18" BigFoot coil, freq. box.

Hi all, dose anyone know what a freq. box dose on a bigfoot coil to make it work on late and early 6.59KHZ detectors. I have never seen one. but just got a coil with one on it. Any help??? Thanks flintstone

Well I guess no one else knows what it is.I will just see when I get it,what ever it is it is on the coil cord, a little black box about a foot from where it gose to control box.

Flintstone Wrote:
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> Hi all, dose anyone know what a freq. box dose on
> a bigfoot coil to make it work on late and early 6
> .59KHZ detectors. I have never seen one. but just
> got a coil with one on it. Any help??? Thanks fl
> intstone

Just sounds like a converter box Flint

converts from one freq to another to work properly on the unit

This may be related here to what you are asking/have Flintstone.

[www.findmall.com]

[www.ahrps.org]



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/2017 02:16AM by Sod-buster.

By-Joe Sod-buster I think you got it. That is what it looks like, never seen one before. The ad said it would work on most 6.59Khz detectors. Thanks flintstone

Like I said = a "converter" of sorts depending on which machine/what freq it was running

Jimmy made a model to use on both old and new.Simply by switching the 2 wires you can use on old or new..Hope this helps...

Not "old and new". Unless you're talking "Old" early 1980's and "New" late 1980's early 1990's

Tom Slick Wrote:
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> Not "old and new". Unless you're talking "Old" ea
> rly 1980's and "New" late 1980's early 1990's

Yes from New to Old 6.59 khz as Tom Slick says.
Tom Slick is the Bigfoot king!

Here is a link with Bigfoot coil pics, opinions, etc.

Rick who posts here seems has these.

[www.detectorprospector.com]

Thanks all for the info. I might have hit a jackpot. Steve H said he would not sell his for $500.00, I might just have to let mine go. Sod-buster, that thing on Findmall is what is on mine, dose that make it work better or just other detectors? I think I am going to try and make a coil cover for it, any ideas? flintstone

My engineering guess is that the box swaps over the two wires coming from the receive coil. That is, you have the option of:
RX-A-in ---->RX-A-out
RX-B-in ---->RX-B-out

or:
RX-A-in --->RX-B-out
RX-B-in --->RX-A-out

A peculiar characteristic of reversing RX coil wires is non-motion/pinpoint mode works OK, but motion-mode gives a characteristic 'double-blip' on a target, each side of the centre of the coil. This double-blip was mentioned in one of the threads linked to.

Flintstone it's what Wayne said it's a adapter from the older Whites Series three to the Blue max series...

My buddy back then was a Whites dealer So I saw those for awhile during the late 89 or maybe early 90 cant remember seems like it wasn't long built though..

Whites started switching over their lineup to the newer coils...you know to the pancake 950 from the old white 8 inch blue box units coils....

The big foots where all up to that point made for the S2 S3 series blue box whites..then along comes the new line of machines and for awhile there was an adapter till finally just blue max series big foot coils were built standalone ..yours is the transition period coil..nice if you have old and newer type whites to use it on...


The Big foots for the blue max line of detectors usually brings about 150.00 to so maybe 200.00 if really nice..

The Big foots for the eclipse machines will bring 500+ it seems...Hmmmmm need to go look in my box of coils....

Big foots are known for cracking here and there as they age some are better than others..

Their great for ground coverage I used one or two over the years ona 5900 for open land searching for habitat spots where soldiers may have rested for awhile...they would drop so little and that if you wasn't dead on a stopping spot you'd miss it..the Big foot increased the odds of locating it then knowing where to swing ..


Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla

Also the later run Bigfoots had the upgraded thicker coil ears as previous ears cracked easy and would have to be re-glued. They didn't make many 6.59 khz Bigfoots with the thicker ears so they are a rare find. I think all of the DFX, MXT models Had them.

That's what I mean Tom Slick......had one years go....switch wires old Whites....reverse wires and for new Whites...my guess at best....

Flintstone Wrote:
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> Thanks all for the info. I might have hit a jackpo
> t. Steve H said he would not sell his for $500.00,
> I might just have to let mine go. Sod-buster, that
> thing on Findmall is what is on mine, dose that ma
> ke it work better or just other detectors? I thin
> k I am going to try and make a coil cover for it,
> any ideas? flintstone


Flintstone,
I know very little about the Bigfoot coils.
I just did a little research and posted to try and help you out.

And by my doing I learned more about the coils.

Looks like a minesweeper.
And sounds like you like it.

Cheers and Merry Christmas.