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So, this is my first mod with anything. This was inspired by my discovery of the app called Tect O Trak and a post on the forums here a while back using a motorcycle handlebar cell phone mount on a detector. Tect O Trak is a GPS tracker that allows you to keep track of where you hunted and...

A member (jwp1964) posted his digger in a thread here and it got my attention as a nice solid tool. I am a tool junkie, and also love to build and create. Disclaimer... I have yet to find anything with an MD and dig it out of the ground, but...Spring will come and I'm getting myself prepared to...

The first modification I made to my pinpointer was after the second time I slipped on a steep grade dropped it out of my pouch and found myself out in the woods looking for what I dropped instead of what someone else dropped. I found some spray paint made especially for plastics and a black...

My digging buddy keeps going on about wanting to hunt the local creeks and such. I personally think he's about to find out why its now illegal to throw trash in the creek, but oh well. I figured I would I would help him out by making him a sand scoop even though we only have rocks and old car...

I was goofing off in my garage this morning since it is a rainy day and thought I would see what kind of plug digger I could fab up in short order. It turned out a bit heavier than I would like but I used a copper plated solid steel grounding rod to make the 20" handle. The digger portion is 6"

$20 @ local hardware store, I used a angle grinder for the cuts. The rest of it got a coat of dark green camo paint. total weight 3.35 lbs

They other day the piece that goes into the lower shaft of the Excalibur that the coil is connected to slide out. Now I know it has to be epoxied back into place. My question is what type of epoxy do you guys use. And should I put epoxy down the part that goes into the lower shaft or just around...

I had a 25% off a item from harbor freight so I went down to Delaware this weekend and picked one up along with a soldering pen and some solder. I looked up some mods that I want to do mainly change the buzzer to a vibration motor. Now I just need to find a cell phone and a small enough screw...

This was quick and easy... Got a $10 short Ames shovel at Lowes. I simply ground the roundness out of the tip and sharpened it. It seems to work a lot better at cutting a clean plug. I am only using it to go in about 4"-5". That way I don't wind up messing up the edges of the plug with the...

Hi all, I am really new to metal detecting and i am looking forward to building my own metal detector. I am experienced in building electronics. Can someone point me to ay resources/plans that i can use to build a metal detector that can detect objects that are buried under 20ft of soil ...