Should it be this hard?

What some have done as an emergency measure is to take a sock, fill it
full of sand and tie it to the top of the coil with a shoe lace or equivalent.

Excellent Idea

That is an ellegant answer. I was thinking about a rock but couldn't figure out how I would attach it. There is no shortage of sand around here. :spin:

I use a loop support on my PI as well as all my detectors... I keep a few extra on hand all the time...

http://www.kellycodetectors.com/accessories/coilcover-loopsupport.htm

I have the Surf PI Pro with the non-buoyancy coil, and I haven't found it a problem to keep the coil on the bottom. It does tend to float up when I dig, which can be annoying, but it hasn't really been an issue, otherwise.

I use the same loop support that Craig recommended, but I modified mine a tad. The thing has allot of surface area, so it kind of acts like an oar when you are sweeping the coil through the water. So, what I did was I mounted the coil and loop support in the proper position for my comfort, and then used a marker to trace around the front of the shaft and the hole where the small screw goes through. I then took a Dremel tool and removed most of the unnecessary plastic, leaving only the important sections, such as the flat area that actually contacts the coil and the hole where the small screw goes through. I left enough of the plastic, as outlined by the shaft, to make sure it is still strong enough to hold the coil in place without breaking. I made all of the cuts as sweeping arcs so there are no pressure points where a crack can start. Cutting away the extra plastic helped allot with drag on the coil.

I've attached a picture to better explain what I'm talking about. My shaft leans back further, so the cut in along the back is not as predominant as shown in the picture, but you get the idea.

To help keep the coil in the water I have heard you can use one of those wrist weights (for exercising) that are filled with sand. The kind I have seen just slip over the wrist with no metal parts. Just a thought.

I went to the Whites Dealer in Corpus Christi and he had one.
I will look into a wrist weight.

Thanks for the help

SpookyDad

Floppper Stopper

We made our own "Flopper Stopper" out of plexiglass.

See it on this Make it Yourself thread.

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=2220

Coil loop fixed.

I got the coil loop support at Trader Ricks today in Corpus Christi. It woks great.

Thanks for the advice!

SpookyDad

Spookydad said:

I got the coil loop support at Trader Ricks today in Corpus Christi. It woks great.

Thanks for the advice!

SpookyDad

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I'm glad it worked out for you. I hope you find some good stuff there.