VaBeachRon
New member
The Excal with the 10 Inch coil was just wearing my arm and shoulder out big-time. Decided to try something today and it came out great.
I went to the Army Navy surplus store (M&G Surplus in Norfolk) and bought a $2.99 web belt. I had 3 stainless steel nuts, bolts and washers in my garage plus a section of flexible conduit PVC that originally was meant to be a drain pipe for a dishwasher. The pipe has plenty of strength and it also will flex helping it fit comfortably on the hip & belt.
As you can see from the pictures, my Excal had a soldered on coil (that's what the orange water-proof tape is).
I mounted the detector and battery pod to the PVC pipe with the stainless hardware and the pipe to the web belt with nylon cable ties. The pre-drilled metal holes in the belt line-up with everything just right. The extended piece of conduit gave me a section to secure the cables to so there is no strain or pulling on the cables out of the detector. It is light weight, easy to put on. I wear it upside down (as you see it) which routes the headphones to my left side and the coil wire to my right side where I right-hand swing the coil. I can easily get to the power/threshold and sensitivity knobs too.
Now it feels as light as my PI Pro!!
Happy Hunting!
Va Beach Ron
Va Beach SurfPirates
I went to the Army Navy surplus store (M&G Surplus in Norfolk) and bought a $2.99 web belt. I had 3 stainless steel nuts, bolts and washers in my garage plus a section of flexible conduit PVC that originally was meant to be a drain pipe for a dishwasher. The pipe has plenty of strength and it also will flex helping it fit comfortably on the hip & belt.
As you can see from the pictures, my Excal had a soldered on coil (that's what the orange water-proof tape is).
I mounted the detector and battery pod to the PVC pipe with the stainless hardware and the pipe to the web belt with nylon cable ties. The pre-drilled metal holes in the belt line-up with everything just right. The extended piece of conduit gave me a section to secure the cables to so there is no strain or pulling on the cables out of the detector. It is light weight, easy to put on. I wear it upside down (as you see it) which routes the headphones to my left side and the coil wire to my right side where I right-hand swing the coil. I can easily get to the power/threshold and sensitivity knobs too.
Now it feels as light as my PI Pro!!
Happy Hunting!
Va Beach Ron
Va Beach SurfPirates
