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If they just send you the part and have you do the install, maybe putting a rubber washer then a steel washer on top would give it just a bit of protection and disperse the forces where it is bolted in. Not sure why they would have just one hole to mount. I would have had at least 2 screws, one upper and one lower with a curved washer on them.

Ya hot rocks are killers on vlf's

That cuff should be cheap enough to replace, just never seen one break before. Wonder if the screw was over torqued and crushed the plastic?

Beaches here are bit depleted, waiting for the to refil from the eager crowds this summer. What detector was that arm cuff from? Personally if I were to make one I would use 66 nylon as that would be nearly indestructible. ABS will degrade under UV light and doesn't handle bitter cold weather very well in comparison. I recently snagged the SeaHunter just for beach hunting even though the discrim pretty useless the trash I have come across wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Depth on the little stock coil blows me away. I thought hot rocks would also be an issue and I can barely pick them up so very very pleased with the purchase. Should provide some good bang for the buck. Detection on the sides of the coil took me a little to get used to where a vlf is in the center but I found it actually easy to determine target sizes as I can go around the target helping me separate pocket change from cachet's of natty lites.

No question, just saying so far they are working well and about half the money the AA lithium rechargeables were not too long ago.

I recently purchased these

They are the proper 1.5 volt and lithium batteries. They work well in my Tesoro that tends to chew up batteries fairly quickly. Will see how they hold up. They should not fade in performance as regular Alkalines do.

$20 for 4 is pretty good. Much less than the $80 I paid for my AT Pro lithium pack.

If the connector doesn't have any play or wiggle to it then it could be dirty connecter pins. If you can find a bit of lithium dielectric grease you could put some on the pins.

Good chance the machine was in the salt and some salt got on the connector.

When I rewired a boat I had I used that grease and it works awesome.

Garrett is really good on repairs so giving them a holler if that doesn't work won't hurt.

The head light button a cover to a push button? Guessing a very old car. The kicker plate does look horse related but might not be a production piece. Really cool finds.

Welcome!

What kind of budget and what areas do you intend to detect on? Parks, fields, fresh and or salt water?

Lot of machines out there to pick through and lot of suggestions from people here that use them or have used them.

I like the nostalgic 9v's. Just ordered some rechargeable lithium aa batteries that are 1.5v for my Tesoro as it eats up aa's pretty quickly. Found some on amazon for $20 for 4 with micro usb cable to recharge them. Will let you know how they work out. Regular AA's drop performance too much when they are about half way dead, hopefully these will be much better.

Wonder if they have a lithium rechargeable 9v out there?

So they fire Thomas Bozek that gave a hard time over a lousy pin pointer? The replacement is flaky and I need to turn it off then restart it often or it just keeps sounding off even on minimal setting. About ready to RMA it again.

Company was around from 1802 until 1974 so that narrows it down a century or 2. Found this bit of info: http://www.relicman.com/buttons/Button9901-Backmark-Scovill801.html

Back is steel it looks like front is brass. Photos from my iPhone in garbage lighting so colors are off. Possible it is from Civil War but I'm thinking it might be much later, maybe ww2 since it seems to have more refined details where as the older ones are pretty crude. Just my guess.

I wouldn't recommend a Tesoro for the simple reason currently they seem to be out of business and there is no one out at this time that I know of that can do repairs.

Congrats on the T2. Usually the stock coils shipped on most machines are fine for parks and moderate trash areas 8-11" dd's.  Unless the Rx is small on the concentric coil 3" approx on the one I use, pinpointing will be difficult. Garretts Concentric for example have a very large Rx and are limited in areas they are useful for.

Like to see how it works out for ya best of luck!

I use the Tesoro Tejon for trashy areas with the 9" concentric coil but the Rx is fairly small so I can snipe out targets easily.

Fisher F75 has a good reputation and with a small coil would do well. Same with the AT Max, Pro or Gold if used with the smaller coil.

Key to trashy areas is to have a smaller detection area (where the dd Tx and Rx overlap) Depth is not critical as it probably is not a good idea to dig 12"+ deep or wide holes in a park. Majority of finds will be under 6" unless it's an old park and your looking beyond the typical trash line.

Though many squawk over Garretts, the new AT Max goes incredibly deep, approx. 16"+ with stock coil. Garretts audio may not have the finesse of other machines out there but are really good performers. I use my AT Pro in bad weather conditions and just kick up my discrim to cut out much of the chatter and work it a little slower in trashy areas.

Not sure the age on this one. Once I washed it up with some baking soda and toothbrush to get the dirt off it has some nice detail still. My cell phone didn't take a very good pick, the front is shiny brass, could be plated but not sure.

You could use Velcro to hold the sheets on rather than eboxy. Another alternative is the adhesive tape used for plaques and awards.

I would pick a plastic that is uv and impact resistant.

Having the plasic so the edge wraps up is ideal so you don't get every weed and stick caught on the seem. But only way to do that from a sheet is to heat form it some how and that depends on the plastic used. Possible to make a form out of wood to press it in shape with a heat gun. Basically take a couple sheets of mdf or plywood (doesn't have to be thick) use one as a base, saw the other to the shape of the coil. Take a thicker piece and cut that to shape of the coil and then heat the area to be bent and squish it. Though Acrylic forms easy I think it would be too brittle so maybe ABS or PVC?

There are different gauges of shrink film, maybe the real thick stuff 8-12mil be good. I think the boat wrap is pretty tough but not sure.

Nice.

Rather than glue a sheet of plastic to a coil, has anyone ever tried shrink film? Like the stuff they use on boats?

Looks like you made up for lost time in one day. Get a acid test kit, I ended up doing that and found what I thought was a junk charm was platinum with diamonds and an ear ring that turned out to be 18k. Kits are cheap enough and take the guess work out of it.

I believe most vintage jewelry usually have a  makers mark as well as a hallmark indicating date. An un-marked could be modern or custom jewelry and difficult to get info on.

Worth taking a look at. From what I saw in YouTube the audio wasn't as pleasant as the Tesoros. Not sure how sensitive it is to small targets either.

Think GB is correct, it probably is an alarm clock (one that rang just a little too early too many times)!

Not much of a description other than do you swing a detector... no info on benefits or purpose other than developing a mailing list of some sorts to sell their toys?

Nice find. The FS is fast slow. Is that steel? Usually they are brass or brass with silver plating on the low end.

Can you see any makers mark on it? All I can pick out is made in usa.

Not sure if the AT Gold will get close enough to fences as the Pro would since the Gold has a higher frequency close to the Tejon I use OR it might to well since the AT series has nice iron discrim. I never used the Gold but have used the MAX and Pro.

Don't think you need to worry about the sensitivity so much rather than turn off the iron tones and set it as high as you can. I'm able to get close to fences with setting of 36 on my pro.

Puttering around in the park and came across this.

The AT Pro I can get right next to a fence within a few inches. That is where I found the old silver cross it was less than a foot away and about 8" down. Can't get close at all with my Tejon. Tejon sounds off on my digger I carry unless I sling it over my shoulder.

Not that familiar with the ML but if you can switch to single frequency then set it between 8-14 khz and you might be able to get a bit closer. Smaller coil can help too.