You Old Fart's Out There,Your Best TR Machine Used.

[candycane]

Ever thought about going back to the TR unit.....

 

[jmaryt]

white's 4db high frequency tr!.."crackerjack" !..circ: 1978.

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[JB(MS)]

Except for a few months I've kept at least one 100 khz TR around since the the 1970's. Currently have, and use regularly, a 1974 model Compass Coinhustler and recently sold a Whites made for Sears Roebuck 100 khz TR. Can't beat the 100 khz TR's for hunting nail laden sites, and I use the Coinhustler often for hunting tot lots and playgrounds.

 

[kascinoh]

Late 70's / early 80's I had a C&G Technology "VLF Wildcat". Had both coils, 6" & 10" (I think ??). As I recall, depth wasn't it's strong suit, but still made some decent finds. Fun to compare it to my Silver uMax I have now.

 

[Bill in Texas]

I had a old Wilson/Newman Chief that I enjoyed and have wondered what I would think of it today if I still owned it. I also hunted a lot with a early Garrett ADS. I found more with a Tesoro Inca than any other Detector that I have owned. I believe that the only big name detector that I have not owned any model of is a Minelab. It's a great hobby, but I don't think that you make much money considering the hours put in, do you? Bill In Texas

 

[reddirtfisher]

Yes, Believe it or not one of my best and favorite machines was a Wilson / Neuman Daytona 5000 TR unit. It went as deep as today's new detectors and I found wheat pennies, buffalo nickels, and gold charms in parks that were considered "hunted out". I sold it a long time ago but I still think about it a lot!
Good Hunting, RDF

 

[jmaryt]

very true!..el!..was constantly retuning with the "push button" on the handle!..

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[jackintexas]

Had to retune a lot and hunt at a certain height. Could not hunt mineralized soil at all. Also too darn heavy.....Jack

 

[Steve(MS)]

2 different categories of TR's, the ones that operate at 100 KHZ and the ones that operate at a lower frequency. I have a Compass Auto Legend (100 KHZ). It will beat any modern detector in nails easily but it doesn't have much depth. It has auto tune which helps keep the Threshold restored. I consider it a specialty detector so don't use it too much but it can come in handy under the right conditions.

 

[OzarkTom]

I had a Compass 77B that got 12-13 inches on air test, hit Barber dimes at 10 inches deep. Minearlization did hurt it, one spot here in town you cannot hunt with any detector though. Drop a coin on top of the ground, and you lose it. The Judges and Automatics never got any depth. That new Ultimate TR detector sure intriques me, they are hitting a quarter at 41 inches with their 14x18 loop?

 

[jmaryt]

wrong!..i had a "judge #1" and consistently got to 6" on a coin!...used one from '77 to '79!

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[WilliamJB]

Well depth is always subjective any ways. I thought the older high freq. stuff was the cats meow for Gold Nuggets. As for depth how deep do you want to go? Do not get me wrong I want depth too but in my neck of the woods once you get to 6-12 inchs down you hit the hardest densest clay and digging becomes a real chore!! So anything that will go 6-12 inch's is more then I need because I am not digging in clay for a nickle or a dime etc..... So an old TR type machine might just work fine for me. I intend to find out soon since I ordered a BH 8400 off ebay as my first detector.

 

[homefires]

" white's 4db high frequency tr!.."crackerjack" !..circ: 1978. "



Ha! I Still run mine from time to time.

 

[jmaryt]

terrific detector!.. cut my teeth on it in '78!...sweet!

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[slingshot]

Mine was the AH Pro. If you could fight the temptation to disc out tabs and use it at low disc, it was awesome. I could find coins underneath trash! I also had a Garrett American. The first one that came out had a slow retune pushbutton feature. I could actually hold the pushbutton down and the threshold would stay at max but still give a quick blip on coins with enough reset time not to miss the target. Found a penny at a full six inches this way=and that was good back then. I was even fortunate enough to have a Compass Coin Magnum- a really weird machine that was the precursor to modern motion machines.

 

[Jesse W. McComas]

The best machine I ever used was the Tesoro Aztec. This machine used Reverse Discrimination. This machine would go quiet over a coin every time you knew that you were digging a coin. HH...Jesse.