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On the Workbench: A Sea Hunter Shaft, and Two New Designs

Sun. October 04, 2026 2:30 PM

I've recently designed, and built, a couple of prototype shafts for the Garrett Sea Hunter Mark II. If you use a Sea Hunter, and would like to hear about the custom shaft I can now build for this unit, please let me know, as it's a fantastic upgrade over the stock shaft.

Here's one of them, all set up with its Sea Hunter components:

Carbon-fiber shaft on a Garrett Sea Hunter Mark II, lying on grass

Close-up of the carbon-fiber shaft mounted to the Sea Hunter Mark II control box

Arm rest and handle on the Sea Hunter carbon-fiber shaft

The Sea Hunter with its carbon-fiber shaft, held on the arm

And a quick look along the whole shaft:

(If the video doesn't show above, you can watch it on YouTube.)

Photos and video courtesy of Steve Hayes.

I also have a couple of new items in the final design stage, that I'll be prototyping next:

1. An "over/under" style Minelab Excalibur shaft, similar to the Anderson design, but with upgraded hardware connecting the "over" shaft to the "under" shaft.

2. A new T-grip handle for sand-scoop handles, with versions to fit nearly any size or diameter of sand-scoop handle (with just a few exceptions). These are being designed with the goal of being the most heavy-duty, versatile, and comfortable grip handles on the market.

For more details, or to be told when these are ready, contact me or email steve@stevesdetectorrods.com.

Shipping Costs Are Now Listed On Every Product Page

Sat. August 29, 2026 3:39 PM

One question that I frequently am asked, is "what would shipping be to my zip code?" -- so I've put the answer on the site.

You'll now see a shipping figure on most products, both on the Products page and on each product's own page. It's a flat rate covering the lower 48 states. Alaska, Hawaii and international I still quote individually, since those vary too much to publish -- just ask, and I'll work it out for you.

A few small parts -- washers, spacers, spring clips -- deliberately don't show a rate. Those almost always go out alongside something else, so quoting a standalone shipping cost for them would be misleading rather than helpful.

While I was at it, every product page now has a proper "Order this -- or ask a question" button, that takes you to the contact form with your detector model already filled in. One less thing to type.

If you tried to email me from a product page recently and couldn't find an address -- that was a fault on my end, and it's now fixed. I apologize if you ran into that issue.

I'll keep adding notes here as things change.

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