I have two excal detectors I have made from parts. I have put in the CTX headphone mod, the pinpoint switch mod, etc. One is an Excal 2 and the other is a sword.
I put in connectors to be able to switch coils. I'm kinda going nuts trying the various coils I have as they all were bought off ebay or classifieds used and as you know were originally hardwired so I have to play around with coil wiring to try and get them to work. What I am finding or seem to be finding is one coil may work on one of the 2 detectors but not both. Is this the way it is - a lot of variability in compatibility? I'm wondering if the excal 2 board is faulty as with one coil it goes dead. Mel's thread here about matching up coil wiring is a great help but one coil will work well with one detector and not with the other too well. Like you get a double blip on an iron target on one detector and a single nice wide sound with the other detector.
I put in connectors to be able to switch coils. I'm kinda going nuts trying the various coils I have as they all were bought off ebay or classifieds used and as you know were originally hardwired so I have to play around with coil wiring to try and get them to work. What I am finding or seem to be finding is one coil may work on one of the 2 detectors but not both. Is this the way it is - a lot of variability in compatibility? I'm wondering if the excal 2 board is faulty as with one coil it goes dead. Mel's thread here about matching up coil wiring is a great help but one coil will work well with one detector and not with the other too well. Like you get a double blip on an iron target on one detector and a single nice wide sound with the other detector.