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Ted Williams
Treasure Locator
Discriminator
Introduction
There are two main types of metal detector currently
available: Beat Frequency Oscillators (BFO) and Transmitter-
Receivers (TR). For many vears the BFO was the best
available, but recent developments have made the TR in-
struments much more sensitive, reliable, and easier to use. The
Sears TR-Discriminator by White's Electronics incorporates
the very latest of these advances and is unexcelled for perfor-
mance among metal-mineral detectors. |
Developed primarily for the ‘‘coinshooter’’. the Sears
Discriminator can be tuned to reject such unwanted items as
bottlecaps, tinfoil. and nails. The coinshooter equipped with this
instrument can therefore spend much more time digging up
valuable coins and less time chasing after gum wrappers and
other refuse. \
Unlike most competitive equipment, the Sears Discriminator
is actually three metal detectors in one. In the LOW position it
is a highly sensitive metal-mineral detector. When the operator
selects HI, the Sears Discriminator will surpress most of the
unwanted false signals caused by highly mineralized soil con-
ditions. In the DISC MODE the instrument assumes its dis-
criminator role. No other detector on the market can match
this performance.
This USER'S MANUAL, is designed to help you get the most
out of your Sears Discriminator. Read the instructions careful-
lv. practice often, and take care of vour instrument - you have
the finest equipment money can buy. The rest, of course, is up
to vou!
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Unpacking Your Sears Discriminator
When vou unpack vour Sears Discriminator. compare what vou've got
with the picture above. Fill out the Warranty Card and mail it within ten
days of purchase.
IF ANY PARTS ARE MISSING, CONTACT YOUR SEARS STORE AT
ONCE. Your problem will receive prompt attention. In any case, this is
what you should have: |
- SEARS DISCRIMINATOR
1. Detector Loop 6. Mineral sample
2. Protective Loop Cover 7. Coin Sample ‘
3. Lower Loop Rod 8. Battery Packs (2)
4. Upper Loop Rod — 9. Ted Williams Treasure Locator
5. Bottlecap 10. Loop Bolt and Thumbnut.
SHIPPING DAMAGE
If your Sears Discriminator appears to have been damaged
in shipment, contact the Sears store where you purchased your
instrument. Please save the original packing materials and all
labels—these mav be required for insurance coverage.
Tr Assembly
Detector Loop to Loop Rod (Figure 1).
A. Put white plastic end of Lower Loop Rod
1) between mounting flanges of Detector Loop
2): Tine up bolt holes.
B. Gently push Loop Rod Bolt (3) through
oles: screw Thumbnut (4) onto Loop Rod Bolt
3).
C. Tighten Thumbnut (4) FINGERTIGHT.
CAUTION!
JO NOT USE PLIERS ON THUMBNUT -
TGUTEN IT FINGERTIGHT ONLY!
; DOUBLE CAUTION!!
DO NOT DISTURB LOOP CABLE
"ONNECTOR (3) IN ANY WAY - LOOP
"ABLE CONNECTOR HAS A WATER-
‘[GHT SEAL THAT WILL BE
JESTROY ED IF YOU TRY TO TIGHTEN
T OR LOOSEN IT. THIS WILL VOID
OUR WARRANTY!
{. Lower Loop Rod to Upper Loop Rod (Figure
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A. Insert Lower Loop Rod (1) into Upper Loop
lod (6); press Retainer Buttons (7) so that they
0 inside upper rod.
B. Line up the Retainer Buttons (7) with one of
our sets of holes (8) in Upper Loop Rod (6) they
vill click” into place.
C. Which set of holes (8) you choose will be
letermined by how tall you are and what you
ind to be comfortable when you start to-use
‘our Sears Discriminator.
III. Loop Rod to Instrument Case (Figure 3):
A. Slip the Loop Rod (6) inside the Loop Rod
Holder 19) on the bottom of the Instrument Case
(10); press the Retainer Buttons (11) and push
them inside the Loop Rod Holder (9).
B.;Line up'the Retainer Buttons (11) with the
holes on the SIDES of the holder (12): the holes
an the bottom are the WRONG HOLES.
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NOTE: Several tvpes of Loop Cable Connectors
t4: are used on Sears detectors. Your instru-
ment mav not be equipped with a Twistlock as
shown in figure 5.
EN Connecting Loop Cable (Figure 4 & 50
A. Wrap Loop Cable (11 around Loop Rod (2)
as in picture on Page 1. |
L. Line up Ridge 13) on inside of Twistlock
Connector «41 with Slot (51 on inside of Plug (6)
on front of Instrument Case (71.
C Insert Twistlock Connector (4) into Plug (6)
taking care not to use too much force - it should
go in very easily
D. With Twistlock Connector (4) firmly
seated. turn Locking Ring (8) to the RIGHT as
shown in Figure 5. (See Note Above)
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Battery Installation
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V. Battery Installation (Figures 6 & 7):
A. Check both White Battery Pack (1) and Black
Battery Pack (2) for polarity - each AA penlight
battery should have negative (-) end compressing the
spring inside its holder and the positive ( +) end should
be at the end without spring. POSITIVE (+) AND
NEGATIVE (-) ENDS OF THE BATTERIES
SHOULD ALTERNATE AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 6.
B. Connect White Battery Pack (1) to White Battery
Connector (31 and Black Battery Pack (2) io Black
Connector (4). NOTE THAT CONNECTOR WILL
ONLY FIT ONE WAY.
C. Install Battery Packs (1 & 2) inside Battery Com-
partment (5).
NOTE:
Wheh closing Battery Access Door
(6). always make sure that wires are
not pinched between door and instru-
ment case.
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Battery Testing
Condition of batteries may be tested at any time by turn.
ing Power Switch (1) to either the 9 or 12° positions
In both positions the meter needle (Fig. 10) should go well
into the BAT CHECK zone (2). The “9” position tests the
nine-volt (black) battery pack and the ‘‘12’’ position tests
the 12-volt (white) battery pack. IF THE METER NEEDLE
DOES NOT COME ALL THE WAY UP TO THE “BAT
CHECK" ZONE WHEN THE SEARS DISCRIMINATOR IS
FIRST ASSEMBLED, THEN AT LEAST ONE BATTERY
IN THE PACK BEING TESTED IS PROBABLY
INSTALLED BACKWARDS. In this case, remove the
battery packs and repeat step V. A. If the batteries should
ever fail to measure up after a long period of use. then they
are probably running down. Remove the battery packs and
test each battery separately as below.
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The Sears Discriminator has a single-batiery
tester inside the battery access cuvr. Sin e
batteries mav be removed from the battery
packs and tested in this tester as shown in
Figure 8. When testing single batteries in this
wav, the Power Switch t11 has to be in the
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Tuning Procedure
DISCRIMINATOR CONTROLS
The Treasure Locator Discriminator has five operating con-
trols: |
(1) Power Switch
(2) Main Turner
(3) Function Selector
(4) Discriminate Turner
(5) Volume Control
In addition the instrument is equipped with a signal intensity
meter (6): audio-speaker (7): and a headphone jack (8).
TUNING THE TREASURE LOCATOR DISCRIMINATOR
Set your Treasure Locator on a table with the loop extending into
the air. AWAY FROM ANY METAL. as shown in Figure 12. Place
a medium thick book under each side of the instrument case so that
it remains steady while vou are getting familiar with this opera- -
tion. NOTE: The fellow in the picture has removed his watch and
rings so that there is no metal on his hands that might interfere
with the tuning of the Treasure Locator. You should do the same.
To tune the Treasure Locator for maximum sensitivity follow
these simple steps carefully. If vou have never used a metal detec-
tor before BE SURE that vou “test tune” as outlined below before
vou try it on the ground. In some areas of the country the ground
itself can cause false signals that make first time tuning for a
novice verv difficult |
NOTE: This ix 2 REMINDER ORLY - Read Instruction
Manual before tuning this instrament.
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A. DISC TUNER - 10 tarns LEFT
В. YOLUME - RIGHT to lirrut
C. FUNCTION SELECTOR + LOW
D. POWER SWITCH - ON.
-2. Find NULL (po tone with MAIN TUNER - then turn
LEFT for LOW TONE. You can now use detector in LOW
- 0e Hi - to tanc discriminator go to Step 3.
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These simplified tuning instructions appear on the rear
yor of the Sears Discriminator. They are placed there to
{ vou in tuning vour instrument while working in the field.
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I. Set controls:
A. Dise tuner (4)—ten turhs to the LEFT.
B. Volume Contral (5)—FULL RIGHT (maximum ı.
C fanction Selector (3) LOW FUNCTION
I) Power Switch (RON
DO YOU HEAR A TONE FROM SPEAKER?
IF YES - Then find the NULL - Turn Main Tuner (21 either
LEFT or RIGHT until tone goes away. You will not have to turn
the knob more than five turns in either direction.
IF NO - You either have the NULL or the batteries are not
properly connected. Check for NULL by turning the main tuner (2)
LEFT up to two full turns. If you get a tone, go back to NULL. If
you do not get a tone, go to BATTERY INSTALLATION on Page 5
and check the proper installation.
[I. SET MAIN TUNER (2) far A SOFT METAL
THRESHOLD. From the NULL turn Main Tuner LEFT (towards
soft metal arrow) until tone just starts (10 to 40 on Signal Intensity
Meter).
Hold a coin in front of loop face and note how the tone changes as
you move the coin closer to the loop and back and forth across the
loop face. NOTE: Do not place the coin directly on the loop when
making these tests. a
You have now tuned the Treasure Locator for the best
search sensitivity in both LOW and HIGH functions. Coins,
rings, bottle caps, jewelry, pull tabs, and many other metal ob-
jects will now cause the tone to increase sharply as they come into
the loop field. Objects that are mostly tren or steel will cause the
THRESHOLD TONE to disappear.
Ш. Того FUNCTION SELECTOR (3) to DISC FUNCTION.
IV. Turn DISC TUNER (4) RIGHT until tone ALMOST goes away.
V. Hold a bottle cap in front of loop face, as in Figure 12. Notice
how the Threshold Tone disappears when the bottle cap gets close
to the loop. This means that the Discriminator Circuit is causing
the bottle cap to act like an iron object would act in LOW FUNC-
TION. In DISC FUNCTION only “good finds” (coins, rings. etc.)
and pull tabs will cause an increase in tone. (You can increase the
Discrimination to the point where pull tabs will also be rejected,
but this setting will also reject nickels and many rings.)
VI. Turn DISC TUNER (4) LEFT reducing Discrimination a small
amount. Adjust the main TUNER (2) RIGHT for Threshold Tone.
Try the bottle cap again as in Step V.
VII. Repeat Step VI. until you reach a point where the tone does
not go away when you bring the bottle cap near the loop face. At
this ‘point you have eliminated all DISCRIMINATION but you
should be right on the edge of this point.
VIII. JUST BARELY restore Discrimination by turning DISC
TUNER (4) RIGHT a small amount, readjusting MAIN TUNER
for Threshold Tone. The idea is to obtain the smallest amount of
Discrimination that will still reject the bottle cap but maintain
maximum sensitivity to other types of finds. ;
At this point the Treasure Locator Discriminator is fully “BENCH
TUNED". Make a final test with both the coin and the bottle cap to
make sure that the instrument will detect the coin and reject the
bottle cap. Further adjustment, should it become necessary, will
be done with the loop on the ground to compensate for mineraliza-
tion of the soil which can cause **false readings’’ in some parts of
the country. a
REPEAT ALL STEPS UNTIL YOU CAN DO THEM WITHOUT
LOOKING AT THE MANUAL. THEN YOU WILL BE READY TO
WORK IN THE FIELD
- HOW TO USE YOUR DISCRIMINATOR
[f vou were to go outside your house right now and drag a magnet
through some loose sorl. chances are quite good that it would
“prow hair as particles of magnetic iron collected on its surface
If vou are going to use a metal detector in an area like that, you re
going to have to cope with the common problem of false signals
caused by this “mineralization.”
There are at least two ways to test for mineralization. First,
lower the loop slowly to the ground after tuning in LOW mode for a
metal threshold. Note the height of the loop above the ground when
the sound goes away. The closer the loop gets to the ground before
the sound disappears. the lower the mineralization. Two to four in-
ches would indicate low to moderate mineralization while eight to
ten inches means that it can really be a problem, at least until you
learn to handle it. The other method is to tune the detector in LOW
mode with the loop on the ground for the metal threshold. The
higher you can raise the loop before the sound blares up, the lower
the mineralization.
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Once vou have tuned the detector on the ground and vou start
sweeping the loop back and fourth. you will notice that you get a
“false signal” every time you pass the loop over a depression or
raise the loop to go over a clump of grass. There are two ways to
cope with this: (I) Detune the detector by turning the Main Tuner
back into the NULL: (II) Switch to HI mode and sweep the loop
fairly quickly back and forth, switching to LOW or DISC whén a
sharp ‘bleep’ indicates a find.
IN GENERAL, THE BEST WAY TO USE A DISCRIMINATOR
FOR PRODUCTIVE COINSHOOTING IS TO SEARCH IN “LOW”
OK “HI” AND CHECK FINDS WITH “DISC” TO WEED OUT
THE JUNK. IF YOU ARE USING THE DETECTOR FOR RELIC
HUNTING OR PROSPECTING. THERE WILL BE LESS OC-
CASION TO USE THE “DISC” FEATURE.
In order to get acquainted with the kinds of sounds produced by
various kinds of buried objects, the serious cotnshooter plants a
“test garden” that serves two functions: First. it enables the
operator to get familiar with known objects ot known depths and
the kinds of sounds that can be expected. Second, it provides a
method of checking the performance of the instrument over a
period of time, making sure that it is still performing at top ef-
ficiency. Bury some coins, tinfoil, bottlecaps, and other metal ob-
jects at known depths in an area where you can always get to them
and will remember where they are. After you have gotten familiar
with what you've planted. have someone else plant some of these
items where you don't know exactly where they are. See if you
cannot only find them, but identify them before you dig them up.
NOTE: When you bury coins, do not bury them more than threc
inches down. This is the limit for a freshiv-buricd coin (in the
ground less than a year): a coin that has been buried for a long
time (and is thus more valuable!) causes a chemical “halo effect -
in the soil around it and acts like a much larger, and easier to find,
target
MINERAL SETTING
All through the preceeding instructions, you have been told to
tune vour detector for a SOFT METAL THRESHOLD tore by tur-
ning the Main Tuner (2) LEFT out of the quiet NULL. This setting
will pick up non-ferrous metal objects - gold, silver, etc. - as an
increase in the tone and allow ferrous (iron-containing) objects to
drop the tone. You need to know that there is also a MINERAL
THRESHOLD on the other side of the NULL where this order is
reversed, This 15 labeled MOST IRON.
NOTE: THE DISC MODE WILL NOT WORK IN A MINERAL
SETTING!!! | |
If vou wanted to find objects that are primarily made of iron, you
would find the NULL as before but turn the Main Tuner (2) out of
the NULL to the RIGHT instead of the LEFT. Now, ferrous ob-
jects will cause the tone to increase and gold and silver and other
non-ferrous objects will cause the tone to decrease or go away.
This feature is a useful one, especially if you want to clear a
driveway of nails, for instance, or find a chunk of barbed wire in
that cow's tummy. Be sure, however, that you don't try to go
coinshooting with the detector set for a mineral threshold - you are
bound to have a bad day!
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FULL ONE YEAR WARRANTY
If. within one year from the date of purchase, your Ted Williams
Treasure Locator Discriminator fails due to a defect in material or
workmanship. simplv return it to your nearest Sears store
throughout the United States and we will repair it free of charge.
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Parts List
Refer to the serial number plate for the Model Number when
requesting service or replacement parts for your Sears Ted
Williams Treasure Locator.
All parts listed may be ordered through SEARS, ROEBUCK
AND CO., or SIMPSON-SEARS LIMITED.
WHEN ORDERING PARTS, ALWAYS GIVE
THE FOLLOWING:
1. Model Number 3. Part Name
2. Part number 4. Quantity
tifustration No. Key No. Part No. Part Description
Unpacking 1 84852 8" Loop
Unpacking 2 501-0005 8" Loop Cover
Unpacking 3&4 500-0098 Telescope Rod
Unpacking 5,687 NONE Test Samples
Unpacking 8 523-0005 Black 9V Batt. Holder
Unpacking 8 523-0006 White 12V Batt. Holder
Unpacking 10 528-0047 Loop Bolt
Unpacking 10 … 402-0004 Loop Knob
Fig. 3 9 500-1098 Rod Holder
Fig. 3 11 500-0100 Retainer Buttons
Fig. 4 4 - 520-0061 Loop Plug (without lock)
Fig. 4 4 520-0153 Loop Plug (with lock)
Fig. 4 5 520-0062 Loop Socket (without lock)
Fig. 4 5 520-0166 Loop Socket (with lock)
Fig. 7 3 520-0018 White 12V Batt. Connector
Fig. 7 4 520-0017 Black 9V Batt. Connector
Fig. 7 5 501-0009 Batt. Compartment
Fig. 9 1&3 402-0007 Black Pointer Knob
Fig. 9 2 402-0008 Tuner Knob
Fig. 9 485 402-0019 Vol. & Disc. Knob
Fig. 9 6 400-0013 Ted Williams Disc. Meter
Fig. 9 6 400-0020 Meter Cover