excal acting up this morning

[recout]

So I have a lighting rod shaft and added a extension to put the controls behind my elbow. So I go to Atlantic City this morning to try it out. I head down to to wet sand swinging on my way. Every time I swing to the right my MD makes some noise. The. Controls were hitting my back lightly and I was thinking the hitting was making it go crazy. Even when it didn't hit my back it still made noise. So I took off the extension and it still did it. I had my cell phone in my back pocket and was thinking maybe that was the cause,took it out and still no good. So I called it a day. On my way home I stopped in OC to give it a try and worked like nothing was wrong. Anyone have any ideas what it could have been. I played with all the settings still did it. Could it have been the passing storm? Thanks for any help.

 

[Horsesoldier]

There may have been some electrical interference you might not have been aware of. Yes, it could have been the storm.

 

[tomtomnc]

I had the same thing happen with a different detector but it's worth saying. Look at all the connections like coil to cable or cable to detector and make sure there is nothing lose .I had my detector hip mounted at the time and every time i took another step the detector would bug out.I tracked the problem to a lose wire in the cable connecting to the detector. Wish you luck.

 

[Nomad NJ]

I had a problem like that and I had sand and water in my coil cover. Were you at Octopus beach.

 

[recout]

No i was south of there. I know I didn't have any sand or water in my coil cover. I had it off last night and washed it. It was going crazy in dry and wet sand. I checked the connections and all seem ok. I can only guess that it was some electrical interference from the end of the storm that passed by. When i went to Ocean City on the way home it was fine......

 

[bootyhoundpa]

first thing that came to mind by your description was a loose or broken wire....... if it does it again-- and i hope it dont---- tap the wires at the control box with your finger to see if it will false....think ive been reading some recent posts about excal 11s with bad wire .... i hope it was that storm or all the iron in the ac sand that was making it go crazy......

 

[marc g]

I had something similar happen in front of Tropicana last week, and almost quit. As I walked more north, it went away. I wonder If there are some buried wires in that area.
Marc

 

[recout]

Marc I was about 1-2 blocks south. Most be some thing in the ground.

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

The facts that you stated tells me it was interferance at AC. I have several locations that do the samething. It takes a long walk to eliminate it at times. I am pretty sure you will find it to be working again today, and when you go back to AC same place its just a crazy event?

 

[MHirschmann]

Not that this adds anything but I completely agree with BCNJ, mine does this as well. There are just areas that are a problem. I am fairly certain that you were just in one of these areas, as others have stated. One "easy" way to test if your machine is fine, is to take it somewhere that you certainly wont have any interference, IE the countryside and give it a try. I noticed that my excal 2 doesnt like certain urban areas anymore. You wouldnt believe all the things that effect these machines. They are extremely sensitive, which is both good and bad. Sorry that I cant help but it sounds like your machine is fine, just having trouble with inference which happens at the worst of times of course

 

[Arnman]

Hello, new to the forum, but I have a excal II that's only about three months old. And it is doing the same thing.