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A.H. Pro Quintron & Pro-2

Sven

Sven

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Thought I would post about a couple A.H. Pro detectors I picked up recently. Both in working condition.
QUINTRON and PRO-2

This is for some of the younger members who have never looked at some of the detectors of yesteryear.

I have never owned a A.H. Pro during the 70's, just spotted them in magazine advertising.

So now I actually have a couple to play with.

:)
 
Whatever you set it to disc. out, you can touch to the coil any place and not get a signal. The thumb-wheel allows you to follow the contours of the ground
incredibly close. It calls for special 9 volt batteries that are larger, hard to find, and more expensive.The good news is you can use regular 9 volt batteries,
they just won't last as long. An 8" DD coil is also available.
 
vlad, +1 on "the best discriminator ever made".
If it made a sound, you dug. Made you listen for those faint sounds.
When I got one of the first ones made in the early 70's, I would dig up silver everytime I went out.
That was truly the 'good old days'. :)

I was a dealer for A.H. in the mid to late '70s.
The early 'special 9 volt batteries' can easily be upgraded using a standard battery holder made with the 'normal' 9v connector but holds 6 AA batteries.
Then be careful not to overtighten that hi-tech battery holder wingnut. ;)
If anyone is interested, I could dig up a source.
Note, that since the A.H. detectors all used 2 each 9v, that would mean two holders...for a total of 12 AA batteries.
But those detectors would go forever on a set of batteries. Kind of like my old flip phone batteries that would last all week vs. my iPhone that last a day :-/
 
thanx for the nostalgic pix. A trip down "memory lane" haha.

I never had an AH pro, but hunted with a guy who'd used one in the mid 1970s. And his opinion was the same as the others here: Great machine for it's time! Great ability to discriminate. This guy who told me about his, swore he could tell gold rings apart from aluminum . But .... I have my doubts about that, haha

He said the downside was: Poor depth. So as the '70s progressed, other TR discriminators came along that spanked the AH pro. for depth, so ..... the AH pros went by the wayside.

thanx again for the pix !
 
Sven,

In a nutshell, what are the differences between both of them? In the day's, I always so them in the magazine ads and wanted to get one. I'd sure like the disc. on it. . . But bought a Whites instead.

Thanks for sharing,

TC-NM
 
.....The Quintron is the Rarer of the two....very hard to find parts......I have one that works but it has poor depth....to get it back to normal....I basically need a new coil....the coil has a printed circuit board inside of it and evidently it is hard to fix......I sent t it to the Authorized AH Pro repair center but the person there did Not want to mess with it.....so I guess that the next step is to find someone who can open up the coil and figure out what is wrong??!!.......The Pro 2 is not as rare......a few show up on ebay every year.....some say that these detectors have poor depth.....well.......I must have gotten one or two of the Super Detectors.....on my Pro 2...... I get 6 to 8 inches plus and depending on the size of the target...it can be very loud....batteries seem to last forever......LOL......Joe
 
I was able to find coins as deep as 6" with my AH Pro Backpacker automatic in the late 70s. This was with a 6" coil. Not bad for a discriminator in the 70s. Try using a Depthmaster amplifier on any AH PRO and you can gain from 1"-2" more depth. Mark
 
Joe, sorry to hear the fella couldn't fix it. Never thought there may have been a circuit board in the coil.
Would have loved to had it working...................
 
Can't really tell you about performance differences, never had the chance to see the Quintron working as it should. Joe took over ownership.
Had the Pro-2 out for about 2-3 hours. Pretty decent in all metal mode, if it was within the first 5-6 inches it got it, that includes small stuff as well as small foil.
It did seem to have an audio language depending upon the target. I did find a silver ring with it within the first 20 minutes in disc mode. Found about 10 Canadian coins,
hunting in disc. Think the deepest one was about 4 inches, faint signal. Cool machine to play with. A bit different to use control wise. It now has a new good home with some of its own
AH Pro cousins. It was just too lonely sitting here............. It did satisfy my curiosity about the AH detectors.
 
As best I remember Joe said that you cannot get the pro 2 heads fixed either as sent him one with bad head long time ago has a pegboard in the head also. They made a backpacker look a like joe did for a while called the Quester 55 (55hz) about 2 yr back for I believe about 300$ or less bought one but it went bad and never sent it back for repairs. shortribs sw mo
 
Sven,

So what are the differences between both of them? Is it the discrimination or controls or ???

Thanks,
 
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