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Well said--really shows the processing that thuis machine is capable of. cjc

Freestyle--in extreeme conditions Freestyle over all Terrain Fast. cjc

Joe to do a build like that--what would you use to secure the buzzers to the inside of the earcup? Goop has been suggested to me but I know that salt breaks it down gradually. Straight silacone? Best Regards clive

But do they repel rats while you hunt? Okay, stupid question... They look great wish I had thje wherewithall to build a set of alternate phones for the AQ. When I ran your cell somse of the other brands (GG, Pelsor....) sounded great. Shame no-one makes a M8 to M12 adapter I've look so far no go. c

Got a great and fast response from Tom Walsh at FT on this issue. Very grateful. I like to think I helped FT with the 6 hr. cell in that the original had the power plug seating coming off on an angle I suggested that it be flat in that these M8 connectors are not that easy to work with at the best of times and to give users a flat mount to birds-eye when seating the jack would save a lot of destroyed batteries and jumpers in that these pins are pretty fragile and tend to break off in the hole. I'm guessing that many would return them for warrantee work. As for the marking, you would have a better chance of flying with these cells if the actual product was marked but with an addition to the manual at least you have pretty good chance. Changing any plastic molding is expensive though--I know that. Tom replied: Clive, Thanks for the advice. We’ll add to the manual. Tom Hi Tom Just an afterthought about the Lithium cell thing. Even an added page in the manual detailing the wattage of all avaialble lithium Ion batteries for the device would give people a chance of flying with these cells. Also, Eric Foster made a superb 11" coil for the AQ. Im sure that if FT decided to produce one of these it would be well recieved by the customer group. Best Regards, clive clive james clynick

This is what I did with the NOX--I put in a reject block at around "27" so that anything coming into contact with it had very little chance of being gold.. Then learning how to hear how bottlecaps dropped into the iron range and learning a few obvious juk items ie. small oval tab 13/14 allowed me to have this laser low range focus and clean up in the high trash areas that others avoided. Its about using everything your machine offers--audio and some discrimination when it will help you avoid the obvious junk. cjc

A buddy of mine calls it "the football zone." Well said. cjc

Most gold is found within ten feet of the water's edge on either side. Learn to work the edge and focus on low conductive signals. Barring that look for activity centers like sports areas. Go to where that activity is concentrated like in front of the soccer net, or vollyball net. Ground cover is also key--sand or long grass help. Always be observing what people in parks or at the beach do and focus on main routes, or areas where transitioning takes place--clothes changing, getting beach kits into the car...also areas where messy food is eaten can be good. That should give you some ideas. Good luck, clive

Tried the L35 in fast salt today--did not seem to like it very much. the sites uneven bottom added to the challenge and the L35 had to be turned way down --lower than I would use it--22 ish. If I saw in indication that it still took deep targets at that setting would try again but for now Im pretty dissapointed. Ran Any's Gold. Would love to hear suggestions. The L24 was really good though-- brought up a clean signal on a silver bracelet that others had missed. Shame a bout the L35 though Nokta coils have always had great interference muting. cjc

Had my eye on this one for a while shame its not W/P. Lead time? cjc

they are on ebay. c

Ya but the cell has to be marked with that. Im going to see what FT says. cjc

expensive and heavy--20 ozs. No use to me if I can't fly with it though. c

thats not a bad idea, Tony. Might be better than just lying next time. c

Had to surrender both of my now 6 hr. (49 watt) cells for this machine today because they have no outside markings showing the wattage. This have no more wattage than most laptop batteries but because they are external they are subject to more scrutiny. Shame the AQ is my secret weapon and I will be withoout it on this trip when I need it the most. You would think that one could extrapolate the wattage from the charger but it was in my checked anyhow. I hope to get them back on the return but you never know with airlines. I notice that FT did take my advice on the angle that the charge port comes out of the cell face. It was on an angle on the orignal proto I suggested that it be flush as these M8 connectors are hard enough to work with when you can birds-eye them with a flush mount. Bet that saves FT a lot of returns, and a lot of customers the frustrating experience of breaking a pin, or worse breaking it off in the appeture. Not a bad product but it needs proper markings -- if you were returning (boarding) from somwhere they could just keep it and you would have no recourse. cjc