Keith Southern
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Thought I would share a few mod's I've done to improve the LOBO ST for myself and my type of hunting
I call it the LOBO frankenSTein
I have used the following parts
1=X-Terra 705 upper pole pistol grip and armrest.(feels better to me than the whites)
2=Whites tall man pole pop rivited to a short section of X-Terra 705 middle rod.( Dang whites rod wasnt quite long enough need about 3 more inches)
3=Minelab Sovereign Lower clevis slid into whites fiber rod secured with the original plastic dowel pins from whites clevis setup.
4=Drilled out ear lugs on 8 inch brown donut coil to accept the new style Tesoro coil screw ( these are the best I've seen some sort of carbon fiber bolt and nut)
5=Made a custom aluminum plate to mount all-metal pinpoint switch on.Placed it on top of the X-Terra handrip using the screws and mounting system the X-terra uses.
6=Installed switch. Originally I tried a toggle but changed to push button less dirt can get in! looks nifty too!
7= mounted control box on upper rod with black nylon screw and nut from sovereign coil.I tried the control box in different areas and it balanced the best where I have it plus I can still see the controls just by glancing down.Get the box too far back and it wants to pick the coil up off the ground (manufacturers need to learn this)!
8=made a small slit in batter door(I have an extra door to replace to stock if need be) and ran remote wire from switch in and solder to back of front panel switch.(Just a light solder to hold it. Can be unsoldered if need be and back to stock)
9=Detector stand made from toolbox handle mounted using stock belt clip holes so can be returned to stock also!
10= Shortened the coil cable down to about 36" from 96" seems to have helped the sensitivity some!
There it is nothing fancy but it is what it is and works great for my hunting style.
Now I have the LOBO frankenSTein
Thanks for looking
Keith Southern
I call it the LOBO frankenSTein
I have used the following parts
1=X-Terra 705 upper pole pistol grip and armrest.(feels better to me than the whites)
2=Whites tall man pole pop rivited to a short section of X-Terra 705 middle rod.( Dang whites rod wasnt quite long enough need about 3 more inches)
3=Minelab Sovereign Lower clevis slid into whites fiber rod secured with the original plastic dowel pins from whites clevis setup.
4=Drilled out ear lugs on 8 inch brown donut coil to accept the new style Tesoro coil screw ( these are the best I've seen some sort of carbon fiber bolt and nut)
5=Made a custom aluminum plate to mount all-metal pinpoint switch on.Placed it on top of the X-Terra handrip using the screws and mounting system the X-terra uses.
6=Installed switch. Originally I tried a toggle but changed to push button less dirt can get in! looks nifty too!
7= mounted control box on upper rod with black nylon screw and nut from sovereign coil.I tried the control box in different areas and it balanced the best where I have it plus I can still see the controls just by glancing down.Get the box too far back and it wants to pick the coil up off the ground (manufacturers need to learn this)!
8=made a small slit in batter door(I have an extra door to replace to stock if need be) and ran remote wire from switch in and solder to back of front panel switch.(Just a light solder to hold it. Can be unsoldered if need be and back to stock)
9=Detector stand made from toolbox handle mounted using stock belt clip holes so can be returned to stock also!
10= Shortened the coil cable down to about 36" from 96" seems to have helped the sensitivity some!
There it is nothing fancy but it is what it is and works great for my hunting style.
Now I have the LOBO frankenSTein
Thanks for looking
Keith Southern
