Steve Herschbach

As part of my Metal Detector Database project I want to be able to link to catalogs and user guides / owner's manuals. I get a little frustrated however about how external website links keep moving around or disappear. So I decided the catalogs and user guide area of the Downloads Page will have to get copies of everything I am linking to so I know things will stay put going forward. This is part of the archiving process for older equipment where manuals and catalogs may not even exist in scanned form yet. I will start with current equipment. Once I get all the readily available stuff done I may start soliciting for old catalogs and owners manuals people have sitting around so I can scan them and add to the collection.

Keith Southern's thread on tweaking the Tesoro Lobo.... http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,48101,52825 and a mention from Keith on this forum.... https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/145-tesoro-lobo-ground-balance-mod/

Oops.... got distracted and forgot about this - sorry! I had to do a little digging. This is part of the 5" and 6" Keene dredge redesign that took place in the early 90's when they started upgrading all the old dredge designs. The main shift was from old "crash box" style header boxes to the newer flare style sluice boxes. I am guessing this sluice is from a 1992 - 1997 era Keene 5109 5" dredge.. The 5" and 6" Mini were the same dredge basically. The box is actually not very complicated, just a standard straight sluice with a flare jet attached. This is from the Keene 1992 Spring catalog announcing the new dredge series. The sluice is listed in the specs as a SB-5N but I never recall ever seeing this part number. It is not shown under the sluice listing in 1992 and is listed as SB5F in later catalogs. SB-5N was probably a temporary part number or error. Most Keene part numbers are acronyms and so I can see it - Sluice Box (SB) 5" so SB-5 and then the N for "No Header". But final decision was SB5F "Sluice Box 5" Flared". Keene model 5109 5" suction gold dredge, from 1992 Spring Keene catalog It looks to me like the upper end of your box has a piece missing (see tiny rivet holes). The upper end was enclosed with a hole cutout. The flare had an aluminum flange riveted around the upper end, and you inserted the flare from inside the box poking it into the hole cutout in the upper end. The flare pivoted loosely in the hole and basically just dumped into the upper box onto the large screen. The rusty cross piece on your upper box used to have a long rubber damper attached that hung into and rode on top of the water coming out of the flare. The rubber was attached via an aluminum strip and some rivets. I have tried to show that detail in these old photos from my collection... Notice where the flare meets the sluice.... See flange end of flare in the cutout hole The first riffle section had the square hole punch plate as a single drop in assembly. Very easy to take this sluice apart and clean up compared to the later "over/under" double decker design. This was the best dredge I ever owned when it came to adjustments, cleanup, etc. The photo below shows the rubber damper. I may have some more photos and possibly parts diagrams. Your inquiry got me digging through my old document box which in turn has me posting catalogs and such to the downloads area of the website. Good project, thanks for getting me started, though a bit late! Anyway, I will dig everything out and get it organized and see what more I can find.

One of my favorite detectors of all time. The F75 was a detector that initially turned me off due to the early units sensitivity to electrical interference. However, once I discovered how well the detector worked when I got away from urban areas it became one of my standard units for quite a few years. I used the detector mainly in the all metal mode using the on screen target id to make dig/no dig decisions. Not only is the F75 a very powerful detector used this way, but it has the best on arm feel of any detector I have ever used. Perfect balance and a handle that my hand really likes... though that is different for everyone. The only issue other than electrical interference that I had with the machine is the inability to adjust the ferrous tone break which is set too high in the preset tones modes. I have already written extensively about the F75 on this website and so will refer you to my detailed review page.

Can't be done as far as I know - you need a Windows or MacOS environment.

That's the way to break in a new detector! Anfibio looks like a really nice machine for sure.

I am sorry Chris to hear about all the health issues, but hopefully the new year puts that all in the rear view mirror. Good luck with the new prospects for 2019!!