homefire Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 A guy I know bought a Prizm II Whites last week at a Yard .... $15.00.. Got it home and found it Detected ok but had no sounds. Gave it to me for Parts. Looks all but New. Bottom of coil has like one mark on it like it was rubbing on something in a car. Looked in the battery compartment and one contact spring to the audio circuit was rusted and gone from battery rot. Popped it open and the Battery Spooge didn't make it to the circuit board. Cleaned it all , did a Rusted Contact Spring Ectomy ! Time was Vital ! Needed a Contact Spring Donor ! Off to the Some Day Pile. Locate a Contact Spring in old Transistor Radio. Radio was dead years ago and gave up the Spring without a fight. Five Minutes later the Contact Spring Transplant was a Success ! IT LIVES ! Need to take it on a Test Drive. Never used one before. At LAST ! Another Detector in the Herd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shokmelt Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Just like buried TREASURE! .....Ingenuity...Pack Rat Parts...and Determination strikes again! WTG Homefire....That machine has Good Luck built right into it. ...Hope to hear soon about the cool found it find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 Ever notice every time you get in a snit fit and chuck stuff out , Sure as Chit you need the very same thing Next Week ? I have Boxes of old Electronics crap stashed around the house. Every time I think it's chucking time I put it off till next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shokmelt Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Never Fails ! ....That's why next week never comes..................................,,, It just gets put off 'till next week ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 9 hours ago, homefire said: Ever notice every time you get in a snit fit and chuck stuff out , Sure as Chit you need the very same thing Next Week ? Every flippin time! Its a curse. Score on the beeper. I like Whites machines. Wish I hadn't sold my GMT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Took it for a Spin at the ToT lot. In Discrim Mode it sorta Sucks. The Coil goes more then a whole coil width past the target before it Beeps. In All Metal it's fine and better at depth then I was thinking it would be. Going to make a Fine Loaner Machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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