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Metal detecting in a film - "Vacation in Reno" from 1946
This little film was shown on the TCM (Turner Classics Movie) cable channel on May 9, 2020.
It shows the use of a military mine detector as a metal detector to locate precious metals.
This 60 minute comedy film was produced by the RKO Studios and released on December 10, 1946.
Jack Haley plays Jack Carroll who visits a war surplus store and buys an unusual vehicle and an electronic device to detect land mines (underground explosive devices).
Later, he heads to Reno with a treasure map to use the mine detector to locate the buried treasure.
All sorts of things happen in the film, including a bank robbery, a suspicious wife, a second wife, pies being thrown, etc, followed by a happy ending.
1. War Surplus Store
2. Jack drives his purchase
The vehicle is a Ford GPA "Seep", a military amphibious version of the Jeep
3. Jack testing the mine detector
Jack tells a friend that if the detector can locate mines it can find gold and silver.
4. Closeup of mine detector
5. Jack hunting the treasure
6. Jack finds a suitcase
7. The real goods
The money is not the treasure he was looking for but was loot from a recent bank robbery.
8. Happy ending
Jack and his wife catch the crooks and the bank gives them a reward.
For those with the right internet connections, the film is available for viewing on the TCM website.
This little film was shown on the TCM (Turner Classics Movie) cable channel on May 9, 2020.
It shows the use of a military mine detector as a metal detector to locate precious metals.
This 60 minute comedy film was produced by the RKO Studios and released on December 10, 1946.
Jack Haley plays Jack Carroll who visits a war surplus store and buys an unusual vehicle and an electronic device to detect land mines (underground explosive devices).
Later, he heads to Reno with a treasure map to use the mine detector to locate the buried treasure.
All sorts of things happen in the film, including a bank robbery, a suspicious wife, a second wife, pies being thrown, etc, followed by a happy ending.
1. War Surplus Store
2. Jack drives his purchase
The vehicle is a Ford GPA "Seep", a military amphibious version of the Jeep
3. Jack testing the mine detector
Jack tells a friend that if the detector can locate mines it can find gold and silver.
4. Closeup of mine detector
5. Jack hunting the treasure
6. Jack finds a suitcase
7. The real goods
The money is not the treasure he was looking for but was loot from a recent bank robbery.
8. Happy ending
Jack and his wife catch the crooks and the bank gives them a reward.
For those with the right internet connections, the film is available for viewing on the TCM website.
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