DTI TOMDEC Vl Operating Manual

TOMDEC Vl Operating and Search Manual

You ar e now t he o mer o f a n el ectronic d evice t o r ead el ectromagnetic fields, al so known a s i ons. P lease,
observe the folloväng:

TOMDEC Vl does not search - as metal detectors do - for the matter, such as gold or silver, but for the ionic
motions (positive or negative charged particies), vvhich build up around matter, if it is buried in the ground, in
caves, in walls or

submerged in viater for a long time and the surrounding matter (earth, rock) has not changed.

The electronic system and its possibilities were published by the electronic magazine 'Elektor' as early as 1986.
The result of advanced development väth the latest state-of-the-art reception systems and progr-amming %Mth
chip cards is the TOMDEC Vl.

1 The Device

The TOMDEC Vl consists of: 2. Chip cards for gold, silver or iron
(frequencies

1. Basic electronic system Wth operating for other matters are under preparation).
controls, antenna system, frequency display, 3. 9 V battery (already installed).
signal laser and card slot. 4. Battery tester.

2 Operating Controts

Before you begin to use the device, you should Rotating Svitch - for filteiing out small to
medium
familiarize yourself väth the operation of the control objects.
features and the meaning of the LED indicators:
Ground Tuner - for filtefing out radio

ON - povver on / power off. irtterference.

LCD - The LCD display indicates the Sens - Sensitivity, to adjust the
selected program. searching sensitivity of the
device.
NivCon - Niveau (attitude) control,
checks the required horizontal TWn antenna - lonic reading antennas
atütude.
Chip cards - Micro chip cards (3 pieces)
LED - the LED indicators show Mich
program is activated.

3 System Analysis

You already know from your literature and from our information, that the TOMDEC Vl has the ability to locate
the electromagnetic frequencies of certain matter's such as gold, silver or iron. The intemationally used tenn for
this is human radar. Now that you vent to use your device, v& vmuld like to repeat the most important points:

1. The el ectromagnetic f ields ( ionic r eactions) ar e t he l arger, t he f onger an o bject, e. g. buried gold o r
silver jeweiry or iron chests, have been in the ground. lt is not possible to locate objects vvhich have been in the
ground or inside the vvalls of buildings or in the vuter for only a few ffleks or months. Small metallic objects
develop their ovii electromagnetic field only very, very siowy. This means, that a gold or silver coin buried at a
depth of 50 cm can only be @ted väth the system, if it has been at least 5 years in the same place and you are no
further than 50 m away väth the device.

2. Objects buried deep in the ground can only be located if they - depending on the size of the object and
the distance between the search device and the object - have been there for at least 20 years.

Another influencing factor is the condition of the ground. lonic reactions build up reiatively fast in moist, natural
soil, M ile th e r eaction o f th e io ns is s lov&d d ovwi i n r ock f ormations a nd dr y s and, M ere t he bu ild u p of
electromagnetic frequencies may be retarded by up to 50%.

Summary: Objects Mich have been in the ground
for only a short time can only be located Wthin short
distances and they should not be buried to deeply.
Objects vvhich have been in the ground for a long time can be located across great distances and at great depths.

4 Function and Settings of Controls

On - power on /power of f s witch. P ower i s supplied by a 9 V ba ttery, which i s i nserted i n t he b attery
compartment at the front of the housing.

Programming of the device - Use only the chip cards supplied %Mth the device. lf other cards are inserted, parts
of programming may be destroyed and the device Wil malfunction.

lnsert t he c hip card %Mth the desired program firrnly in the card stot below the display, un til t he program is
confirmed in the display. lf you vvant to change the program during a search (for another type of metal), remove
the c ard, s wtch o ff t he de vice f or a bout 10 m inutes a nd t hen o n a gain a nd i nsert t he chip c ard f or t he ne w
program.

You väll recognize the electr-onic funcfion controi by the colored LED'S: yellow = gold, green = silver, red iron
(magnetic).

(Chip c ards W th pr ograms for pr ecious s tones a nd semi-precious st ones are under p reparation acco rding t o
information by the manufacturer).

NivCon - You vill have noticed, that sever-al red LED's have lit up Men you swtched on the device. With the
aid of the NivCon function you can checke if you are holding the device exactly in a horizontal attitude or Ulting
forward slightly. Only this atütude %Mll assure you of proper readings. lf, for any reason, you deviate from that
ideal attitude during a search, t he device väll i ndicate this by the co n-esponding red LED. In t his case, you
should stabilize the device and then continue the searching procedure. NivCon has no bearing on the searching
perfortnance, but it signi@ntly influences the search result.

Disc - Discriminator/small p arts filter. Filtering o ut o f small to medium sized o bjects. Set t he b utton to
posifion'4', this is the basic setting recommended by the manufacturer, because at this setting, the device Wli no
longer react to very small parts (of the metal type you have programmed). Another exampie: lf you are looking
for a large object (chest, pot), vaich has been buded Wthin the last 100 years, set the 'Disc' filter to '6'. lf you are
searching for large objects Mich were buried or hidden 500 years ago or eariier, set'Disc' to '8'. However, in the
tvvo latter cases, you väll not be able to locate individual small to medium sized objects!

Ground Tuner - lnterference filter. In the vicinity of power transmission lines or factories, as vvell as in strong
solar r-adiation or atmosphedc distur-bances by thunder'storms (very dangerous!), the device may malfunction.
Therefore, in any case, you should cany out the reaction test desc4ibed under 'Operating Principies' in the area
where you intend to conduct a search.

Sens - Sensitivity. The searching performance of the device depends on:

1. the setting of the performance amplifier 'Sens', and

2. the extent of the extension of the tWn searching antenna.

And now vm Wll explain four essential points vvhich may be decisive in the success or failure of a search:

1. Familiarize yourself thoroughly Wth the device
and carry out sever'al reaction tests.

2. You and other persons should not viear any

jewelry or watches made from the type of material you are searching for.

3. lf you a re searrhing for unknom obj ects, s tart a t t he highest s earrhing s ensitivity: F ully e xtend both
antennas and set 'Sens' to '10'. Now, the device is highly sensifive, every false move Wil result in a reaction of
the NivCon indicator lights. lf you are not (yet) abie to hold the device steady at the absolute ideal awitude, push
in the antennas about half-way. You väll then lose about 30% of the performance (distance/depth), but you Wll
leam to operate the device rnore surely.

4. lf you are searching for a knovvn objeet, you should try to ascertain the followng facts:

a) at Wiat time was the object buded/hidden?
b) at Mat depth could the object be? In this respect you should consider the possible erosion of rnountains

and the humus soil accumulabon in forests.
c) Mat could be the volume of the object? (be realistic!)
d) at Mat distance to the object can you begin the search väth the device?

lf you now take the followng reading data into consideration, you Wll be able to direct the device Wth relative
accuracy towards the buried object:

With fully extended antennas and a 'Sens' setting of '10', you can locate a very large, antique object. Wlich has
been buried in the ground for abota 100 years up to a depth of 30 m.

VVith half ex terided an tennas an d a ' Sens' s etting r educed to '5', the performance of t he device is reduced by
50%, Mich means: lf the object is buried at a depth of 15 m, you can still use the full rarige. But if the object is
really at a depth of 30 m, the rarige väll only be 150 m.

lf it is a medium sized object, you can reach a depth of only 15 m in a range of 300 m at a burying time of 100
years, but if that medium sized object is buhed at only 7.5 m depth, you once again have the full range/distance.

The situation in case of individual small oojects is
similar, hovvever, range and depth are much

5 operating Principle

Before you now begin to work väth your device outdoors, immediately after you purchase the device, you should
bury a t hin g old o r silver b angte at a d epth o f 5 to 1 0 cm i n a p lace near your r esidence, from vvhere you
normally start your search expeditions. However, you can only use this test object for practicing after about 5 or
6 months.

lt is important, to check the reaction of the device and possible interference by thunder'storms, etc. on the day
you want to use the device. For that purpose, push a bangte (gold or silver, depending on the selected program)
upright into the ground in such a vray that it is halfvyay in the ground and hanny above the ground. P osition
your'self vith the device at a distance of about 10 m in such a way that you can pass by the object at a distance of
about 5 m. Proceed siowy and observe the reaction of the antennas. After a few steps, the antenfias should move
towards the direction of the object and after a few more steps, they should point directly at the object.

lf t he an tennas r eact t o q uicldy, t um 'Disd 1 - 2 r nm c lockwse, i f t hey r eact t o s lowy, t um 'Disd 1 - 2 r nm
counter-do@se. Repeat this test procedure until the antennas point directly towards the test object.

Now you can begin your searr-hing activity.

Hold the device at both handles so that the tWn antenna points straight ahead. Now, pan the device slowy from
the center to the right or left and observe that none of the red NivCon LED's light up. VVhen panning, do not
change the position of your upper body. Now, pan the device slo%My from the extreme left or right position to
the other side.

important: lf, during this search, the tWn antenna locates the frequencies of the object on a straight line,
the antenna Wli remain in that position (lock4n reaction), even if you keep moving the device slo%My.

This means: As soon as you realize that the antennas no longer follow the panning motion, but remain pointing
in a certain direction, stop the panning motion and siovay pan in the rever-se direction and back, so that you are
able to mark the direction tovvards the object.

lf this first panning motion from one side to the other has not yet triggered a reaction, tum your Mole body and
again pan the antennas siovay from one

reduced correspondingly. Example: a small coin, Mich has been in the ground for 100 years, can only be located
over the full range, if it lies no deeper than 3 m.

side to the other. In this vvay, you can search large surrounding areas for reaction frequencies.

In case of highly sensitive per'sons v.Äth a very strong personal energy field and in case of large objects, Mich
are bu ried c lose b y a nd not t oo de eply, i t may h appen that the a ntenna, a fter you ha ve br ought i t i n t he
'horizontal/straight a head' a ttitude, Wil siowy move by its elf towards the object and then stop in the direction
Wthout you having moved the device. lf that happens, permit the device to repeat that reaction at least twce by
holding the device inclined toverds the ground, then back in a horizontal attitude and wait, if the reaction repeats
itself.

In order to obtain exact readings of the search line of the lock-in reaction and to mark them, press the red button
above the handle to activate the laser (onty possible in cloudy, dark vveather or at night).

At this point, you do not yet know at Mat distance the located object lies. Now, go 20 to 30 m to your dght or
left and r epeat the searching procedure unt il the a ntennas react in t he same vway as b efore. Now you ha ve
established two searrh l ines, Mi ch i ntersect at a cer lain point. T hat i s your p reliminary e nd p oint. N ow,
approach that end point to a distance of about 10 m, put the device dovvn and mark the point of inter'section of
the search lines. Now, pick up the device again and pan it from left to dght (or vice versa) as before, until the
antennas once again point towards a p oint in this area. M emorize that point or have someone else mark it for
you. Now go to the opposite side, position yourself at the same distance to the endpoint as before and repeat the
searching procedure. Now, move 900 to the left or right and repeat the searching procedure again, then move to
the opposite side and repeat the searching procedure once more. You now have located the end point from four
sides. lf all search lines inter'sect exactly at the point, you have found the end point.

Hovvever, if the search lines intersect in different points, there are more that one objects of the programmed type
of metal in this area. In this case, we recommend the use of a metal detector, which, incidentally, is also useful if
you have to check excavated earth for small metal parts.

No o ther s earch d evice, i ncluding metal d etectors, m ay be s vätched o n i n t he vicinity d uring a s earch v äth
TOMDEC Vl

This manual is based on the original American operation and search manual, as well as test results obtained in
Europe.

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