Home made stand for detector

[Badger1935]

After getting my Nexus MP detector I was a bit concerned about its lack of waterproofing and did not fancy putting the battery box on the wet ground even with a cover on.So after a bit of thought I came up with this stand.Its made from a bicycle handlebar bracket,some aluminium tube and a couple of rubber end caps.I am sure that it will be suitable for most detectors with 22mm shafts.

[Fusion]

Shame about the tiny pics, but we can see the general idea. It looks a neatly-made job. Could you tell us more about the bicycle handlebar clamp? I'm a keen cyclist, but I don't recognise a clamp like that. Maybe post a link to an online bike shop that sells the part? ( it looks more like one of those mountain-bike rear mudguard fittings, to clamp onto the seatpost )

[Badger1935]

Hi.The clamp is is in fact a clamp for mounting a camcorder ,any amount of them on e-bay complete with screws and bits

[cantona1]

Looks good, a full list of parts and a bigger pic would be handy
Cantona1

[Resurgam]

An interesting project but I was wondering, with any detector having a round tubular shaft, if a cheap air rifle bipod would be a quick solution to providing a better support stand to keep the back end clear of dirt and water?

Unfortunately my Quest Q40 has a square shaft but I may give a bipod a try for my MineLab Safari. Plenty of cheap air rifle bipods for sale on ebay, with a variety of fittings. I presently use a home made bungee and that keeps the machine up out of the muck whilst recovering a target.

Chris

[Badger1935]

[/Hi Resurgam.The parts only cost me £7.23.hard to get a rifle stand for that

[Badger1935]

Drawing of stand

[Resurgam]

Good point Badger!

And I just realized that my Safari shaft is the wrong shape and size for my idea.

[Resurgam]

ps.............any chance you can enlarge your pictures?

[Fusion]

Looks like you have some problem getting the pics correct ... I understand there's a Forum software issue at the moment, so I suggest waiting a couple of weeks and trying again. They can be 560 pixels wide ( I think..)

I've just had a quick look at some of the mudguards "crudguards" in my garage, and they might also be viable to hack into a similar stand. They have a round clamp, and rubber shim sheet is used to fit them to the seatpost correctly. Seatposts are typically 25mm - 32mm diameter, so mudguards may be a bit generous for a 7/8" (22.2mm) detector shaft.

I'd be inclined to change those wing nuts for regular ny-locs, I guess the thread will be some standard metric size, like 4mm.

[Badger1935]

Hi.Fusion.I used wing nuts so that I could easily change it to my Teknetics t2.It fits that has well.

[Euro Detector]

Maybe guitar stands and guitar wall mounts would also be suitable?

[Badger1935]

Hoe this is a bigger drawing

[Euro Detector]

Hoe this is a bigger drawing

Tried to enlarge it for you, but due to the resolution it's a bit fuzzy.

[Badger1935]

Hi.euro detector.Thanks for your effort.I am not used to my sesizing program.I will have to practice a bit more or find a better one.Thanks again.