2 gold rings yesterday

[ZacSc]

Welcome. Where are you from ?

Thank you. I'm from Sydney, NSW. We have lots of beaches here

 

[Cherry Picker]

Still looking for my first shiny of 2024.

I was contacted the other day by a high school friend who saw I metal detect. She sent me a picture of a metal detector she says her father used and had passed away, and wanted to know if I wanted it. It is a Whites Coinmaster 5000, the one sold by Sears, and looks in great shape. Of course I said yes.

 

[C-Dredge]

Nice finds! I haven't found a silver coin at the beach in years, well done. Oldest Dog Tag for me is 1958

 

[too_pointer]

I have heard real good things about Whites, good for you and best of luck with it.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Still looking for my first shiny of 2024.

I was contacted the other day by a high school friend who saw I metal detect. She sent me a picture of a metal detector she says her father used and had passed away, and wanted to know if I wanted it. It is a Whites Coinmaster 5000, the one sold by Sears, and looks in great shape. Of course I said yes.

If it's a 5000d series I, then : That's a dinosaur and woefully outdated for today. But if it's a 5000d series II, then that wasn't a half-bad machine. It was an excellent wet salt machine, for example. Of course it too is "highly dated", but, if all someone were going to do is hunt the wet-salt-beach: That would still be a competitive machine, even today.

 

[Cherry Picker]

If it's a 5000d series I, then : That's a dinosaur and woefully outdated for today. But if it's a 5000d series II, then that wasn't a half-bad machine. It was an excellent wet salt machine, for example. Of course it too is "highly dated", but, if all someone were going to do is hunt the wet-salt-beach: That would still be a competitive machine, even today.

Here it is. I know it isn't even close to today's detectors in ability, but a cool vintage to be sure.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Here it is.

I think that's the series I. Not the series II. Can you take a pix of the side ? I'm familiar with Whites' wording design on the side (what that would be), but not sure if Sears ever carried the II, or if they did, what modified wording/lettering they might have put on the side.

 

[ZacSc]

Here it is. I know it isn't even close to today's detectors in ability, but a cool vintage to be sure.

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Good thing in the old days. My uncle had one similar. But I don't remember which model.

 

[Cherry Picker]

I think that's the series I. Not the series II. Can you take a pix of the side ? I'm familiar with Whites' wording design on the side (what that would be), but not sure if Sears ever carried the II, or if they did, what modified wording/lettering they might have put on the side.

Here is a side picture. I put batteries in it and it works great. WOW, talk about memories. She said she thought her Dad used it twice. He actually bought it to find a friend's lost ring. It does look brand new.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Here is a side picture.

Thanx. And thanx for a better picture of the top control panel. That is most definitely a 5000d series 1. It came out in about 1976 or '77. And some were still being sold (to move them off shelves) into '78 to '79 -ish. And I suspect that therefore Sears would be about the same date range.

As such : You have a boat anchor dinosaur . Not even a vintage collectible nostalgia, since tons of 5000 d's were sold (not sure how many Sears paint-job sold) . So the 5000 d's turns up at flea markets, garage sales, Ebay, etc.... all the time. They were quickly outclassed when the 6000d (and 5000d series II) came out during '78 and '79.

The GEB all-metal mode on that isn't half-bad (for any place where you don't need disc). And Not saying it won't find anything. But that if someone were going to get serious about md'ing, then : This is a dinosaur.