Fisher 1280x Aquanaut

[nelson]

Hi my friend. Well the four 9 volts bateries supplies 18 volts to the pcb.
So we assume that the four 9 volts batteries split the voltage.
I will like to use lead acid battery.
Thanks and regards
Nelson

Are all four batteries wired in parallel or are they perhaps in series parallel with a ground tap in the middle, or (?)?

What voltages are developed on your PCB, and what kind of batteries would you like to be able to use instead of 4x 9V?

[Willee]

So you took a totally waterproof detector and changed things that make it into a non-submersible detector ... WHY?

If you did not intend to hunt in the water to start with why didn't you just get a 1265X or a 1266X detector?

I dont understand how you think you have made this detector better than it was.
That coil connector is NOT waterproof or even water resistant.

Willee

[kt315]

agree... you did get out all advantage of 1280. that was his waterproof. there was the very good submersible one... now it is only a garbage piece...

[ivconic]

So you took a totally waterproof detector and changed things that make it into a non-submersible detector ... WHY?

If you did not intend to hunt in the water to start with why didn't you just get a 1265X or a 1266X detector?

I dont understand how you think you have made this detector better than it was.
That coil connector is NOT waterproof or even water resistant.

Willee

1280....i just got it without planing. It was a switch between me and my friend, i gave him something else and i got brand new 1280 from him. Curiosity, to see it, test it and have one experience more. I live in continent, pretty far away from sea. I dont really need submersile metal detector. Yet i like 1265/66 spirit. Also i can not obtain 1265/66 in a good shape nowdays. All the units i saw so far were chaos!
1280 is different than 1265 yet enough simillar. So...if you read my first posts in this thread you will see my explanations reffering reasons, why i made those changes.
Seems you are not reading all the posts here. Seems you took only skim look on words above. Let me repeat. 1280 with earphones and coil permanently tied up for detector presents horror for inland prospecting. At least horror for me and my style of prospecting. THAT'S WHY I MADE THOSE CHANGES! UNDERSTAND? CLEAR? ANY MORE QUESTIONS AND REMARKS!? Whatever man do here, always will catch some critics, remarks and irony!?!? I thought those kind of people exists only here in local??!
Sheeesh!

"... dont understand how you think you have made this detector better than it was..."

Are you mindreader??!?! So you know what am i thinking now!? I never claimed "this detector better than it was". Show me where i said something simillar.
But, YES it is BETTER now for me. Much better. I dont need to choke my self with earphone cable anymore. Also i dont need to brake coil cable each time when packed in a knapsack. Sooner or later that poor cable would crack. I have seen more cracked coil cables in my life, more than you have hair on your head.

"...That coil connector is NOT waterproof or even water resistant...."

That coil connector IS rain resistant now. Already tested hundreds of times outdoor on the real terrains. I am using those connectors for over the 20 years with many detectors so far. Especially now when tightly coated with PVC material. So....? Actually you are saying - all the metaldetectors with simillar connectors are .....? What? Junk? Garbage..? (kt315's words)

P.S.
Luckilly you can always count on kt315 and his usuall backuping remarks...GARBAGE remarks as always! Hey kt315, what's the problem? No more Vodka!? No more Stolychnaya? No more Baltic Vodka? No more Troika Vodka?

[kt315]

ivconic, you know... I am not drinking and not smoking. it is not mine to be illness in this VERY illness christian/un-christian world. thus I am always clear smooth un-thicken minded. sometimes on a trip I can afford to drink a Lithuanian beer can.. only one... can you give me a right to drink one beer can? ONE CAN IS NOT OVERDOSE!
we have a bad wheather here... permanently rainy days... I am thinking about submersible detector to go on... my Soover is in a bag all time...

[ivconic]

ivconic, you know... I am not drinking and not smoking. it is not mine to be illness in this VERY illness christian/un-christian world. thus I am always clear smooth un-thicken minded. sometimes on a trip I can afford to drink a Lithuanian beer can.. only one... can you give me a right to drink one beer can? ONE CAN IS NOT OVERDOSE!
we have a bad wheather here... permanently rainy days... I am thinking about submersible detector to go on... my Soover is in a bag all time...

Very good for you (not drinking and smoking). Me...oposite, i am drinking and smoking arround the clock. Even now, without gall bladder. So..

".... now it is only a garbage piece..."

Familliar? Your words, not mine. Pretty rude. Also could be understood as: " ...all other non submersile metal detectors are garbage piece.."

Rude words and irony from one side...usually provoking same from other side...

[Willee]

Sorry Ivconic, if I offended you.
Just expressing my opinion.
Did you think that everyone would applaud you destroying a 1280X and turning it into an abortion?

If you did not want a water detector why did you trade for one?
You thought a detector that was designed for underwater use would be an ideal land detector?
By doing what you did you destroyed the value of a Fisher 1280X detector.
Now you have a one of a kind detector that no one else would want and you expect everyone to pat you on the back for that?

Like I said ... its just my opinion ... if you cant stand the heat dont go in the kitchen.

Willee

[ivconic]

No,no! Must be something in my style of writing cose everybody later have impression that i am offended?? I am not offended at all friend. I am glad to talk and debate. Especially i like tough questions. I am acting pretty unofficially in my posts, like we do know each other for years. That's why i sometimes use more free language. Not so pleasant and discrete. I am not offended. I just want to push you (everybody) to read each word in a post. Read and understand. I already gave my reasons for making changes at 1280. So...reading your comments i was confused...that's all. Not offended at all. And not in a bad mood at all.
Regards to You!

[ivconic]

Sorry Ivconic, if I offended you.
Just expressing my opinion.
Did you think that everyone would applaud you destroying a 1280X and turning it into an abortion?

If you did not want a water detector why did you trade for one?
You thought a detector that was designed for underwater use would be an ideal land detector?
By doing what you did you destroyed the value of a Fisher 1280X detector.
Now you have a one of a kind detector that no one else would want and you expect everyone to pat you on the back for that?

Like I said ... its just my opinion ... if you cant stand the heat dont go in the kitchen.

Willee

Again those remarks.... You should be more present in these forums. Than you would understand "collectors" enthusiasm i (and many others) have. It is not a big deal what i done with 1280. I just turned it from submersile to nonsubmersile and nothing else. What's a big deal? Before...and now..it is still very good detector for inland prospecting. Why i exchange it? My friend had only 1280, nothing else for exchange. I usuallly have dozen detectors at home...always. So...i gave him what he need and i got from him only thing he had. Simply as that. Now...having 1280 already, i just wanted to adapt it to suit my prospecting habits. My "comfort".
Is it clear now?

"Destroying", "abortion".... pretty austere words. I could be offended. But i am not. 1280 now suits me better than before changes. So.. what's a big deal? What is your real problem?
With only 3 poor posts you already showing huge emotional problems here...or i might be very wrong?

[amtech2005]

Fisher 1280x Aquanaut

Excellent Work Ivconic !!!! I read some good field test reports on your 1280x machine which runs at a quartz-crystal 2.4 khz frequency . It is a good design .... So good that a few years later the Detector Pro Headhunter Wader 2.4 khz quartz-crystal was released !!!!! What a coincidence !!! ....You might also try an 8 inch fisher spider concentric or build a DD coil to be more sensitive to smaller and or less conductive targets . Over the years on Geotech , every machine you posted or worked on , took apart , modified , I have learned something good , so have hundreds of others . Let us know if you make any search-coil changes .. Best Regards to you and everyone on this forum.
Eugene

[ivconic]

Excellent Work Ivconic !!!! I read some good field test reports on your 1280x machine which runs at a quartz-crystal 2.4 khz frequency . It is a good design .... So good that a few years later the Detector Pro Headhunter Wader 2.4 khz quartz-crystal was released !!!!! What a coincidence !!! ....You might also try an 8 inch fisher spider concentric or build a DD coil to be more sensitive to smaller and or less conductive targets . Over the years on Geotech , every machine you posted or worked on , took apart , modified , I have learned something good , so have hundreds of others . Let us know if you make any search-coil changes .. Best Regards to you and everyone on this forum.
Eugene

Yes 1280 is very good on soil (dry) ! So i went the other day in mountain and spend several hours working with it. Had several coins founded, on pretty descent depths. Now, changed this way, 1280 is much more comfortable. Audio from speaker is loud and good. No more earphones on my head, no more sweating and choking when cable catch some branch or bush. Also now is easy to pack it in a small knapsack. Cables are now pretty relaxed, less chances for cracks.
Yes Eugene, your assumption is very right; i do intend to make 8" DD coil for it. Also i am planing to examine circuitry very detailed and in winter to make some modifications on it. Most probably i would play with working frequency and coils...
Regards Eugene!

[nelson]

Hi Ivconic , i agree with your mods. My CZ-20, works excellent on land and I dont have plans to search under water with it.
Phones and coil attached to the unit is very hard to deal with it.
My CZ-20 saids is a duald frequency detector. Do you know if is posible to made another coils for it?
Regards
Nelson

Yes 1280 is very good on soil (dry) ! So i went the other day in mountain and spend several hours working with it. Had several coins founded, on pretty descent depths. Now, changed this way, 1280 is much more comfortable. Audio from speaker is loud and good. No more earphones on my head, no more sweating and choking when cable catch some branch or bush. Also now is easy to pack it in a small knapsack. Cables are now pretty relaxed, less chances for cracks.
Yes Eugene, your assumption is very right; i do intend to make 8" DD coil for it. Also i am planing to examine circuitry very detailed and in winter to make some modifications on it. Most probably i would play with working frequency and coils...
Regards Eugene!

[ivconic]

Most probably it is. What you have to do; is to measure inductances of your coil. Inductances and resistances. Than the rest of job is much easier. You can make coil with size you want. I dont have any technical infos about CZ 20. Would be usefull if we could see schematic here. And yes! You can measure it's frequency. Prepare it; open it and locate TX output. Switch it ON and measure frequency. With frequency meter attached on, wait for some time to see if it is gonna "switch" or change working frequency. If not than "2 freqs" is related most probably to different coils. One freq with one coil and another freq with another coil. As you see i am just guessing here. Really dont have any infos about it.

[nelson]

Thanks Ivconic for the information.
Anyway i can tell you that CZ-20 works two frequencies simultaniusly, 5Khz and 15Khz. So my concern is how to made a coil for it. I know i must respect inductance and resistance vales, but how is the coil set up. Are inside one or two pairs of coils for TX and RX?
Well this is a work that i have to do.
I think that a good choise to see what´s inside is to pass the coil thru an X-Ray machine.
Regards
Nelson

Most probably it is. What you have to do; is to measure inductances of your coil. Inductances and resistances. Than the rest of job is much easier. You can make coil with size you want. I dont have any technical infos about CZ 20. Would be usefull if we could see schematic here. And yes! You can measure it's frequency. Prepare it; open it and locate TX output. Switch it ON and measure frequency. With frequency meter attached on, wait for some time to see if it is gonna "switch" or change working frequency. If not than "2 freqs" is related most probably to different coils. One freq with one coil and another freq with another coil. As you see i am just guessing here. Really dont have any infos about it.

[ivconic]

No, it is ordinary coil, just as any other. Harmonics...that's the answer on your question. Coil is calculated and arranged to cover harmonics, in this case 5 and 15kHz.
One more thing you can do is to measure residual voltage at your coil, so to know in future how to balance your handmade coils.