Lets Talk BFO

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

HI the Master Hunter also had a 2' round coil which I later adapted as a drop coil for my Garett Sea Hunter. The most outstanding detector in those days was the Gardner. It had ground balancing and a form of dicrimination, but it cost $900 in those days 1950.

Tropical Tramp

 

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[Siegfried Schlagrule]

HI the Master Hunter also had a 2' round coil which I later adapted as a drop coil for my Garett Sea Hunter. The most outstanding detector in those days was the Gardner. It had ground balancing and a form of dicrimination, but it cost $900 in those days 1950.

Tropical Tramp

You need a big casino to buy a $900 detector. Do you remember what Deke Gladson said in Sudden Wealth c.1961? He listed the only two manufacturers who had ever actually found treasure caches. Gardiner was one of them. Anybody can buy the book and learn the other one. Must be Exanimo Press edition or the Gold bug edition. That statement doesn't appear in the later editions by RAM. I wonder why? exanimo, ss

 

[Michigan Badger]

He might have some fantastic finds but what would he have found if he truly knew what his machine was telling him? exanimo, ss

Yes, I believe this 100%.

I'll stay with my Nautilus IIB for my main machine from now on but I'd still like to play with the old BFO units.

Siegfried I don't know if you've ever tried the Nautilus IIB but it's almost unbelievable. In nearly 40 years of THing it's the first machine I've ever used that nearly took my breath away with its performance. No TV screens but it does have discrimination and it's deep. So deep I've had to stop putting the depth in my Today's Finds postings. Nobody here will believe it anyway.

But back to BFO, I agree, too bad they didn't keep developing it.

Best to you and thanks again for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

Badger

 

[Michigan Badger]

HI the Master Hunter also had a 2' round coil which I later adapted as a drop coil for my Garett Sea Hunter. The most outstanding detector in those days was the Gardner. It had ground balancing and a form of dicrimination, but it cost $900 in those days 1950.

Tropical Tramp

Back in the 70's I wanted a Gardner so bad I could taste it. I just didn't have the money for one. AS I recall they could detect a BB several inches deep. That was super hot in those days.

I saw a great one on ebay complete with almost all the extras but it went for about $600 as I recall.

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

He might have some fantastic finds but what would he have found if he truly knew what his machine was telling him? exanimo, ss

Yes, I believe this 100%.

I'll stay with my Nautilus IIB for my main machine from now on but I'd still like to play with the old BFO units.

Siegfried I don't know if you've ever tried the Nautilus IIB but it's almost unbelievable. In nearly 40 years of THing it's the first machine I've ever used that nearly took my breath away with its performance. No TV screens but it does have discrimination and it's deep. So deep I've had to stop putting the depth in my Today's Finds postings. Nobody here will believe it anyway.

But back to BFO, I agree, too bad they didn't keep developing it.

Best to you and thanks again for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

Badger

I have heard good things about the Nautilus line BUT when you want one of each BFO you can't pay big money for any of them. Maybe someday when I open a museum folks would donate some old machines for the tax write off and a brass plaque for bragging rights. . Except for a few favorites I haven't paid more than $100 for any detector in decades. My most recent $100 purchase was this year when i found a new old stock 1974 Bounty Hunter Outlaw BFO/TR hybrid that I bought for a backup to the one i'm using now. Cost me $89 and shipping. I have a box full of the larger oval coils they made for those as an upgrade to the small round coils. ss