Night detecting accessory

[wirenut]

I detect at night just because here in Texas it gets so hot in the summer. I have made a simple accessory that plugs into the headphone jack on my Ace250 but this will work on any metal detector.
I built a simple transistor switching circuit inside a headphone jack plug that connects to the switch of a flashlight, the flashlight is mounted part way up the arm of my 250 facing the coil. The best thing about this mod is that the flashlight only comes on when i get a hit! Also, i dont like to wear headphones so it eliminates the loud speaker on my detector.
If anybody is interested in this mod let me know.

 

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[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I detect at night just because here in Texas it gets so hot in the summer. I have made a simple accessory that plugs into the headphone jack on my Ace250 but this will work on any metal detector.
I built a simple transistor switching circuit inside a headphone jack plug that connects to the switch of a flashlight, the flashlight is mounted part way up the arm of my 250 facing the coil. The best thing about this mod is that the flashlight only comes on when i get a hit! Also, i dont like to wear headphones so it eliminates the loud speaker on my detector.
If anybody is interested in this mod let me know.

Hey, thats sounds pretty interesting...It doesnt interfere with your Coil?..I too live in Texas, and have been hitting spots at night time...the Pinpointer Light just dont work for me.

i would totally be interested.

 

[bikermike]

I also would be interested in how this works. Maybe you could do a video for us.

Mike

 

[wirenut]

Here is a quick pic of the rig up, i will do some videos tonight of it working. I have permission to hunt on some large acreage which has a couple of abandonned houses and several old barns. I will be taking the kids so im sure one of them will video the whole thing!

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Here is a quick pic of the rig up, i will do some videos tonight of it working. I have permission to hunt on some large acreage which has a couple of abandonned houses and several old barns. I will be taking the kids so im sure one of them will video the whole thing!
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Looks great man!

 

[Hawk'n Dirt]

Looking forward to seeing the video...I'm in Houston and just too hot in summer and my weekends are tied up for 14 weeks in the fall with the Renaissance Festival.