New version of telescopic rod for metal detectors Minelab Equinox 600/800 V2 Plus

Telescopic rod V2 for Minelab Equinox 600/800 detectors

The new version of the V2 telescopic rod for one of the most popular detectors of today found its customers quite immediately after its launch less than a year ago.

During the development process I tried to think of many aspects to make the new rod really well thought out and most importantly durable. It's no secret that the rod is mostly built with components from the Minelab X-terra Pro / Elite detector.

However, it does include components such as the indestructible armrest from the Minelab CTX 3030 detector. The entire shaft is rotated 45° to reduce water resistance, improve structural rigidity and make the rod more recessed into the reducer.

However, since the rod locks from the detector are designed to reliably hold the rod in the set position with no play in the direction of rod insertion and extension, they are not designed to prevent the rod from rotating on its axis. For this reason, X-terra uses profiled rods to prevent the rods from rotating, so that unfortunately the lower rod and coil cannot be rotated after folding to allow the detector to be folded into a pancake.

However, I managed to solve this challenge as well, and in quite a charming way with the new V2 Plus rod.

New version of the telescopic rod V2 Plus

For a long time I wondered whether this problem could be solved reliably, until an old saying led me to a possible solution: If Mohammed cannot go to the mountain, the mountain must go to Mohammed...I.e.: If you cannot turn the rod - you must turn the spool.

And the solution was in the world.....

To implement this solution I decided to use one component from a uniquely designed detector Minelab Gold Monster 1000, fromfrom which our already indestructible Minelab Equinox 600/800 detector support (on the original design) is derived.

This detector is unique in that all of its components, from the armrest to the unit and coil mount, can be mounted on virtually any rod of the correct diameter.

In this case, I used the bottom part for the probe mount which, thanks to its unique design, can be rotated and tightened in the desired position, just like the armrest of this detector.

To make the solution even better, I have created a lock on the lower bar into which the lower part of the probe attachment fits exactly, so there is no need to always look for the right angle.

The following solution thus brings several benefits, mainly:

1) The coil can be rotated after folding and the detector can be folded into a plate - which brings even better storage.
2) The different coils can be swapped without unscrewing the coil from the rod - so there is no need to have a coil for each target.coil, but just need a small and noticeably cheaper bottom part - if you want to change coils quickly.
3)Because the coil can be removed quickly, once the coil is removed the length of the folded detector is reduced and again improves storage.

For those who already have a V2 rod, it will of course be possible to upgrade your rod to the V2 Plus version and purchase separately only the new V2 plus bottom rod and the individual bottom parts according to the number of coils. The length of both V2 and V2 Plus rods is the same. The weight difference between V2 and V2 Plus is +25g.

• Minelab Link to the new version of the telescopic rod for Equinox 600/800 metal detectors.