Those Old Treasure Magazines
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1969, noting what stories are in what issues because I plan on selling
them.
I'm having a ball!
Old treasure magazine ads are fascinating, and they let you trace the
history of the metal detector, from BFOs to TRs to TR-Discriminators
to VLF to TR/VLF - each in turn being touted as the greatest detectors
ever! And many of the brands are long gone.
You old-timers will remember Jetco, Relco, D-Tex, Gardiner, Gold
Mountain, A.H Pro, Daytona, Compass (sob), and C&G with their cat-
family names: Bobcat, Lynx, Wildcat, and Tomcat.
And the stories! Lost mines, sunken ships, buried robbery loot, ghost
towns, and lots of people dying (naturally, or by the rope) before
revealing where they hid their treasures....
Who needs modern-day thriller novels when we have these (perhaps) true
stories to enjoy?
My latest podcast (internet radio show you can listen to on your
computer anytime) is about old magazines. Listen by clicking the pink
button at this site:
---Dan Hughes