Posted by JB(MS) on 6/16/2009, 1:48 pm, in reply to "Iron Eliminator "
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Re: Iron Eliminator Posted by Tom_in_CA on 9/12/2006, 10:17 am, in reply to "Iron Eliminator"63.200.124.186 No, the "Iron Eliminator" was not anything you attached to the coil connector. At least if you're talking about the "Iron Eliminator", that I'm thinking of. The Iron Eliminator I recall, was a gimmick made by a fellow from San Jose, CA, back in the 1980s. It was like a mineral sample you ground balanced your machine to. You had to have your ground balanced fixed (auto-track off, etc...) for it to work. The thingie was about the size of a cigar. It was basically a nail w/a copper wire wrapped around it. The end result was that it worked exactly like the old TRs (Compass 77 for example). You had to keep the coil rigid to the ground and click constantly to retune. Your TID screen continued to work, so, unlike a 77, which has no TID (foil and silver dollar sound alike, for example), this would allow you, in theory, a continued ability to both see through nails, and TID, at the same time. A feat the old TRs couldn't do. This is the way it appeared in the fellow's printed instructions anyhow. But the truth was, the TID only worked, if the target was not masked. Ie.: a penny behind a nail would not TID correctly. Yes, you'd get a signal, but your TID was lost. This was not spelled out in the product info, so some buyers thought they had the best of both worlds. Also, the maker did demo's for people (clubs, etc...) and showed in an air test, that you would appear to loose no depth, while using his product. In an air test, this appeared to be the case. But in the field, just as in any TRs, you did indeed loose major depth. Sure, you can tune your threshold to specific test objects, like in an air test, but in the field, while trying to ride the ground and keep that threshold, is an entirely different beast. For these reasons, I felt that the advertising was on the verge of deceptive. Having tried that, and the old TRs, I feel that you're much better served by just getting a 77 for environments where you gotta cut through nails. They did it smoother and deeper in my opinion. Re: Iron Eliminator Posted by Carl-NC on 9/12/2006, 7:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Iron Eliminator"65.190.43.35 "It was basically a nail w/a copper wire wrapped around it." Yes, that's what it was. I have one. - Carl Responses: that's an old post :) - Tom_in_CA 6/16/2009, 2:05 pm The archives... - JB(MS) 6/16/2009, 3:18 pm « Back to thread Post a Response