Found on 80's Popular Electronics this circuit operates at 455 kHz. The explorer coil is formed by 10 turns of yarn 26 in a 4 inch shape. The indicator is a microammeter.
This circuit sensor is an NTC with a resistance of the order of 2k. The SCR can be from the TIC...
The load current can be adjusted up to about 1 A. The transistor can be TIP32 or TIP42. The...
This oscillator with common general-purpose transistors appeared in Radio Electronics magazine in...