time to hunt) then a minelab safari, same thing (time poor) Next was the 800 (just before retirement) plus a vanquish for my wife, then i began to hunt! Now i am trying to decide between the 900 or the manticore. What caused the time shortage was that i drove a truck, nationwide for about 48 years. (Been everywhere, seen nothing.)
Odanscoils
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Odanscoils
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You know Ma passed away a few weeks ago.I grew up 100 miles north of you Ma Betty, take care.
Very sad day.
coopercat
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Wow Mark, if anyone ever said to you "CAN YOU DIG-IT" you would have to say "YES I CAN SAM"
coopercat
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NO,SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT
coopercat
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I think thats the route i will go Odanscoil. I'm so ingnorant i need all the advantage i can get.
Odanscoils
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The oll Explorer's, 3030'$ tech seems to be rolled into the Manticore. Unlike them. The 2D screen will track multiple targets. That Greatly has my interest.
Odanscoils
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Did y'all see these videos on the Manticore ?
Great info.
Great info.
morelic1955
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Bounty Hunter I 1970, 53 years and counting!!!
Wild Willy
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White's in the spring of1974. Can't remember the model. Bought it from Cooks Appliance Repairs in Albany, Ga. Cookie was a nice person. He even took me to a few of his personal places to help me get started. Bought a few more from him over the next 10 years. Then I moved to the Atlanta area. Bought 2 detectors from a dealer in Cobb county. He acted like he was doing me a big favor. I could not stand his bad mouthing Garrett even though I knew nothing about them. Found another dealer pretty quick. Last detector count was in the low 50's.
morelic1955
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Mark ( ohio )
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That's cool... late 60"s I'm guessing ??