Teknetics Condor and Eagle difference?

[Tom_in_CA]

What is the difference between the Teknetics "Condor" and the Teknetics "Eagle" ?

They both came out in the mid to late 1980s, and they were both 3-filter designs. They were supposed to be a different variation of the earlier faster swing 4-filter Tek's of that era, yet better in minerals than the 2-filter Mark I, right?

Can anyone lend a hand as to the difference between these two machines? And just in general, how they fared, when compared to their earlier 4-filter and 2-filter predecessors.

thanx!

 

[JB(MS)]

I responded to your post of the vintage forum, but will put it here. I never used, or even saw, either of them, but from what George said both the 9000B and 8500B were modified to have three filters instead of four and renamed Condor and Eagle, and about the only difference between them was the Condor had an LCD meter and the Eagle had an analog needle type meter. George posted on Carl's older forum that Tek had around 200 of the four filter models on hand they couldn't sell because no one wanted the four filter units, so they were modified to three filters hoping they would sell.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Yes, thanx. Saw your reply there, and replied to that.

Thanx for spelling out that the only difference between these two, would be the "needle" display, vs the LCD display. Good info. Then aside from their method of TID readout, their abilities should be the same.

Does anyone know how these two machine fared, in actual field conditions, when compared to the 9000 and 8500? How about stacked up against the mark 1 ?

thanx!

 

[Old California]

Tom,

I have several Tekentics models from that era, proto-type Eagle, Mark 1, 8500 and I beleive a Condor maybe a couple of others. My memories not up to speed do will dig through the boxes.

Hands down the Mark 1 is the deepest and much faster recovery speed, two filter operation but I imange in poor ground the 3-4 filter machines may have an edge.

Will try and post pics and comparisons in the future,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Old California]

Just remembered, Don't have a Condor but do have the Hawk model.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

You may not have the "condor", but you have the "eagle", right? And you say a "prototype" eagle, eh? What would be the difference between that, and the "regular" eagle? And how do they fare on air test comparisons? I imagine that the 3 filter Eagle is going to require a faster "clip' and won't have as fast of recovery (target separation) as the Mark 1, right? However, it will do better in minerals, right?

 

[Old California]

Sounds good Tom,

Let me refresh my memory with the comparisons with air testing them and a good workout out in the field, later in the near future post the results here under this same thread.

Until then, here's how the prototype eagle surfaced.

I beleive it was Gary Collins, A Teknetics dealer from Ca who acquired the prototype 3-filter eagle. Later my friend Terry acquired the prototype and he gave me the prototype eagle.

It's a three filter, no eagle decals on the unit but may be the first three filter.

The recovery speed is between the Mark 1 and a regular Teknetics 4-filter. Not as fast yet not as slow, very lucky to have this proto type.

Paul (Ca)

 

[John(H)]

..Tom.....I have owned the Condor....the 8500B....and the Mark I.....of all of the detectors I enjoyed the Condor the best....it was made to be the Cadillac of all of the detectors made at the time.....The LCD meter indicated the target ID and depth at the same time...my soil is Neutral...so I could tell No difference in the depth between the Condor and the Mark I...I never owned an Eagle....although in the instructions..it indicated that several passes of the target was required to get an accurate reading....I did Not have to do that I...in most cases ..one pass was good enough....I should have kept it but it was heavy and I needed the money at the time....I a found a copy of the instruction manual ...if you are interested......Joe

 

[HaroldILL.]

There is a sweet one on the bay rite now!

 

[TellYaWhut]

[color=#0000FFThere were two Eagles and two Condors. Choice of 3 or 4 filters. I used the Eagle Pro and its deep with 3 filters. Has four Modes, one of which is the TR Disc. The analog ID visual meter works on any Mode. Multi Tone audible ID works only on Disc Mode. You can adjust the Tone break by cueing a Nickle to your hearing. The Pro models ran really hot and can be a handful in trashy areas. Later came the two filter Mark-1. The Mark-1 had faster recovery speed, while the Pro models were better in minralization[/color]