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TORRERO

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Nov 17, 2004
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Treasure_Hunter

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If I was going to travel and wanted a salt water detector, I would take my Excal. I can break it down small enough to put it on the plane in a golf bag travel case which I own already, although personally, now I would look at having it shipped via UPS or Fed EX to where I was flying since the airlines now charge you for each extra bag. Your going to have to pay to fly it there and pay to fly it back on most airlines.......

Where are you flying to TORRERO ...?
 

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Ditto on the Excal. It breaks down and you can ship it to where you are staying.
 

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TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
1,672
1,074
NC
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS I & II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Treasure_Hunter said:
Where are you flying to TORRERO ...?

Anywhere I WANT.....
I work for US Airways.....
 

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TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
1,672
1,074
NC
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS I & II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
let me refraze this...
I don't want a heavy machine...
I don't want an Underwater machine (heavy weighted coil and permanent headphones)
something with a small box (Whites is two big and permanently mounted on the handle)
Something with a design like Tesoro's but that works well in the salt.
(the ones I've had that were not the underwater ones drove me crazy in salt)
HELP...
 

GibH

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Headhunter Pulse would probably be the one to take up the least room.
 

time4me

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I always take my Excalibur when I fly to the east coast. I break it down most of it fits in a small carry-on suitcase that I can put in the overhead compartment. I have a bunch of soft foam that I pack all around the coil, headphones and control unit.

The only thing that doesnt fit in the small suitcase is the bottom piece of the shaft, which I just pack in one of the larger suitcases that goes under the plane.

Hope this helps.

Jim
 

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TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
1,672
1,074
NC
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS I & II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
GibH said:
Headhunter Pulse would probably be the one to take up the least room.

I was thinking about one of these...
do you have one ?

How are they on small gold ?
and these are all metal right ?
 

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TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
1,672
1,074
NC
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS I & II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
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TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
1,672
1,074
NC
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS I & II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Just to say this, I already have an old Stingray II.
I was good for it's time and for what it was worth I liked it.
I had the Original which I thought worked better,
But the machine was very heavy with a weighted coil and I had the 10' coil,
the headphone although very confortable
get old after a while when walking in the hot sun..

If I could get one like this, that was small, and light weight and I could wear standard
headphones, or no headphones I think it would be great.

I might look at the Tiger Shark, or Sand Shark both from Tesoro
any links to a topic about them ?
 

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TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
1,672
1,074
NC
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS I & II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Sandman said:
Ditto on the Excal. It breaks down and you can ship it to where you are staying.

Sandman ...
was this YOU ?
Got this off a Tesoro page looking at the tiger shark..

quoted from "Sandman" in USA :

If there is one thing wrong with the Tiger Shark is it is under priced for it's performance. It is the only VLF that you can change coils yourself as it has a connector. Will respond to gold chains, something other detectors find hard to do. Easy to pinpoint and deep too. Has a great Ground Balance control unlike the persets on a few other water machines. Very easy on battery usage.
 

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TORRERO said:
Sandman said:
Ditto on the Excal. It breaks down and you can ship it to where you are staying.

Sandman ...
was this YOU ?
Got this off a Tesoro page looking at the tiger shark..

quoted from "Sandman" in USA :

If there is one thing wrong with the Tiger Shark is it is under priced for it's performance. It is the only VLF that you can change coils yourself as it has a connector. Will respond to gold chains, something other detectors find hard to do. Easy to pinpoint and deep too. Has a great Ground Balance control unlike the persets on a few other water machines. Very easy on battery usage.

I believe that is Sandman, he does post on the manufactor websites.......If I am not mistaken, the Tirger Shark is more of a fresh water machine, while the Sand Shark is better for the salt mineralization................
 

GibH

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I have a Tiger Shark and use it with no problems here on the Florida Gulf Coast. I can't say how it would work on other salt water beaches, we have very little mineralization or black sand.
 

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TORRERO

30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY GO TO MACHINES
Nov 17, 2004
1,672
1,074
NC
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS I & II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
GibH said:
I have a Tiger Shark and use it with no problems here on the Florida Gulf Coast. I can't say how it would work on other salt water beaches, we have very little mineralization or black sand.

Do you see this as a very heavy machine ?
I do not know how heavy my old Stingray is but it always seemed real heavy.
 

GibH

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It is a bit heavy. I took the pole mounting bracket off of it and I use a web belt and canteen holder to hip mount it. Works great for me.
 

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