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ATX Care And Cleaning In Water Or On Land....
- Thread starter John-Edmonton
- Start date
WaterWalker
Well-known member
The video is a good start and not bad for the short time from when it was let out that they were working on a cleaning video.
But, I wish it was that easy for me and my salt water / silt crud infected ATX. I talked with Garrett this morning, They are still working on the tight cams. And as of today they do NOT recommend ANY grease, oil, wax etc be put on the shaft.
I personally rinse well in the water salt or fresh, rinse with a gallon or two of fresh water at the car. Move the arm wrest forward, move the round shaft down, pour fresh water into the shaft and hold coil end up to drain the shaft. I then wipe the entire detector down, leave extended as far as possible until I get home. Weather permitting, I use a garden hose to rinse the ATX down again. Then with it at its full length, wipe down and compressor air dry. The next morning I work the cams loose, using compresssed air again to get the fine silt out. Personally I would not recommend holding the control box while freeing the cam locks. I only hold on the the 3 shafts that have the two flat areas when turning the cams. The only thing that holds the totally round shaft in place is the smal anti-rotate pin the is activated by the little lever and a small amount of friction from the arm cuff. Two gallons of water, and a squeeze bottle with a small spout that gives a high pressure rinse at the car do me fine. I have also used rubber strap wrenches to aid is twisting the cam locks.
This is more that I have ever done for any of my other detectors, but the ATX, Armadillo or what ever your pet name is, it is well worth the care he / she / it needs.
But, I wish it was that easy for me and my salt water / silt crud infected ATX. I talked with Garrett this morning, They are still working on the tight cams. And as of today they do NOT recommend ANY grease, oil, wax etc be put on the shaft.
I personally rinse well in the water salt or fresh, rinse with a gallon or two of fresh water at the car. Move the arm wrest forward, move the round shaft down, pour fresh water into the shaft and hold coil end up to drain the shaft. I then wipe the entire detector down, leave extended as far as possible until I get home. Weather permitting, I use a garden hose to rinse the ATX down again. Then with it at its full length, wipe down and compressor air dry. The next morning I work the cams loose, using compresssed air again to get the fine silt out. Personally I would not recommend holding the control box while freeing the cam locks. I only hold on the the 3 shafts that have the two flat areas when turning the cams. The only thing that holds the totally round shaft in place is the smal anti-rotate pin the is activated by the little lever and a small amount of friction from the arm cuff. Two gallons of water, and a squeeze bottle with a small spout that gives a high pressure rinse at the car do me fine. I have also used rubber strap wrenches to aid is twisting the cam locks.
This is more that I have ever done for any of my other detectors, but the ATX, Armadillo or what ever your pet name is, it is well worth the care he / she / it needs.
I never tried to bathe an Armadillo, but if the fun we had bathing my cousin's pet Javalina when I was a kid in Texas is any indication, my advice is get a firm grip before It sees the hose!
Cute little Javalina and it was delicious - my cousin and his dad had an issue about that for a long time.
Back to the ATX, I shower with mine. It seems to prefer Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile Soap, although it tends to dry my delicate skin.
Cute little Javalina and it was delicious - my cousin and his dad had an issue about that for a long time.
Back to the ATX, I shower with mine. It seems to prefer Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile Soap, although it tends to dry my delicate skin.
SoCalBeachScanner
Member
I have never bathed my green mamba, she likes being all salty and sandy. With all the talk of stem nuts seizing up, I did try to turn them a week ago and my mamba has no problems.
The stem nuts seem like they don't crank down all that tight against the shafts. Sometimes when downward pressure is applied unintentionally while holding the hand control during scooping a target, the shafts slide in some which can be annoying.
I can't see the stem nuts ever getting to the point where they would lock up that short turns back and forth while flushing with water would free. But then, you will have that guy that would try to loosen stem nuts by force and gall up the works.
The stem nuts seem like they don't crank down all that tight against the shafts. Sometimes when downward pressure is applied unintentionally while holding the hand control during scooping a target, the shafts slide in some which can be annoying.
I can't see the stem nuts ever getting to the point where they would lock up that short turns back and forth while flushing with water would free. But then, you will have that guy that would try to loosen stem nuts by force and gall up the works.
WaterWalker
Well-known member
Having never heard of a Javalina...I went looking...If you really want to bathe with a skunk pig, go ahead!
A peccary (or javelina and skunk pig; Portuguese javali and Spanish jabal
A peccary (or javelina and skunk pig; Portuguese javali and Spanish jabal
Ytcoinshooter
Well-known member
Ah, I found your clean out method. Good to know as much as possible before I consider adding this beast to my collection.
Great info, thanks.
Great info, thanks.
Ytcoinshooter
Well-known member
Ah, I found your clean out method. Good to know as much as possible before I consider adding this beast to my collection.
Great info, thanks.
HH-Bruce
Great info, thanks.
HH-Bruce
Treasurehunter1967
New member
I just got back from the beach and successfully kept the cam locks on my ATX protected with Saran Wrap and Gorilla Tape. I have attached two pics showing how I secured them. It's much easier doing this than rinsing and rinsing. I did bring a couple of gallons of fresh water though and rinsed the unit before removing the tape and wrap. Worked great!