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Wanted : Preferably dead, relatively modern-ish detector
G'day all,
I'm looking for a handle assembly (elbow to coil hinge) for use as a starting point for my detector build.
I have been gifted with absolutely no metal or plastic or woodworking skills whatsoever. I had to label a table I made so people knew what it was supposed to be! And PVC plumbing pipe is far too flimsy (I tried, and it was horrible to both use and behold).
I've priced spares, and even on Fleabay they're outside my $100-ish budget. At least, for reasonably non-flimsy kit, anyway. Since I'm winding and potting my own coils, they're not going to be butterflies, so I need something relatively robust.
However (here comes the sob story, hankies ready?), I've got a badly buggered back, with enough titanium in my spine, chest, and right butt cheek to make the average treasure hunter get an unpleasant gleam in their eye that makes me reluctant to turn my back to them. The bottom line is that I need something moderately ergonomic - although I'll be using a Bungy to assist me out in the wilds. Of course, this also means I'm on a miserable disability pension, hence my ridiculously low budget.
So, if anyone has any kind of old, defunct, diseased, or forever unusable stem/staff set that you'd otherwise trash, please drop me a line, I could make you rich, if by "rich" you'd be happy with $100 or less...
I'm in the Yarra Valley north-west of Melbourne, but I'd be more than happy to pick up pretty much anywhere in Victoria, and naturally I'll pay for any postage & handling costs!
Thanks fer reading!
I'm looking for a handle assembly (elbow to coil hinge) for use as a starting point for my detector build.
I have been gifted with absolutely no metal or plastic or woodworking skills whatsoever. I had to label a table I made so people knew what it was supposed to be! And PVC plumbing pipe is far too flimsy (I tried, and it was horrible to both use and behold).
I've priced spares, and even on Fleabay they're outside my $100-ish budget. At least, for reasonably non-flimsy kit, anyway. Since I'm winding and potting my own coils, they're not going to be butterflies, so I need something relatively robust.
However (here comes the sob story, hankies ready?), I've got a badly buggered back, with enough titanium in my spine, chest, and right butt cheek to make the average treasure hunter get an unpleasant gleam in their eye that makes me reluctant to turn my back to them. The bottom line is that I need something moderately ergonomic - although I'll be using a Bungy to assist me out in the wilds. Of course, this also means I'm on a miserable disability pension, hence my ridiculously low budget.
So, if anyone has any kind of old, defunct, diseased, or forever unusable stem/staff set that you'd otherwise trash, please drop me a line, I could make you rich, if by "rich" you'd be happy with $100 or less...
I'm in the Yarra Valley north-west of Melbourne, but I'd be more than happy to pick up pretty much anywhere in Victoria, and naturally I'll pay for any postage & handling costs!
Thanks fer reading!
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