SD2000 Mod ID Help

[colt]

Hi Guys,

I posted this on the PI forum and should have posted it this forum. I was hitting the local thrift shops and picked up this Minelab SD2000 that has been modified. The place where I bought it buys and sells a lot of different things and this detector was part of a large lot of items and they did not know anything about it and wanted to get it out of the store.

I do not want to power it up until I know more about the mods on it. I have done some research on the net and it looks like it could be an early Ismael Jones mod. One of the mods looks to be a 12 volt GPM mod for depth and audio enhancer and another mod looks to be a 5 position frequency mod for sensitivity.

It came with two Old style

 

[snakejim]

It definitely is Ismael's mods or one close to it. Here's the link to Ismael's website.
http://www.minelabmods.com/joomla/

 

[colt]

Hi Snakejim,

It is Ismael's, I sent him an e-mail with some pictures and he confirmed it was one of his early mods. He sent me a copy of the instructions and gave me information on how to test the electrical system. With Ismael's help I was able to fire it up, I will post some pictures of after clean up.

Colt

 

[snakejim]

Colt, I figured it was his. I repaired one for a friend of mine. It's a great set up. I know you'll have good luck with it.
I have an SD2000 that was the last SD2000 that Finders modified as they were going out of bussiness.
It work pretty well. I use lithum-ion 7.2 volt batteries for a light weight set up with only a headphone cord from me to the detector.
Best wishes!
snakejim

 

[colt]

Snakejim, what I need is a battery system that will let me adjust the voltage from 6 volts to 9 volts and I also need a signal enhancer. I sent Ismael an e-mail asking what options I have, this is a one hot little puppy. That 12 volt gel battery will make me man up.

Colt

 

[colt]

Snakejim, does the SD2000 have to be on to change the frequency, or do you have to turn the power off, to change the frequency.

Colt.