DIY BFO Metal Detector
(Click Image to Enlarge)Instructables has a great tutorial on a DIY BFO Metal Detector:
“BFO ( beat frequency oscillator ) metal detectors use two oscillators, each of which produces a radio frequency. One of these oscillators uses a coil of wire that we call the search loop. The second oscillator uses a much smaller coil of wire, and is usually inside the control box and is called the reference oscillator. By adjusting the oscillators so their frequencies are very nearly the same, the difference between them is made audible as a beat note, this beat note changes slightly when the search loop is moved over or near to a piece of metal. It has been found in practice best to make the search oscillator fixed say at 100khz and to arrange for the reference oscillator to be adjustable 100khz plus or minus 250hz. This gives a beat note of 250hz to 0 to 250hz. The beat note disappears or nulls when the two oscillators are about equal. This type of detector is most sensitive when the beat note is close to zero, about 5hz ( motor boating ) any slight change being noticeable.”
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Rick Said:
on July 19, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Come on, if your going to post something on you web page make it you own work. And if you take it from another site, atleast give them credit for it.
And FYI, this Metal Detector can only has the power to penetrate the ground to single coin its about 120 mm if you are lucky. That is less than 4.75 inches deep. (This taken from the true web page this was taken from.)
For more info on this Metal Detector look here. http://home.clara.net/saxons/bfo.htm