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Goldquest Help

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I have been trying to get used to my Goldquest SS at the beach and just cant seem to get it to operate smoothly. When I am hunting in the wet salt sand I get a threshold increase when the coil goes towards the water. I have tried every combination with the reject and SAT controls and no setting cures the problem. The threshold increase is so loud that I am sure I am missing any faint signals. Any help out there? Mark
 
Mark,
1. Make sure you swing parallel to the shoreline, and not swinging the coil towards the water.
2. I hunt at 10uS and SAT at medium in the wet sand, and my GQ runs very smoothly. There maybe a slight rise in the threshold, but even the smallest targets will be easily heard.
3. You shouldn't have to turn the REJECT past 15uS, in order to get a smooth threshold on the wet sand. In deeper water, then you will need 15uS.
Tony.
 
Give this a try.
Set back the reject control a bit, say to the 9 o
 
try this try not wraping the coil wire around the shaft instead run it straight up the shaft almost to the s curve if i rember right the gq is very sesitive i use electrical tys and then wrap it around the shaft before the s-curve i think it has a tendicies to pick up on the cable and then do what mr. bill suggests larry (CA)
 
You're right Larry,
I do the same on my GQ with running the cable in a straight line following the shaft up to the S-handle. Only, Instead of running the cable on the lower portion of the lower or upper shaft I run the cable on the side of the shafts to reduce drag when searching in the water. If the cable is wrapped or running on the lower portain of the shafts will create drag from the exposed cable, Every square inch of explosed coil cable to the surf or ocean will create drag slowly wearing down the users arm.
Just like an airplanes wing, Keep it stream-lined which will reduce drag. Pictured is my GoldQuest with the coil cable running along side of the shafts. I feel both future lower and upper shafts for detectors meant for water should be designed to cut through the water with ease, Every bit helps when searching in the water.
HH, Paul (Ca)
 
My set-up is similar to Paul's, in that the cable is held firmly against the lower and upper shafts in a straight line. There is enough slack at the bottom to allow for any coil movement.
I also have the cable inside of clear plastic tubing (held to the shafts by electrical ties). This not only keeps the cable nice and straight, but protects the lower cable from any nicks and cuts from things like steel scoops.
You need to carefully cut a reasonably straight line up the entire length of tubing (and not your fingers <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock"> ), and then push the coil cable inside....I think I used 7mm diameter tubing, just enough to accommodate the thickness of the coil cable.
Might be a bit hard to pick up the plastic tubing on the photo, but it's there.
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good idea Tony ,will do the same, thanks <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
 
is that a surfmaster control box with the gq in it howed you do that?
 
Thanks Larry,
Yes, It's a Whites Pi housing. Replaced all the potentiometer's with waterproof pots, Two in the front of the housing and the threshold on top.
The Unit is balanced well and waterproof down to 100' feet, Let one of my buddies use it one day while I used my HH Pi. He was so impressed.
Thanks again,
Paul (Ca)
 
Great idea Tony,
I'll have to do the same next time I remove the coil.
Thanks for sharing,
Pual (Ca)
 
Definitely don't notice it.
All water drains out the bottom, and to some extent, the sides where the tubing has been cut.
The whole set up costs about a buck.
I just wanted protection for the coil cable as any cable cuts, especially underwater, would be disastrous <img src="/metal/html/cry.gif" border=0 width=40 height=15 alt=":cry"> <img src="/metal/html/cry.gif" border=0 width=40 height=15 alt=":cry">
Tony.
 
I have trouble with istability and try to swing slow and flat to the ground. Also try and make the change of direction of the swing as smooth as possible, this is what cracked it for me
 
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