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Recent content by skookum

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    Rare Compadre

    Hi, Got my hands on this unit in exchange for some welding work. LIGHT is the word you can use with this unit without blushing. At first I thought it was a toy, but first air tests even with the small coil were quite good. I can change coils because it is not hard wired and the long rod is yet...
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    homebrewing

    Hi, Made some beer yesterday. 100 liter brew kettle with stainless valve and insulated with welding blanket. 7,5 kW propane burner. Final gravity just a tad over 14 brix = specific gravity about 1.057 Used Hallertauer with 5,8% alpha acid for 90 min bittering hops Herkules with 14% alpha acid...
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    Handle mount

    Hi, Found a good solution to mount a sturdy handle to a straight shaft I use a plastic coated thin walled metal tube broomstick that has an OD of 22mm (7/8" for you folks) A comparison for size photo with a bicycle bar end The clamp is a universal motorcycle mirror clamp for 7/8" handlebars...
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    Converting older Whites battery pack to LiPo

    Hi, Doesn
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    Trade XLT for Sovereign Elite

    Hi, Been offered to trade my XLT for a Sovereign Elite - straight trade. What would you guys do, if you had that chance ?? Thought that I
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    Help neede with the 1270

    http://www.findmall.com/read.php?22,1971317
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    Help needed Fisher 1270

    Hi, I was out hunting early this morning with my 1270. Got to an area where the 1270 would beep at the end of every swing in disc. When manually ground balancing the unit in all metal I could get rid of most of the annoying sounds. But now I had no more disc. DOES ANYONE HAVE A SCHEMATIC OF THE...
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    Added security for ProPointer sheath

    Hi, Take a 3mm drill and drill a hole in the middle of the female part of the snap on the sheath
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    Placement

    Hi, Just a simple question: All other manufacturers forums are placed above the general interst forums such as : metal detecting forum Beach and water/scuba diving forum Prospecting forum and so on Now why does the "Blisstool Detector forum" occupy a slot outside the other manufacturers forums...
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    walk behind tractors

    Hi, I collect walk behind tractors. Mainly the ones made by Hummel and by Agria - both are of German manufacture. Greetings skookum
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    Testing trees for shrapnel

    Hi, Got a call from a friend on the weekend, who needs my help. Turns out that he got ahold of some 80year old oak trees to saw into slabs on his homebuilt sawmill. Now Germany has seen a lot of action in two world wars and many old trees over here are literally salted with shrapnel from bombs...
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    Fisher / Whites coil plug

    High, I already posted this question on the Fisher forum, but got no response. I`m getting tired of swinging the weight of the control box around for hours on end, so I decided to chest mount my 1270 as well as the 6000. Problem arises that the coil cable is too short for this application. Now...
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    Plug question on the 1270

    High, I`m getting tired of swinging the weight of the control box around for hours on end, so I decided to chest mount my 1270. Problem arises that the coil cable is too short for this application. Now not wanting to splice cable in between to lengthen it, here
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    Rechargeable battery life

    High, Now all sorts of tests have been posted regarding different detectors and/or coils as to their potential depth achievements. I personally think, that an evaluation of the different brands of rechargable batteries would be of equal if not greater importance, because this factor is actually...
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    single frequency vs multiple frequency - what

    High, After an over 20 year brake, I recently got back into the hobby. Bought myself the back then top of the line detectors, or newer models of them made since then. They are all single frequency machines. In the latest post in the metal detecting forum ( explorer II vs dfx 300 ) a few of...
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