eddiecurrent
Full Member
- Dec 25, 2015
- 133
- 57
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1236-x2, fisher cz3d and cz 20, tesoro golden sabre II
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I found it on someone's move out pile. It's in a beautiful wood case, I'd date it to the 50's or 60's judging by the electric cord and motor.
The top slides up and off to reveal a plexiglass-enclosed apparatus, quality built, unusual attention to detail, I looked into the base and all that's there is a motor to drive the mechanism. I tried to plug it in to start it, but even tho' I'm a tech I can't figure out how the switch...built on the mechanism in a small metal enclosure, works. It has only a small rubber pulley on it.
I at first guessed what you might be thinking, that this was some kind of ticker tape reader for stocks, but there's no data or signal input, just the motor to drive the mechanism.
Granted, I don't know if anything's been modified or removed, it doesn't appear that way. This thing is beautiful but what in the heck IS IT?
any guesses?
The top slides up and off to reveal a plexiglass-enclosed apparatus, quality built, unusual attention to detail, I looked into the base and all that's there is a motor to drive the mechanism. I tried to plug it in to start it, but even tho' I'm a tech I can't figure out how the switch...built on the mechanism in a small metal enclosure, works. It has only a small rubber pulley on it.
I at first guessed what you might be thinking, that this was some kind of ticker tape reader for stocks, but there's no data or signal input, just the motor to drive the mechanism.
Granted, I don't know if anything's been modified or removed, it doesn't appear that way. This thing is beautiful but what in the heck IS IT?
any guesses?
