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Title: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: Jonola (Jon) on June 26, 2009, 06:16:25 PM No not a joke. Follow the link and you'll be amazed at how long metal detecting has been about. Bet you weren't even within 30 years... http://www.nqminersden.com/metal_detector_history.htm (http://www.nqminersden.com/metal_detector_history.htm) Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: waltonbasinman on June 26, 2009, 06:43:35 PM Interesting stuff Jon. I bet it goes back even farther than that if we looked far enough. The Romans were very astute people and I am sure had ways and means which we have not given them credit for.
Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: mel on June 26, 2009, 07:23:08 PM Hey i think i still got that detector up in my attic????? :D :D
Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: viking on June 26, 2009, 08:14:19 PM well it goes a long way back nice link.....
Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: DIGGA on June 26, 2009, 08:36:09 PM WOW NOW THAT HAS SUPPRISED ME BIG TIME WELL DONE :D :D
Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on June 26, 2009, 11:44:53 PM that's a very interesting item jon...i thought metal detectors where invented during the 2nd world war... :-[....but that tells us they were around many many years before that !...byron
Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: Gadget(Ian) on June 27, 2009, 06:59:58 AM hey byron i thought that was you in those pics in your younger days ;) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: Radnor Bandit (Ian) on June 27, 2009, 04:38:42 PM interesting link jon
I thought the 1st detector was invented my Thomas Edison and was used to try and locate bullets from a (successful) assassination attempt on a American President.......They didn't find the bullets in the presidents body due to not fully understanding the physics and were confounded by the signals emitted. What they actual were detecting was the bed springs that the patient was lying on. Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: silky on June 27, 2009, 05:25:36 PM intresting read ,never realised metal detectors been about that long.
Title: Re: The First Ever Metal Detectorist Post by: simon c on June 27, 2009, 09:06:17 PM interesting link jon Was'nt it Abraham Lincoln,i could never understand why they did'nt take him off the bed and then try it?I thought the 1st detector was invented my Thomas Edison and was used to try and locate bullets from a (successful) assassination attempt on a American President.......They didn't find the bullets in the presidents body due to not fully understanding the physics and were confounded by the signals emitted. What they actual were detecting was the bed springs that the patient was lying on. |