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  • Discovery Treasure Baron

    Out of curiosity, the more I research and read about George Payne, it seems the less I can find out about this legend of detector designers.

    I had read something recently about Mr. Payne and Teknetics and seen Carl Moorelands name mentioned so Im more or less directing this post to Carl and in hopes of hearing more about Discovery and George and whether you two knew each other personally and worked together at some point in time, any valuable knowledge you could share about this man and his gift to the detecting world.

    It would be neat to hear a little more about the mind set and in his abilities of engineering such a neat detector with so many options.

    I was lucky enough to run across a Treasure Baron Gold Trax model about 12 yrs ago and have kept it in pristine, like new condition. In fact it still has the QC sticker on the bottom of the coil and not a mark on the heavy gold aluminum case. It is a remarkable machine for its time and I'll probably be buried with it as Iam enomored by its complexity and beauty.

    Anyways, I figured Id dig it out and mess with it a little and thought Id take a few pics for those that may remember or even still use one of the few extraordinary models.

    If you have one or have used one, reply back with your thoughts and pics if you want. It seems to be a forgotten gem of a detector so I just wanted to bring it back into the limelight even if just for a moment.

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    Тhanks Geoscash1

    TBGT pcb
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    TB gold trax.pdf

    Engineering Details
    https://disk.yandex.ru/i/uYCiWfI8EFTLjg
    Last edited by pustareka; 07-29-2025, 08:31 AM.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by pustareka View Post
      Тhanks Geoscash1

      TBGT pcb
      Your module looks completely different than mine. Mine is v2.10 and has no Led strip along the edge of the board...

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      • #4
        There were different modules. Goldtrax, Cointrax and maybe others? You can see some additional info here.

        https://www.geotech1.com/forums/foru...treasure-baron

        Also on the forum Melbeta posted a lot information on George Payne, there is no logical order so you will have scroll through the threads


        https://www.geotech1.com/forums/foru...-vintage-files


        Everything you want to know

        https://static.secure.website/wscfus...-detectors.pdf
        Last edited by Altra; 07-30-2025, 08:53 PM. Reason: add link

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Altra View Post
          There were different modules. Goldtrax, Cointrax and maybe others? You can see some additional info here.

          https://www.geotech1.com/forums/foru...treasure-baron

          Also on the forum Melbeta posted a lot information on George Payne, there is no logical order so you will have scroll through the threads


          https://www.geotech1.com/forums/foru...-vintage-files


          Everything you want to know

          https://static.secure.website/wscfus...-detectors.pdf
          Great info in those melbeta threads, Ive searched in here before and didnt find much but some of those with all the pdf docs, awesome. Thank you for posting that.

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          • #6
            Superb,
            I have twoBarons with Deep Hunter and Pro Hunter modules (works with 16 AA!), including a new one with its two concentric discs.
            The "old man" in photo.

            And the ad with the different versions. As well as George Payne's face.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Melano87 View Post
              Superb,
              I have twoBarons with Deep Hunter and Pro Hunter modules (works with 16 AA!), including a new one with its two concentric discs.
              The "old man" in photo.

              And the ad with the different versions. As well as George Payne's face.
              Thanks, those are some nice machines. I had a chance to buy a deep hunter module back in 2015 but the guy wanted an arm and a leg for it so I passed it up. The Coils and modules are a tough find these days and thats if your lucky...

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              • #8

                Baron without module​, the two Cointrax models, the Black Sand module and the Deep Hunter module.


                I'm not in the USA but apparently there is still a derivative of the Baron (without module) for sale, MDI Probe2100 (industrial)?
                https://www.mdiblue.com/handheld-probe

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                • #9
                  MDI (Metal Detectors Inc) is where George Payne works, or used to work. So the Probe2100 is definitely his design.

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