Detecting in South Africa

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1530 on: September 11, 2011, 07:45:53 am »

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Xavier the pin ponter do you include a different coil in the head and drive it seperately when getting close to an object

What I do with the PI detector is place a toggle switch on the search coil but before all that I take a piece of ferrite rod +- 150mm long and a diameter of 10 to 15mm I then measure the inductance and resistance of the search coil, once I have that I wind magnet wire on the ferrite rod till I obtain the same inductance Ho yes I first insulate the rod with some insulation tape but any other way will do. Ones I have the wire on the rod I give it two layers of insulation tape I then measure the resistance and match up the two coils with a resistor in series you now have a matching coil all you need to do now is place the rod in a piece of PVC pipe a little longer than your rod fill the PVC with candle wax place an end cap and you have a fully waterproof pin pointer now all that remains is to connect it to your detector via the toggle switch and voila you have a very handy water proof pin pointer that will detect up to 150mm just remember to have a long enough wire to it. I used the cable from an old mouse and it works like a charm.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1531 on: September 11, 2011, 10:56:11 am »

AU, that is the oldest item I have found.... when we go out again, I will post the gold I find, that will get X and Viking going Grin

as for me being so well dressed Wise

those good clothes are the worse clothes that I bought with me, AU gave me the wellygogs (gum boots) felt like X with his sheeps back legs in the gumboots Sheep

I left the other half of the coin in the field for the next person to find Great

I am not greedy Funny

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1532 on: September 11, 2011, 12:06:06 pm »

Just go out there and find the darn thing and stop loafing around

Posted on: September 11, 2011, 07:02:27 PM

come to think of it now I know what to get you for your birthday a pair of boots for when you come to the farm Laughing

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1533 on: September 11, 2011, 12:42:36 pm »

I think we might lose Pgill to the UK after this little development. Pgill that is just awesome and that country side is beautiful.
What machines are you guys hunting with over there?
Julius is making me rather uneasy on this side of the planet......UK looks like it could work hehehe!

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1534 on: September 11, 2011, 03:08:36 pm »

I take it that you still watch the news? I stopped doing that some time ago and I feel a lot better now, mind you if he goes on like this he may just get a little help off a cliff from one of his compatriots never know.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1535 on: September 11, 2011, 03:18:26 pm »

Viking, we were using whites machines,,,, first time for me, but once I started to get used to it, I enjoyed it Great

Sooner or later, we will be returning back to England as that is where all the family is, just do not know when exactly.

I I wore gumboots at the farm, I would get raped Sheep

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1536 on: September 11, 2011, 03:23:17 pm »

Hmmm that looks like a poppy flower NOW I know why you don't want to come back to SA Grin

Interesting finds there Peter do you know what it all is?

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1537 on: September 11, 2011, 03:48:25 pm »

There is some sort of clasp, a upholstery tack for cushions on chairs etc, a spinning wheel spoil weight, an old hammer head and a poppy Grin

I thought I would save this lot for later just to make you jealous Hello

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1538 on: September 11, 2011, 04:33:28 pm »

That spindle whorl is a weight they was first used over 2500 years ago and they are very hard to date
they were used to spin wool in to yarn that one could be anytime from 800AD to the late 1700s+
it maybe even older, so peter really has got some history there not forgetting his coin thats over
750yrs old.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #1539 on: September 12, 2011, 03:14:04 am »

Eat your heart out X Victory

you have now heard it from the pro Great

Going to a shopping center today to look for bargains.... some great techno stuff here in the UK that I have never heard of before Cheesy

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