tomcat detector

[olegoat]

my friend has a detector made by c & g tech. phoenix, az
anyone know anything about this unit, we need a manual
so he can tune it, right now it dosent make a sound no
matter what it does to the knobs so we dont know if it
works at all.
thanks

 

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[TabWhisperer]

History:
http://www.tesoro.com/info/about/

Try some Google searches and you should be able to find some instructions or tips by people that have used them.

 

[olegoat]

thanks jimbog.
i tried google so far no good luck, i will try again.

 

[TabWhisperer]

Does this look similar to the unit you have?

http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12343

 

[U.K. Brian]

I'm fairly certain this was an early off-resonance design. Most of the problems with them stemmed from the coil and this could be a real problem for you.

Off-resonance gave better discrimination than the detectors of the day but depth wasn't to good and working on a sort of reversed induction balance principle with the detector operating in an off balance state then the target bringing the detector into balance wasn't easy to achieve. C-Scope in the U.K. ended up replacing all the detectors they had sold that worked on this principle and replacing them with a standard VLF design !

 

[olegoat]

thanks for the replies and help with the c&g . the man that owns it came
and took it home so i guess our quest for any help is now over.
if i see this man i will find out if he wants to sell it, he gave 5.00 for
it at a yard sale, ( i must not hit the right ones) i will offer at least
double his money-lol
i need it pile with the other ones i dont use-lol
thanks again for your help

 

[bakkhoe]

One of my first detectors was a C&G Bobcat. Wish that I had kept it.

Here is some information. C&G was the forerunner of Tesoro, and the G is for Jack Gifford, one of the founders of Tesoro.

All the C&G machines predate Tesoro.

here is a link to the C&G machines:
https://static.secure.website/wscfus/6268851/8332018/blue-tesoro.pdf