Not A Good Sign That You Are Going To Have A Good Day At The Beach...

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I just broke the lower shaft insert at the lower pins very similar to cuniagau's pictures. Was swinging at a very relaxed sweep and caught an edge of the coil on the wet sand surface and felt it go. I was thinking it wouldn't be a problem for me since I've broken very little equipment of any sorts ... the way it broke with a little hit on the sand has me thinking I may have created cracks when in the water before this trip because I do balance myself with the detector when digging in the water; and that has not been a problem before.

I'm sure the design team will get it figured out and fixed. I put my second 12.5 inch coil with it's shaft on the detector with the big battery and am back in business.