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39 minutes ago, MontAmmie said:

Steve-

I want to go clean out our beaches of gold chains this weekend.  There's gotta be tons of them out there since my stupid PI machine won't even pick them up.  Which program would you suggest to get the max depth?  Beach 2 with the recovery speed on about 2?  I'm used to going slow because of aforementioned machine. Would the all metal mode go nuts in the salt water?  I'll probably just hunt the wet and dry sand since the Atlantic is still kinda cold right now.  We're supposed to be getting some huge waves (right out of the NE!) to stir it all up starting Sunday.  I can't wait!

beach 2 is the way to go for wet sand and recovery 2 works very well, did not try all metal mode as the presets were very good. beach 1 is for dry sand and I notched out up to 5 as there was soo many foil targets. One thing I learned was YOU WILL DIG rusty bottle caps.

I was there for 2 fantasy fest,s nuff said

I wish I was into detecting when I lived in key weird (west) lol

east , west, south or panhandle Florida?

Hurry up 3rd shipment lol.

most if not all u.s dealers have received or just got their 2nd shipments.

41 minutes ago, JoeRivers said:

Where is it shipping from 

IL.

1 hour ago, Thegoldenone said:

I've got a tracking number on Cabelas website just now looks like they're shipping to me UPS!

800 or 600

nope not magnetic...9k or maybe even less but I am 90% sure it is a gold ring IMHO

brass turn green in saltwater

did the acid turn green which is a sure sign of brass if not probably 9k and tarnished due to high copper content

Define (change shaft) are you referring to the lower shaft to switch out coils or replacing the entire shaft to say a carbon fiber one?

Any markings on the ring as it looks in the photo as too yellow for brass. I would atleast have it acid tested.

I first saw them available at 5:15 A.M Eastern time

I am sticking with my dealer also and was informed by them That I am first on the list for A EQ600 I bet someone who was first cancelled.

8 hours ago, Thegoldenone said:

Woke up this morning check Cabelas they're in stock I ordered mine

What time did you order?

3 minutes ago, Thegoldenone said:

Anytime you get down this way let me know we can hook up and do some detecting!

Back at you if you head up this way I hunt from johns pass to Clearwater beach.

I used to live in Key west while in the Navy. Regretfully well not so regretfully I was into fishing and not into detecting at the time.

Me and my CTX would be there every day if possible. That beach looks very inviting and warm

Alot of WIFI now is at 5ghz maybe that is why there is so much EMI ? I Maybe wrong but just a thought.

the part# for the strain relief is 3237 mouser electronics. the CTX female end is Part# T4110001081-000 from newark. I have not confirmed either of these are actually going to work as I still do not have my EQ but I have faith it will work. The 1/8 plug is just an extra I had laying that fit into the strain relief. Once I confirm it all works then I will seal up and fully assemble it. I already found a flaw in my design as the strain relief threads are not the same as the CTX M-12 connector maybe a re-threading will work to match it up.

Here is a photo of my modded EQ to CTX adapter. Not finished due to not having my EQ yet.

Just this morning 2-18-2018 5 people detecting at popular pinellas county beach and I left at 7 A.M

gotta love Corporate...

I am up there on the EQ800 pre order as I placed it 25 sept. but am #2 on the EQ600 hope this next shipment is better than the first.