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Tenderfoot
- Jan 23, 2017
- 8
- 9
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher Gold Bug 2, Teknetics T2 LTD.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hello all, I have been looking for a carry case for my Teknetics T2 LTD. After searching this forum and many others, at first I was unable to find an affordable and effective solution.
First thing I searched for was a case by the manufacturer. Teknetics makes one, but all the reviews were, at best, underwhelming. Their case seemed like somewhat of an afterthought. Like a budget gym bag with minimal padding.
Second was a hard case something like a Pelican case. Three problems here. One- Price these cases and the knockoff brands are very expensive. Two- weight, the cases with their heavy duty construction and dense foam inserts were often twenty plus pounds in the sizes I needed. Three- Sizes were hard to find to fit the detector just right without having to break it down into three or more parts.
Third avenue was a result of my search looking at pelican cases. I came across a lot of very nice hard and soft gun cases everywhere I looked. So I figured there has to be a gun case that would fit the detector well and protect it without weighing more than a couple pounds. I also wanted a case that did not really look like a gun case for many obvious ( I think) reasons. Finally I wanted to keep it under $100.
I found this:
VISM CVDIS2940B 29.5" DISCREET PADDED SINGLE CARBINE RIFLE CASE GUN CASE BLACK
$45 Including four day (two days for my case!) shipping from ebay.
It is perfect. I only had to break the unit down into two halves, then loosen the nut on the coil to fold it parallel to the shaft. Less than thirty seconds. The padding is very nice, zippers are heavy duty, padded center divider is secured with full length quality velcro and it does not really look like a gun case/bag. It is also very light. Carrying my T2 slung over my shoulder, I could barely even tell that there was something in the bag.
First thing I searched for was a case by the manufacturer. Teknetics makes one, but all the reviews were, at best, underwhelming. Their case seemed like somewhat of an afterthought. Like a budget gym bag with minimal padding.
Second was a hard case something like a Pelican case. Three problems here. One- Price these cases and the knockoff brands are very expensive. Two- weight, the cases with their heavy duty construction and dense foam inserts were often twenty plus pounds in the sizes I needed. Three- Sizes were hard to find to fit the detector just right without having to break it down into three or more parts.
Third avenue was a result of my search looking at pelican cases. I came across a lot of very nice hard and soft gun cases everywhere I looked. So I figured there has to be a gun case that would fit the detector well and protect it without weighing more than a couple pounds. I also wanted a case that did not really look like a gun case for many obvious ( I think) reasons. Finally I wanted to keep it under $100.
I found this:
VISM CVDIS2940B 29.5" DISCREET PADDED SINGLE CARBINE RIFLE CASE GUN CASE BLACK
$45 Including four day (two days for my case!) shipping from ebay.
It is perfect. I only had to break the unit down into two halves, then loosen the nut on the coil to fold it parallel to the shaft. Less than thirty seconds. The padding is very nice, zippers are heavy duty, padded center divider is secured with full length quality velcro and it does not really look like a gun case/bag. It is also very light. Carrying my T2 slung over my shoulder, I could barely even tell that there was something in the bag.
