amp on excalibur 11 ???

[JOHNMARKHAM]

ive read where some guys have installed a amp onto there excalibur,im wondering what purpose will this serve?? pros and cons on this?? why do i want to do this or why i dont want to do this?? i have an excalibur 11 1000 with stock head phones.
ill check back for responses..
thanks
john

 

[hershey1]

Old BeechNut has a video where he is using one I think came from Doc's. It amplifies deep sounds that can't be heard normally. Search OBN videos and you should be able to find the video where OBN is demonstrating the amp with one of his Excaliburs. If you can't find it go to docsdetecting.com he sells them. Hope this helps. HH

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

I think on the same lines as above. But will add this. Lots of us hunt reverse discrimination, and while swinging in AM the targets response while deeper tend to be lower in audio. With the added amp these will sound louder and get you attention. You will be less likely to miss something. If you notice in his videos he (Old BeechNut) switches back amp less to check the target once its acquired.And or goes to discriminate and checks.

 

[erikk]

Put on a WOT-problem solved

 

[OldBeechnut]

[size=large]Johnmark, Simply put..............Get your Excal, put it in PP mode, adjust your Excalibur II's threshold knob down to just audible, stop { mark this as point A }. Now turn the knob to the point of where it turns off, { point B } From point A to point B there is still a threshold, but you can't hear it because it is not loud enough to hear. What the Amp does is open this area up to where you can hear it, it is amazing how sensitive the excal really is and how much one can miss. And just like having a bigger coil will give you a advantage over your fellow hunters in certain locations, this is just one more op to get more performance out of the Excalibur when you need it. If you have ever had a car that had the bottle on it {Nitrous oxide}, this is as about as close as this gets to that. And the good thing is you can turn it off if you find you don't need the extra kick. The Bad is ...it's not water proof, but has done very well with a few donks in the saltwater, and on shallow targets it can wake the dead. Had a video planned, just not enough time in the day, right now..............[/size]

Put on a WOT-problem solved

I would almost agree with you erikk, the big coils do get the depth and coverage. But by putting a big coil on your excal it will limit the versatility of that detector. Several of the beachs I hunt change so quickly I must be able to adjust to the conditions at that moment and the Amp allows me to have a wider range of options. I am thinking about the Sunray 12, I think I can swing that in the ruff waters of the Alantic...May have to ad another excal, cause I still love my 800 & 1000 coils.

 

[erikk]

[size=large]Johnmark, Simply put..............Get your Excal, put it in PP mode, adjust your Excalibur II's threshold knob down to just audible, stop { mark this as point A }. Now turn the knob to the point of where it turns off, { point B } From point A to point B there is still a threshold, but you can't hear it because it is not loud enough to hear. What the Amp does is open this area up to where you can hear it, it is amazing how sensitive the excal really is and how much one can miss. And just like having a bigger coil will give you a advantage over your fellow hunters in certain locations, this is just one more op to get more performance out of the Excalibur when you need it. If you have ever had a car that had the bottle on it {Nitrous oxide}, this is as about as close as this gets to that. And the good thing is you can turn it off if you find you don't need the extra kick. The Bad is ...it's not water proof, but has done very well with a few donks in the saltwater, and on shallow targets it can wake the dead. Had a video planned, just not enough time in the day, right now..............[/size]

Put on a WOT-problem solved

I would almost agree with you erikk, the big coils do get the depth and coverage. But by putting a big coil on your excal it will limit the versatility of that detector. Several of the beachs I hunt change so quickly I must be able to adjust to the conditions at that moment and the Amp allows me to have a wider range of options. I am thinking about the Sunray 12, I think I can swing that in the ruff waters of the Alantic...May have to ad another excal, cause I still love my 800 & 1000 coils.

Seems 2 me that by putting an amp on your excal really will really limit U by keeping U out of the ruff waters U speak of. Don't know about U but when I water hunt I am in the water sometimes up to my neck and since the amp isnt waterproof.........but then I am not making a video

 

[OldBeechnut]

The good thing about the amp is it is on the headphones so that gives me a little more leway on how far I can go out, most of the time it can be from ankle to waist deep, with this I can deal with the waves if there not to much, much different then the bay or the west coast of florida where I can hunt up to my neck with the Amp on. Funny, the Amp helped very little on my last trip to your area, which I do believe the big coils are the only way to go on the WCoast, but maybe the amp and the big coil? With so many hunters out everyday, coverage is a big deal in florida. The AMP Idea is from CJC's book on the Excalibur's which he teams up with the WOT on his sovereign using AM hunting. Pic of the Headphones, UR30 Koss inserts used instead of the excal transducers.........joe