Straight shaft for Dual Field ?

[S.S.Tupperware]

I am thinking of making a straight shaft for my dual field. It is light and the S shaft is ok but I think a lil longer shaft would add 25 pct or more of ground covered per swing... since I have a friend who works at an architectural aluminum shop, I can get it tig welded and then powder coated in whatever color I want. The question is what are the dimentions of yours? Is the box mounted still under your forearm? I will weld on the arm cuff also out of 4" alum, and get a new lower shaft since I don't wanna mess up the original since I might need it if I decide to do any traveling since it would break down smaller. If you can think of anything else... I'm all ears. Thanks

 

[OldBeechnut]

Not the Df but a travel shaft for the excal. Like it because it breaks down small and fits in a backpack for travel. Quick Assembly .......Made from 2 canes, 10 dollars for both at the Goodwill store. Maybe a Idea for you. The Pod is reversed because it is easier to hunt AM with, just let go of the handle reach over a few inch's to switch to Discriminate, to check then back to AM....Good Luck....Joe

 

[Dig]

I think (and this is just my humble opinion) that I would hip mount or chest mount that box. I hip mounted my excal and have never looked back. I did it myself with a piece of pvc, some nylon bolts, and a couple of zip ties. Cost me less than $10.00 and allows me to hunt for a couple of extra hours.

 

[grumpyolman]

I have hip mounted all my water detectors and even some of my land detector that weren't specially made to do that. I modified the stock mount for the dual field and posted a picture of it here a few months ago. I have the Tiger Shark in a surplus military canteen holder with a belt to go around my waist. My Garrett Sea Hunter had a harness I made that had it hang in front of me about chest high so I could see all the controls. I use my Fisher 1280-X on the same belt I use for the Tiger Shark. Even made a chest mount for the land CZ7-A-Pro. I just figure I don't want to swing anymore weight than I have to. If I could chest mount the E-Trac, I'd do it. Jim

 

[S.S.Tupperware]

The DF is light so I doubt I will take it off the shaft, I was just wondering what the length of ya'lls. I guess I'll have it welded and slowly cut if down til it works...

 

[kered]

The coil wires on pi machines are also more fragile than other machines, hipmounting could cause excess strain and cause failure, its so light i can't see the point either