Old Goldquest

[chaddy]

Picked up this detector in the UK a few weeks back (see other post's in the PI forum)

Here are a couple of pictures of the Batt. pack that i made. (note the Motorola PMR Belt clip i had in my "that will come in handy one day" box).
2500 mAh NiMH 5 - 6 constant use.
The colored Knob caps are still around. I have loads of these as well.

Plus my first find with it on Blackpool Beach (UK).

The main CPU PCB off a crashed RAF Tornado Jet Fighter (crashed here on the beach in 1996 ).
About 12" down loud signal.
Not quite the gold ring i was after. !!!!

 

[Eric Foster]

Hi Chaddy,

The Goldquest looks in good condition. Interesting bit of history is that first find, and I am surprised that the legs on many of the IC's still look intact. Sea water usually corrodes these away quite quickly. Maybe there are other bits of the plane still buried.

Eric.

 

[chaddy]

Hi Eric.
First of all this Goldquest is in excellent condition. You obviously built them to last.

Second, i'm always finding bits of this jet when i detect in that area, with my Minelab SE.
But its usualy just small bits of Ally structure.
This board has still got a handwritten serial number on it even after 14 years under the sand. Amazing.
And a MoD Part No. on it.
It's a piece well worth keeping. As long as the men in black dont find out and come and arrest me.
Dave.

Here's couple more.

 

[Eric Foster]

Just tell them that they ought to have bought a Goldquest, or its 1996 equivalent, and cleaned all the bits themselves. Maybe it was a fault on the board you found that caused the crash.

I supplied a couple of detectors in the 80's to General Electric in the US, to find some turbine blades that fell into the mud near Hong Kong when a jet engine failed.

Eric.