Minelab Musketeer XS Treasure Searcher

[welshlensman]

Hi There,

I called into one of my farms during the week and the farmers wife showed me the above metal detector she'd bought some years ago but failed to understand how to use it.
Consequently, it had been put into a farm outbuilding for storage. She and her husband are both very keen on local history and are also part of their local historical society.
Despite its age, the machine is virtually un-used.

The problem I have is, I'd like to help them understand the concepts of detecting but the battery compartment has me stumped. It takes 8x 1.5 AA cells in two strip packs but the
only connectors in the housing are two springs next to each other in the center of the battery compartment. There are solder points on the extreme left and right of said compartment with
the marking batt on them.
I cannot even begin to understand how this thing was wired by this configuration! There has to be parts missing surely?
Are there any images of the circuit board (or battery connectors) of this machine, where 9v connectors have been introduce instead of the original connectors.
I'm not a technical person, so if you can help, please try to keep it fairly simple.

Thank you in advance

Mike

[Mega B]

Mike,just had a quick look at my Musketeer battery pack,you are correct that it has 2 strips that take 4 batteries each those are then connected onto the 3inch wide fragile bakerlite strip which makes up the required voltage that the detector runs on which is 12volts.The the whole battery pack that is the 8 batteries and the housings are inserted into the outer black plastic housing of the detector and then it slides up into the back of the detector.

Inside the battery compartment you will see 2 springs these are offset to one side these are the contacts that connect the battery pack to the detector as the battery comaprtment lid is slid up into the back of the detectorand as you fully close the door it then makes contact.

Be very carefull with the bakerlite strip on top of the batteries packs as they can easily break and very hard to find replacement parts these days and also the little lug that you have to push in to release the battery door can break so be careful as well with that.

Nothing appears to be broke or missing going by your description of it.

If you need any other advice dont be afraid to ask.

[Qiaozhi]

Here's the manual. Page 8 shows how to install the batteries, and there's a picture showing the battery holders. Hopefully this will help.

[welshlensman]

Cheers guys for the fast and positive response. Its the bakerlite sections that's missing then.
Should be able to sort that out with possibly a pair of PP3 connectors and some small crocodile clips maybe.
Thanks again for the help and info. Much appreciated.
Mike