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Cheap old Detector - Make ?????

demyansk1942

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I picked up this detector for free, does anyone know what kind it is?
 

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I had one I got at Wally World- a spinoff of the Tracker series. With the disc turned off, you have all metal. Rotating the disc knob from full left changes the tone ID segments. Best setting is to rotate until a nickel gives a solid low tone. Then, a low tone is nickel segment, mixed tone is tab ID, and high tone clad coins. I actually enjoyed mine, even tho the shaft/handle setup was awkward and my arm rest finally broke.:cool:
 
Radio shack brand?
not sure but it looks exactly like the one that I first ever saw,
that sparked my interest years ago, (about 1978) but didn't persue....
My dad borrowed one like it from a friend,
and we did some Thanksgiving day treasure hunting
on my Uncles' farm in the woods of Missouri.

Interesting... my brother in-law that drives a garbage truck,
found a detector last week, a Garrett GTA 350 complete !
With the box and directions, ( minus head-phones )
I put it all together, some one left the batteries in it :(
the to battery clips were cracked, and corroded
I cleaned up the insides, put in my extra AT PRO clips & it fired right up!!
A friend of mine has an old Garrett ground hog
He believes the coil on it has gone bad,
maybe he'll want to upgrade ?:laughing:
 
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