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Clamp the broken part to the top of the control box. It will still work. There is no mechanical/electrical connection. It works on induction. Doesnt matter if the end piece is broken off. Just make sure the wire is placed in the groove on top of the control box and all is good. Coil and control box can go under water and work fine.

What a great trip! I think that one big weight might be off a scuba weight belt.

@TheJoeyboots

Жыл бұрын

Yup dive weight 2oz. 👍woopis 2lbs

@Paulsofsteel

Жыл бұрын

yupper

@OldDominionMetalDetecting

Жыл бұрын

Two pound dive belt weight. The belt weaves through the weight.

@MrLeviaFUN

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheJoeyboots, 2 lbs

@TheJoeyboots

Жыл бұрын

@@MrLeviaFUN woopis my bad

That’s a beautiful place, Merrill. Sorry that happened, but a compromised detector is certainly better than no detector. You have a beautiful family. I hope you guys had a great time!

I always thought the way that wire connected was in a weird spot. And it’s a tiny one too. Have fun soaking up the sun and enjoy your time with family.

You can strip the end of the wire, and if you can find some heat shrink tubing to cover the end that stripped. Then you can maybe zip tie it or something else to your remote.

I’m happy you got to do some detecting, but really happy for you and your family time. Metal detecting will be around for quite a while, but the cats in the cradle , little boy grew from the man in the moon. Cherish the moment friend. Be blessed and stay safe.

Hey Merrill, beautiful scenery! About the Deus... I'm fairly certain that little plastic piece that broke off doesn't make much difference, especially if you are only putting the coil in the water.. use that clip on top of the deus to just keep that wire snug against the control box and it should still work no problem. I can't be sure it'll work fully submerged because water has the chance to get into the wire but it'll for sure still work in shallow water up to the box. Keep on swingin'!

@Gary_Daytona

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely true. I’ve broken one removing it heavy handed lay, and tried it anyway. It worked, yours probably would have worked up to the remote, it’s a shame you didn’t give it a try.

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

@@Gary_Daytona still here. Will give it a try

@nickhaas2407

Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC It is just a wave guide, so you should be able to temporarily rig it like many suggestions in the comments! Good luck!

@glenngonzalez2647

Жыл бұрын

Just snug it on with a rubber band and the Deus will work fine even underwater. The clip does not establish an actual “contact” for the antenna, it only secures proximity.

I fully understand your brain not processing driving on the 'wrong' side of the road. On my six weeks visit the US from Australia 🇦🇺 I just couldn't adjust to being on the opposite side of the road, so I didn't drive. Your latest trip is something I will put on our list!

That wire is why I don’t use one for water hunting Civil war relics. Glad you still got a few goodies

Merrill, I'm bummed out for your detector breakage! Pound the dry, I'm sure you will find some treasures! Wanted to say you have a beautiful family! Enjoy your time there brother!

Looks like you're all having a blast. Enjoy your selves. These things happen all the time you can never be completely planned for everything when you travel other wise you will need a truck load of parts. Thanks for all you do. Cheers

@luisvillarreal5262

Жыл бұрын

All isn’t lost Merrill. The best treasures are those you live with. You’ve got Paradise with family. But, you still have dry sand detecting capabilities. _/👍

Maybe I can help you today. ***Super glue and baking soda will mend most hard plastics.*** The baking soda acts as a catalyst and hardener that causes a heat reaction and instantly bonds. You will lightly apply glue to one broken side and dust the other with baking soda and, on a flat surface, fit them together precisely. The cracks can be filled the same way with powder and glue, excess can be shaved with a knife or razor. The bond will be temporarily stronger than the plastic. If needed you might have to wedge something small and conductive between whatever conductor is in there to make continuity, like foil or a coil of wire. Don't give up, please try this, go, go go! Regardless of what happens, you are the best, I hope you have a great trip with your family!

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

On the inside is a wire. I’m bringing it to someone today

I assume it's sill working even when it's snapped. It's enough if you can just attach the head of that antenna cable close to the system unit. I personally use clear water sealed bag which is hanging on my neck and end of that cable is just taped behind the bag. So it's not attached to the top of the unit and it still works perfectly.

You have a beautiful family on an awesome vacation Merrill! Enjoy and Love every minute!!! You can detect anywhere and any time but the unforgetable Family time trumps all!!! Enjoy your time as you and yours deserve it!!! Great Vid Sir!!! 😉👍👍👍

@TheJoeyboots

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Your children sound appreciative and grateful!!! You don’t find that these days Hats off to you and your wife for raising them right!!!

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Super proud of them!

The wire is like an antenna. Taping the broken end to the top where it clips should make it work.

PS, “tethering” a little bitty wire from a coil to a box instead of hard wiring it in in a beach and dive version sounds like a huge design flaw. Why I use a PI with a hard wired coil instead. Of course I couldn’t touch an iron filled beach with it!

At least you got to hang out at Da Conch Shack! I had 5 months on Provo wiring a marina and appreciated every minute of it. What an amazing place.

Beautiful family Merrill! As you know…time is short. Enjoy every bit of it. Love your videos.

I can see it now (for you and myself) "Honey, do you really need to bring 3 detectors on every vacation?" Yes dear, this is my main detector, and this one is the back up, and this one is the back up's back up...

Glad Maya came on to show us her beautiful face. So sorry about the detector issues. I'm sure you can still get some good times in with the family. Beautiful place to be. Enjoy!!

She is funny and she is your treasure! Time with the family is never a waste of time! Mike in sunny Florida

The blue weight is a divers weight for scuba diving. Great video Merril the family is beautiful!!

Works fine in the wet my friend, just don’t submerge in a wave! Maybe splice the two piece together?

Merci pour cette ce sympathique moment ....

Amazing location! Good luck hunting! I still haven’t purchased the underwater kit, but it’s on my list for sure!

I stayed at a resort in the Dominican Republic, looks similar, very nice. Beautiful fam, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for taking us along to paradise! Beautiful spot!

Great trip and video Merrill, we've stayed at an all inclusive resort there and love it. Cant wait to go back there.

Hey Merrill, looks like a pretty sweet get away. Congratulations on the ring and the other cool finds big guy. Thank you Merrill for sharing your time with us, I had a blast!!! May you and your family have an awesome 4th of July!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg!

All you have to do is get some shrink wrap. It is not fussy. That thing will work even if it’s close to the remote. Or what I do when I am in deeper water is clip the wire to my headphones, and the signal goes directly from the coil to the headphones

That looks like a beautiful place ! I kind of feel stupid for not knowing about it already 😅 I’d never even heard of it before

You've already found the greatest treasure with such a beautiful family!....enjoy your vacation.

Enjoyed the video. Glad that you and your family had a great time in the surf.

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! There is a part 2 and 3 for this. We got the detector working.

I think you can get a protective cover for that wire. Enjoy the time away!

Have a nice time! I’m sure you’ll find plenty in the dry! 😊

I was waiting for a MDNYC in the Caribbean video. I've been to a dozen Caribbean resorts and detected them all. I'm sure I broke a rule or two but never an issue with the locals! Here's my secret. Hit the 'P' line. It's the line in the water where all the drunk tourists wander out to pee. I have found the majority of my rings in waist deep water. Good luck, I love the videos.

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

You should get the RCDIGS remote control holder. I think it would be worth it in the wet.

Strip a little bit of the plastic shielding off the wire and use the snap to hold the wire to the top of the control box and you will be back in action!

Great video!! Sorry about your Deus, but you never know what will go wrong. I’ve got a Nox 800 and I never put the head under water. Seems like the Legend is proving to be a good machine and is submersible too. Glad you had a great time!!👍😎👍

The correct response to "We're going to detect in the dry., We?" was it's the "royal we". Haha

Geez Detecting is a bonus when enjoying quality time with your family. Use the hand held detector in the water.

You can still use it in the water with the broken wire. But who cares as long as you are spending time with your family and making memories!!

Nice, always great to detect a new place especially a beach like that. All is not lost ,as long as the antenna wire is sitting on the remote it will connect to the coil. maybe wrap the wire with some tape to make it a little thicker and attach the clip over it. Maybe a little silicone on the wire tip to keep water out. I have done this on a couple occasions. I purposely have now several replacement antenna wires.

Hope you have a great trip Merrill! FYI the blue heavy thing you found, that’s a diving belt weight.

Wow what a place. Looks magical

Merrill, antennae will still work. Just strip off the outer jacket and shielding, the silver webbing. Under the shield will be another very small wire in a white jacket. that is the anntenae wire. strip about 2" of the white wire out of the shield jacket. do not strip off the white jacket. no need too. use the same clip to clip wire to top of RC. just make sure the white jacket end is folded in under the clip. It'll read just fine.

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

It’s fixed now !

That blue square is a diving weight.

that looks like a great place to hunt - that weight is a 2lb scuba weight - I have them from 1lb to 10lb - when I went to St Crix in the 90's I took my Nautilus and a whites PI 2000 - Turned out the Nautilus Rebel was designed to only work in Florida, so it was a good thing I took the PI - I spent two days trying to remove what looked like a treasure chest from the board encased in coral it was stuck to, no joy - I did bring a large pin for tying ropes to for the sails on a mast and halve of large wedge used for cutting/shaving planks - I believe there were four large anchors in the area - I was there around 6 months after Hugo hit them -

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

wow!

You have a beautiful family. They're the real treasure. Enjoy!

Have a WONDERFUL time on vacation with your family, Merrill!!!! Happy Hunting too!!

If you are still there, you can strip off about an inch and a half of the outer sheathing, shielding and insulation, leaving just the thin core exposed. Yes, it will not be waterproof, but they are inherently NOT waterproof as complaints of the inner shielding discoloring is abundant. Just use as is, clipping the exposed core under the top clip as normal and you will be good to go. I have cut my original antenna down three times, and created a just right length with no wrapping around the shaft. Good Luck!!

Looks like you are having a great time Merrill. What a beautiful place to be!

Just make a loop with the wire and hold it with the clip ! It will work fine , I cut my wire bc I didn't like all the extra wire and it works great. Beautiful family enjoy your trip 😀

Thanks for sharing 👍🤓👍.

Hi Merril Nice video. Easy fix the problem. just strip the wire and put it in the same place

My dear sir, you can still repair that antenna,pile out side shield wire about a inch also braided wire leave white insulated wire hold with in side copper wire ,get heat shrink wrap from any hard ware store that slip over out side over the main wire ,overlap wire end of main wire about 1" 1/2 on other end about the same,heat the head shrink so it shrink so it's tight .you can use the same clip to hold on remote,also there is a couple of videos on you tube that can help you on,once again great video,thank you much.

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

I will try that. Thank you

The antenna wire doesn’t even need to touch the control box. It sends a radio signal to the box. I simply drilled a hole through the control box’s shaft mount. I have the antenna going up through the shaft, and just poking out of the hole. So, the tip of the antenna is behind the box and not touching it. I don’t have wired headphones (I use wireless ones), so I don’t submerge the box. So, I couldn’t tell you if my setup will still work with the controller under water. The antenna wire and the control box can still communicate, through water up to a certain distance. I know, without the antenna wire, the coil can go about 2-4 inches under water, and still transmit to the headphones. As long as the antenna wire and the controller are above water, there definitely shouldn’t be any issue.

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

Despite the hiccups it worked great with the krazy glue fix. If you use the bone conductive headphones you can fully submerge it. They are wired to the box and not too expensive. shrsl.com/44wyl

Super nice vacation spot. Next month I will be on the beach detecting

Hi, this is the pice of wire, you lose just pice of plastic which not affect signal transmit via metal core of wire, you can use it easy as it is, just fix the remaining wire in same place. if you are afraid just put drop of any watertide glue on the end of wire to seal it, but as I mentioned it will work fine like it is. Enjoy, Go hunt!!! P.S. I read comments below, You dont need to strip the wire, it will work like it is!! To make it same size with plastic you loose just make smal loop one or to times to reach same thiknes of broken part and secure it the same way as before. Good luck!

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

Noted! Thank you!

Put the wires together put dab of super glue while it's wet sprinkle baking soda on it make sure wires are touching keep building with glue and baking soda it will work and be rock solid I've repaired a lot of things it really works bud

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

That worked!

Great video, beautiful family! Sorry about the Deus II cable, what a bummer. But at least you're in paradise!

Expose around 30mm or 1.2" of the centre wire (coaxial) cover in a bit of glue to stop water ingress and that should have got you out of trouble at around 1/4 wavelength of 2.4gHz. Top tip if you ever get stuck again or anyone reading this. :)

Thank you Merrill for sharing another awesome video

Blue thing was a dive weight. They put them in belts. Man I wish I was there!

@FenderStrat19711

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I was just about to leave that same comment. A diving weight.

What beautiful beaches thanks for sharing!!!!

Awesome trip it look like you all had fun' I enjoyed your video and good luck to you.

A nice escape from the greater New York area for a few days away.

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

Sucks, Merrill. But I think you can still detect in the water. That cable acts as an anttena to relay the coil signal to the remote head. Simply attach that cable to the remote control box by tape, rubber band, or whatever, it should work just fine!

Awesome! I don't know where to begin, there's so much to comment on, so I won't say anything other than I have to go there one day! ❤

Bummer. At least you had family with you to make the trip more eventful ❤ Next trip….take a spare.

That's a great looking island to be on! Enjoy your Vacation.

Did you try taping it? It doesn't need to be waterproof . Cant tell if it is metal or plastic but you can probably get epoxy or maybe even super glue and just put it around the edge of the pieces.

So much fun! looks exciting, I'm happy for you

Beautiful place brother thank you for sharing 👍👍❤️

Something familiar happened to me, my detector didn’t break it got flooded on my vacation with my family, so I had the best time with my family, and was the best vacation ever. Yes it was the equinox!

I make my own antenna wires all you have to do is strip back about an inch of the outer wire leaving the center wire . I use e6000 glue to seal everything then put heat shrink tubing over it. All you need is that stripped back part of wire in place where the part that broke off was.

Hello there, thank you for the good work. Love your videos. Did you do anything on underwater detectors ?

Love T&C. Was there as a captain for Sail Provo gawd..... nearly 20 years ago now. Those guys still there and can recommend a snorkelling day out with them. Would have a detect at Club Med if that still exists..... lots of drunk young adults cavorting on the beach!! Have a great trip

Here's the fix for the broken wire, credit to Gigmaster. Just strip the insulation off the wire where it broke, wrap it in the best tape you can find where electric tape would be best. Then zip tie or twist tie the wire at the same spot on the top of the controller, and you'll be back in business. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGeOssydh5CnfsY.html

@MetalDetectingNYC

Жыл бұрын

That really helped. I will try this

Hey Merrill, beautiful beach man! enjoy it! for the antenna find a piece of solid wire and heat it up poke it in the antenna you'll be ok

Nothing better then making forever memories with the family

Nice finds great vid .Thanks

Superglue worked when my control box mount broke. Still OK after a month! It needs the liquid superglue not the gel. Hold in place for 3 minutes use only enough glue to wet both surfaces!! Buy the best superglue not a cheap one! 👍

The big blue weight is a diving weght for scuba.

Hang in there! That wire, the connection issues with the coil, and charging the coil separately made me buy the Manticore. As I've said in the past XP needs a beach/dive version that a standard wired coil can be connected to for subsurface operations. Reliability in the field is important. Maybe Nokta can overnight you a Legend! Have fun down there! 🏖️🧲(((💍💍🌊

It’s all good. Thanks for the video. Enjoy your family.

That's truly a bummer 😔 I've never had any issues with my Nokta Legend with the AquaTek headphones. I wouldn't take any other machine with me, IMHO

Awesome video man!

Dive belt weight, lol. Yeah, I would detect and smash that place as often as possible. You can secure the wire anywhere near the pod. If you go to consolidated electrical distributors they will sell you a spool of the identical wire. You can electrical tape it to the coil and it will work as a temporary fix or permanent upgrade lol from the poorly engineered original. ATB

A bad day swinging a dirt stick beats a good day at work...🤔🤣🤣🤣

@MetalDetectingNYC

10 ай бұрын

Truth!

Awesome vid bro .yea we also drive in the right seat and keep left on the road .very normal .but impossible if we buy left hand drive car 😆

Spectacular Family Trip and Metal Detecting Paradise. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Hope you find a gold laden Spanish Galleon in the beach 😉

Beautiful location and hotel Merrill , sorry about the Deus2 👋👍

Beautiful place..hope you get your detector fixed. Should be lots of treasure there since no one has been there in a while..good luck.

Great place, have fun with the family 👍

Merril, there has to be someone on that island that deals with and repairs marine electronics, they might figure something out to get you going.

Beautiful hotel enjoy💯 go go go

The proper side of the road! I'm sure you will get the Deus Detector sorted, and don't forget the underwater detector as long as you don't become SHARK bait lol