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    Britishicon 4C kit Complete the video below shows the 4A in use WW2

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    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gil Boyd View Post
    the video below
    Very staged you can see...the man handling the mine at the end was very ham handed. Nothing more frightening than another guy's explosive device.

    I had forgotten about the little tin hats.
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    Bloke at the end, pulling the string has a Thompson over his shoulder. And the prodder is using a No4 spike

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    Yes spotted that too Peter, strange times, especially as they were normally assigned to a SNCO
    I watched the catchup on Peaky Blinders last night with his Thompson and drum mags, and his drills. Clearly no idea about picking up his drum mag when empty........well I suppose it was in his mine field!!!
    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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    Update!

    I have now sourced the 9 volt battery and fitted it into the compartment in the rear of the control unit/box. After turning the unit on, all that I could hear was a very slight, feint hum out of the headphones. I therefore do what I normally do in such situations, had a fiddle and, in this case, twiddled the 2 knobs on the control unit which made no difference. I then noticed that the brass jack plug on the headset lead looked dull and tarnished and so I thought that I may as well give it a clean up with Scotch-Bright cloth to see if that would make any difference. I was amazed to find that the mine detector appears to work perfectly at detecting a metal wrench and I was also amazed at the volume of what was coming out of the headset compared with before I cleaned the jack plug. I also have the user manual and the log book that has never been used.
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    Never saw a log book before, couldn't imagine why I'd use it. Careful with the electronic connectors, we used a pencil eraser to clean them, not harsh abrasives... One thing you can't be sure of, is if a piece of surplus gear even works in the first place. Here you are trying to figure out something that's unserviceable in the first place...sounds like yours has some promise though. Bury some coins at regular intervals in the garden and have a go...until you have it figured out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
    twiddled the 2 knobs on the control unit which made no difference
    Probably Sensitivity and Discrimination functions. Does the manual mention "Ground balancing"? Just curious if it's equipped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WarPig1976 View Post
    Probably Sensitivity and Discrimination functions. Does the manual mention "Ground balancing"? Just curious if it's equipped.
    I can't see "Ground balancing" mentioned in the manual but it does have a Pave "function that "makes the unit less sensitive to ferrite bearing materials" such as clinker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
    it does have a Pave "function that "makes the unit less sensitive to ferrite bearing materials" such as clinker.
    Pave on your unit is what Discrimination does on civilian machines.

    How funny would it be if you went to the beach and started swinging that thing around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WarPig1976 View Post
    if you went to the beach
    In full kit...
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