Strange gun

[mojjax]

I got it at a garage sale done the road yesterday $3 . The lady said she thought she had a box to it and I could check back in a few days . After taking these pics , I found the battery compartment . it takes 6 double A . Could it be some sort of Detector for finding "long distant" treasure ? ! ?

 

[Likely Guy]

"...a piece of maritime electronic history."

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgu...ages?q=vecta+compass&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&um=1

 

[BiggieG]

I think it is a radio frequency scanner. They are used locate people who fall overboard.

 

[mojjax]

"...a piece of maritime electronic history."

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgu...ages?q=vecta+compass&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&um=1

Thanks Lucky Guy . I see it down in the "hand held" section . I guess I won't be finding treasure with it .......Shucks !

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

LRL

 

[mojjax]

LRL

What ??

LRL Lugradio Live (Open Source technologies conference)
LRL Lunar Receiving Laboratory
LRL Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
LRL Least Recently Loaded
LRL Line-Reflect-Line
LRL Lower Range Limit
LRL Logical Record Length
LRL Laughing Really Loud
LRL Lead Refinement List
LRL Long Range Laser
LRL Lunar Robotic Lander (NASA)
LRL Ladies Racing League

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Just joking. You could sell it as a LRL (Long Range Locater for treasure)

It couldnt be any worse than the LRL's on the market. We used to have an LRL forum here but I cant find it anymore. I guess it falls under Dowsing lol. Actually I like your find. You could market it and start selling it as an LRL. The window can either say null, gold, silver or diamonds.

Even if it doesnt locate treasure, its still a neat find. You get a lot of cool stuff.

 

[mojjax]

Just joking. You could sell it as a LRL (Long Range Locater for treasure)

It couldnt be any worse than the LRL's on the market. We used to have an LRL forum here but I cant find it. I guess it falls under Dowsing lol. Actually I like your find. You could market it and start selling it as an LRL.

OK . I thought it might be...... Laughing Really Loud ( I showed it to a couple friends ) .......they did .

 

[Curious The George]

It is a device for boaters to use for coast wise navigation. Nautical charts have the locations and frequencies of radio stations and some lighthouses also broadcast a radio signal.

You aim the device towards a radio signal source and find the strongest signal. Note the direction on the compass. You then transfer that line to your chart, starting at the radio tower that is the source. You do this three times. Three signal sources and three lines on the chart. Where all the lines cross is where your vessel is.

GPS has made that type of navigation obsolete. But you never know when something like that may come in handy on a small boat.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

"...a piece of maritime electronic history."

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgu...ages?q=vecta+compass&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&um=1

Great ID Likely Guy. You need to change the coils in the end for different areas.

http://www.angelfire.com/space/proto57/images/radio/RADIO_DIRECTION_FINDER.pdf