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BHID question

Other than sending it back to Whites to get the bigger 12 inch yellow coil,change,
this is what some other user do is place a small sand bag on the coil latched down to neutralize the weight.
You could also change to the Hipmount Kits.
 
I own a BHID and when you sweep it back a fourth, a slight rotation of the wrist, in the direction you are sweeping and the coil will fly to the bottom. By tilting the coil in the direction you are sweeping it acts a wing under water. The slight tilt will keep the coil down as you sweep back and Fourth. Its like holding your hand out the car window as a kid and make it fly up and down. Second, when I'm digging a target the coil while stay out of the way. Third a straight shaft really does help.
 
dirtdigginlady said:
Ok I find it very hard to hunt in the water because I can't keep the coil down. What is the answer to this floating coil? thanks.
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Put some sand in an old sock and tie it to the rod above the coil.
Or
Install a 10" Excelerator coil on the BHID ... works better ... dont float.
I tried the "300" yellow coil ... too big ... IMHO.

Willee
 
I changed both of mine to Anderson straight shafts. It's easier to get the leverage on the handle to work the coil. However, I have the 12 inch neutral bouyant coil which is easier to hold in place. It still likes to float, but I can hunt for hours with the straight shaft.

I found the "S" stock shaft was harder to work with in the water.

The straight shaft actually balanced the machine differently and I now use my BHID 300 for all of my hunting whether it is up to my neck in water or in the dry tot lots. I hunted 5 hours in the dry one day last week and never felt it. More specifically, When I got done,I didn't put the machine down and say to myself, "Thank God that's over." I actually hit another tot lot on the way home.

I'm rambling. Sorry.
 
White's sell a bracket that will hold coil in place while hunting in water. Been using one for years without a problem.
 
moliver3 said:
White's sell a bracket that will hold coil in place while hunting in water. Been using one for years without a problem.
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Wow. I didn't stop to think think that was the question. I just assumed the fight was with coil was floating to the surface rather than flipping up.

I use one of those brackets and it works very well.
 
dirtdigginlady said:
Ok I find it very hard to hunt in the water because I can't keep the coil down. What is the answer to this floating coil? thanks.
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The best improvement that I did to my BHID was sending it in for the "new" super 12" coil!!!:thumbup:

I have increased my take home big time since the conversion:wiggle:

The coil is light, fast recovery, covers lots of ground, deeper, hits the small stuff, easy pinpoint, and just a beauty that White's gave plenty of thought to in the design!!!!:usaflag::thumbup::whites:

Contact White's for info on this upgrade:jump:
 
sorry guess I didn't make it clear. It's just hard to hold it on the bottom. It's not the coil flipping up. It's just very hard and tiresome for me to try and keep the coil on the bottom.
 
You can also attach a dive weight to the middle rod.

Before the factory switched to the Super 12, we made our own weights for the BH. We used a 7 1/2" long, 1/2" pvc pipe filled with aprox 13-14 oz of lead bullets (smashed and compacted to take up less space). The length depended on how compacted the lead was. Sealed caps on each end with pvc glue, then used 4 plastic pvc u-clamps bolted together so we could clamp the weight to the side of middle rod (to lessen the resistance when underwater) which was also high enough up on the rod to not interfere with detector.

We determined that 14 oz was just the right amount to remove any loop bouyancy. Plus, if you wanted to hunt on the beach you could always remove the weight.
We had tried to use sand but found that it would have taken quite a bit to remove the bouyancy.

I would offer to sell you one but we stopped making them when the factory started putting the Super 12" on BH.

Anyway, it's just an idea - maybe you can come up with something similar.

Andrea H.
 
andreak77 said:
You can also attach a dive weight to the middle rod.

Before the factory switched to the Super 12, we made our own weights for the BH. We used a 7 1/2" long, 1/2" pvc pipe filled with aprox 13-14 oz of lead bullets (smashed and compacted to take up less space). The length depended on how compacted the lead was. Sealed caps on each end with pvc glue, then used 4 plastic pvc u-clamps bolted together so we could clamp the weight to the side of middle rod (to lessen the resistance when underwater) which was also high enough up on the rod to not interfere with detector.

We determined that 14 oz was just the right amount to remove any loop bouyancy. Plus, if you wanted to hunt on the beach you could always remove the weight.
We had tried to use sand but found that it would have taken quite a bit to remove the bouyancy.

I would offer to sell you one but we stopped making them when the factory started putting the Super 12" on BH.

Anyway, it's just an idea - maybe you can come up with something similar.
Thats some good specific info Andrea, Think I'll try it.

Andrea H.
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so here it is again .go to the hardware store and get some clear tubing about two feet long and 3/4 inch id along with barbed tubing connector to fit the inside of the tubing and some plastic wire ties about 6 inchs long,Now heat the tubing with a hair dryer on the end and insert one end of the barbed fitting it will slide in easy this way,next cut the tubing so it will fit along the top outside edge of the coil on your detector don't push it together yet , fill the tubing with sand leaving about 1/2 inch sand free heat up the other end of the tubing and push together making a ring full of sand,Now using the wire ties tie it to the coil on the top side, weighting the coil so it no longer floats . this way you can still ground bal. the detector so you get max depth:thumbup:
 
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