Coil Bracket for the Surf DF (or any..)

[cjc]

Not to say that the coil for this excellent machine moves a lot (the "ears" are textured to keep it in place, something that should have been thought of ages ago) but if a coil moves even a tiny but it throws me off so I made this (old school) bracket by taking a strip of plexiglass and melting it to shape with a lighter (a heat gun is nice if you have one). The hardest part is getting the width of the part where the coil edge sits. Use a piece of cardboard to plot your angles and section lengths. Not shown are the "zip" ties that hold it in place. This is a real comfort in the water when you are scrubbing or working in a dig to tell which side your target is on. Anyone know of a manufactured (or jury rigged) coil weight? This detector smoothes out realy well (via the gain control) and has nice depth. Here's a nice find I made with mine--a Tiffany plat band 9.7 gr. Seeing them for $1,025 new.
cjc

 

[tvr]

Nice idea. I have been thinking of something similar for the 10 inch coil on my Sandshark. It tends to flip up some in the waves.
And very nice ring!

 

[Tony from Tidewater]

I will try to upload the picture of it.

 

[TerryinHawaii]

If you just turn the Surfmaster DF coil around 180 degrees, you pretty much eliumate the need for a coil stabilizer. Also by using the coil backwards, you shift the center of balance towards you. And now it us better balanced and feels lighter to.

 

[mynah]

Terry,

Thanks for that information. I saw a photo of the coil turned around and didn't think much of it. I'll be sure to try it as I've been battling the flipperoosie

Aloha

 

[XT18000]

Seems to be the age old problem most of us have . I think they still call it the angle of the dangle !