See the photo report: opening the Garrett ATX metal detector. The owner of this machine wished to change its appearance – to provide himself with a new shaft, another coil, and to insert the battery compartment as well as the control box into the metal housing. Continue reading
Have you ever seen a metal detector with a folding shaft? When the machine unfolds like a pocket knife? Take a look at this one, it’s really unusual and interesting. Maybe this idea will inspire you to invent more sophisticated tricks – for instance, to make a unit with two shafts (that kind of thing already exists). Continue reading
Metal detector homemade shafts almost always look terrible… But this option surprises with its simplicity and execution. Its exterior appearance is not inferior to the original factory shaft. At the same time this one is convenient and reliable. See the photo: a perfect homemade shaft for a metal detector. Continue reading
XP large coils have the shaft attachment positioned ‘off centre’. And the meaning of this accessory is to have the shaft (its attachment point) located in the middle of the coil. See the photo: an adapter on XP large coil. Continue reading
A search coil is attached to the shaft with a plastic bolt. But what will happen if the bolt is made of iron? Watch the video, a metal bolt on the Garrett ACE 250 detector coil. Continue reading