just got a new detector need 2 know how to use it please(state of the art)

[metal mania]

hi just been lucky enough to buy a new detector not sure of the model number or make but the guy said it was state of the art bfo model boy it is heavy it seems to have glass glowing things inside.

went to see the fellow the next day his mother said he had moved didn't leave a forwarding address any ideas on how to use this type of detector.

Oh yes seems to screech now and again like a banshee how do u cure this

 

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[PBK]

I am not sure you can get operator manuals for BFO detectors online.

A Garrett BFO manual is available as a PDF download at:

http://www.garrett.com/hobby/hbby_owners_manuals.htm

How helpful you might find it, I can't say. Anyway, it's worth checking out.

Basic BFO operation is pretty much the same, regardless of the brand/model. Adjust to a motorboat sound. Pass the coil over a large target, and the resultant indication should sound somewhat like an alleycat being dragged by the tail through a knothole.

 

[mlayers]

man he is the worse kind. move the next day with no forwarding address. Makes you wonder what he is hiding from......Matt

 

[luvsdux]

Hope you didn't pay a lot for it!
HH
Bill

 

[lastleg]

Ah yes indeedy, have a box at the bank with spoils of a D-Tex
Coinshooter BFO. If yours has a red coil and want to sell . . . ?

lastleg

 

[Monty]

I was going to say shoot it, but I won't. Monty

 

[BuckleBoy]

LOL welcome back, SIR.

 

[metal mania]

LOL welcome back, SIR.

thanks BB and Bob is fine

 

[BuckleBoy]

LOL welcome back, SIR.

thanks BB and Bob is fine

8)

 

[Michaelangelo]

"an alleycat being dragged by the tail through a knothole"-PBK you do have a way with words!!!.

 

[PBK]

"an alleycat being dragged by the tail through a knothole"-PBK you do have a way with words!!!.

Sometimes technological terminology is simply unavoidable, eh what?

 

[jb7487]

A make and model number would be nice. I didn't think they even made BFO detectors anymore.

 

[lastleg]

In the pre-vlf era all we had was either beat frequency or transmit-
receiver detectors. I found the TRs very irritating without reliable
discrimination. I bought my dad and uncle early Garrett TR/VLFs.
Neither could tolerate the pig squeals rending their eardrums. A
friend showed me his bfo that had excellent disc up to tabs. Lots
of silver was within reach in the late 60's. They gave a mellow
uptick that was music to our ears.
So I went out to Garland, TX to Bill Mahan's place and picked up
one for me and one for Dad. He was well pleased with his as was
I. Then Mr Garrett come out with the Master Hunter BFO and I
traded in a Groundhog for the unit which came with double coils.
You could switch from the smaller to the larger. Then there was a
larger set of coils and a big cache coil.
Here's where the alleycat comes in. Garrett's BFO had three knobs
on the right side of the control box. So you needed to learn to
adjust it by feel. On top of that bfo coils were very heat sensitive.
When you moved from shade to full sun you had to adjust the
knobs quickly to avoid the banshee screams.
Mahan's Coinshooter model was a vast improvement in technology.
The adjustment knobs were easy to see and get to. Some models
that had fixed coils had a venier tuner that could be set from 0-100.
One feature that saved lots of time was that if you were over a
bottlecap you could make it null by putting the coiltip or heel on
the spot. The open coil with the little arrowpoint made pinspointing
a snap. An increase in beats with the disc set at 11 o'clock meant
non-ferrous evertime.
Fast forward to today's tot lots? I wish there were such things in
1970. But that's yesterday, they quit making them and no one
misses them except the few. I still wonder if the BFO concept could
be further improved with non-metal shafts and bolts. I am trying to
improve my depth performance on both my BFO's and if I cannot I
will attempt to lure all the tomcats in a mile-wide radius to my alley.

lastleg

 

[lastleg]

SWR: The glass tube jobs that reminded of the early tvs
were made pre-1960, My back-door neighbor in the 70's had a
White's BFO with tubes and a wooden coil. He couldn't find
the tubes he needed to get it putting. Say SWR, in the ancient
past a guy could repair his own tv. When one of the tubes quit
you just pulled it out and took it down to a store and bought
another with the same code number.

 

[warsawdaddy]

SWR: The glass tube jobs that reminded of the early tvs
were made pre-1960, My back-door neighbor in the 70's had a
White's BFO with tubes and a wooden coil. He couldn't find
the tubes he needed to get it putting. Say SWR, in the ancient
past a guy could repair his own tv. When one of the tubes quit
you just pulled it out and took it down to a store and bought
another with the same code number.

Yep,all the drug stores had tube testers.