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Since the board has been slow lately, here is something to look at! The unknown model before the GS5.
I want to publicly thank Reg Sniff for all the help he has been thru the last several years that I have known him. He has helped untold people worldwide to learn, how to modify and to modify himself and answers untold e-mails. The charge is usually zero!!!
This is a project that I started and ending up sending to Reg for his help. The board was modified to do DD/Mono coils, Minelab connectors were installed, the existing coil tuned to the detector to run at the new Pulse Delay of <10Usec. New low noise parts replaced older parts such as op-amp, capacitors etc. He removed high voltage hum from existing audio. A Li-Ion battery pack replaced the old heavy, separate battery box and power cord and a pigtail with headphone connector. I had removed the probe and its coil wire, there was a net reduction in weight, the battery pack is only 6.9oz. and the proble-coil wiring probably weighted 1 1/2lbs. It about as light as your typical Tesoro.
The GS has variable Pulse Delay. Variable Gain(high sensitivity pot replacement), Auto Tune was set to Automatic, Has 3 ground adjustment positions plus no ground adjustment, has Varible Disc Control that is a noise reducer, has Frequency control and Threshold. It will separate Iron and gold. It is very sensitive and very deep. Just think the new GS5 is even better!!! Don
I want to publicly thank Reg Sniff for all the help he has been thru the last several years that I have known him. He has helped untold people worldwide to learn, how to modify and to modify himself and answers untold e-mails. The charge is usually zero!!!
This is a project that I started and ending up sending to Reg for his help. The board was modified to do DD/Mono coils, Minelab connectors were installed, the existing coil tuned to the detector to run at the new Pulse Delay of <10Usec. New low noise parts replaced older parts such as op-amp, capacitors etc. He removed high voltage hum from existing audio. A Li-Ion battery pack replaced the old heavy, separate battery box and power cord and a pigtail with headphone connector. I had removed the probe and its coil wire, there was a net reduction in weight, the battery pack is only 6.9oz. and the proble-coil wiring probably weighted 1 1/2lbs. It about as light as your typical Tesoro.
The GS has variable Pulse Delay. Variable Gain(high sensitivity pot replacement), Auto Tune was set to Automatic, Has 3 ground adjustment positions plus no ground adjustment, has Varible Disc Control that is a noise reducer, has Frequency control and Threshold. It will separate Iron and gold. It is very sensitive and very deep. Just think the new GS5 is even better!!! Don
">. Strangely, most people used it on the beach where the ground balancing was redundant, so I eventually left it off. The result was the earlier Goldquest and Deepstar detectors. Now we are back on track with the Goldscan 5, with its improved ground balance, 10us sensitivity, and two tone audio. Oh, and the probe is back; but you can unplug it if you need to. However, many users of the Deepstar 3, which has a similar probe, wonder how they ever managed without one <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="