Search coil by computer to determine displacement in multiple dimensions. Additionally, a second search coil can be added to measure torsional rotation. A more crude search coil also called exploring coil is also used in laboratory experiments in schools to measure the magnetic field in a certain region of space. In this case the search coil consists of a simple wire coil or solenoid connected to a sensitive ammeter or galvanometer. The coil is placed in the magnetic field to be measured and quickly withdrawn to a region of space with a negligible magnetic field. As the search coil moves the magnetic
Magnetic detector antenna ("A") is received by a tuner ("not shown") and passed through the excitation coil "C", the other end of which is connected to ground ("E"). The rapidly reversing magnetic field from the coil exceeds the coercivity "H" and cancels the hysteresis of the iron, causing the magnetization change to suddenly move up the wire to the center, between the magnets, where the field reverses. This had an effect similar to thrusting a magnet into the coil, causing the magnetic flux through the pickup coil "D" to change, inducing a current pulse in the pickup coil. The audio pickup coil