Minelab
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A growing field guide to detector history, official instructions and exact model references.
18 brand guides connect to 472 existing detector models. Individual source-review dates, gaps and failed retrievals appear in each guide. This is a starting index, not a complete history of every detector.
XP Metal Detectors
XP’s reference pages distinguish DEUS, DEUS II, ORX and later families. Select the manual for the actual control unit and software.
Explore XP Metal Detectors referencesNokta
Nokta keeps current manuals and a separate discontinued-product directory. Historic names and current models remain separate records.
Explore Nokta referencesFisher
Fisher Research Labs has its own catalog identities within First Texas Products. Match the exact model suffix and revision when using the shared manual library.
Explore Fisher referencesTeknetics
Teknetics has its own catalog identities within First Texas Products. Match the exact model suffix and revision when using the shared manual library.
Explore Teknetics referencesBounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter has its own catalog identities within First Texas Products. Match the exact model suffix and revision when using the shared manual library.
Explore Bounty Hunter referencesQuest
Quest’s official download center separates X10 IDMAXX from X10 Pro and lists a Q35 document. Document conflicts remain visible.
Explore Quest referencesRutus
Rutus publishes manuals by software branch and revision. Versa and Atrex are kept separate, including NC versus Multi Frequency documentation.
Explore Rutus referencesC.Scope
C.Scope offers current product support alongside a substantial archive of older detector instructions.
Explore C.Scope referencesGarrett
Garrett’s current manufacturer timeline supplies exact dated milestones for selected detector models; the catalog keeps those identities separate and leaves unproved dates, variants and compatibility unresolved.
Explore Garrett referencesWhite’s
White’s catalog entries remain legacy references. Historical manufacturer links are retained even when a current retrieval fails.
Explore White’s referencesNEL
Existing NEL coil references are retained; current primary-source access needs review.
Explore NEL referencesDetech
Detech identifies SSP-2000 as its first product and dates the introduction of its S.E.F. coil design to 2006.
Explore Detech referencesCoiltek
Coiltek dates its founding to 1996 and describes its Australian aftermarket-coil manufacturing.
Explore Coiltek referencesNugget Finder
Nugget Finder describes origins in the early 1990s and manufacturing in Bendigo, Australia.
Explore Nugget Finder referencesFirst Texas Products
First Texas provides a shared manual index for Fisher, Teknetics and Bounty Hunter, including current and obsolete directory labels.
Explore First Texas Products referencesTesoro
Legacy Tesoro references connect preserved catalog model names with available archived instructions. Active factory support and warranty fulfillment are not established.
Explore Tesoro referencesDetectorPro
Gray Ghost headphones by DetectorPro, also searched as Grey Ghost. Compare land, wireless, XP-module and detector-specific Amphibian II versions before choosing a connector.
Explore DetectorPro referencesRemaining source research
Individual histories and document versions remain incomplete. Existing equipment references remain in the catalog; history and manual coverage has not yet been reviewed for this index.
How this reference grows
We retain source URLs, the dates actually reviewed, exact model names and printed document revisions when established. A copyright year, upload date or software revision is not a detector launch date. Conflicting or inaccessible sources remain marked for research.
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