Chris Woods

"Shat" is easy enough but you've got me on the "dong" part. I'm going to assume they're....let's say low quality to put it in terms that won't hurt anyone's feelings. Doe's that sound about right? If so that sucks. It looks like a good, easy to carry and handle small shovel for digging in places where the property owner would freak out at the sight of anything bigger. I guess it's time to break out the angle grinder and welder and get to work.

Does anyone know where we can buy those little shovels stateside? I've seen them in several pics and vids from the UK but never here.

I don't post very often but I peruse this and Tom D's forum daily so if this sounds redundant it's because I picked most, if not all, of it up here and there. Having said that I have also seen it proven time again with my own detectors. Keep in mind that while SMF detectors may handle EMI better than SF detectors, they are not immune to it. Many modern detectors including the Equinox and T2 are "sparky" by design. While this increased sensitivity offers improved depth when conditions allow the use of the extra horsepower, it also makes them much more susceptible to EMI than others that have had their performance, for lack of a better way to put it, "governed" by the manufacturer. The F75 is often used as a yardstick when it comes to this type of thing so I'll use it as such here. When you lower the sensitivity on an F75 from 99 to let's say 90 you haven't lost depth as much as you've lowered the audio gain. Depending on your hearing ability you should still hear targets at ROUGHLY the same depth as when running the sensitivity at 99, the detector's audio report will simply not be as loud. The upshot to this is reduced audible and visually apparent EMI. The downside to all of this is that all EMI is not audible nor is it visually noticeable via jumpy VDI numbers. I first saw Tom D mention silent EMI in a thread on his forum detailing his experience with the F75 Ltd. prototype. This silent EMI can be caused by many factors such as weather that vary from day to day. I have more than once recovered deep targets that I know I've ran the same coil on the same detector from the same direction over previously without hearing a peep (at least not a "dig me" peep) out of them. Again, most of this info has all been posted previously. It's just something to keep in mind when comparing the susceptibility to EMI between detectors.

What is the outer diameter of the largest section of the Golden Mask shaft? Thanks, Chris

Not to drag a month old dead horse back to the top and beat it again and please forgive me if what I'm about to say has been posted already. Having said that, have you guys tried lowering the iron bias and repeating these tests? Having just picked my 800 up I've been reading everything I can find on it which lead me to this thread. The iron bias setting made a world of difference with a large silver on edge when I tried it. Again, I apologize if this is old news.

I haven't taken the plunge and bought the HF coils just yet but I have had the 13" coil for a little over five years now. I have an adapter which moves the mounting point to roughly the center of the coil which helps with the balance but it is still a little bit nose heavy. Having said that, and realizing that I (and Norvic) are probably part of a very small group that feels this way, I love the coil. The added ground covering ability comes in handy when searching large parcels of land and the separation, while its ability to separate non-ferrous targets from ferrous is not on par with the smaller 9" coil, is still pretty phenomenal for a coil of it's size. Not to mention what Norvic previously posted regarding the 13" coil's ability pinpoint; "when you stand the coil up using the tip or tail with fairly shallow coins and trash you can pinpoint the coin accurately and differentiate it from trash because the ID works well even with just the tip or tail, more so than the other LF coils." While I'm not one to post depth differences between coils due to the many variables that have to be factored into the results, I will say that when compared to the standard 9" coil in dirt that ranges from 0 - 4 or maybe 5 bars on the mineralization scale the, 13" coil wins hands down on several targets, especially when utilising the detectors lower frequencies. The following settings are for fairly clean areas but can be easily modified to handle fairly small amounts of trash: the 13" coil loves 4 khz, -1 silencer, spot on GB if not a point or two lower for even more depth and 0 reactivity if the amount of trash targets will allow you to get away with it. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things. If so I will revise this post as I remember them. HH, Chris

Where did you find this harness OP? And, if you don't mind my asking, how much did it set you back? Thanks in advance for the info, Chris