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D-TEX
- Thread starter danGeorge
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Sven
Well-known member
I had one back in the late 1960's, Tiny Tex, BFO model, first real detectors that I found stuff with. Gold soldered circuit boards.
Early advertisements and catalogs proclaimed they could find paper money. I don't recall them mentioning that it had to be in a metal box or jar with a metal lid.
I have some pictures of some of the later models:
My D-Tex detectors link
From what I understand Keith Wills at Broken Detectors bought out the last of their parts when D-Tex went belly up. I don't think he has any more parts to repair them.
From one of Monte's posts:
D-Tex, much like Garrett and a few other manufacturers of that era, offered detector & coil "packages" and this was the case with the RS series.
To give you an example, let me refer to the 1980 D-Tex catalog for info about these TR-Disc. and VLF/TR-Disc. models. The "series" are the TK (Treasure King), MK (Money King), CK (Coin King), SK (Search King) and RS (Relic Search).
Like Garrett, they produced detectors operating at 5 kHz and 15 kHz.
Early advertisements and catalogs proclaimed they could find paper money. I don't recall them mentioning that it had to be in a metal box or jar with a metal lid.
I have some pictures of some of the later models:
My D-Tex detectors link
From what I understand Keith Wills at Broken Detectors bought out the last of their parts when D-Tex went belly up. I don't think he has any more parts to repair them.
From one of Monte's posts:
D-Tex, much like Garrett and a few other manufacturers of that era, offered detector & coil "packages" and this was the case with the RS series.
To give you an example, let me refer to the 1980 D-Tex catalog for info about these TR-Disc. and VLF/TR-Disc. models. The "series" are the TK (Treasure King), MK (Money King), CK (Coin King), SK (Search King) and RS (Relic Search).
Like Garrett, they produced detectors operating at 5 kHz and 15 kHz.
the VLF/TR-Disc. series. I'm not sure, but I think they had an SK model.
I've had a number of the earlier D-Tex models, including a "Deluxe" BFO w/two coils. Definitely "primitive" by today's standards. I wish I would have even had the new White's Coinmaster back then! Man, we have come a long way.
Monte
I've had a number of the earlier D-Tex models, including a "Deluxe" BFO w/two coils. Definitely "primitive" by today's standards. I wish I would have even had the new White's Coinmaster back then! Man, we have come a long way.
Monte
The first detector I had was a, as I recall the name, Deluxe BFO with the 2 coils in '68. I went to the D-Tex factory and bought it there and was shown how the machine could indeed detect US paper currency. You had to touch the money to the coil and listen to the very slight change in sound.
Nimrod Jim
New member
Hi all,
I was doing an internet search this evening trying to get some ideas on what brand/model metal detector I could buy. I'll be retiring in January and hope to get some 'search' time in. Any hints you guys have would be very helpfull.
I had a D-Tex I purchased in 1968 right after getting out of the service. I don't remember the model number, but it operated on one nine volt battery, had a discriminating dial for metal and mineral, and I had purchased all three hoops with it. It died long ago! But I had a lot of fun with it and found many, many items with it. The most interesting was an old Army Colt .45 Revolver. It was actually more of big chunk of rust than a gun anymore, but it was kind of cool to find it.
I found hundreds of coins including a lot of 2 and 3 cent pieces. I have a whole jar of old buffalo nickels with no dates visible.
With the small hoop on the unit, I could pretty much measure out the size of the buried object. Many times, at first, my heart pounded when I thought I found a buried money box, only to dig it up and find a rusted old license plate! I could go on and on about all the junk I found with it, but I'm sure you guys, with your experience, know all about that!
I was doing an internet search this evening trying to get some ideas on what brand/model metal detector I could buy. I'll be retiring in January and hope to get some 'search' time in. Any hints you guys have would be very helpfull.
I had a D-Tex I purchased in 1968 right after getting out of the service. I don't remember the model number, but it operated on one nine volt battery, had a discriminating dial for metal and mineral, and I had purchased all three hoops with it. It died long ago! But I had a lot of fun with it and found many, many items with it. The most interesting was an old Army Colt .45 Revolver. It was actually more of big chunk of rust than a gun anymore, but it was kind of cool to find it.
I found hundreds of coins including a lot of 2 and 3 cent pieces. I have a whole jar of old buffalo nickels with no dates visible.
With the small hoop on the unit, I could pretty much measure out the size of the buried object. Many times, at first, my heart pounded when I thought I found a buried money box, only to dig it up and find a rusted old license plate! I could go on and on about all the junk I found with it, but I'm sure you guys, with your experience, know all about that!