Norvic Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 5 hours ago, LuckyLundy said: Wes, I’m right there with you! That little Blue Coil, is awesome...and we’ve dug up some crazy deep nuggets. Now if Coiltek, would come out with and ergo friendly detector fram and box to swap out the computer board and stuff it in theirs, I’d be all over it! Rick If you can use a screwdriver, hacksaw, drill, get a Li battery, USB charger with some PVC pipe and aren`t too concerned about voiding your warranty, in a couple of hours you can have the SDC in a more ergo friendly lightened status no trouble. Easy as. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Prospector Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Norvic said: If you can use a screwdriver, hacksaw, drill, get a Li battery, USB charger with some PVC pipe and aren`t too concerned about voiding your warranty, in a couple of hours you can have the SDC in a more ergo friendly lightened status no trouble. Easy as. Any pics of this mod would be much appreciated.............. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Thread here ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivers rat Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Maybe changing the square carbon stem will do as well.....if i found one cheap in UK i shall pimp it.For fun RR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Yes with the new Coiltek coils looking like they have a normal hinge/mount point, I`ll have a shot at just a standard stem. But saying that whilst the square stem looks heavy it isn`t. Most of the weight is in the convenient fold up case which is the go for a lot of users, just not my thing, plus the C cell battery holders are weighty. Swing it all day without bungee etc easy as now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coiltek Posted March 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2019 Hello all and there are some good points and discussion in this thread and I thought I'd jump in for a chat... Feel free to ask questions as the more you know the better you can make your own decision whether you think the new GOLD EXTREME coils are for you. from this thread the main queries are: Why aren't the new coils water-proof? We thought long and hard about this and decided to not epoxy fill the 10x5" coil due to extra time and weight from this and essentially if you wish to keep the unit water-proof then keep the 8" coil on or revert back to this. (time and more materials mean more $$$) For those that hunt the water this (8") is all you need. But you never know what the future holds... Warranty - is it voided? the short answer is no but as Gerry stated in a previous reply as long as there is no misuse or damage made during the conversion. Like any product under warranty - if it is deemed a fault of the user then it will not be covered. our coils come with a 2 year warranty - if you have an issue with our product we deal with that separately - if you have a warranty issue with the SDC unit itself revert the unit back to standard and send it back to Minelab - simple. Does the conversion require any hard modification to the unit? NO. there is no cutting, slicing, cracking or any type of firm modification required. Just undo two hex screws, undo two flat head screws, help the plug around the corner in the shaft and drop the coil away - then attach our shaft piece using the clamp and screws we supply, wrap the cable around the shaft like a GPX unit or any other treasure detector, plug in and screw up the plug collar, install the Coiltek cover over this area and use the hex screws you took out before to tighten up the cover over the plug area. turn on and go! Why does the cable wrap around the shaft and not go in the middle? We didn't want to complicate the install. I am sure even Minelab would say that getting the cable up the shaft and around the elbow of the unit is tricky and requires a cap and ball chain to pull it around. We supply a cap and ball chain in our attachment kit so you can get the unit back to standard whenever you want. Essentially we didn't want to have a user make the cable go up the shaft every time they want to change a coil, its far easier to interchange coils like we have made it. How does the shaft work? It has been designed to fit straight in to the carbon shaft once the standard coil is removed. the holes line up and the clamp we supply fits to help keep it in place. one of the main benefits of this shaft attachment is it now makes the unit around 4-5 inches longer so if you are 6'2" or there abouts the unit is now extended and when I hunt with it I no longer feel like i am stooping or at risk of stepping on the coil (figure of speech!) We will have a full attachment video coming out soon which will help guide you through the fitment process. So in short we have thought long and hard about this set up and certainly spent a lot of effort creating the right shaft attachment. Of course no one is forcing anyone to buy the coils and if you think they are not for you then this is perfectly fine. Coiltek is all about providing more options for the Minelab Detectors as this is what we do and I for one am excited to see these coils get out into the market and start to provide the user with more coverage, more depth, more opportunity and hopefully more gold! Trevor. 11 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Trevor, It was very kind of you to take the time away from CoilTek and clear up some of the questions from everyone on this fine forum. There are so many people who have purchased SDC-2300's from me and other dealers. The #1 complaint was the lack of coil options, but the amount of gold we find made up for it, which was a win win. Now we get the opportunity to have more gold finding coils to make the SDC and our experience even better. I look forward to seeing keeping my customers happy and also look forward to even more CoilTek options down the road. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 3:36 PM, Coiltek said: Hello all and there are some good points and discussion in this thread and I thought I'd jump in for a chat... Feel free to ask questions as the more you know the better you can make your own decision whether you think the new GOLD EXTREME coils are for you. Trevor. It’s always nice when manufacturers pay direct attention to their customers. Good job Trevor and thanks! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 On 3/10/2019 at 4:32 PM, Hard Prospector said: Any pics of this mod would be much appreciated.............. Its an ongoing project........ i can hear the 3d printer humming now.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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