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  2. I'm not Gary (😎😁) - and I'm sure he can/will speak for himself(!) - but I think it's interesting that if you look at PaystreakSuperfreaks recent YT videos he show his 'VCO' program which he uses with Disc at 44. Paystreak has clay soil with a lot of iron mineralisation in it - probably a lot more than in most of our soils here in southern England, he also seems to hunt in parks with loads of modern trash and a fair amount of EMI (you could imagine he would want to give his ears an easier time!). He says he uses it as a way to ignore most of the foil and other nuisance signals as a first pass - he then goes back using more 'conventional' Disc settings to find the stuff he missed the first time (ie 'cherrypicking' as I said upthread). Basically, I don't think there's any magic in a specific Disc number - just a choice based on experience and local conditions (just like everything else in detecting!).
  3. There's a big difference between falsing and (un)masking. 1) Falsing = iron sounding better than it should (usually because of size/shape/holes/corners/rust). 2) Masking = iron making an adjacent nonferrous target sound worse than it should. Increasing Silencer will move the decision-point towards iron in both the above types of situation. Silencer will help to reduce falsing but effectively increase masking (a trade-off as per usual). I nearly always use Silencer=0 and use other methods to spot falsing.
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  5. Nice work there. I like park hunting with the 8. It has quite a bit of 'off coil' sensitivity and reasonable depth. The small coil find reminds me of the first time I used the 8 on the 800. I found 4 rings at the beach. I've since found other good jewelry but interestingly enough I've never found a nugget with it and I've tried for over 20 hours. I've found a bit of gold with the 11" but not with the 8".
  6. That's a nice amount of flour that you recovered , how much came from the roots. Good luck on your next outing, and stay safe out there.
  7. I've learned a bit about nuggets now. That site does have some beautiful pieces and some big prices. For some who are into that I can see how it is natural art. But I would still like to find something like this , currently on display at the Golden Nugget , Laughlin. Nev.
  8. Very nice idea, thanks for the insight.
  9. Hey Bootscrape i'm from southern vic. Just on the topic of coils/depth, being a ex avionics and controls techie we need to remember that our detectors are fundamentaly transievers, that is they transmit a rf signal then recieve the bounce back. This means that another factor that influences depth is how much power is avaliable to be transmitted. The electronics and batteries of our detectors are relatively small which will limit available power if you want the battery to last most of the day, also they are sublet to the Inverse Square Law of Physics as well there are restrictions and limits placed by the Radio and Communications Act. I see depth as being controlled by power transmitted, coil size and construction, frequency of the transmitted signal and the type of soil mineralisation. At the end of the what seems to really count is what works for you, experience and actually walking over the stuff. Sorry for the techie stuff.
  10. These two websites have a variety of different types of gold nuggets, specimens and paydirt. You can get a idea of what different types of gold nuggets and specimens are going for: https://goldnuggetsforsale.com/ https://goldnuggetsales.com/
  11. I'm still learning plenty with this machine....in fact, I'm a relative newcomer to the Manticore. I am however, drawing on many years of detecting with other machines. It might be a problem throwing too much Sensitivity, Recovery and advanced audio processing at the machine until you have a good understanding of what's going on with the electronics. I like to run a "subdued" detector until I know what's going on. If you know there are seriously deep targets that you want to get down to then it is understandable to want to put the foot down on the accelerator but if you go too fast then you might not be able to read the (road) signs. My beach is far more forgiving.....very little Iron targets, no black sands, minimal EMI. Detecting inland is the opposite....heavy trash, difficult soils, problems with EMI. The Manticore is very impressive....I got a long way to go to really know what's going on.
  12. 15 °C/59.0 °F was what it was today. (probably even hotter in the valley, south facing slope) I got out this morning and had some serious gold getting in mind. I drove to an area which sometimes opens up early in the spring. Good karma today! I brought along my climbing rope along. I work healing people with broken bones at a hospital for a living. I don't want to be a patient on my unit. It's nice to have a unit that runs on a 12 volt battery. The highbanker is ABS plastic, strong and light. No gas pump, heavy hoses or gasoline to tag along. My unit runs quiet all day, and allows me to hear all the bird's sounds with spring mating in mind. I safely made it to the river's edge. A thick layer of ice was still intact in most places on the banks. I did manage to find a small open, exposed area. Hacked another 10 feet more with my shovel to expose some more gravel. The gravel had a lot of sticky silt mixed with it and little gold, so I dug up a lot of dead vegetation and washed the roots in my hopper. That got me more gold then just the gravel. Here's the flour gold after my final clean-up. I might head down again tomorrow if the weather is suitable.
  13. True the QED has a control to select either depth or sensitivity, it needs it as it is a single channel Pi, the E1500 has two channels one for sensitivity and one for depth thus like most modern gold PIs. I know burying targets to test any detectors/coils ability is not a true indication of their depth/sensitivity/GB ability that undisturbed field gold is. I`ve found the E1500 is a very capable all-round gold detector that punches well above its cost, even by the time you add a battery and a couple of modern mono coils of around an ounce. The very first gold VLF I bought in 79 cost a little over 2 ounces.
  14. “I was going to do a post on it as a coin detector, but perhaps it's not worth it as clearly giving information can be unappreciated.“ Trust me, we appreciate your efforts and info..... keep ‘em coming. 👍
  15. whelp.. I guess I'm hoping too much.. I figured with all the software/signal processing advancement that the machine maybe can 'separate/suppressed' maybe not much as long as can distinguish the good/whisper target signals even in those noises and possibly can get a little bit deeper too in overdrive and its worth to diving in. I also don't mind the erratic targets ID if its gives other advantage.. the closest I can get is using enhanced mode in overdrive but I guess its still not worth it as @Tony concluded in his other post
  16. Patch hunting these days takes strong legs and/or special equipment. Much like the old days!
  17. Because I've been using it lately for coins and jewellery, 87 coiins so far, 32 of which were silver. I tried bigger coils, and found I was able to achieve similar depth with a 12" coil, as I could with a 15" coil on a silver coin, the different modes such as normal gold and large gold do provide depth benefits over using the Ultra fine and Fine gold modes using these bigger coils, but there comes a point where putting on a bigger coil doesn't provide any benefit. What I've been saying is that it is pointless throwing something like a 20" coil on it and expecting to get dramatic depth increases over using something like a 15" coil. I was going to do a post on it as a coin detector, but perhaps it's not worth it as clearly giving information can be unappreciated. I'm just trying to keep your expectations in line with the reality.
  18. Your missing the point mate. There is incorporated in the E1500 a large gold mode and the manual clearly states the use of coils, large coils bigger than the 14 excels in mineralised ground. They then say they have never used one bigger than the 14 so big ones should work in theory. Wow, great field testers using a detector with that mode and advice on bigger coils excelling but they never bothered to try it!? Seriously!? If as you say, its pointless, then why is it a feature they have. How would you know what is or isn't pointless when you have never found anything bigger than grams? Your giving advice and corrections on something you've never even done nor achieved? Its all in your head with zero experience. Your full of it.
  19. Too bad he pulled it all down. Could have just left it be and would still pull in some revenue just coasting on the existing content. Just lock it and walk away. A lot of it genuinely good stuff and a shame to lose. Those great nuggets to budding Tubers will never be seen now.
  20. @DSMITH -- Send me an email, if you are interested, at steve@stevesdetectorrods.com. Ryan has a working prototype of the adapter I mentioned; I wanted to see if you'd be interested in field-testing it... Thanks! Steve
  21. My source in the USA has been personally told by Garrett USA that the Sea Hunter MK2 is being discontinued ! New beach / shallow water PI detectors are no longer 😞 Steve might have to update that list of his again. Sad times. *** I don't include the Aquascan AQ1B or JW Fisher Pulse 8X as beach or shallow water detectors due to their minimum starting pulse delays of ~40uS ***
  22. These are yesterday's finds. Ill take them from here and add it to conglomerate jewelry like channel rings and bracelets. This course wire-ess type gold brings more value and appeal to jewelry for sure. They may not be big nuggs but they still fetch a higher value than finer or even well worn gold.
  23. Sounds like you had productive couple of days! I agree, the Tarsacci is one heck of a detector on the beach!
  24. He was brutally honest with himself and his followers and detractors in his final farewell video. He totally understood the dynamic, recognized the haters were never going away and never going to embrace him, and he was very self aware of how evolved in a positive manner during his YouTube journey. It just became to much of a time sink and he fully recognized when it was time to walk away before completely burning out. Some great nuggets in his farewell for budding YouTubers. This video convinced me once and for all that I am probably not cut out to be content provider in that medium. I'll stick to the written word.
  25. So almost half a Troy Ounce (~14/31) at 6 inch depth?
  26. As a drone user of a lower end 4k 3 axis gimbal with electronic image stabilization, ( the HS720 drone), it is wholly unsuited for any prospecting work. I can’t see any value added to a good google map survey or actually walking the few hundred extra feet from where your flying would bring to you. Higher end drones with better cameras and surveying/mapping, maybe. I’ve attached a photo from a jasper and obsidian bearing area and the time would be better spent walking around boots on the ground.
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  28. You need a thick skin to put yourself out there, especially if you like to stir the pot. I fully sympathize as this forum is largely set up the way it is to protect my own peace of mind. The open internet can be vicious and genuinely harmful if not managed properly. Sometimes it’s just not worth it and the best solution is to step away. He has my best wishes.
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