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    Equinox vs Explorer, for deep-turf-cherry-picking

    This should be a safe question to post here. I got shouted down and seriously brow-beat for this subject @ a few other forums. I got one of the original Nox 800's. I put it through a few .... admittedly short .... tests over a few days, on flagged signals. I would flag what I suspected to...
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    Vintage Whites

    Does anyone remember this Whites machine ? The "Conquistador" : https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/for/d/santa-clara-whites-electronics-metal/6938999571.html It appears to be nothing more than a repackaged re-labeled 66TR. And give the signature : "John and Gene Ballinger" I'm going to...
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    Detector history question :

    Even though detectors have been around since the 1930s (and even earlier), yet all the early decade's machines were only capable of finding large sized objects. Not coin sized objects. So for example, even though Fisher Co. perpetually touts that they've been around since the mid 1930s, that...
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    Difference between the 77b and 76b please

    Hey gang, what was the difference between the Compass 77b and their 76b ??
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    a 1970 "Orion 121" detector

    Here's one from CL. Not sure how the seller knows it was from 1970. Anyone know what this one was capable of ? Eg.: depth on a coin-sized target ? https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/atq/d/vintage-fisher-orion-121/6365662559.html
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    What was this machine capable of ?

    Said to be a 1970 Fisher "model 70" https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/for/d/vintage-fisher-metal-detector/6361961756.html What were they capable of, depth-wise, on coin-size targets ? I'm assuming this was an all-metal TR (not a BFO), right ?
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    pardon me if this has already been mused....

    I love my Explorer and Excalibur for wet salt beach. However, as most of you know, the Exp. and Excal . start to suffer in nastier mineralized black sand. And I've even seen it so bad on a few occasions, that you can even put a coin right on top of the ground, and not get a signal...
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    Here's an interesting read @ the birth of Teknetics

    I recall in about '83, seeing the first ever Teknetics with target ID. Shown by a dealer at a club meeting, where he had the machine propped on a table, doing demonstrations for the 25-or-so attendees. Bear in mind, that at this time in history, all of us were accustomed to "progressive dial"...
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    Listing a SE as an "SE Pro" if it's been matched w/a pro coil ?

    Hey guys, Re.: the evolution of the Explorer series: I have an original SE, that has since been matched with a "pro" coil. Recall that when the "SE" incarnation was introduced, it originally had a coil that proved to be unpopular. So Minelab quickly introduced a better coil to it. And that...
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    ah gee, no more conspiracy theory posts ?

    Our resident conspiracy theory poster has been silent for awhile now :rofl: I was looking forward to the latest installment of the Vatican hiding treasures around the world. Or the Rothschild's treasure chambers hidden underneath downtown Phoenix. Or secret treasure symbols on the moon put...
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    Difference between the 77b and 77IB is ??

    Can anyone tell me what the difference was between the Compass 77b, and the Compass 77IB ? I know that the "i" in IB stood for "induction balance". And I always assumed that all the "77s" were the same. Is there a difference in the ones where it had the "i" in the name/title ?
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    Can anyone ID this vintage detector ?

    Saw this on craigslist near me. At first I thought it was a Metrotech. D/t it has that metrotech style body/housing. But looking closer at the decals and writing, it has some different name written on there. Anyone care to take a shot at ID'ing this ? You will have to click on the image...
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    Message for dign4it

    Hello there dign4it. A few of us are wondering if you could chime back in, on some of your prior posts. Would like you to respond to some replies you got there. Example: The Montezuma's treasure near Tuscon one. And the "treasure bell symbol" one. It's great that you post here. But...
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    Saw this on the Whites forum:

    Here's a story someone submitted for the Whites forum. It has a vintage pix (looks like mid to late 1960s) of a guy posed with his Whites detector, finds, etc.... http://www.whiteselectronics.com/the-hobby/finds/?view=dedication-to-grand-pa
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    motley collection for sale:

    At one time, years ago, I thought I'd start a collection of vintage detectors. But just never got it off the ground to pursue. These are just gathering dust. So decided to sell these as a package. Take them all for $100 + whatever shipping it needs. Various old Whites, a Compass 77b, and...
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    A Compass 77b story to liven up this forum :)

    In 1980, when I was still in high school, the city did a downtown renewal/streetscape project. They tore out 2 blocks of downtown district sidewalks. Put in all-new decorative sidewalks & such. So you can bet that 5 to 7 guys were out there, each day at 5pm when the workers cut out, plying...
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    a 1970 Whites detector

    Lifted from another forum: Paperwork shows purchased in 1970. Notice from the last page, where some testimonials are cited, that the predominant usage/mindset of detecting at the time, was still "big-ticket type hunting. As opposed to singular coins/jewelry type hunting. Enjoy!
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    A late 1950s coin-hunting example

    There was a fellow here in CA, that related the following experience. He grew up in Napa, CA. He graduated from high school in 1959. And he DISTINCTLY recalled seeing a fellow detecting in that town's oldest park. And he recalled that it was before he had graduated. Hence '58 or '59-ish...
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    Another example of early coin detecting

    Met a fellow who said he'd started detecting in 1964, if my memory serves me right. He was fresh out of high school in Southern CA, and had seen a fellow doing it on the beach. It piqued his interest, so he went out and bought one for himself. There was a shop in southern CA at the time...
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    Anyone here got any examples of coin detecting pre-dating 1965? Here's one:

    I got into detecting at about 14-ish years old, in the mid 1970s. As a result of a Jr. High school chum letting me tag along . He had a Compass 77b, and we'd go to the school yards and dig change. On a good day, we'd get a few wheaties, perhaps a buffalo or merc, etc... I was hooked. Ran out...
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