NO.4A MINE DETECTOR

This is a NO.4A Mine detector which has seen better days, although it does come with headset, battery and cables, unsure if this works, and in the condition, it would probably need some work to it, so this is sold as a display piece or project. This one has 2 x ZA codes, but the one on the plate is ZA24238.

The No 4 light mine detector was supplied to Royal Engineers Field Companies, The Pioneer Corps, and Pioneer Battalions of infantry divisions. When held about 10 cm above the ground, the detector plate created an electro-magnetic field. When this met a metallic object an impulse was created, and by means of the amplifier, made a sound in the headphones of the operator. To counter this the Germans later developed mines of non-metallic materials such as wood, bakelite and even glass - making them ruthlessly efficient and responsible for many Allied casualties.

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