Lower Rod Flex?

[phrunt]

The Chinese appear to make a XP Deus mount clone, I don't know if this would help anyone with their projects?

 

[Ogliuga]

Friend of mine who noticed the bending of the lower stem has solved it with Nokta/Makro carbon fiber lower stem. According to him it’s almost perfect..

 

I’m sure XP will solve also this problem..

 

[Ogliuga]

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

The Chinese appear to make a XP Deus mount clone, I don't know if this would help anyone with their projects?

 

My D2’s mount swings a little and it doesn’t stop even screwing it. It’s bothersome..

[Johnnysalami1957]

They need to stop cooking the lower shaft so much. It needs to be al dente!

[Ogliuga]

Al dente is ok but not too much otherwise it breaks up!

[relicmeister]

10 hours ago, phrunt said:

The Chinese appear to make a XP Deus mount clone, I don't know if this would help anyone with their projects?

 

Do the Deus 2 lower stems fit into the Orx telescoping shaft?and is the remote snap-on mount  the same? They are or were not long ago only $99 and excellent quality. Could be used for second setup along lines of Deus 2 lite. Might exhibit less flexure combined with D2 lower stem?

[relicmeister]

Would a round carbon fiber tube inserted into Deus 2 lower stem add stiffness without any noticeable added weight?  In other words strengthen it rather than trying to make non- round fiber stem replacement?  Just thinkin 

[Glenn in CO]

On 3/23/2022 at 2:48 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

I had a chance to observe a D2 with 11” coil recently, and overall was impressed by what I saw. Seemed just ok on mid to low conductors, but excellent to superior on high conductors. Decided to get back on the order list based on what I saw, thinking it may do better than I thought on silver in my parks. That in mind I switched from 9” to 11” coil, as I’ve decided other units will do better on gold, especially nugget detecting, and that was main reason I wanted the 9” coil, as alternative to 6x11 nugget coil. But for deep silver, I’m thinking the 11” has the edge.

What I did not like was lower rod movement that seemed far in excess from what I remember on my two previous Deus 1 units. Less the rod itself, then slop in the cam lock mechanism. Not sure, but my previous impressions were the XP S shaft was the best of the best. This one… barely ok out of water, and I’d think a disaster swinging in water against resistance.

Anyone else seeing this, or is it a problem isolated to my buddies detector?

Steve, when you get your new XP Deus II and put some hours on it, I hope you do a review as other detectors you have done in the past. Looking forward to seeing it if you have the time. My Xp Deus II with the 9" coil is delivering this Saturday and curious to see how it handles the mineralization we have here in Colorado.

[Ogliuga]

Here is the little work which my friend has done on the lower stem to pass antenna through, inside the carbon fiber stem..