What was the first detector that you purchased?

I'll start mine was a Tesoro Bandido II big box.

Heck bought a flea market radio shack found a dime and several pennies which started the hobby and must have used at least a 100 different ones in the last 27 years...

Dan I figured you had years up on me detecting wise I've been at it 25 years which I started when I was 16.

MetroTec-----1972

Micronta 4003 radio shack bought in 87.
Still have it.

Arado 120b and still have it today,and another working one as a backup.

CZ-5 around 1992

Bryan

Jetco, 1972. I could get maybe 2" with it, but that was enough to get me hooked. HH jim tn

My first was a Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II. This was around 2001 or 2002 I guess.

CZ6a.

Still have it.

Still use it.

Still works just like the first day I got it.

Whites 4900, mid ‘80’s - my right forearm tendons haven’t been right since - terrible ergonomics - whipping back and forth for the 4-filter ID with that handle parallel to the coil. On the other hand, I have a box of nice finds form Norway where we were at the time.

Now I have a new (to me) 6000 Pro XL. Back tho the old four-filter whip, but with a nice ergonomic (if somewhat heavy) set up. Can’t wait o put my Bigfoot on it and compare to my IDX Pro (modded).

Rick Kempf
Gold Canyon AZ- where there is no gold

Jetco Mustang..1978..sky blue box with open coil model..

Dont think it was new??? Maybe dont know....LOL..got it for Christmas though and it was everything to me.!!!and I was hooked..

First one I bought with my own cash was a Red Baron(what a machine it was ) and ran it to death then got a 1265 later on about 86 or so..


Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla

I started in '67 with a detector that I built myself, and then revised it with the help of my dad. The first detector I bought was a Jetco Treasure Hawk, then quickly upgraded to a White's Goldmaster 66TR.

Jeff

Metrotech 220A

Double Eagle. Back in the early 70s. Weighed about 7 lbs. took 1 67 1/2 volt battery and 1 11/2 volt big square lantern battery, and a couple of tubes. Found my first 3 ringer with that hog and ain't looked back since.

Tesoro Bandido 2 big box also

I started off on the right foot when I got a Tesoro Compadre.

tabman

C-scope TR 200 1976, next was a Compass Judge II

Garrett Scorpion....what a detector to learn on....

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1972 I bought a kit and put it together. Don't remember what it was called. Then latter in 1972 I bought a Compass 77b Professional. The Compass then got me hooked on metal detecting.

Rick

Technically, the first was brand new 1972 Jetco Mustang BFO.
But the only coin I 'found' with it was a dime on top of the ground, and I saw it pass by through the BFO loop rather than hearing anything.

Then immediately bought a Radio Shack TR kit detector, and built it. Not sure of model#, but it was brown with a chrome handle and either one or two knobs.
Found lots of junk, but with no discrimination at all, quickly lost interest.

First real detector was new 1974 A.H. Pro. First real discriminator to eliminate pull tabs.
I loved that thing. Lived off of what I found with it for a couple of years...and hooked me for life.

Still have it, and a backup, in storage.

Funny side story;
Years later I found out that first dime I found on top of the ground was actually planted by my wife, who was tired of waiting for me to find something!

mike



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Frontiersman by relco, got it for my 16th. birthday in 1972 and still have it.

1976 AH Electronics Mini Pro, first company to use discrimination . 6" coil $190. saved up 3 months for that puppy. Worked all the extra hours I could at the grocery store , $2.10 an hour.

Whites Coinmaster 6 / DB. Two of the first coins I found with it (same hole) was an 1898 Barber Quarter and a 1945 silver nickel. Needless to say I was hooked lol

relco "pacesetter" found my fist "auto license plate" with it!
quickly up graded to "compass judge 6"

(h.h.!)
j.t.



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Detectron Gremlin in '75. I saved all summer and had My Mom drive Me hour away to nearest dealer. I dreamed of finding big treasure like I saw in the magazines. But after a month of not much but a penny on top of the ground lost interest and in the closet it went. Flash forward to '98 and bought a Whites XLT which I found My first Silver coin a 1918s Merc. been hooked ever since.



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Compass 94-IB bought brand new from Treasure Land in Mt. Clemens, MI in 1972 for $129.95, plus tax, if my memory serves. An awful lot of money at the time, for something so frivolous...

Hello everyone.......In 1978 I bought my first real detector, a Garrett Deep-seeker ADS, it ran at 5.5 Khz and it was a big heavy beast of a detector, it went through batteries like they were free!
You needed to be a young guy with good arms to swing that sucker all day! I ran it until I got me a White's 6000 series 2 in the early 1980's.
Happy hunting.......jerryinin

fisher f2

tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> Micronta 4003 radio shack bought in 87.
> Still have it.
Same here. Mine was 4001 model. "Tripped" over and old iron stirrup about 2'' down, and been hooked ever since. I didn't even know what discrimination was that first hunt.