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A long time ago, I got this old PI circuit diagram from somewhere. Unfortunately, the project documentation is incomplete. I have only this page. It looks like it's a PI detector from the 1980s/90s, photographed from an electronics magazine. Judging by the language,...
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My colleague managed to find a non-working sensor from Manticore and disassemble it. The interesting points turned out to be: the coils TX and RH are wound with a litzendrate. The winding is done on a plastic frame. The graphite screen is applied only to the frame. Thus, there is a gap in the shielding...Yesterday, 12:51 PM
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Hello forum members,
A long time ago, I got this old PI circuit diagram from somewhere. Unfortunately, the project documentation is incomplete. I have only this page. It looks like it's a PI detector from the 1980s/90s, photographed from an electronics magazine. Judging by the language,...Yesterday, 08:18 PM -
.....well it looks like the next big gold finding detector is here.
https://www.minelab.com/gpz-8000
If it doesnt find gold you can always use the coil as a dunny seat in the bush if you get caught short.
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