vanursepaul Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I was cleaning up my gear for the trip to OZ this year when I noticed that there was a ton of beach sand under my coil cover. Took me a while to get it all out. There are depressions in the very center of the coil that are a great place for sand to pile up in. The thick part of the coil that goes from 12 noon to 6 0clock. I think before I hit the beach with it again i will put some clear RTV caulking on it and then put the coil cover on. I also have a couple of 1'x1'x 0.0625 " pieces of Lexan coming to make 2 coil covers. I will glue them right on my coil cover like I did the 19" ZED coil. Doing this so i can scrub the ZEQ in OZ without getting hung up ! Cheers mates..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Paul i thought about doing some beach detecting as i am over in monterey right now but with loading the trailer i decided to leave all my gear in wyoming ,bad decision on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Yeah you could have got some of those gold rings with diamond on them :-) I'm done until I come back on Oct...unless I do some over there. Going to use that ZEQ on the sides of washes to see if it helps me there. Lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Good luck bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/27/2018 at 6:21 PM, vanursepaul said: I also have a couple of 1'x1'x 0.625 " pieces of Lexan coming to make 2 coil covers. I will glue them right on my coil cover like I did the 19" ZED coil. Over a half inch thick Lexan coil cover - those babies will never wear out! I am going to make some solid bottom Lexan covers for my Equinox also but I think I will go a little thinner than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Yeah, I suspect 0.625" is a typo. I`ve just done a season with 0.8mm PC (Lexan) on the Z coils and I`d reckon they`ll do another at least, light as a feather tough as nails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Yep, yep, yep... 0.0625 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said: Over a half inch thick Lexan coil cover - those babies will never wear out! I am going to make some solid bottom Lexan covers for my Equinox also but I think I will go a little thinner than that. hahahaha..you dirty dog you..... Givin me a go there eh mate? Maybe a half inch thick would eliminate any falsing potential---- or any sound at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 For those thinking of making a skid plate the commentary here is based on a previous thread about the GPZ 19” coil... http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/4025-most-effective-19-inch-coil-cover/ I am going to do this myself. However, I an not sure yet if I will glue the polycarbonate sheet to the existing scuff cover or direct to the coil bottom. I think I will get another coil and try both, as my goal is to determine which will work best nugget detecting at high gain to alleviate coil knock/falsing issues in Gold Mode at max sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackpine Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Thanks for the link Steve. That answered my question, I will be using a good grade of silicone to bond the lexan to the coil and forego using the factory coil cover. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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