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I have this model from Location Tech Ltd, and was wondering when it was made. I would guess late '70s. Perhaps one of Eric Foster's models? Were these decent machines?
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Yes it was a Eric Foster design made in Ireland originally.
I had one in 1977 and I think that was the first year of manufacture.
A non-motion P.I. it featured VCO pinpointing, a tuning control with three settings, LOW to seven inches depth, MEDIUM to twelve inches and HIGH sixteen inches plus and a meter.
I don't know if you have instructions if not just turn on to B setting (battery test)...reading should be within the black line region on the meter.
Select LO,MEDIUM or HIGH and turn the ZERO meter knob until zero is reached on the meter. Then start detecting.
LO setting allowed detecting more trashy sites and a gold ring gave a different signal to a pull-tap.
Suggested performance figures ranged from 16 inches on a 2p (U.K. copper coin which is a fraction larger than a U.S. quarter), 13 inches for a gold signet ring and five feet for those who want to dig one gallon oil cans.
Drawbacks were it was heavy (though most P.I.'s were at the time) and I found the audio output was not loud enough when working on the beach near crashing waves. The large solid coil also could act as a sail on windy days which was hard on the wrist.
It worked well but can't really be compared with the latest designs that provide more performance in lightweight packages with far better sensitivity.
Nice collectors machine though.
I had one in 1977 and I think that was the first year of manufacture.
A non-motion P.I. it featured VCO pinpointing, a tuning control with three settings, LOW to seven inches depth, MEDIUM to twelve inches and HIGH sixteen inches plus and a meter.
I don't know if you have instructions if not just turn on to B setting (battery test)...reading should be within the black line region on the meter.
Select LO,MEDIUM or HIGH and turn the ZERO meter knob until zero is reached on the meter. Then start detecting.
LO setting allowed detecting more trashy sites and a gold ring gave a different signal to a pull-tap.
Suggested performance figures ranged from 16 inches on a 2p (U.K. copper coin which is a fraction larger than a U.S. quarter), 13 inches for a gold signet ring and five feet for those who want to dig one gallon oil cans.
Drawbacks were it was heavy (though most P.I.'s were at the time) and I found the audio output was not loud enough when working on the beach near crashing waves. The large solid coil also could act as a sail on windy days which was hard on the wrist.
It worked well but can't really be compared with the latest designs that provide more performance in lightweight packages with far better sensitivity.
Nice collectors machine though.
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Hi Brian,
You got it about right <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
"> Location Technology closed in 1982, when I returned to England, so it would be somewhere between '77 and '82. Good on coins and larger rings but a lot of the smaller and thinner gold would have escaped it.
Eric.
You got it about right <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
"> Location Technology closed in 1982, when I returned to England, so it would be somewhere between '77 and '82. Good on coins and larger rings but a lot of the smaller and thinner gold would have escaped it.Eric.