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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-06-021059
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060327
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060331

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TGC INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000799165
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL AND GAS FIELD EXPLORATION SERVICES [1382]
		IRS NUMBER:				742095844
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32472
		FILM NUMBER:		06726488

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1304 SUMMIT AVE STE 2
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75074
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9728811099

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1304 SUMMIT AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 2
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75074
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">March 27, 2006</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TGC
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1304 Summit Ave., Ste 2</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Plano, TX&#160;
75074</font></b></p>

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number, including area code:&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(972) 881-1099</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On March 27,
2006, TGC Industries, Inc.&#160; (&#147;TGC&#148; or the
&#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release announcing the purchase of a fifth ARAM ARIES
seismic recording system.&#160;&#160; A copy of
this press release is being furnished&#160; as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: March 30, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Wayne A. Whitener</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wayne A. Whitener</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release of the Company dated March 27, 2006.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TGC INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES THE PURCHASE</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">OF ITS FIFTH ARAM ARIES RECORDING SYSTEM</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PLANO, TEXAS &#151; March 27, 2006 &#151; TGC Industries, Inc. (AMEX: TGE) today
announced that the Company has entered into an agreement to purchase its fifth
ARAM ARIES seismic recording system and plans to take delivery within the next
30 days.&#160;&#160; This type of system, which is
Microsoft Windows driven, provides high speed data recovery and monitoring
capabilities and automated geophysical data characterization.&#160; During the past twelve months, TGC Industries
has purchased four new ARAM ARIES systems.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Wayne Whitener,
President and CEO of TGC Industries, stated, &#147;We continue to see growing demand
for land 3-D seismic surveys, and the purchase of another new ARAM ARIES system
will enable us to improve the productivity of our six seismic field acquisition
crews and better serve our customers&#146; needs.&#160;
The addition of this 2,500 channel, state-of-the-art system will
increase our channel capacity to over 25,000.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TGC Industries, Inc., based in Plano, Texas, with a branch office in
Houston, is one of the leading providers of seismic data acquisition services
throughout the continental United States.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">This press release includes &#147;forward-looking
statements&#148; within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward looking statements are based on our current expectations and
projections about future events. All statements other than statements of
historical fact included in this press release regarding the Company are
forward looking statements. There can be no assurance that those expectations
and projections will prove to be correct.</font></i></p>

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