some old school metal detector

[kt315]

sorry but I'm not on the site

sorry big. this forum engine, new revision, closed country origin of members' profiles and i do not see it now.

[ivconic]

charles garrett say in the Master hunter manual that frequency is 288Khz so I think it make sense to be 200Khz on the reference oscillator



I'm preparing a list of all BFO and alternative (off resonance etc.) metal detector I found, and i found a lot
I return with a new post when that list will be completed.

[ivconic]

Another one to add:

[giuhalftrack]

Another one to add:

acquired ! thak you

[giuhalftrack]

a present for you. look at this

https://disk.yandex.ru/d/sKzknotuCSV_EA/King%20Cobra

[kt315]

mine files back to me?? LOL! thank you.

[ivconic]

a present for you. look at this

https://disk.yandex.ru/d/sKzknotuCSV_EA/King%20Cobra

Thanks!
I had 99% of those already.
If I use Chrome then there is some kind of checks if I am human or robot, usual inernet crap.
But for those who wants to download those; either use VPN either use Epic browser which comes with VPNs.
With Epic there are no annoyances like that.

[giuhalftrack]

mine files back to me?? LOL! thank you.

ahahahhaah sorry

[giuhalftrack]

Hi, first of all sorry for my behaviour.. I return to this old post of mine because due to job problemns this last year I jump to a thing to another...
I promise I prepare a list of vintage, poor mans detector as soon as I can

in post #7 Carl post the pictures of a spartan.. and I notice only now that I see a quartz on the right of the PCB, this is not present in the raytheon circuit so I'm very curious to know.

If anyone has the "treasure hunter manual 6 or 7" the circuit is in the book, can someone post it there ?
the circuit is in the edition (gold bug) before the Ram publishing, in fact the ram publishing edition miss the schematics (why ? ).

thank you

[MikesMetal]

I have had for over 50 years a, Made in Britain by Candle International, C Scope IB 100, with the the original label sold by Joan Allen Electronics of Biggin Hill, tel Biggin Hill 7498. Works very well. Found a flint skin cleaning tool with a simple leaden handle which according to the B.Museum was 12th century. Last year in Italy found WW11 9mm cartridge cases, some 18th century Musket balls and some 1920s Due soldi coins.
I probably found more than my son with his 10 yr old Garratt that day.
M

[giuhalftrack]

I have had for over 50 years a, Made in Britain by Candle International, C Scope IB 100, with the the original label sold by Joan Allen Electronics of Biggin Hill, tel Biggin Hill 7498. Works very well. Found a flint skin cleaning tool with a simple leaden handle which according to the B.Museum was 12th century. Last year in Italy found WW11 9mm cartridge cases, some 18th century Musket balls and some 1920s Due soldi coins.
I probably found more than my son with his 10 yr old Garratt that day.
M

I'm in Italy.. for the cartridge casing you can use a shovel in certain places if i remember correctly "2 soldi" is a very older coin (not 1920)...

Anyways... I return on topic:
about the garrett (suppose ACE 250), never buy one never liked.. but let me expand the concept...
I really don't like display type metal detectors (personal taste) and the other day I went with my good friend with a equinox, great detector but he complain that is very complex... menu > menu >menu ..
I saw that there are lots of setting that have to be managed by people who knows metal detectors in detail !!!
No surprise when I see those struggling for find stuff..
sometimes just a beep and dig do the trick.

[GeoMax]

I'm also not a fan of metal detectors with displays and target IDs. I prefer the classic old pulse induction metal detector. The simpler the better. Why? I've seen hundreds of videos of people walking around with modern displays and target ID detectors. When it beeped, you could see the target ID of the object you found... so far, that's great. But no matter what the target ID number was, people dug anyway. The bottom line is that it's great, but most people don't care anyway. They dig anyway.

[MikesMetal]

I'm in Italy.. for the cartridge casing you can use a shovel in certain places if i remember correctly "2 soldi" is a very older coin (not 1920)...

Anyways... I return on topic:
about the garrett (suppose ACE 250), never buy one never liked.. but let me expand the concept...
I really don't like display type metal detectors (personal taste) and the other day I went with my good friend with a equinox, great detector but he complain that is very complex... menu > menu >menu ..
I saw that there are lots of setting that have to be managed by people who knows metal detectors in detail !!!
No surprise when I see those struggling for find stuff..
sometimes just a beep and dig do the trick.

They told me (my father in law) it was called 2 soldi or 2 dinari, if I remember correctly it has wheat sheaves on it and a number 2. Dates were 1922 and 1926. My son in Italy has them so I will ask him. I lived in Italy for 30 years, We were in the area of the battle of the plains of Loano of 1792 ( Borghetto santo Spirito). After a fire on Monte acuto we could see the trenches occupied by the Napoleonic troops and went and spent an afternoon up their but found nothing of any note. Probably there had already been a good going over. I have seen quite a few guys with MDs on the beach at B.S.S. and Loano. My son has been part of a group of friends from the Alassio area for over 10 years and they often go around the old defence forts in the area. I remember in the early 80s it was difficult to get good maps and in Albenga it was necessary to present a passport and residence doc to get the latest map from 1899! Now sat maps are readily available and has made research much easier.
M

[MikesMetal]

My son/Grand son is not sure where he put the coins, I have given him hundreds from 17th century groats to 1940s half dollars along with more modern coins from various work destinations.
Anyway he reckons they were 5 centesimi coins. His memory is probably better than mine.
However I thought the discussion was about old school stuff, the C scope IB 100 was a classic BFO detector in its time.(1970?).
M

[giuhalftrack]

My son/Grand son is not sure where he put the coins, I have given him hundreds from 17th century groats to 1940s half dollars along with more modern coins from various work destinations.
Anyway he reckons they were 5 centesimi coins. His memory is probably better than mine.
However I thought the discussion was about old school stuff, the C scope IB 100 was a classic BFO detector in its time.(1970?).
M

I was thinking IB 100 was a TR machine, isnt'it ?

anyways, i wanto to share here a flea market find !!!

the AMTRON UK780
It is a very "crude" BFO machine but it works well... I made a small coil too...
Sometimes here in Italy show up in flea markets... people of '70 use to make this.. consider that at that time laws regarding archaeological stuff was nearly non existent now in Italy you have to be really careful even for a coin you risk jail.