Sven
Well-known member
Just a question to satisfy my curiosity about the Sprite.
That was originally made for Gary in the UK to sell as his own private machine within the UK.
http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/Vista_sprite_information_page.htm
So now that Gary has signed on with XP and no longer has vested interest in DeepTech, the Sprite is fair game and can be ordered by anyone?
I think DT has a good base machine here, if you look behind the lines.
Power
"This is a tricky one and something I don't fully understand...As mentioned in the earlier prototype paragraph the Sprite has less power than other models, you can run it on the pre set red sensitivity dot on most sites, I can already hear you saying... OH its not going to be that deep then, and until I used the Sprite I would be inclined to agree with you. I think the magic comes from a very smooth machine that allows the user to hear the faintest signals and based on my own experiences without a shadow of a doubt leading to an improved finds rate. The Sprite reminds me very much like the old Tesoro Silver Sabre with a modern twist and that is exactly what I wanted out of my first signature machine"
That should interest Tesoro fans.
"The Coke switch
A vast area of the UK is littered with coke so a coke check switch was the sensible choice, but I also wanted this switch to have different functions and it turned out just perfect !
This button is actually a discrimination shift, if the discrimination dial is set in the red pre-set position the machine will reject coke when the button is pressed...however if the dial is at the zero position the machine will reject most iron but not round headed nails such as hob nails, until the button is pressed, then these nails are rejected.
The reason for this is professional searchers who hunt Saxon sites know hob nails sound the same as small Saxon Styca's and must never be rejected, this also applies to detecting small coins and artefacts amongst iron.
Working to the other end of the scale, at maximum discrimination the machine will only reject iron...when the button is depressed it will now reject foil and ring pull's so it can be used on a park when hunting for modern coinage."
Leave the Sprite exactly like it is but,
Take the Coke button, break it control features down into two functions
1) On/Off for Coke control, sounds like a pre-set disc control like coin check.
2) Foil to Ring pull rejection, split this into another variable setting control pot instead of pre-set. There's room on the faceplate.
I bet this machine would be a wonderful detector for the US
So it sounds like the Sprite already has wide iron to pull tab disc. settings available with in it. Just needs to be reconfigured for the US market.
This would be something I would like to try
That was originally made for Gary in the UK to sell as his own private machine within the UK.
http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/Vista_sprite_information_page.htm
So now that Gary has signed on with XP and no longer has vested interest in DeepTech, the Sprite is fair game and can be ordered by anyone?
I think DT has a good base machine here, if you look behind the lines.
Power
"This is a tricky one and something I don't fully understand...As mentioned in the earlier prototype paragraph the Sprite has less power than other models, you can run it on the pre set red sensitivity dot on most sites, I can already hear you saying... OH its not going to be that deep then, and until I used the Sprite I would be inclined to agree with you. I think the magic comes from a very smooth machine that allows the user to hear the faintest signals and based on my own experiences without a shadow of a doubt leading to an improved finds rate. The Sprite reminds me very much like the old Tesoro Silver Sabre with a modern twist and that is exactly what I wanted out of my first signature machine"
That should interest Tesoro fans.
"The Coke switch
A vast area of the UK is littered with coke so a coke check switch was the sensible choice, but I also wanted this switch to have different functions and it turned out just perfect !
This button is actually a discrimination shift, if the discrimination dial is set in the red pre-set position the machine will reject coke when the button is pressed...however if the dial is at the zero position the machine will reject most iron but not round headed nails such as hob nails, until the button is pressed, then these nails are rejected.
The reason for this is professional searchers who hunt Saxon sites know hob nails sound the same as small Saxon Styca's and must never be rejected, this also applies to detecting small coins and artefacts amongst iron.
Working to the other end of the scale, at maximum discrimination the machine will only reject iron...when the button is depressed it will now reject foil and ring pull's so it can be used on a park when hunting for modern coinage."
Leave the Sprite exactly like it is but,
Take the Coke button, break it control features down into two functions
1) On/Off for Coke control, sounds like a pre-set disc control like coin check.
2) Foil to Ring pull rejection, split this into another variable setting control pot instead of pre-set. There's room on the faceplate.
I bet this machine would be a wonderful detector for the US
So it sounds like the Sprite already has wide iron to pull tab disc. settings available with in it. Just needs to be reconfigured for the US market.
This would be something I would like to try