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You beat me to it, i was going to post this thread today too.
For sure. If the ear piece has a volume dial then they must be choice. My Garrett headphones have a volume button, i put tape around it because the dial moves and scares the life out of you when bumped on full bore. Usually i hang them around my kneck with the volume on full. This usually suffices for most hunting conditions and is much much more comfortable than your ears being squeezed in all day.

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These are the headphones that come with the CF77 -

Just a headsup - Many of you may find the Minelab UR30 headphones are very expensive & absolutely ratshite to use - Flop around on your head & the fold up feature IMO is more hassle than usefulness - For the price ($200) you would think they would have at least a built in volume control -

Now the ones supplied with the MAKRO metal detectors are -
Philips SHP2000 Corded Headphone
http://www.ebay.com/itm/...&hash=item4ac7e5f50b

Now these are super comfortable, have great noise cancelling abilities through their snug fitting ear cups that cover the ears perfectly making the sounds even more clearer - comes with both plug sizes (adapter) BUT no volume control - They are a nice set for the $$

Edited by user Thursday, 20 February 2014 11:53:41 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Finds Display shelf

An easy to build finds shelf 1800 high and .900 : .900 wide, approximately .250 thick.
Designed to allow ease when handling or looking at finds.
Build it out of anything you can find then screw bolt or nail it to the wall.
Use wooden chocks if necessary to help fix or brace it to the wall


The dimensions


Front view of shelf showing the top being used for storage


Don't be fussy, rustic is good



HH

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Edited by user Monday, 18 August 2014 12:18:15 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Gold is on the way

All sorts in them containers, nails, bits of boats, rivets, coins bits of everything. Most of the coins (decimals) are in jars on the floor as they soon start to weigh up.

Not by the sounds of things i better go have look.

HH

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Every time i wanted to check out my finds i had to take them out of the containers for a viewing. Soon got tired of that so i built the shelf and put them on it. Best thing i ever did as they're right there to look at.

I remember Lammerlaw telling me not to keep all the space junk and stuff or my place will end up looking like his place! I now know what he means, it doesn't take long to add up. Like you say, i should rebury some of it and charge people to dig it up again..
The coins on the driveway have proved to be entertaining with visitors picking them up.

HH

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My top tip is put a mark on your shoe as long as your coil, try not to take any steps much longer than that, or you are leaving half crescent moon shaped strips of undetected ground as you detect along. NUGGY

Hit a swimming hole this morning before it filled up with teenagers later in the day.
Waterproofed the pointer using vacuum-seal bags, except I only squeezed excess air out before sealing rather than use vacuum (which would increase leakage in the case of a pinhole)
As a precaution, I taped around the battery cap and over the speaker and switches. LED got a gob of silicone grease on it....and as good measure a piece of kitchen towel to act as a leak indicator.
Did multiple seals, but realised afterwards these were unnecessary as the first line of failure would be pinging the bag itself in the vicinity of the tip.
I holed the bag after about 20min, but water ingress was very slow and the towel did its job. After another 40min, the towel was damp but no free water. The pointer's been much wetter doing land and beach hunts!

Verdict:
Very good as a temporary waterproofing - Will definitely use it again until I get my hands on the waterproof XPointer.

Pros:
Went repeatedly down to 6' over the course of an hour with no major leaks (obviously you don't want to go grubbing around with it)
Bag allows easy operation of buttons
Floats
Cheap submersible pointer

Cons:
Have to be aware that any contact with rocks or gravel could pinhole the poly
Keeps one hand occupied hanging onto it (could probably tie a cord around it)
Pointer vibration tends to attract curious eels!

MW

Edited by user Sunday, 18 January 2015 8:41:13 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

^^^ lol ^^^

Come on now Dave.....dont tell me that you dont keep all your crap finds?? Here is my last weekends haul from out detecting. All that lead has to add up to be worth some thing.....& all those brass shell casings.....



LOL :)

JW :)

thanks for sharing your tips
just don't seem to get the time to use the detector to busy dredging
got a couple of days off and the weathers hot so off I go again . the problem on the coast is there is so much junk in the ground but when I get old and the dredge is to heavy to work well the detector will be able to be got out