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2. Metal detector - Wikipedia

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   A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground, and under water. A metal detector consists of a control box, an adjustable shaft, and a variable-shaped pickup coil. When the coil nears metal, the control box signals its presence with a ...

3. Rapiscan Systems - Wikipedia

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   Rapiscan Systems. Rapiscan Systems is an American privately held company that specialises in walk-through metal detectors and X-ray machines for screening airport luggage and cargo. The company is owned by OSI Systems. [1] The company headquarters, in Torrance, California, USA, is the primary location for research and development, engineering ...

4. List of metal detecting finds - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of historically significant items found by metal detecting method, only excluding magnet fishing finds, since magnet fishing is usually considered a distinctively different and separate hobby from traditional metal detecting.

5. Full body scanner - Wikipedia

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   A full-body scanner is a device that detects objects on or inside a person's body for security screening purposes, without physically removing clothes or making physical contact. Unlike metal detectors, full-body scanners can detect non-metal objects, which became an increasing concern after various airliner bombing attempts in the 2000s.

6. List of The Sopranos characters - Wikipedia

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   He breaks the owner's arm with a baseball bat and shoots him in the kneecap—all of which make a positive impression on Tony. In Season 3 in " Amour Fou ", Furio is shot in the leg by Jackie Aprile Jr. while Jackie and his friends Dino Zerilli and Carlo Renzi rob Ralph Cifaretto 's card game in an attempt to gain recognition amongst the crime ...

7. Magical objects in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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   The Secrecy Sensor is a dark detector described as "an object that looked something like an extra-squiggly, golden television aerial." It vibrates when it detects concealment and lies. [21] In Half-Blood Prince, due to Hogwarts' new stringent security measures, Argus Filch is assigned to inspect every student entering the castle with Secrecy ...