⭐ Vintage Detectors. If you've got em flaunt em

[Varts]

 

[Heatho]

I dunno, looks old but I've got this old thing in the garage, was my Dad's, found a few coins, bullet shells and lots of hotrocks back in the day with it but not much else, told him the other day he should have stuck with it.

 

[Ramjet]

Got this one from a mate at work.
1975 VLF Wildcat

 

[BrisJoe]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1229/1383343672_image.jpg

Hardly old, I have 1 of those, Kmart special from about 7 years ago

 

[loamer]

You blokes are killing me - years ago these were cutting edge and we were as smug as a rat with a gold tooth running around the goldfields with our 'latest' VLFs. It's funny how blokes that started out on the old VLFs are more forgiving of 'noise' in the new PI series, as all we heard all day in the early days was noise and tried to decipher targets from the squelch, burps and wheezes. Don't forget that the Hand of Faith was found with an 'old' VLF (a Garrett). I reckon these old ones would still be half a chance on very clear mullock heaps and quartz dumps.

 

[Varts]

7years old bris joe really,I have a eureka gold .stumbled across this one ,thought plastic not to old but thought older than 7 ,she has had a tuf life

 

[BrisJoe]

It's obviously just spent more time in the sun then mine lol

 

[Ag Man]

I got a Whites Coinmaster 6000D
Not sure of its age but looks a fair dinosaur!

 

[loamer]

1978 I think. A cracker! Here is the manual.

What's with the girly pick Ag? ( and I hesitate to call it a pick)

http://metaldetectings.com/e107_files/public/cm_6000_d_geb_instruction_manual.pdf

 

[Ag Man]

Thanks for the link.
The pick - $9 at the hardware store. Can't justify spending $100 on one at the moment & seeing that this one does what I want for now, I recon that's good value

 

[ChrisM]

1993 Yankee GoldStriker [and it still makes noise.. ]

 

[HeadsUp]

I got a Whites Coinmaster 6000D
Not sure of its age but looks a fair dinosaur!

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/113/1383457082_image.jpg

dinosaur ?

the dinosaurs were digging those up and declaring them fossils back in the day

 

[loamer]

Thanks for the link.
The pick - $9 at the hardware store. Can't justify spending $100 on one at the moment & seeing that this one does what I want for now, I recon that's good value

Apologies mate. I have a little plastic shovel for halving when digging up small nuggets that causes me no end of grief from my grizzled old mates. $1 at Aldi. Best $1 I ever spent.

 

[Heatho]

I think we need a new thread, "101 things to do with an old metal detector".

 

[Ag Man]

I think we need a new thread, "101 things to do with an old metal detector".

#1 use it
#2 hang it on shed wall coz it looks cool

 

[gadgetman45]

I got a Whites Coinmaster 6000D
Not sure of its age but looks a fair dinosaur!

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/113/1383457082_image.jpg

Agman, I had one of those in 1987, I bought it secondhand, found plenty of metal in Kalgoorlie, unfortunately none of it was gold, not even in colour.

 

[calala]

I think I win the prize for this one, purchased from Mine Lab Parramatta back in the 1970's.

:/

 

[gef12]

Hi Ag Man...could not quote ur link..th site did not allow...anyways I had a Whites 6000d..and found 13oz back in the early 80s with a similar old girl. .. Lovely machine in her day

 

[kleinman98]

Nothin wrong with your pick agman. I got one of those. Easy to carry and fits real nice in the hammer loop of the nail bag.

 

[headbut]

I have a Minelab Goldseeker 15000 , which was their 1st gold detector , works massive depth - 2 inches