What detector did you start with.

[jmaryt]

yeah!..i'm with ya oak!..my first was also a relco,and i thought the world of it at that time!..(early '73!)..found my first old license plate with it in the back yard!..to me,i thought i had just found apot of gold!..always will treasure the memory!

jt.

 

[Donny nj]

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Man did I find great stuff with that baby back then!!!

 

[dirtfisher]

I started with a cheap Wilson Neuman Daytona 5000. Bet ya never even heard of it!

 

[therover]

Well..I actually MADE one in 5th grade for the science fair. I won first prize, and actually used the thing
( yes...it worked to about 2 -3 inches but sorry, no discrimination !!)

I still have it...check out the pics. Too bad I trashed a Roy Rogers lunch box to make it but hey...I was only 10 !!

JC

 

[ellis]

newbie here..can anyone on this forum please offer any info on the whites tm808 twin box. i have the fisher gemeni twin box but it gives false readins when bumping grass or briers...any advice will be greatly appreciated..thanks in advance. ellis

 

[Treasure-Hunter]

Treasure Ray in the 1960's. About a hundred bucks, if I remember correctly.

 

[Steve(MS)]

The first detector was a cheap BFO, I can't remember the name of it, must have been around the year 1970. The sound of it reminded me of a motor on a boat as it would increase in tone as it past over a metal target. Then I bought a Whites 4000. It had one of the first GEB features on it but it only affected the all-metal mode if I remember correctly. I still have a high regard for Whites detectors because of that one. No, it didn't go very deep but it at least had a form of discrimination.

 

[NORCAL6ER]

got a kit from radio shack, came with coil, rods,box, circuit board,and all the stuff to go on it in a baggie, took me about 3 hrs to solder everything and I was up and running. that was back in the 70's I think (old timers kicking in) had fun with it I think it would go about 3 or 4 inch's deep.

Then a Fisher 1220 and a 1225x loved them great MD'ers

THEN...Last month Dec 4, 2006 got the best a Whites XLT, I have the stock coil, the 8" coil and the 5.3. I go out almost every day now.
HH
Joe

 

[jmaryt]

yeah!..i heard of it!..had one!..pretty damn good detector!..wilson meuman made some decent tr dtectors in the late 70's into the 80's!

 

[coin2]

HI

I started with a modle from radio skacke Called,treaser discovery 2. A 1994 make. coin2

 

[nealcat]

It still works! Had to put it together from a kit. Found several coins with it. Now I have a Garrett GTI 1500. Don't know if I could go without the size function.

 

[Va Dave]

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[TuckyTector(InezKY)]

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[TuckyTector(InezKY)]

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[Gadget Guru]

That is what I am starting out with. I hope it does as well as everyone else here!

 

[Weird Wally (NY)]

I started with a White's Eagle. now on E-bay

 

[jmaryt]

yeah!..but can you find any thing beyond 2 inches!...(hahaha!)
just kidding!

regards!
(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[Technician]

White's 2900/D Trooper mid 70's. Still got it and still works. Not too bad just for coins or junk! Actually could discriminate most junk tabs. Of course lost nickles and rings.
Jim

 

[montepollock]

I started with an early coinmaster,but over the years have had Relco pacemaker?,jetco mustang with ROUND 6"coil( gift)a jetco bfo/ib,compass 840,compass/yukon 77b,Usika brave,and maybe a dozen others. And I hve also used several late model bounty hunters,quick draw,Etc
Now down to 3 though,Whites Eagle2pro,Eagle spectrum jimmy sierra,and My newest 1236x2(for competition/Relics)
I collect detector pics,so Email me If You Would want pics or have
pics to Share.
Thanks for the Memories and HH,Mont

 

[wpruden]

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