Hats Off to Treasure Hunter

[bigscoop]

Spent quite a bit of time in the surf yesterday at low tide swinging the Excal and WOT and all I can say is this; Treasure Hunter must have an arm like Popeye!

Got up this morning and my right shoulder and forearm was as stiff as a good metal detector shaft! (but it was worth it.)

 

[wavecrazed]

 

[stevemc]

Yes, I tried his recomendation and put a 15" x 12" SEF coil on my Excal and it was a be-atch swinging it in chest deep water with some wave action, and changed it out before I went out again. My arm was sore from 6 hours of swinging that big coil. It was great on the beach, but in the water I went with the stock coil. My hat is off to Treasure Hunter!!! Keep swinging it Pop Eye!

 

[bigscoop]

In the surf, when I swing the WOT coil to the right, I go left! When I swing it left, I go right. Not sure the coil is ever moving?

 

[lookindown]

In the surf, when I swing the WOT coil to the right, I go left! When I swing it left, I go right. Not sure the coil is ever moving?

 

[Sandman]

Treasure Hunter and I use the Swingy Thingy which is like a bungee cord from your neck to the detector shaft to keep the weight off the arm. You can easiely make your own with a cord from your neck to the control box to support the weight and just let it hang there. Popey arms not needed.

 

[bigscoop]

Treasure Hunter and I use the Swingy Thingy which is like a bungee cord from your neck to the detector shaft to keep the weight off the arm. You can easiely make your own with a cord from your neck to the control box to support the weight and just let it hang there. Popey arms not needed.

The weight isn't the problem. I carry the control box on my waist and I can swing the WOT all day with no problem. The problem starts once I'm in the surf, once I start swinging all the extra surface area of the larger coil against the currents. That's when the Popeye arms come into play.