Garrett Metal Detectors
- Headquarters
- Garland, TX
- Manufacturing
- Garland, TX
- Categories
- sports-and-outdoors
Charles and Eleanor Garrett started Garrett Metal Detectors in their Garland, Texas garage in 1964. The company still works from Garland, at 1881 West State Street. It makes hobby detectors (the ACE, AT and Vortex lines), gold-prospecting machines, pinpointers, and the walk-through and hand-held security detectors used at airports, schools and the Olympic Games.
Garrett’s careers page says all of its metal detectors are made in the USA “right here in Texas” by a staff of more than 300. The ACE product pages repeat the claim. The Garland Chamber of Commerce lists the company as a manufacturer at that address.
The claim is about detectors, and this record is limited to them. Garrett also sells headphones, bags, digging tools and branded gear. The product pages checked for those give no country of origin, so they are not covered here. The site doesn’t say where the circuit boards and electronic components come from, so the detectors sit at the second mark: made in Garland, with some parts of unstated origin. Garrett sells direct from its own site and through dealers.
The record
Garrett says all of its metal detectors are made in Texas, and that it has more than 300 employees
“From our humble beginnings in the Garrett family garage to today, Garrett is proud to say all of our metal detectors are made in the USA, right here in Texas. We have grown to over 300 employees, with a goal to continue to grow by offering additional cutting-edge products and technologies.”
garrett.comRetrieved
The company was founded in Garland, Texas in 1964
“Charles and Eleanor Garrett founded Garrett Metal Detectors in Garland, Texas, from their home garage in 1964.”
garrett.comRetrieved
The Garland Chamber of Commerce lists Garrett as a metal-detector manufacturer at the West State Street address
“Manufacturing / Metal Detectors”
network.garlandchamber.comRetrieved
Domain record
garrett.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026
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