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I sent him a email. No need to help the bashers here lol.

Vibration handle been around a long time. VALLON used it 10 years ago in their PI detectors. Military detectors. No beep for the enemy to hear. Still use it.

Thanks. That has proven to be a bad design here in VA. oceanfront. Sand is eating the clevis away on the non washer side. I’ll try and send a picture. Thanks again. This is my friend Dennis’s. I modded mine in the beginning to a washer on both sides. He switched to the centering device to stop the wear on his coil ears

I am interested in the lower shaft clevis. Does it copy Deus with the one washer design or does it use two washers for the coil ?

125+ targets in 3.5 hrs. Man you must have been slinging some dirt lol. Nice report on the Manticore in the wild.

I posted this back in April my mod for concealed antenna cable. By coiling the wire you can fully collapse both shafts if you exit just behind the RC as shown. The top shaft can now be opened to the cuff for suitcase travel.

It’s not always the machine but the operator that make a difference. The AQ is tuned for a salt environment so any test should be done on a salt beach as I described to find its full potential I think. A air test above ground will not yield a proper result. I can tell you either of my AQ’s yield the same result in salt. 18” on a US nickel with the standard coil. The 10” coil has not been tested in this manner.

The proper way to do an air test with your PI, is to elevate the coil above a clean patch of ground, say with a piece of 1/2” wood, with the coil horizontal to the ground and wave the target above the coil. Never do the air test indoors or with the coil vertical. Horizontal and just above the ground should yield the same result as if the target was buried. Some would argue a ( halo effect ) that I don’t prescribe to. JMHO

That is the purpose. It works on dimes and pennies but not with big iron. I only had dimes and pennies masked. The cross was not masked so I don’t know how it acts with gold. Also the big iron overwhelmed the software while using the 13” coil. Not sure about the 11”. Also this was my first spin with the 13” so please don’t hold my feet to the fire. I only posted my findings. I also post to try and help everyone. I guess I do have the option of just keeping things to myself. People here seem to be awfully hostile now that the new Minelab machines are out. Good luck to everybody no matter what your preference is.

Finally got out with my 11x13 coil. I found it no more fatiguing than the 11” I normally swing at the beach. Was a tough day with few targets that was not coil related I think. I spent to much time in the wash digging lead before I finally realized where things laid. Lead was extremely deep in the 15” range judging by the depth of my 720i scoop. The target ID’s on all my targets were spot on. One thing that stood out differently than the 11” was, large iron ( say 4” x 1/2” thick square ) seemed to overwhelm the software a bit. The 06, 07, 08 signals for masked coins cleared up when I ran disc. 8.0 and notch at 10. I noticed 10” roughly deep targets, while pin pointing by X ing the targets, coin size targets would ping about 3” in front of center and 3” back of center of the coil. So I would say at the 10” depth I had roughly 6” of coverage. I think that is quite a bit more than the 11”. I have never taken my 9” coil to the beach but I’m sure it is no where near that either. Again, my normal 4 hr spin was no mor fatiguing with the 13” than the 11”. Well, good luck everybody and for those who wish to know, these were my settings. Beach sensitive, 95 sens, disc 8.0, salt 7, iron vol. 2, reactivity 1, notch 10, pitch, B caps 3, silencer 0, tracking off magnetic accept. On a side note, one thing I do not like is that small a$$ 1/4” plastic bolt for the coil. 🤔

Why they insist on that puny 1/4” plastic bolt is beyond me. You would think a 3/8” would be in order.

I do not think it is carbon fiber now. My pin pointer will not sound off on it as it will on all my other CF shafts. Also just does not look like CF. I buy lots of CF shafts and all are woven.

Is this not true for Deus as well ?

I should have said disc. 8.0 and notch on at 8. Sorry.

Mark is about 2/3rds the way up from bottom on shaft.

Huh, I thought you were getting one? 🤔 I do have one. I just had other commitments for today and tomorrow. Tuesday I will be out.

I might add, on my friends masking, he runs beach sens. disc 8 notch off. He built the same program only with notch on set at 8. When he ran over a 06,07,08 signal, he then switched to the notched program to check.

This is my friends spin today with the 13 x 11 coil. He says it came with a CF shaft as someone earlier said they had weighed it and it was much lighter than the stock lower shaft. It is marked CF. He did not notice any fatigue after a four hour spin. He remarked it did not feel nose heavy either. For him it was like the 11”. Seems as deep as the 11”. Things are tough here now so no rings. A 10k grillz, 925 cross, 925 toe ring. As a test today, he ran his disc. at 8 and then ran notch at 8 also. This stopped the masked 06, 07 & 08 signals we have been getting. Out of 10 masked signals, 2 were tent stakes, 6 dimes, 1 nickel and 1 penny, which their vdi’s came in normal, not the 06, 07, & 08.

Don’t waste your time coming to Virginia Beach, it’s hunted out 🤣

Likely one of the last parts installed to complete the unit so just in a rush to get it out the door. Looks like you guys solved the problem. 👍

Its blue if your color blind like me ! 😂

The 9” looks like a coffee cup saucer to me by the 11” Lol. My 13” should be here tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

I have owned the TekPoint for ever seems like( same pointer ) without any issues at all. Check the obvious, battery and scroll thru the settings. Good luck.

Looks like the 13” coil is available now in the US ! Woohoo !!!

Well we shall see. One thing I see is how long before that cuff breaks ? Also that’s a lot of coil to be pushing thru the water. Good to see it’s arrival though. Let the videos begin !!!