This circuit was found in documentation from the 1970s. However, it can be implemented with modern transistors such as 2N2222 for Q1 and BF494 for Q2. The crystal depends on the desired frequency.
This amplifier step with a transistor has an input impedance of 100k to 10 M. The transistor can be any...
This sensor circuit for currents of the order of nanoamperes was found in an American...
I found this circuit in a 1992 Electronics Experimenter Handbook. The circuit can be easily...