Metal Detector Circuit Diagram Using Transistor

There are many metal detector circuits or kits are available to built but mostly are very complicated but the circuit shown here can be built easily and can detect a metal object from 2 to 3 inches away.
Metal detector circuit diagram using transistor. A simple metal detector circuit diagram and schematic using a single transistor and a radio. This metal detector sensor project is easy to make and is an application of colpitts oscillator. As a result the batteries should last a long time. The above circuit diagram is of a low cost metal detector using a single bc548 transistor and an old radio.
The circuit can sense a soda can at a depth of six inches and metal pipes at an even greater distance. 2 x 47nf capacitors ceramic capacitor code 473 1 x 1 kω resistor 1 4 watt 1 x 330 ω resistor 1 4 watt 1 x 100 ω resistor 1 4 watt 1 x 5 kω potentiometer. Circuit diagram working explanation. Here is a simple metal detector circuit using a ca3140 ic.
The unit is powered by two 9v batteries in series. 1 x tda0161 proximity detector ic. The circuit is claimed to be tested but the difficult part in building this circuit is with winding the tapped coil. 1 x 2n2222a npn transistor.
The detector has a current draw of approximately 9 ma at 18 vdc. Surprising enough i found many metal detector circuits that work only with a help of a single transistor like the once shown below this circuit uses a single bc547 npn transistor.