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Valued Member
United States
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Ok, I didn't want to spend a great deal of money on my first detector. I figured I could buy a brand new Minelab after I found that treasure of gold coins, right? The guy selling the 10 Garrett detectors also had three for sale, two work and one for parts. $115 and free shipping. Works for a starter detector. I have a lot of background in fixing electronic equipment. I go clear back to the old tube televisions, so this vintage of detector is right up my alley. http://www.ebay.com/itm/11233819292...RK:MEBIDX:IT |
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Pillar of the Community
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For 135$ and free shipping seems pretty good. That should get you started finding old pulltabs!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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bmar, how old are the working detectors,do you know?
You should still be able to pull pennies / dimes & qrtrs. easily.
Edited by Chase007
03/30/2017 2:31 pm
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 United States
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Probably from the late 1970's to the early 80's. I talked the guy down to 115 dollars. I kind of like the idea of working with something this old. I maintained the electronics for the Minuteman missiles back in the early 70's, there wasn't a microprocessor for another 10 years, so this will be a throwback to those days.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hope you do a follow up after testing the units and your finds!
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United States
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I will keep posting here on what I find and how well the detectors work.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've a couple of old Garrets. They worked great at schoolgrounds and along vintage sidewalks. I still use them her in the country. Fun to find old broken iron parts, long buried.
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Valued Member
United States
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I think I will get my moneys worth and have fun with them. I live in a small town and the next town of any size is 90 miles away. But I think I can stay busy finding those buried gold coins.  |
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United States
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If you've been fixing stuff since the tube-age I don't think you'll have a lot of trouble with the metal detectors. I'm not handy that way, but my husband is and he put together a pin pointer with some Radio Shack parts and stuff he had in the basement. Took him about an hour and a half -- including the trip to the store. So -- I doubt you'll have any trouble getting at least one of those up and running. Hope you have fun detecting. You can always upgrade someday and keep the low-end detector in the trunk of your car so you're always ready if you feel the urge. Keep us posted. |
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United States
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We just came though one of the worst winters in 20 years, here in Western Montana, but now spring has finally arrived and this is the absolute nicest place in the summer. I can hardly wait to go metal detecting along the trails around here, trails that go back to the Indians who once hunted in this area. A fishing pole and a metal detector, maybe I can find some of those lures I have lost over the years.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good luck!  to the CCF! |
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United States
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United States
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Speaking of pull tabs.... a friend of mine, back in the late 1960's until we graduated high school, collected pull tabs. She made them into a chain and had it strung all over her bedroom. Must have been sixty feet long. They outlawed pull tabs somewhere along the early '70's.
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United States
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bmar! Great deal and sounds like a lot of fun is ahead! |
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United States
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Thank you for the welcomes. I have really been enjoying searching through all of the posts and topics and all that I have learned...and need to learn.
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United States
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Haven't heard anything from the seller, no shipping notice, nothing.
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Posted 03/30/2017 12:57 pm
