An Inventor's Garage to Global Success Story by Charles L. Garrett

An Inventor’s Garage to Global Success Story by Charles L. Garrett The Autobiography of Charles L. Garrett Charles Garrett was not thinking of building his own company as he worked in his garage. A long-time treasure-hunting enthusiast, he simply knew that he could construct a metal detector superior to what was on the market. It was his wife Eleanor who finally challenged him: “Charles, you have been working on this detector every night for about a year. Don’t you think it’s time to forget it or put it on the market?” With that, the Garretts decided to start their own business in 1964. As the first sales came along, Charles Garrett had to make the tough decision to quit his successful engineering career in order to dedicate the time required to make his company successful. This history of the Garrett company—and the early lives of its founders—is a true American success story. Witness a couple’s leap of faith on a shoestring budget and sheer determination to turn out a better product.