Sticking pinpoint rocker switch

[azsh07]

Since I got mine second hand I am not sure if ths has been an issue but mine keeps sticking on...very annoying. Did they go from a pushbutton to the rocker or vice versa.

Other than that I like the machine...actually used the big coil today in a colonial field along with the stock coil. The large coil is still very sensitive to small stuff...dugg a piece of buckshot at 4" which is good. Did get a Brown Bess musket ball at 11" which is great in my area ( large coil).

Also dug two colonial coins at good depth with the stock coil. This is a field behind a revultaionary war tavern used by the colonists to plan their part of the war. I havehammered this 20 acres for 20 years. Nothing is left that is under 8" and EVERYTHING is an iffy target. So to get 2 coins ( KGII and what looks like a W&M 1690's) is pretty good.

Anyway curious on the switch.

 

[greaser]

I have the rocker on mine, it came first then the button. mine has given me no trouble but I try and be careful to keep dirt out of it, maybe some aerosol contact cleaner could help out? welcome to the Nokta family I think you will enjoy it. HH

 

[dbado1]

I have the rocker on mine. It will stick when it gets dusty/dirty. I take a damp cloth to the rocker and clean it then spray it with a dry lubricant ( same as I use on the actions of my firearms). Works like a charm. I wouldn't recommend using a oil based lube as it will just attract more dirt. Hope this helps. HH

Dean

 

[azsh07]

I just used a silicone dry lube..worked fine. I was just curious if the newer ones use a pushbutton or rocker switch...as I see you can get the entire upper rod with handle. Not that I needed it but was curious down the road

 

[Monte]

Both wok well. Honestly, I liked the feel of the Rocker type switch a little better, but maybe that was because I was used to it on my FORS CoRe. It took me a bit to 'adjust' and feel comfortable with the Push-button switch on my FORS Gold +.

Oregon Gregg got an as-new 'back-up' FORS CoRe Pro Package and it came with the Push-button. He didn't/doesn't like it and preferred the Rocker types switch. I had a new FORS Gold upper rod/handle with a Rocker, and I decided I came to like the Push-button better, so we switched upper rod/handles. That made him happy to have both FORS CoRe models with Rocker switches, and I am content to have all my FORS series models equipped with the Push-button.

As for switch related issues, I never had any with the Rocker switch. Now that might be due to the fact that:

1.. I don't wear gloves that can collect dirt that could get in the switch.

2.. I am right handed and NEVER do any target recoveries with my right hand. It ONLY handles my detect6or and Makro or Nokta Pointer, and all recoveries are done with my left-hand. Thus my detector hand stays clean, as well as my detector control switches and handle. I know, some think I'm goofy but I've been detecting that way, pampering my detectors, for the past 45+ years out of the 51+ I have been hunting.

I have only heard of one other person gritting-up their Rocker switch, but I know they get their hands, and everything, pretty dirty when detecting and recovery of targets. But they 'cured' it, probably like one of the post responder's mentioned.

Monte

 

[dbado1]

I'm a lefty and use gloves in the dry Arizona dirt. When I get home from a detecting session I look like Pig Pen .