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[tabdog]

About 24 years ago I had a Technatics. It was the first Technatics company and wasn't owned by BH. It was an early motion discriminator VLF type detector. The coil had to be swung at break neck speed. It had some advantages over the more common non motion VLF detectors of the day. I finally swung it to pieces:sad: and didn't get another MD until 5 months ago.

When I had the old Technatics the Little Rock Zoo decided to drain and clean out the old duck pond. It hadn't been cleaned out sense the 1800s. I didn't find out about it until I read in the news paper that the pond had been drained and that metal detectorist had found all these neat coins and stuff. I was bummed out because I missed out on it.

One day I noticed a big pile of stuff and asked what it was. An employee told me that that was the sludge from the bottom of the duck pond. That

 

[Elton]

Hey Tabdog..was that A Mark 1 you had?

 

[tabdog]

Ha El,

I don't remember what model it was. It had a square aluminum shaft that made a ' U " shape behind the control box and had a handle grip like a bicycle rubber hand grip. It had a toggle switch at the end of the grip to go between no motion all metal and the disc mode. I think it had just two knobs and a plastic housing.

I think it was the cheeper model. Mark 1 sounds familure. That may be it.

Did you have one? It was kind of strange looking.

Tabdog

 

[Elton]

Yes I had a Mark 1 they were Red..and it loved Silver Dimes..if you got a little Bzzzt you better dig it..more than likely it was a Silver dime about 6 inches deep..But it sure was a a wrist breaker. I had the 7.5 and the 10 inch coil for it.

 

[Monte]

[size=medium]referred to the very fast sweep requiremnent. The Mark I was a slow-motion Teknetics model.

Since it only had "two knobs" it sounds more like one of the 6000 series or 7000 series models, or one of the.

Those early fast-sweep offerings, from all manufacturers that made them, sure caused a lot of fatugue and arm/shoulder/wrist ache!

Nice story. I, too, often dream of going "back when" and taking a more modern detector with me.

Monte[/size]

 

[tabdog]

Thanks Monte,

The 6000 and 7000 sure sounds familiar. I wish I still had it.

Just can't remember much about it. Seems like it was gray and two tone.

I remember wondering if a plastic body would hold up. The others I saw were all metal. Mr. Bill had a pet shop and sold metal detectors. He talked me into getting the Technatics. He has passed away now and he was one of the few people I have ever known that used metal detectors. Excluding the people on this forum.

The amount of people who use metal detectors that I've talked to face to face in my whole life, I can count on one hand.

There has never been a metal detector shop in Little Rock, AR that I know of.

I've heard of other MDers and I've seen their holes, but I think we are an endangered species around here.

If I only had a Silver back then..........That would have been sweet..........

 

[phinbolt]

My best day.....And every day since. The day I finally got my fist detector, I had been talking about getting one for a few years. And in the spring of 2000 went out and got a medium priced Bounty Hunter from Radio Shack. I remember I could hardly wait to get batteries into it and start digging into this great hobby. Well I got home as quick as possible and put my toy together and went to park near my house. I dug up several clad coins right away and was instantly hooked. I used the Bounty Hunter for a couple of years With some success but never really found much in the way of silver coins or rings. So I told myself you get what you pay for, I began to look for a better machine. I checked out some of the machines I could find in town slim pickings there was a Detector shop at the time that has since gone out of business. I checked on line got info from different manufactures I read all I could about many models of course price was also an issue so I decided it would have to be under 600.00 dollars so Tesoro became the front runner, now what model? I eliminated any for salt water use as there none for thousands of miles away in any directions form here so that narrowed the field. After more reading I decided the DeLeon was the one for me and have been very happy with it form day one I have filled my treasure chest with many great finds. What I think I like best about this hobby is when I find a old coin or something cool deep in the ground as is often the case with these wonderful machines, I start thinking about the circumstances leading up to when this item last saw the light of day. This year I kept a bucket in my truck for all the junk I dig during the summer cuz as everyone knows you have to dig junk to find the good stuff, my boys like to refer to it as my Bucket of Tetanus LOL. Thanks to all who contribute to this site, enjoy the holidays and Keep Looking Down...........

 

[Bowie]

lol, thats to funny. I keep a plastic five gallon bucket handy also. I read where some guys save all that scrap an sell it when they have enough. I send mine to the landfill. But Ive often wondered if anyone would buy all that rustied up scrap. Guess its iron and can be recycled.
Merry Christmas,
John

 

[tabdog]

Hin Phinbolt,

Posts like that are one of the reasons I love this forum. That was a wonderful story. It is not like being there but it's the next best thing.

That's the reason I started this thread. Because I want to share in other people's experiences. I hoped it would inspire someone to telling their best experiences which I love to hear about.

I to bought a Bounty Hunter and liked it. But like you I knew there was something better out there that I could afford. I tried a Garrett and that was a good machine, but I felt there had to be something better for me. That's when a dealer talked me into buying a Tesoro. That was the first of five used Tesoroes I have purchased in the last five months. Talk about going over board.

I have considered the DeLeon and may get one yet. I'm probably going to slow down on buying Tesoros and just enjoy them for a while. I don't save all my junk. I throw most of it away. But I do keep a lot of junk and only I know why. At least I think I know May be it's just a reminder of the enjoyment I had collecting it.

Great post Phinbolt. Hope there's more where that came from,