Hello Detector friends
I have been metal detecting for quite some years now and have found a lot of
interesting artefacts through the years. At the moment in relation to my
study I am writing an assignment about consumer driven innovations. In this respect I
have chosen metal detecting as the starting point because this hobby interests
me a lot. Consumer driven innovation is when the consumer of a product changes
or modifies the product to improve its performance e.g. reduce weight, change
adjustments or somehow enhance other parameters.
What im especially interested in for use in my assignment is modifications that reduce the weight
of the metaldetector, solutions that make better weight distribution of the metaldetector
(eg. when you rebuild the detector so its possible to hipmount the detector box on the front body instead
of having it placed under the forearm), and solutions for better balance.
I myself, have a good friend who has a Whites XLT.
He rebuilt his detector so that the controls box is no longer placed under the forearm, but
instead is placed on a belt, so he can wear it on the front with the beltstraps over his
shoulders. He then uses an extension cord to connect the box to the detector.
This has made his detecting a lot more easier and he can stay out for many
more hours without getting tired in his arm. I look very much forward to hear about some
of your ideas and would also be very glad if you could post a picture of your detector before and after.
Lastly i want to point that there are no commercially interests in the information that i get,
it is only for use in my assignment.
Thanks on forehand...
Best regards Thomas Stie Strange
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
I have been metal detecting for quite some years now and have found a lot of
interesting artefacts through the years. At the moment in relation to my
study I am writing an assignment about consumer driven innovations. In this respect I
have chosen metal detecting as the starting point because this hobby interests
me a lot. Consumer driven innovation is when the consumer of a product changes
or modifies the product to improve its performance e.g. reduce weight, change
adjustments or somehow enhance other parameters.
What im especially interested in for use in my assignment is modifications that reduce the weight
of the metaldetector, solutions that make better weight distribution of the metaldetector
(eg. when you rebuild the detector so its possible to hipmount the detector box on the front body instead
of having it placed under the forearm), and solutions for better balance.
I myself, have a good friend who has a Whites XLT.
He rebuilt his detector so that the controls box is no longer placed under the forearm, but
instead is placed on a belt, so he can wear it on the front with the beltstraps over his
shoulders. He then uses an extension cord to connect the box to the detector.
This has made his detecting a lot more easier and he can stay out for many
more hours without getting tired in his arm. I look very much forward to hear about some
of your ideas and would also be very glad if you could post a picture of your detector before and after.
Lastly i want to point that there are no commercially interests in the information that i get,
it is only for use in my assignment.
Thanks on forehand...
Best regards Thomas Stie Strange
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.