Any idea to prevent the coil from floating

[ryan1715]

So I have a whites beach hunter 300, and of course it's notorious for a floating coil in the water. So looking for some tips for a mod to help prevent this problem....

 

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[fella]

Sock filled w/sand should keep it from floating!

 

[rainyday101]

I just saw and can't remember where I saw it, that somebody had low profile weights that stuck to the coil of the Beach Hunter. I can't remember what I was searching or looking at, but just saw that this last week. They were low profile so they didn't provide drag like a sand filled sock. Try a search on Beach Hunter ID coil weights. Thinking about this a bit, I think I saw them on a prospecting website. It caught my eye because I always thought the Beach Hunter was a neat detector, but never bought one because of the floating coil. It amazes that Whites can make such great detectors, but were dumb enough to put a floating coil on a water detector.

 

[rainyday101]

Found it!
Coil Weight for Beach Hunter ID

 

[Tom Slick]

When I had a BHID I look the lower shaft and poured about 10" of sand into the rod, then stacked enough lead egg sinkers to over come the coil from floating. Next I melted some parafin wax (available at most grocery stores for canning fruits and vegetables) and poured that into the rod to hold the sinkers in it and to keep them from moving around. The lead won't effect the detector as they move with the coil so the coil doesn't react to them. Using wax allowed me to remove the lead weights when no longer needed. It's no fun trying to swing a coil through the water with a sock full of sand tied to it.

 

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