The word on the street is......

Nautilus is done. I will try to contact Wayne to confirm. Hope not.

Dang! He tried to keep it going as long as He could. Another American made Detector gone.

Hmmm... Wonder what Nokta/Makro could do with the Nautilus?

Wayne

Put It in a smaller package?

Much more than that, I'd think. Partner with them on the proprietary knowledge and see what they can do with it.

Even if they just cut the weight and price in half, imagine the market for a Nautilus 2.

Wayne

No-one will ever be able to re-create the harmonic train whistle of the DMC. Greatest tone ever heard.

goodmore Wrote:
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> Put It in a smaller package?

Many years ago I was visiting with my friend Phil Alexander. Jerry had made a very small, cigarette pack size TR unit for beach hunting. Like all TR early Nautilus you simply balanced the wet salt using the TR disc. If you were on a beach with low minerals you could dig very small gold jewelry. Phil has since passed away and I always think of him and the many conversations we had.



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texkinzee Wrote:
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> No-one will ever be able to re-create the harmonic
> train whistle of the DMC. Greatest tone ever heard
> .


i second that statement i have a yearning now to hear it again

I found my first half reale on a site Phil Alexander showed to my mentor years ago....texkinzee Wrote:
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> goodmore Wrote:
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> > Put It in a smaller package?
>
> Many years ago I was visiting with my friend Phil
> Alexander. Jerry had made a very small, cigarette
> size TR unit for beach hunting. Like all TR early
> Nautilus you simply balanced the wet salt using th
> e TR disc. If you were on a beach with low mineral
> s you could dig very small gold jewelry. Phil has
> since passed away and I always think of him and th
> e many conversations we had.

I noticed the Nautilus link on another forum was recently taken down. I wondered if that had happened but was praying not. One man can't keep a small business afloat by himself. I remember the glory days of Nautilus in the 1980's and 1990's. They didn't advertise their detectors because that's all relic hunters used. Jerry and Dottie were a delight to call.....Jerry was a true southern gentleman !!!!

That’s bad news. I know he wanted to make a go of it. I talked to him about the AquaSound coils...which are nautalus. He had no idea Tendell had done that machine. Also the Euro people didn’t know about him at that time.

Tex,
Is this confirmed ??

Waiting his reply.

I just contacted Wayne Lee through His Facebook page and He is still in Business. Matter of fact He was working on a IIB as We spoke.
He said don't believe those crazy ass rumors. Ha!
For those on Facebook Nautilus has its own Facebook page just type in Nautilus Metal Detectors.



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