Newbie looking for info on a Teknetics coincomputer ?

[pale luna]

Hi i have just bought Teknetics coincomputer from a thrift shop and i need some help. First i would like to identify it but the side name plates have fallen off or have been removed (My guess is it has been opened for a repair and they would not stay on after that.) So i don't know if its a 9000 or what model it may be but it says coincomputer below the meter and above the control knobs. It has only 2 knobs below the meter the bottom being the power on / off and charge. The top knob controls the filer labeled GB DISC / Tone. numbered 1 thru 9 with foil, p. tab and S Caps. It has a toggle switch at the end of the hand grip. The coil is solid and round with Teknetics on it and the cable is connected to the electronics by a 5 pin Din plug. The battery pack has to doors with 6 AA batteries on one side and 8 on the other (21 vdc system). There a 1/4 inch headphone jack and what i guess to be a Battery charger port, though that did not come with the metal detector. If anybody can identify it please let me know.

If that happens, i would like to find a source for a manual or at least get some tips on use this oldie but goodie. If a picture will help i can send one or two.

thanks, pale luna

 

[Cal_Cobra]

If it's red, there's an old timer in our MD club that still uses one, and makes lots of great finds with it (he says the tones are second to none).

 

[possum]

Hi, sounds like you got a good deal if you found your detector at a thrift shop. I have a Mark 1 but there is a slight difference in it and yours so I've been told. Try your question on the Analog Detecting Forum on this site - I'm sure someone there will be able to help you. Best of luck.

 

[pale luna]

Thanks for the post! It's gray and black not red (oh well).

 

[pale luna]

Just curious what is the difference? Is it a Mark 1 or some other model? I will try the Analog Detecting Forum. for some more info.
Thanks Possum!

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[pale luna]

Hi Elton and thanks for the post! Here is a picture of the coincomputer in question. Some have said it my be a Mark I but pics i have seen a pic of a Mark I it showed more than just 2 knobs. What do you think? Any idea about the toggle on the handle what mode it switches to and from? I would like to know more about the operation of the metal detecter. If you can help let no know.
pale luna

 

[Elton]

If I remember right the toggle detunes it while your hunting.

It tended to drift a little..This means it got louder in the threshold as you detected.

 

[jalon]

It looks like your Tek is a 7000. I do have several Teknetics detectors and that is one of them. I can scan the instruction book for you if you need it.
John London
Amarillo, Texas

 

[pale luna]

Thanks John that will make day and then some! I took it out yesterday in the yard and found two coins. i didn't dig them up though my girlfriend has the gear in her trunk with a radio shack detecter we have. The meter and the tones seems to confirm that it was a coin under there. With RS Detecter all i had was a tone to go buy but i got pretty good at telling what was a pull tab and what a quarter sounded like. Anyway Thanks for the correct ID and the offer to scan the manual. It's greatly appreciated!

Thanks again,
paleluna@aol.com

 

[possum]

sent you a PM.