hit the beach again

[neilo]

I have just made my own balanced shaft for my Excalibur and tried it out today at the beach. There were two minor problems both of which are easily remedied. One being the rubber handle slipped when it got wet and kept sliding off. The other was my arm kept coming out of the armrest so I need to put a strap across it. Over all it performed well and is great improvement on the original Minelab set up.
I did manage to find a few coins and sinkers plus one 9ct gold ring.
seeya Neilo

 

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Good job neilo...nice ring! Is that a DetectorPro shaft?

HH!
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[neilo]

The balance shaft set up I made it from scratch buying the aluminium tubing, cutting, forming and drilling myself. The only thing I had to get done was to have the handle welded in place.It is a very easy set up to make.All you need is about 3ft 6in of 7/8 x1/16 tubing and a drill.The arm rest I made from plumbers plastic pipe. The Aluminium tubing is not expensive only cost $2.50. I used the original rubber grip from my Excalibur,and the lower shaft which just slides tightly inside. The whole set up cost me under $10 to build. I built it as a trial piece and am really pleased with how it works. I wasnt too sure on what was the best position to mount the control box. The Florida shaft mounts the control box behind the arm rest,I am glad I didnt do the same, it would make the coil too light for me especially in the water. I was lucky mounting it where I did, it gives good balance and has enough weight on the coil in the water to compensate for bouyancy.
I am thinking about making another one for my Minelab Sovereign xs they are pretty heavy and I think the balanced shaft would be a good move for that as well.

Seeya Neilo

 

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Cool...good job...nothing like a bit of ingenuity to make things easier.

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