No Cam locks on the AT ???:shrug:

[EZrider]

n/t

 

[Pyledriver]

Or the Infinium, or the ACE, or..or...or... They can be added but if you're worried about a wobbly shaft you can put one wind of electrical tape around the shaft and it tightens right up!

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah that's the quick fix and that problem is solved.

Bill

 

[synthnut]

I've never had a machine that didn't have a cam lock ....How many hours do you have to put in before the shaft becomes wobbly ? ......Jim

 

[Geo Unit]

n/t

 

[jimmy clark]

are you saying the at pro will have a loose shaft, look at the money the detc. cost.if this was the case it would go back an id get my money back pronto.

 

[Pyledriver]

Are we getting a little uptight about something we don't know about? My first ACE needed the tape mod, the second ACE didn't. My buddy's Master Hunter has never needed it, my Infinium didn't need it, nor did my Scorpion. Sounds like much 'ado' about nothing..

 

[Monte]

Personally, on most models I own, or have owned in the past couple decades, they came equipped with a 'rod lock' or 'cam lock.' A few, however (mainly Garrett's) haven't had a rod lock. I recall many of the Tesoro models from the '80s and '90s didn't have a rod lock, and that would have annoyed me anyway because too many of their models had the holes punched out of alignment and the search coils were canted. a rod lock would have held them in a canted position anyway. Some makes I have had in the past, like many Compass models, didn't have holes to secure the rod in alignment anyway, and their rod locks were often poor at holding the rods in line with the housing, or from keeping them from collapsing.

So, sometimes they wouldn't serve a lot of purpose, and sometimes when they were used they didn't really do a great job. let's keep in mind, too, that cam locks/rod locks haven't been a bit item on Garrett models anyway and I haven't see that as a major reason for complaint in the past. Also, this is a unit that's good to 10 feet so some are going to get a fair amount of sand in the rod system. Yes, I have used some brand s of water units that have rod locks, but I've encountered a lot of them used, gently used, or handled them as customer repair returns that were rather bound up in the rod lock due to sand.

Sand/fine dirt or grit doesn't just come from beach hunting, either. I have a good friend and hunting buddy in Utah who seems to attract 500X the amount of dirt and grit and crud in her detectors that I have in all my life! So, maybe it's not such a big deal, and none of us will really know until a good number of them are released and used in the field for a while. If a lot of folks gripe about rod wobble and the need for a rod lock, maybe Garrett will listen up?

Monte

 

[Jason in TN]

Garrett has hit a home run with this one. They are way ahead of every one on this one. If it even only works a good as a 250 and is waterproof I can pay for it in gold finds in a very short time at the price. Other detector companies better step it up. I have used every high end detector out this is the first one I have been excited about in a long time.

Jason

 

[Beachcomber]

On any machine I have that goes in the water I remove the cam locks as they are more aggravation then they are worth. Nothing more annoying than trying to release a lower shaft that has been frozen in place because the cam locks got full of sand stirred up by digging and sifting. Camlocks are a very bad idea on a machine designed for going into the water!

HH

Beachcomber

 

[bearkat4160]

Those cam locks get all messed up and are sometimes hard to turn. I just had to get some vice grips to free up my cam lock on my Excal II so I can SHIP IT OUT as I sold it on ebay to pay for an AT PRO, to a guy in Italy! Oh yeh.

Alan

 

[synthnut]

Geo Unit ,
Is that 71.25 hard hours or easy hours ? ........I see how funny my question looked after seeing how funny your answer was .......

I was looking at Pluggers Shaft Locks that look really nice in case anyone ends up with a wobbly shaft !!.....Jim