Chest mounting Excal?

[Ray Hogan]

Does anybody chest-mount their excal? I've tended to chest-mount control boxes from other detectors I've used and was wondering if anyone had a good way to do this with the excal...thanks, Ray Hogan in Waco, TX.

 

[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

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i took a dive belt and sewed some shoulder straps on mine, added quick snaps for excal

a hunting buddy of mine just made a new one, let me see if i can find the pics
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[Bling]

yep i back mount mine.

 

[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

i use mine back mounted 95% of the time also

along with many others, but he said chested mounted
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[plugger]

Looks nice Bling, but do you secure the cable to the harness somehow? On all my hip mounts I have always stressed securing the coil cable just in case you drop your rod. You don't want a short in the connection! I use a cable tie formed into a loop and tape it to the coil cable and then attach a snap ring into the belt for the loop to hook into. That way, if I drop my rod, the stress is on the belt and not the connection. With the rear mounted straight rods that are available, they may be prove to be a safer option. I'll try to load a pic of the loop & snap ring configuration on my GT belt.

 

[hunter 18]

Hey max the you have a pic. of the belt loop the you use to put your sand scoop by your sided

 

[Bling]

yep i have pull ties on both the head phones wire and coil wire to the belt if i drop eather it doesnt pull on where they enter the detector! and ( i still love your strait shaft for my 2 Sovereign's) im thinking about ordering another one for my Excal !
Looks nice Bling, but do you secure the cable to the harness somehow? On all my hip mounts I have always stressed securing the coil cable just in case you drop your rod. You don't want a short in the connection! I use a cable tie formed into a loop and tape it to the coil cable and then attach a snap ring into the belt for the loop to hook into. That way, if I drop my rod, the stress is on the belt and not the connection. With the rear mounted straight rods that are available, they may be prove to be a safer option. I'll try to load a pic of the loop & snap ring configuration on my GT belt.

 

[Bling]

i carry/drag my scoop.in or out of water,just dog snap it to your belt.it leavs a good drag trail so you can see where you have hunted makes it easy to lay out a grid.i also poke the handle full of foam rubber so it floats up if i drop it.

 

[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

due to the influx of the alum. scoops and the gray nasty stuff they rub off on your hands and shorts

made from pickel barrells or zep chemical barrell..................works good
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.when we first got S/S scoops they were heavy and we used this
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once i even made them from hammer hangers
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it just grew over the years and how the hanger changed as well
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we started using bigger u clamps a year of so ago, the waves would wash the scoop off the smaller hook job
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it now looks like this .......................F Y I
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[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

u could just use the harness rig alone and add excal. to it on your chest, u can see the diver flags, something he bought at a dive shop.

f y i

 

[hunter 18]

Good One Thanks Biling Thanks Max
I am on my way to my shop to build my scoop drager

 

[Ray Hogan]

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