Historical Detectors & Modifications

[Au4Gold2]

My old Fisher M- Scope another red detector.....lol heavy as heck....got the paper work and original box.

[Gold Seeker]

On 11/21/2016 at 8:52 AM, AuWanderer said:

Here's my first detector I bought when I was 11 ..bought it from a magazine. Found many coins in and around churches and some silver. Bought it in 1980 I still think Detectron is in business down in Southern California and last time I looked they advertised it as a man-hole detector. When I bought it of course it was a treasure seeker...but technology obviously surpased  their ability to compete in this market of treasure , coins and gold nuggets. Funny thing is I paid around 145.00 think today they are around 450.00..And whats with the red color many early detectors had....Garret had the right color..green blend in with the environment

 

Detectron is indeed still out there as a part of Tinker and Rasor parent company and the 7-T looks almost identical to your 1980s Detectron detector, it's billed as a "Valve and Box Locator" the price is $325.

http://tinker-rasor.com/products/detectron-instruments/7-t/

       

 

[Au4Gold2]

That's the one....amazing after all these years they still make the same model....sales must be good for valve and box locators :)

 

[tvanwho]

And I have a chrome steel Lobo dowsing rod made by Sam Wolfe from way back when. Will post a photo later. ( Always wanted a Darnel rod but never could find one for cheap?)

My 1st metal detector was a Bounty Hunter that cost me 90 bucks back in 1973 when I was in high school.

Money came from mowing lawns.  That darn thing could not see a roll of silver dimes at 2 inches hardly.

Somehow, I graduated to a Teknetics Mark 1 about 12 years later.That was1 HOT machine on silver and one of the 1st with Ground Balance for prospecting. Thank goodness for plastic money back then. Had a couple in between as well.

-Tom V.

[GB_Amateur]

19 hours ago, phrunt said:

I've got my eye on it 🙂

All I ask is that you take a photo of your wife's face when she sees you walking in the door with that.  (But please mute the mic.  This is a G-rated site.)

 

[Joe D.]

You guys may need a lead vest lf you crank up any of those WW2 detectors! Unless you want to glow in the dark!🤣🤣