Old Bounty Hunter Metal Detector

I was told that this metal detector is atleast 20 years old? I put in some new batteries and sure enough it works perfect. Bounty Hunter Model VLF-SPD Discriminator RB5

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[petrjosaal]

Silverpup78....I have the exact same machine,been in my shed for years. It used to belong to my wifes father and I believe he got it at a garage sale. After watching your video, I got it out, put batteries in and same thing, away it went. Found heaps of metal rubbish in my back yard. Also found a couple of coins. Nice vintage machine to hang on to. Thanks for posting.

[Silverpup78]

Wow nice! If you get a chance toss a vid up.

[Silverpup78]

wow $500 really? The only issue i have with this detector is that it is alittle heavy.

[seeradog]

Man clean up your yard. !!!!!

[nrdesign1991]

SIXTEEN batteries? oh my god.

[joewihit]

I also have an Bounty Hunter but mine is an RB-7 from about 1981. Still in it's original box with original instruction manual. I love my old reliable. I've found diamond wedding rings with it, gold and plenty of silver coins. It's all about knowing your machine and becoming very familiar with each switch button and knob. Use headphones they help. Save you old scrap metal (Cpr, alum) because it can be valuable and pay for the 16 AA batteries.

PS: Go into the woods and explore.

[micmoable]

I found one just like that in trash dump about ffteen years ago--and someone told me that it was a detector that you had to swing back and forth pretty fast for it to find coins,etc.---of course, it wasn't working when I found it---but I have owned many detectors over the years and I have been detecting here lately with a Bounty Hunter Pioneer 2o2----pretty good detector down to about five inches on coins--but not nearly the best detector I've owned

[redradiodog]

I had a Bounty Hunter TR 1000 D back in the mid seventies. Every time you laid it down,then picked it up,you had to reset the dials.

[oomdagobert2]

wow I remember buying one of those when I went camping with my brother and parents in Colorado and that must have been around 1979/1980, only mine was blue (maybe different model) but looks excactly the same...Had lots of nice finds with that vintage machine, in the States but also Europe and in the Caribbean...Too bad someone borrowed it to find a lost ring and never saw it back hahaha....

[chickenpoper]

@zekehooper yeah, we need to go back to how companies and people weren't so greedy

[zekehooper]

16 AA's!!!  That's alot.

[zekehooper]

@chickenpoper they may be "made" cheap, but they sure don't cost cheap!!!

[chickenpoper]

the thing is back then companies made their products with pride and high quality materials. now adays they make them so cheaply and they rarely last a long time