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How many remember the very first detector you started the hobby with and how long ago ??

I personally started with a whites black box 4900 d that my wife bought me for christmas back in 1993 then moved to a whites silver eagle.... then probably 25 more models after that..

Mark ( ohio )
Minelab Sovereign XS in 1995. Have tried MANY others since then and have come back around again full circle to the Sovereign XS as my main detector. You just can't beat the language of a modulated analog audio and although it's recovery speed is slow, it's ability to find good targets in iron and cut through tough ground is still legendary! Plus I love the simplicity and turn on and go no frills operation. :)
 
Whites 5000D was my first detector, don't remember much about it except it impressed me with all the knobs.
My first go around metal detecting didn't stick with me, to much work and not enough time for the hobby but after I retired and slowed down I got the bug pretty bad and love to go out as often as I can.
 
My ex & I, joined the MD Club in North County, St. Louis, MO. in JAN 1980 & Roy Volker the CEO started it, for he was the distributer of Sweet Home Oregan's, Whites Metal Detectors & sold us our first one--WHITES in 1981--then we argued over who would use it & another was purchased in 1982 & then other Whites until we divorced in 1988 & I bought my Whites XLT Spectrum in 1994 & used it until I had to quit because of Illnesses for both me & my brother, who had moved from FL to MO & then lived in my home until he went into Hospice Care & died in 2009! Loved the XLT--Found many coins & other stuffs with it, but I overdid detecting (got addicted) & my health paid for it! Went to DR, Yesterday, my vitals were working except needed more oxygen, which I didn't have with me, but she said I am still alive but not kicking as my knees are very painful when trying to get up & down from a sitting position! Anyway, I did get to enjoy my detecting hobby for many years using just WHITE'S DETECTORS! HH & have fun but don't wear your body out like I did! God Bless! Ma
 
the whites 6000 di back around 1980... see it with it's brothers on the table?
 

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Jetco 1975, I had all 5 that they had in the store. As soon as I got each I took them to a creek and put the so called water proof coil in the water it was gone. I keep taking them back until they ran out of detectors and had to settle for a bicycle.
Ron in WV
 
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