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WANTED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF COMPASS 99B PICTURED

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MANSPRO

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ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET OPERATORS MANUAL AND THE AGE OF THIS DETECTOR? THE WAY IT IS SETUP IT PICKS UP SILVER CLAD AND 14K RINGS AND ALUMINUM NO IRON! ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFUL. BY THE WAY IM NEW HERE AND HOPE TO MEET MANY FRIENDS ON THIS AWESOME SITE
THANKS
JASON

PS: sorry for the caps i sent it then noticed :(
 
A guy in 2005 got one when he was 11 as a present.. he was 37 in 05...
 
wow it is kinda old then! it belonged to my father inlaw who bought it new we just never got around to ask them when they bought it since they live so far away! anyone know how much it is worth? dont worry i wont hold you to it just curious of people opinions. it does still work good!
 
Gee, interesting. Someone took it apart and put together backwards. Notice the writing is up side down! I'm familiar with 77B (all metals) and the Judge series. I'd bet you have one of the first discriminators by Compass. If it works, it would be fun to play around with. If it was mine I'd carefully take the top off and put it back on right. Good luck, Ron.
 
You're 99b is one of the several 100 khz all metal only TR's Compass built and sold in the mid to late 1970's None of the 100 khz TR's can see nails or similar size iron, the high frequency doesn't saturate small iron enough to allow it to be detected, but they will detect larger iron. After you use it long enough to learn the audio variations you'll be able to tell most iron that's larger than maybe half dollar size by the width of the signal. Coins and rings usually give a fast on/fast off when using a moderately fast sweepspeed, larger iron with give a broader. slightly longer in duration signal. You can hasten the learning process by practicing with coins and various size iron objects while varying your sweep speed. Depth isn't that great, even in mild ground, but they're hard to beat for hunting where the ground is full of nails, I've kept various 100 khz detectors, including a couple Whites made, around most of the time for the last 25 years just for that purpose. Link is to a post on Kevin's Vintage detector forum about using a Compass 100 khz TR at a nail laden site, photo is of a Compass 100 khz CoinHustler I recently bought and mounted on an S style handle. Red grip is gaudy, but Garrett GTA armrest isn't bad looking:).

Link:Compass in iron

chustler.jpg
 
As JB said they do have there place in todays world I have several 100 Khz some compass 77b, sears (AKA Whites) Dan
 
I meant to include this in the other post. Keith Wills has manuals for most of the older Compass models and sells them for $4 plus $2 shipping. Link is to the page on his website that has contact info, scroll to bottom of page for instructions for ordering manuals.

Link:Compass Manual
 
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