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What Happened To Troy Metal Detectors?


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They still around? Wonder if they will start building new machines since Tesoro is out of the picture?

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Troy never made metal detectors or at least not the X series. They were manufactured by either Tesoro or Fisher for Troy, which is one reason they were pricey. So Tesoro being out of the picture is a bad thing in that regard. Anyway, last I talked with Troy I got the impression you would be wasting your time holding your breath waiting around for any new Troy models. Honestly, the technology has moved on.

Dave Johnson is actually credited as lead engineer on the Shadow X5 and it is a classic Johnson 19 kHz circuit pushed to the max. As such the machine rode the edges of instability and had issues with ferrous targets and hot rocks. Anyway, Dave is now at First Texas and so unlikely to be involved on any new Troy stuff. If you want a Troy X5 the First Texas 19 kHz models like the Gold Bug Pro are actually the later more refined versions of Dave’s ongoing work.

 

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