ROBOTCOP13
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Must have Excal II mods?
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skateteacher
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Who knew that excal mods would lead to scoop porn. 
Good stuff to know so thanks to all of you. Now to get my other stuff sold so I can get my excal. Now to find the best price. I don't need a scoop or other accessories, just the excal and the straight shaft.
Good stuff to know so thanks to all of you. Now to get my other stuff sold so I can get my excal. Now to find the best price. I don't need a scoop or other accessories, just the excal and the straight shaft.
brncofan
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get the carbon fiber i use only plugger shafts bill is great to work with i love my behind the elbow setup
dirtydog
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The very best Excal mod is the one that makes it look and work like a CZ-21.
Scuba, your not nice to us Minelab guys. You are a trouble maker.
Datawave
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Awesome.
What kind of shaft do you have on the bagged Sovereign? Thanks.
What kind of shaft do you have on the bagged Sovereign? Thanks.
ROBOTCOP13
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It's the stock Sovereign shaft.
Than I went to the goodwill store and bought a pair of crutches for $2.
I cut out a length of aluminum tubing about 20 inches long where there is a slight curve in the crutch. This tubing inserts perfectly inside the stock shaft
and I secured it with the armrest bolt.
About 12 inches of the tube sticks out behind the elbow and I drilled out the rivets of the box holder clamp under the armrest and relocated it to the end of the new tube. I like it with the curved end supporting the box. Good angle.
I estimated the length of the tube I needed based on the weight of the WOT coil to find the perfect counterweight balance point at the hand grip.
I use a Detector Pro swing buddy connected at the handle and I can make big wide flat swings effortlessly.
This make sense?
Than I went to the goodwill store and bought a pair of crutches for $2.
I cut out a length of aluminum tubing about 20 inches long where there is a slight curve in the crutch. This tubing inserts perfectly inside the stock shaft
and I secured it with the armrest bolt.
About 12 inches of the tube sticks out behind the elbow and I drilled out the rivets of the box holder clamp under the armrest and relocated it to the end of the new tube. I like it with the curved end supporting the box. Good angle.
I estimated the length of the tube I needed based on the weight of the WOT coil to find the perfect counterweight balance point at the hand grip.
I use a Detector Pro swing buddy connected at the handle and I can make big wide flat swings effortlessly.
This make sense?
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skateteacher
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I got my Excal Today! Quality Metal Detectors to thank for it! Great price and super fast two day shipping. I bought the Straight shaft and knob protector from Plugger and that was with ONE DAY shipping!
My excal and me will be making our maiden voyage tomorrow at 7am. I had hoped to take it this afternoon before I found out it needs a 14 hour charge before detecting. Thanks for all the great advice and especially the excal and scoop porn
skate
My excal and me will be making our maiden voyage tomorrow at 7am. I had hoped to take it this afternoon before I found out it needs a 14 hour charge before detecting. Thanks for all the great advice and especially the excal and scoop porn
skate
And I thought my advice was the best of them all. I tried to help!
Congrats and I hope we see lots of wonderful treasure from you with your new heater!
One day I would love to hunt side by side with OBN and see if I am really missing anything. I really could be. You guys with the Excal get some wonderful finds. They just look too ugly, long and noisy to dive with in my opinion.
I have hunted side by side with an Excal in fresh water and he couldn't get his coil over a find I couldn't hear and I couldn't get my coil over a find he couldn't hear. I agree they are a great working detector.
Congrats and I hope we see lots of wonderful treasure from you with your new heater!
One day I would love to hunt side by side with OBN and see if I am really missing anything. I really could be. You guys with the Excal get some wonderful finds. They just look too ugly, long and noisy to dive with in my opinion.
I have hunted side by side with an Excal in fresh water and he couldn't get his coil over a find I couldn't hear and I couldn't get my coil over a find he couldn't hear. I agree they are a great working detector.
Datawave
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Perfect sense. Thanks for your time.
I also extended mine behind the elbow but on a straight shaft. I can swing it all day with that set up. I was wondering how it would be doing what you did with keeping the curve for the meter. Sometimes I like to have the meter on.
One thing to remember about two great machines, It's not the machine then..........it's the hunter...
ROBOTCOP13
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I still have my meter in the original position. I use my ears but
I like looking at it too. I have the 180 and the 550.
Part of the fun of playing with a Sov.
That white card in the picture is my 180 and 550 chart.
I like looking at it too. I have the 180 and the 550.
Part of the fun of playing with a Sov.
That white card in the picture is my 180 and 550 chart.
DaviDs
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Nice mod!
DaviDs
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Freshwater sure makes it easy on detectors. Now when you come visit us folks in FL, then it will be a whole other ball game. No worries though, I have a PI you can borrown when your done cussing and throwing your ATP around. lol.
SlingingCoils
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There are no "must haves". Its all personal choice... The only thing you must have to go detecting is a detector.
Freshwater sure makes it easy on detectors. Now when you come visit us folks in FL, then it will be a whole other ball game. No worries though, I have a PI you can borrown when your done cussing and throwing your ATP around. lol.
LOL AT-PRO?? Funny funny!! My CZ-21 works perfectly fine in Florida
So does mine!
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Scuba
Better sell the CZ21, the resale value is getting ready to drop , New water machine by fisher on the way CZX
http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,84775,84971 You will be ok however only waterproof to 10 foot, guess they are trying to get a piece of ML CTX3030 business
Better sell the CZ21, the resale value is getting ready to drop , New water machine by fisher on the way CZX
http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,84775,84971 You will be ok however only waterproof to 10 foot, guess they are trying to get a piece of ML CTX3030 business
Better sell the CZ21, the resale value is getting ready to drop , New water machine by fisher on the way CZX
Because used Excal prices plummeted when the CTX came out?
Better sell the CZ21, the resale value is getting ready to drop , New water machine by fisher on the way CZX
It is called vapor ware. That post was from 2015. never came out and will never happen.
