George Kinsey Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 12 hours ago, snakejim said: This is a HEATHKIT GD-48 metal detector in this picture. I built one from a kit in 1968. It was my second detector. The first detector I had was a homemade unit that I built from an article in Popular Electronics magazine. It used a transistor radio as the receiver, and the transmitter and coil worked with a simple single transistor circuit. In the city we used the coil to fry bacon when the sun was hot. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBayBrad Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/19/2023 at 11:42 AM, Glenn in CO said: Metro Tech 220A AH Pro Backpacker and Pro When I bought my first detector in 69/70 that was the almighty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Kinsey Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 7 minutes ago, TampaBayBrad said: When I bought my first detector in 69/70 that was the almighty. That ufo looking thing. I think I was abducted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneck Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 16 hours ago, George Kinsey said: I had the Pro then Super Pro. Very little depth but would eliminate iron signals. The AH mini pro was my first detector. Had some disc for foil I believe, 6" coil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt4gold Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/18/2023 at 7:32 AM, GB_Amateur said: Go for it, George! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt4gold Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 The Heathkit, my first one that my brother and I built, lol. That’s going way back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Kinsey Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Matt4gold said: The Heathkit, my first one that my brother and I built, lol. That’s going way back. So does my longtime friend. He is older than the dirt he sleeps in. Kinda sucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shenandoah Digger Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 My first detector was a Jetco Treasure Hawk that I got for Christmas in 1969. Found tons and tons of junk with it down to about 2 inches. Got me hooked though. I bought that Ground Hawk about 20 years ago and I'm not sure if you ever tried that one. Nice machine and I should have kept it, but I traded it for a camo Fisher F19; by far the best relic machine I've ever used, and I've used most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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