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Just finished adding Ground balance to my Cibola
- Thread starter Sven
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Keith Southern
Active member
Check her out http://jb-ms.com/Carlsforum/Aug25-2007/1185585128.html ..
They do perform better like this especially if you like to hunt all metal..
Just messing around you know what the say imitation is the best flattery Ha-Ha.
Keith Southern
They do perform better like this especially if you like to hunt all metal..
Just messing around you know what the say imitation is the best flattery Ha-Ha.
Keith Southern
Sven
Well-known member
Keith Southern said:
LOL!!!
Gave you the credit in my How-To:
http://home.earthlink.net/~puddlepirate/data/CIBOLA%20Ground%20Balance%20Mod.pdf
Once I saw your posting, decided to give it a go. Ever since I modd'd my first Minelab Sov Elite, Musketeer and Tesoro Silver Sabre U-max years ago, decided I like tinkering with detectors. Even thinking about building one.....like I don't have enough projects to work on....
By the way, I picked up a Sterling a month ago. It's a beauty, and it seems like it was tuned to the max. It gives the Cibola a run for the money. I am making a special headset for it.....http://home.earthlink.net/~puddlepirate/id13.html
If you have any other cool mods you would like to share, I have webspace.
Sven
gordygroover
New member
You folks with knowledge of electronics amaze me.
If I can get the Christmas lights hung from my gutters I feel like I acomplished an electronic marvel, regardless if any of the bulbs even light up.
If I can get the Christmas lights hung from my gutters I feel like I acomplished an electronic marvel, regardless if any of the bulbs even light up.
Keith Southern
Active member
Nice website you've got set up Sven Thats probably nore complicated than detector modding Ha-Ha..
Youre right about the internal pot dont worry about trying to unsolder the pot just grab it with some needle nose pliers and she pops right out.
I've done about five of those now and you can actual get her done pretty quick and dont have to take the knobs and switch's off just open her up pull the pot off the board slide the 2 wires in and solder from the back and clip the pinpoint wires and take a 1/8 bit and use your hand to drill a hole in the bottom of the housing a few turns back and forth and the bit will pop right through the housing no need to use a drill and risk damage inside...
As for the Sterling 6DD Dave at Dixie had some last year in stock you might want to try him..
And to be honest that elliptical coil was concentric 8x9 I think but not for sure..Anyway it was awfu lin this Georgia dirt falsed like crazy and the target response was less than to be desired..
The white DD super search that comes on the sterling replaced the elliptical concentric that came on early sterlings because of performance issues.
In my opinion the Sterling/tribune/Musketeer which were all the same detector just different decals and color were deeper with the 8 DD coil than the new musketeers xs and advantage.It because of the excellent 8 DD coil design which was made buy Deteknetics for minelab . they also made the 8 Inch DD for the sovereign and sovereign xs which were far superior to the later sovereign offerings..
Good job on the website again.. I've got some mod's I've done I might share with you over there when I get a chance..
I'm hyped up right now anticipating the release of the 5 DD coil for the T-2!!!
Cant wait..
Keith Southern
Youre right about the internal pot dont worry about trying to unsolder the pot just grab it with some needle nose pliers and she pops right out.
I've done about five of those now and you can actual get her done pretty quick and dont have to take the knobs and switch's off just open her up pull the pot off the board slide the 2 wires in and solder from the back and clip the pinpoint wires and take a 1/8 bit and use your hand to drill a hole in the bottom of the housing a few turns back and forth and the bit will pop right through the housing no need to use a drill and risk damage inside...
As for the Sterling 6DD Dave at Dixie had some last year in stock you might want to try him..
And to be honest that elliptical coil was concentric 8x9 I think but not for sure..Anyway it was awfu lin this Georgia dirt falsed like crazy and the target response was less than to be desired..
The white DD super search that comes on the sterling replaced the elliptical concentric that came on early sterlings because of performance issues.
In my opinion the Sterling/tribune/Musketeer which were all the same detector just different decals and color were deeper with the 8 DD coil than the new musketeers xs and advantage.It because of the excellent 8 DD coil design which was made buy Deteknetics for minelab . they also made the 8 Inch DD for the sovereign and sovereign xs which were far superior to the later sovereign offerings..
Good job on the website again.. I've got some mod's I've done I might share with you over there when I get a chance..
I'm hyped up right now anticipating the release of the 5 DD coil for the T-2!!!
Cant wait..
Keith Southern
Sven
Well-known member
Sorry no, just have the stock coil 9x8 and a 5.75. I have been running the 5.75" at the school ground, nothing is really more than 4-5" deep and the 5.75 inch coil goes just about as deep as the 9x8.
If you can try a wide scan 12x10, report back with your results.
Hopefully within the next couple weeks, I'll get out into the woods with the 9x8 and see how it works. I think my back will handle a few hours.
I have always liked the wide scan coils on my other detectors........
If you can try a wide scan 12x10, report back with your results.
Hopefully within the next couple weeks, I'll get out into the woods with the 9x8 and see how it works. I think my back will handle a few hours.
I have always liked the wide scan coils on my other detectors........
I have the 12 x 10 widescan too and with an un-modified Cibola it was hard to tell any difference in depth.
It covers a lot of ground but I also find it nose heavy so don't use it much. It is not quite as accurate pin pointing as the standard coil or 5.75 concentric but is still not bad. It pin points at the toe or heel where the two D's meet.
When the ground freezes hard, I hope to find time around the family activities to get the mod done and to do some testing on balancing to off-set the nose heavy coil set ups. When I get to that point I will post.
tvr
It covers a lot of ground but I also find it nose heavy so don't use it much. It is not quite as accurate pin pointing as the standard coil or 5.75 concentric but is still not bad. It pin points at the toe or heel where the two D's meet.
When the ground freezes hard, I hope to find time around the family activities to get the mod done and to do some testing on balancing to off-set the nose heavy coil set ups. When I get to that point I will post.
tvr
Davethejunky
TROLL #2
Is it possible to put a 10 turn pot on the V?
RAYMOND INGRAHAM
New member
its what everyone is putting on the ciablo,i already retuned the interior pot on my machine,and it goes fairly deeper ..
now i just have to use the 5.75 inch coil,the stock coil 9.5 over laps hits to much in junky areas
now i just have to use the 5.75 inch coil,the stock coil 9.5 over laps hits to much in junky areas
RAYMOND INGRAHAM
New member
cibola_ground_balance_mod.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzER5wj3sIJwb3NER2NlMi1WR2c/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzER5wj3sIJwb3NER2NlMi1WR2c/view?usp=sharing
RAYMOND INGRAHAM
New member
my old whites 6000 d.i.pro had a coarse and fine tune control,10 turns will give you the ability to fine tune the GB on the ciablo,after changing the internal
gb im sold on a 10 turn system,ill post more when its done
gb im sold on a 10 turn system,ill post more when its done
RAYMOND INGRAHAM
New member
A potentiometer is a simple knob that provides a variable resistance