Skull diver

6 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

I'm ready to take the little 8 inch off of the barracuda and try it on the "AQ"

Let me dream of a connector mod tutorial Joe!🤩

6 hours ago, Compass said:

Wouldn't you lose some of that depth with a smaller coil? 

Underwater there's the opposite rule...Bigger coils means more noise and effort paying a lower effective gain too ....

Smaller coils means less noise and effort and more effective gain to max out..Similar performance of a big coil out of water....Where a small one is almost useless...

If I weren't aware of the planned obsolescence, I would think there must be some kind of idiot in the design department. After the overwhelming proof of the Excalibur in terms of diving ability, what else is needed to get them on the road to build completely watertight machines?

I'm tired to fight with water leakage, burned batteries and flooded screens.

They can do what they want with the electronics inside.A beach machine is something that I pretend to be environment proof and not to be personally adapted and arranged to the job.What a pain was for some of my friends to pay 2.500€ to drown the crap after a week.

I never forget who play with my money.

5 hours ago, Compass said:

Where I'm from those are called garages. 

I think more of something like a fallout shelter, where I can stay silently to weld battery packs, where I can take a shower returning from the sea and possibly sleep when just Three hours later I have to be in the water again...My place...In two words...

1 hour ago, Rivers rat said:

Never divide correct

The meaning is: divided but always together...The other phrase half is on the other hearth face...

I can't touch her Folletto otherwise I'd be in even more serious troubles...

I'm making a plan to realize my hunting shelter, far away from woman things in the house. 

17 minutes ago, Compass said:

but I don't want to damage the hearing I have left.

Might be the wrong way to set the audio and not only this thing...But I managed to keep a softer target response maxing 70%the treshold and reducing a lot the volume knob...Seems like the audio amplifier react a lot less in this way...leaving the higher treshold is much easier to balance your audio boost needs...Try it in an air test and see what I mean...

55 minutes ago, Rivers rat said:

..i sent him the shell in 1978

Seriously?🤣🤣🤣🤣

On 7/10/2020 at 5:13 PM, pjrough said:

Hello!

Here is a little feedback for regulated battery pack. it works just great! I set 13.4V and ended up with capacity of around 2900 mAh.

Nice and clean work...I'm waiting four Samsung 30E cells now. 3450mAh should be fine and last 6 + hours.Talking about noise I ended up raising delay up to 18/19uS to stay quiet without continue treshold retuning. 

You're inspiring me Tony!

I 'm wondering if the 8" AQ1 coil  can match the needed inductance

10 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

while I am making a battery for it.

Joe, are you using a bms module inside the 4s1p tube?I hope not because....

I actually don't know if I'm correct but seems to be the easier combination for a self balanced recharge without the need of multiple solder and little cables around cells, not to mention the module itself presence inside the pod...

I'm developing a similar pack for the Tdi and can be the base for the future of my dreamed AQ...

As an 8" lover, I was strongly interested to buy the Garrett one mostly for the open shape and its underwater epoxy filled nature.

Some of the tech experts here on the board were nicely explaining the different kind of coil compared with a plain mono for the Tdi.🤤

So the choice was then limited between the Coiltek Platypus 12x8 and the Detech which was an unbeatable winner for price..

Then I tried for the Coiltek to have one, but forced to ask in my area for someone to sell it🤬.I'm a strong defensor of equal price on the globe for anyone...I don't like to overpay for the same stuff otherwise feel like fooled.

So the Detech was the last of my options but I already had to deal with the Coiltek 10x5" buoiancy on the Ctx and I can't accept the handling of closed design coils.No more.

All of this effort to obtain (probably) a couple less delay points on the knob?

Also, there's another factor...Must be hardwired on the board otherwise more noise can added to the already usual bouncy retuning scream...

So I decided to take a breath and leave the world as it is.

4 minutes ago, Tony said:

This style

Really good.This one is the way to go.Open and heavy, even better in the water.

If you don't want to live my same nightmare, try to ask Nenad as I think is the only "authorized" dealer near your area able to sell something of those brands to you...I tried to buy the platypus in the Usa...Nothing...

Due to the high danger in entering the house with grains of sand and rusty materials when my woman is there, I keep my buttocks safe leaving any find that is not gold outside in the garden, inside a basket ...
I do not remember how many hunts ago I left this pendant and other coins in the basket, perhaps distracted by the rings, much heavier ... Also it is rare to see pendants with red paint ... It seemed like costume jewelry. Anyway with my daughter yesterday afternoon, we rummaged in the basket and I showed her how many coins that I discard can return as new with a bit of hard work .. She immediately noticed and took the little heart and asked me if she could keep it ...
I was surprised by the color, which I neglected to check well and with a lens I searched for the title engraving ..
With great surprise this 2.3g pendant is 18K and at the current price it is a find of respect!
I explained to my daughter that she will have a prize for this discovery, because I don't want her to wear gold at the age of 6 ...
I was about to throw a good part of everything I collect and leave only coins to clean up and she saved something that I had not even noticed that I had recovered ...
For the record, like an idiot I lost today's hunting session sleeping till late, after more than two weeks of decent waves stop and only 24 hours available before other waves arrive ... Too much wine and roasted meat last night ... Damned Italy

47 minutes ago, Nuke em said:

Pity the target numbers weren't 99 instead of 40 .

I'm complaining the same bad tendancy by Minelab,  compressing tid scale since the Nox was launched.

I'm tired by the old Ctx, but still can't leave it to rest due to the multiple tid numbers type.I suggest You to try soon as you can any kind of gold ring/chain/ear ring and any other thing you might like to find in the beach, with the hope to obtain playing with the few settings a different id number from different objects.

I said those Minelab vlf with compressed tid scale are dig it all machines unless you want to leave gold down with supposed trash or coins reading.

3 hours ago, Dances With Doves said:

At least you can hunt in the beautiful  Med. sea area , oh such beauty and  history

You're right...A lot of history around my area and a terrible government ready to destroy you and close new places in the name of rare birds, rare dunes, rare humans, rare stones, rare water.......What the heck....

When I had one 800 for some tests and footage shooting, I was amazed to air test a tiny 18k ear ring lock...

Unluckily the gold mode 2 or 1 is not workable in the salty beach/water...Tried 20/40/multi w/wo Gb /auto Gb...Nothing but noise, incredible noise.

Very sad..

3 hours ago, mn90403 said:

because I went down to a beach about one hour south but that is another story.

I was waiting for a place report...But almost sure I sent You in a hell as there's no trace or words of southern beauties🤣

This is what I love of prospecting.

Really inspiring to see the effort, the clues research and the patience looking for gold and it's source..

I still take fists on my face multiple times when I'm wrong with plans in the beach after over a decade but when gold appear, every wound is canceled and everything is like the first time again...

32 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

When I made head phones several years ago

Still dreaming to make one of the amplified GG...Even if on the Ctx the treshold is all but an help and I solved the scarce audio output just increasing pitch Hz...

9 minutes ago, Willy said:

The change of connector resulted in it sensitivity to local capacitance variations

Well...I have reached my knowledge limit in this specific field...

Considering that I hunt at a medium to modest high water depth, I'm prepared to live with the machine fully under the surface however...

I'm waiting like a child under Christmas tree for this...

Thanks for your technical explanations!

6 minutes ago, Willy said:

the consequences of the electrolysis on a metallic connector

I perfectly remember this thing on the Excalibur battery connector, never been a big problem with some good gel grease ...Now...Using a metallic connector installed from the source (FT plant), I think the connector electrolysis phenomenon can be on the outer part of it right ?

So I see a temporary solution : heat shrink tubing right around the end of cable and connector...

Feel free to laugh of my try to find a solution 🤣as it might sound crazy or at least stupid...

Can't be possible to create an outside connector shielding sock with a 3m shield tape? Something like a cable/connector glove to avoid direct saltwater contact with the area? Is it something to be necessarily fully waterproof?

I'm fascinated by these units and recently in the russian area seems to be in a large expansion between detectorists community.

I understand now why...Most of compressor's suppliers are from China and for them is pretty easy and cheap to buy stuff and apply a bit of Diy art...

I suffered a severe disc protrusion being insanely negative buoyant weighted for three years, walking already dressed far from car along the beach to enter the water with harness, scuba tanks, weight belt,scooter and detector...With a damn drysuit.

Marine's daily training is a joke for comparison...In fact I destroyed my back with insane pain and months to go back again safely underwater.

I sold good part of my heavier scuba equipment but still have the scooter, a broken dredge to be reanimated (in case of fever at maximum level)long hose from a "snuba" experiment I tried, sacrificial bcd to be used as a floater and now....I'm trying to capture this unit...No need of a hose and regulator for me, so the unit alone can cost a LOT less...

Sorry...Today is the day...🤣