Popular Post F350Platinum Posted January 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2023 Ok y'all, and my hat is off to @parkgt. Low tide at the river, got up to almost 60 today. Went down to the river with the WS6 and the 9" to see if the cheap coax I got on Amazon would work without stripping it, but it didn't. Went back and stripped 31mm of insulation off each end, and cut the copper sheilding back. I stuffed one stripped end with the insulator still on under the puck using the handy slot in front. The rest goes through a hole I drilled in the Detecting Doodads adapter, and then down through the shaft, exiting at the coil. The CF lower for the 13" has an exit hole. The other end I shrink wrapped and zip tied over the transmitter bump. This is what it looked like before shrinkwrap: and after: It works great. You can see here the coil is about 2 feet underwater, and it's still transmitting. 👍I can't imagine it would fail no matter how deep the coil went. Wire length does not matter AFAIK, I ran just enough to reach the coil at a comfortable length, with slack for folding the coil. The wire slides out of the lower when it's shortened for charging. 🙂 Thanks also to @PimentoUK for the specifics. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 5:23 PM, F350Platinum said: My question is does the coax need to be stripped at all? The shield needs to be removed. Also I see 3 different lengths of antenna offered by XP for sale. I think length is NOT a factor. Nice job. On another note, has anyone seen a clear cover for the WS6 master ? It’s my dirt diggin machine and I’m trying to keep the dirt and mud off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkgt Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, Carolina said: On another note, has anyone seen a clear cover for the WS6 master ? I had an old unused piece of IPad/iPhone screen protector laying around. I just cut it the size of the screen area of the puck and stuck it on. It has stayed well and protected the screen area; I know because there is one faint scratch in. I can make many more out of a single cheap iPad screen protector. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Carolina said: On another note, has anyone seen a clear cover for the WS6 master ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/185643161995 Here's one, others are made in Ukraine. It'll probably take a while for someone in the USA to get on the bandwagon. 😡 I looked for one of those plastic bonnets they used to make for cat food cans, a clear one. I think they're passé. 😵 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 11 hours ago, F350Platinum said: Ok y'all, and my hat is off to @parkgt. Low tide at the river, got up to almost 60 today. Went down to the river with the WS6 and the 9" to see if the cheap coax I got on Amazon would work without stripping it, but it didn't. Went back and stripped 31mm of insulation off each end, and cut the copper sheilding back. I stuffed one stripped end with the insulator still on under the puck using the handy slot in front. The rest goes through a hole I drilled in the Detecting Doodads adapter, and then down through the shaft, exiting at the coil. The CF lower for the 13" has an exit hole. The other end I shrink wrapped and zip tied over the transmitter bump. This is what it looked like before shrinkwrap: and after: It works great. You can see here the coil is about 2 feet underwater, and it's still transmitting. 👍I can't imagine it would fail no matter how deep the coil went. Wire length does not matter AFAIK, I ran just enough to reach the coil at a comfortable length, with slack for folding the coil. The wire slides out of the lower when it's shortened for charging. 🙂 Thanks also to @PimentoUK for the specifics. Well done, F350, that looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 8 hours ago, Carolina said: On another note, has anyone seen a clear cover for the WS6 master ? It’s my dirt diggin machine and I’m trying to keep the dirt and mud off. They are available from some UK dealers. Here's one: https://spinadiscmetaldetectors.com/products/searcher-xp-deus-ws4-ws6-headphone-covers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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