[dorkbotsea-blabber] Metal detector help

[Steve Greenfield]

I emailed you off list, did you get it?

Steve Greenfield

--- Seth! Leary <email at sethleary.com> wrote:

> Hi there. I need some help. Clearly I am not a big enough dork to
> solve this
> myself, so I am hoping that someone here will be my salvation. I
> have (sort
> of) designed a tabletop metal detector demostration. The idea is,
> a person
> places an object on the indicated spot, presses a button, and--if
> the object
> is metal--a buzzer sounds and the needle on a meter swings over.
> I took a
> very old metal detector, attached the coil to the bottom of the
> table and
> the other inards are on top, in a nice acrylic box. Alas, it does
> not work.
>  
> Is there someone among us that knows a bunch about metal
> detectors and can
> help me build one that DOES work? The downside is, I am on a
> fairly tight
> schedule. The best part is, I can pay you in the local currency
> (if U.S.
> dollars is your local currency).
>  
> I anxiously await a reply or two. Thank you!
>  
> - Seth!
>  
> P.S. Before someone replies with some smart-aleck remarks, let me
> just say
> that (a) the metal detector was tested and, yes, it worked and
> (b) we made
> sure that it really could register a hit through the wooden
> table. I should
> also mention that the failed experiment has been sent away to the
> Island of
> Misfit Toys and we'll be starting from scratch. Which is probably
> a good
> thing.
> >
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