How to make your X terra a pleasure to use

[jeff & Maria]

I have an Explorer as well, but love my X Terra for it's sweep speed etc. BUT...I am so used to my Sunray probe on the Explorer that it's difficult to do without. Also, I am tired of the detector falling over on uneven ground or setting it down in the dirt/mud. Lastly, if you are like me and enjoy being out in the summer when it's cool after the sun goes down you probably wish the X Terra had a backlight. Well, the following photos are my fixes for these problems. If you want to do the same I will tell you the specifics of how to set it up. Enjoy!

Jeff

 

[jeff & Maria]

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[jeff & Maria]

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[nugget71]

Very nice indeed....well done looks very professional. Another alternative for a light is a head mounted LED light which fits perfectly on my cap with ear-phones. If your like me and hunt at night I prefer to not use the ear-phones at night because I like to hear my surroundings in the dark . Nice Photo's
Cheers.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

You've got some great ideas there Jeff. I never thought of mounting my pocket probe like that. Looks like it is a good location for balance on the X-Terra. Love the light.
When I did my first night hunt with the X-Terra, I just notched out all but a few notches so that I could get the targets that I really wanted and used the probe to find them once I had them pinpointed. That way I could hunt by audio only.
Looks like the coil on the probe has seen better days.
The velcro on the cable lead is a nice touch, as that illuminates the strain on the coil connection to the box.
Keep them bright ideas coming.
Mick Evans.

 

[Mike2]

Nugget

I am much the same with the head phones but I leave one ear uncovered, as I like to detect at night and early in the morning and no matter what time i am on the beach there is always a few drunks about.


Owiee

 

[Bavaria Mike]

where did you get those legs? Thanks for showing and HH, Mike

 

[jeff & Maria]

are actually a bipod made by BT Paintball for a paintball gun, they are spring loaded and will extent to about 8 inches. The light is from an old original Nintendo Gameboy.

 

[Dick from IA]

Some great tips, Jeff and Maria. And timely for me, too.

I'd been assuming that sooner or later Sunray would come with a probe for the XTerras, since they have them on other popular Minelabs. But I just received a post the other day from Ralph at Sunray that Minelab is not sharing the V-Flex technology with any after-market suppliers. So there won't be one any time soon for the XTerras.

So now the Pocket UniProbe is the most logical choice, even though it's much pricier

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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