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- Apr 30, 2011
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- Location
- Royal Palm Beach, Fl
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab CTX-3030, Minelab Exalibur II, Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
I just picked up a new shaft for my Excal II. I went with the carbon fiber scuba shaft, and then used the 24" lower rod to have it double as a travel shaft. I am a bit short, 5'7.5" and its still just a tad to short for me so I got the anderson extension which is really handy, can add up to 8" but I likely just need 1 - 1.5 inches. Its an over/under shaft, and will be great for scuba. For wet sand hunting, its a bit heavy, but I love the portability, and I didn't want a three piece setup. The weight of the actual shaft is super light, the build quality is great. I did get some carbon splinters on this first hunt, it wasn't too bad though.
I also put a anderson carbon on my AT Pro, mainly to get rid of the stock S-shaft, it really makes my arm sore. It was not cheap, in carbon it was like $199, which I found to be expensive for a detector that only $550 or so. I love these straight shafts though, they are definitely better than the stock.
I have no idea why Minelab doesn't switch to a straight shaft as the stock shaft on an Excal.
Also I talked to Anderson and they mentioned they have a setup you can request called the "Extreme" for the Excal, that is basically a kit that has every possible configuration in carbon. So over under, long, short, scuba, travel, it can do it all. I think list on its like $350. I did not get that. I go the scuba shaft and added a 24" lower and got the extension to give me just a bit more length. I didn't know about the Extreme until after I purchased, but it may be a good way to go.
I also put a anderson carbon on my AT Pro, mainly to get rid of the stock S-shaft, it really makes my arm sore. It was not cheap, in carbon it was like $199, which I found to be expensive for a detector that only $550 or so. I love these straight shafts though, they are definitely better than the stock.
I have no idea why Minelab doesn't switch to a straight shaft as the stock shaft on an Excal.
Also I talked to Anderson and they mentioned they have a setup you can request called the "Extreme" for the Excal, that is basically a kit that has every possible configuration in carbon. So over under, long, short, scuba, travel, it can do it all. I think list on its like $350. I did not get that. I go the scuba shaft and added a 24" lower and got the extension to give me just a bit more length. I didn't know about the Extreme until after I purchased, but it may be a good way to go.
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