Another Gold Coin With The Nox

[GB_Amateur]

11 hours ago, Hunterjunk said:

A couple of years ago i molded up a snap on one . Worked ok but collected rocks and dirt on top of the coil . Was also a bit brittle , when i hit a rock it cracked up .

I've done a polycarbonate mod similar to Steve H.'s for my 6" coil.  I attached it to the conventional coil cover rather than to the coil itself.  Polycarb is tough (e.g. bullet-proof glass) although it scratches fairly easily meaning it isn't a good 'window' for many applications -- not relevent here.  I agree that just covering the bottom allows rubble to collect on the top, requiring dumping it off often.

11 hours ago, Hunterjunk said:

A thin solid coil would have me handing over my cash quickly !

You aren't alone with that wish.  From day 1 (or even before) many have requested a closed eliptical like the 5"x10" that many other detectors (White's MXT, Fisher Gold Bug to name just two) have available.  Minelab simply ignored everyone.

[geof_junk]

What I did to a spoked coil was place a skid on the bottom then used an expanding foam to fill the area between the spocks and scaped of the excess to made the top level it worked but was not pretty but kept the weight down. A bit of self adhesive book covering stop build up of dust in the foam as no wear occurs on the top of the coil. 

[Hunterjunk]

7 hours ago, geof_junk said:

What I did to a spoked coil was place a skid on the bottom then used an expanding foam to fill the area between the spocks and scaped of the excess to made the top level it worked but was not pretty but kept the weight down. A bit of self adhesive book covering stop build up of dust in the foam as no wear occurs on the top of the coil. 

Now that's an interesting idea !  Will be giving that some thought , thank you .