Tesoro Vaquero waterproofing

[underwatermetalman]

Hello everyone, I found an old beach site that is littered with bobby pins, hair pins, nails etc. I have found a few good finds but I know there are several other targets I have missed. I have hit it with an Excal and a CTX 3030 with 6" coil. I know from land hunting my Vaquero has a much faster recovery speed but it is not water proof. Has anyone water proofed one? if so, do you have a mold or know of something I can encase mine in? I am looking to scuba dive with it down to depths around 25'

I appreciate your responses or suggestions...

UWMM

 

[amberjack]

is it fresh or salt water?

AJ

 

[finnfoto]

Waterproofed many units. Id recomend calling whites and asking if they could help you out with a dual field control box with rubber seal and side clamps. They helped me out on a few occasions. for this type application.

 

[amberjack]

that's interesting they would do that, nice case too !! can buy those lunch box water proof cases elsewhere I am sure if you look around.

AJ

 

[finnfoto]

Good luck with those lunch box cases I've had to many mishaps with those little pelican boxes. Ike lite sells some really good camera cases for diving as well.

 

[underwatermetalman]

AJ,

I would use this for freshwater applications, I don't think the Vaquero would work well in salt but I could be wrong. I base this on the single frequency machines performance we all know and love!

UWMM

 

[synthnut]

Check out the Plano tackle boxes ....

 

[pinenut]

Check out the Plano tackle boxes ....

I'm curious; are the Plano any more waterproof than the Pelicans?

I'd be tempted to try one of these Waterproof Pelican with the coil & waterproof headphones hard-wired. Mount it to your poles with some Velcro.. Pretty sure all the Vaquero's guts will fit inside, but they have a bigger one, if not. A little diver's grease on the O-ring, and you should be OK to 20' or so.

Then again, you could just buy a used Tiger Shark and go down lots deeper.. Not as light as a Vaquero, but they're made for freshwater diving and have excellent discrimination. Sell the Vaquero, and you'd have at least 2/3 the cost of a used Tiger.

 

[Electricfrontporch]

Probably better off with a tigershark. The plano/pelican boxes are fine for shallow work but beyond 15' is a whole other story. Lots more pressure

 

[underwatermetalman]

Thanks for the suggestions, I will check in to the boxes suggested here. I do have an older version of the Tiger Shark and am fortunate to own a Stingray II but I really like my Vaquero and think it would be awesome in the water especially if I can get a widescan coil to work. I spoke to Rusty at Tesoro and he says the widescan coil wouldn't work any deeper than a few feet. I am heart broken. I told Rusty if they waterproof a Vaquero with the widescan I would buy one.

Thank you all for your input, I welcome others as well.

UWMM