Aussie Detecting
Brad Wilson
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Wal, if you're still thinking about the Infinium, an 8" mono will turn it super sensitive. Mounting the control housing on the hip makes it light weight.
On my TDI I bought a amplified speaker from K-Mart for $20 and made up a patch cord for about $15 which is just a curly cord with 3 wires inside and you buy a 3.5mm fitting to replace one 6.35. The amplified speaker has a battery and charges via USB. I popped the speaker in my top pocket and clipped the curly cord to my backpack and then to the detector. In my use it signifiantly increased the chances of hearing a target over the background noise. But it also increases the sound of ground, emi, lightning etc.
Ben78 said:Hi Tails,
I posted this info on the SD2100 thread re speakers/boosters
DON'T pay $140!!!!
All a signal booster is is an audio amplifier. It lets you run less threshold but amplifies the signal so you hear more audio with less signal.
On my TDI I bought a amplified speaker from K-Mart for $20 and made up a patch cord for about $15 which is just a curly cord with 3 wires inside and you buy a 3.5mm fitting to replace one 6.35. The amplified speaker has a battery and charges via USB. I popped the speaker in my top pocket and clipped the curly cord to my backpack and then to the detector. In my use it signifiantly increased the chances of hearing a target over the background noise. But it also increases the sound of ground, emi, lightning etc.
When I sold my TDI I sent the speaker with it. When I get a chance I'll be buying another one to go on the GPX.
I mucked around with an amp and speaker setup but ended up going for the all in one package.
FYI the amp I used was a headphone amp from ebay for about $20. Speaker was a UHF style external.
WalnLiz said:Thanks for that info dave....doesn't sound real great at all....trying to find something a bit lighter for Liz to use as she's only good for about 2 hours with the minelabs....think i might have to chuck 6 more weetbix's in her breakfast bowl and maybe a gym membership for her birthday......or is that grounds for divorce....i better ponder on it a bit more.......Cheers Wal.
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