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Author Topic: How many detectors have you had, what were they?  (Read 11707 times)
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« on: January 06, 2009, 06:18:06 PM »

Just sitting and thinking about the detectors I have had over the years (Hell it's been 26 since my interest was first aroused!). I started detecting when someone showed me a coin made of silver (hammered) no bigger than a shirt button, money to spend has always been an important factor but this is the list, most were second hand but not the first and not the most recent.
C Scope 650
C Scope 750
Fisher 1266X
Minelab Tribune
Minelab Musketeer
Tesoro Tejon
Teknetics T2

Which way did you go?
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2009, 08:03:56 PM »

My first detector was a C-Scope with a crook handle bought from a second hand shop in Albany road Cardiff,some time in the early 1980's.
C-Scope  ?
C-Scope 770D
Tesoro compardre
Minelab Soverign Elite
Minelab Quatro
Minelab Explorer XS
C-Scope CS4Pi
Fisher 1265X
Technetics T2
XP GoldMax Power

The T2 and GoldMax Power were my favorite's the Quatro i hated and am glad i eventually saw sense and sold it.
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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2009, 01:12:00 AM »

Hi All

I started detecting 10+ years ago and in that time ive had 3 Detectors

Garrett Treasure ace
Minelab Advantage Pro
Minelab Explorer 11

I loved the Garrett but wanted something with more depth and better disc.
I loved the advantage but couldnt get on with the weight.
I Bought an Explorer because my club (RARE) has an high percentage of Explorer owners and i wanted to fit in so i bought one lol.
Im glad i did, even thought its taken me over a year to learn the machine and get the best out of it.
Im never going to complain about the weight of the Explorers after reading the artical in this month searcher (The cover story ) If an 80 year old lady do it so can I lol

All the Best Phil Jones
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 10:26:46 AM »

Good Topic

My first detector was a Viking my granpy bought for me in 1977. Good little machine, but times were hard then and I could never afford the batteries.

Jump forward to 2OO4 and I bought a Chinese import off a person at a boot sale for a tenner. Promptly drove to Barry Island Beach and found a gold ring, which still amazes me to this day as its depth is about 3 inches. That was me hooked.

Next came and X-Terra3O, followed by a Minelab Muskateer and then an Explorer II.

I wonder what will be next?

Neil

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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2009, 08:54:00 AM »

Interesting

1. Whites Classic
2. Whites Classic II
3. Laser Hawkeye
4. Minelab Quattro MP
5. Whites MXT (Still use regularly)
6. XP Goldmaxx (Still use regularly)

Looking to buy something different soon  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2009, 09:40:13 AM »

Coin probe (BFO)
 Various CScope IB`s....about 2
Various CScope TR`s. About 3
Various CScope VLF   About 5
 Garrett Groundhog
Compass judge
 Various pulse
Fisher 1265X
Fisher 1266X
Arado 120B
Arado 95
Minelab Sovereign> Xs, XS2,XS2a, & the Elite
Red Heat Tornado
Whites   XLT,MXT, DFX,
XP Goldmaxx Mk1 and XP Goldmaxx Power
 Minelab Explorer 1,2, & E trac
And the one i use now ,Which i consider the best detector ever produced ,>
The Fisher F75

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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2009, 11:39:19 AM »

Wow Jeb I know where to come for advice on Detectors now .
Im suprised you have time to Detect inbetween buying machines lol
I think my next Detector will be a Fisher 75 ive heard good things ,

All the very best
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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2009, 12:58:48 PM »

Yeah ,i know its a lot ,but its over a ,Well I`m touching on 60 this year and i started when i was 25, so I`ve had a few years to "try" a few .  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2009, 01:22:29 PM »

I can still remember the "Buzz" i got when i bought my very first detector second hand ! It was the coin Probe.
A BFO detector that you just switched on , set the threshold ,and away you went. It let off a Continuous humm and when louder if you went over any metal what so ever.
You couldn`t get any more basic than this.
 It probably only went about three inches deep even , but the fun i had finding coins in those early days was fantastic.
I`d always wanted one since seeing then for sale at the back page of the Marvel & DC comics from America. , you know the ones, Superman, Captain America, Green lantern, Flash ,and Atom. On the back page there was a Adverts in tiny boxes depicitating what they were selling. In one there was always a Metal detector (which we in those days didn`t have at all) It was that that started me off and when i saw this metal detector in the shop window i had to have it. I gor the £14 they were asking for it and went to the second hand shop as fast as i could. I then had my real live Metal detector i had always seen in the comics IN MY HAND .
It went from there basically. And so here i am nearly 40 years later STILL doing it.
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2009, 05:56:39 PM »

Hiya Jeb......
BFO from Practical Wireless early 60,s

Garrett Groundhog also

X 3 C Scopes

Whites 6000D plus 6000DX??

XLT

Soverign mk 1

DFX

Sov.Elite

Head Hunter Pro

A few P.I,s also

Explorer XS

Quattro

Explorer II my current machine

And i am sure i have missed a few out lol
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2009, 07:41:22 PM »

these are the ones ive used over the years not many  Smiley

viking
whites 5900di pro
explorer xs
whites xlt
whites dfx
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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2009, 10:15:47 PM »

Hi Paul.
How ya doin ?
 I bet you have forgotten to put a few down.
I did when i started listing the ones I`ve had ,but when i posted them i had to re open my post to edit it and put some I`d forgotten about in.
 there is one particular Pulse detector i had which made a beautiful Sound on hitting a target. I can never remember its name though . I think it had about 6 U2 battery's in it. You fed them into a tube like you would a shotgun multi loader.
Ah well its long gone now!
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« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2009, 12:31:39 PM »

in my youth i used to like to chop and change machines, i got through a fair few.

heres my list-

Prinzonic BFO 80,
C-Scope, 750D,
950D,
K5000,
Tesoro Siver Sabre +,
Toltec 100,
Whites Eagle II,
Garett Grand Master Hunter II
Fisher 1235-X
Minelab Sovereign
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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2009, 06:32:46 PM »

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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2009, 07:06:31 PM »

prizm 2 .................... and the ex2 now  Grin
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