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Just Received My Simplex+


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Congrats on your new purchase and I hope you have fun with it.

I am also with snow here and it is cold too.

I am on the other side of Saint Louis and just north of it in Illinois.

Maybe we could get together sometime and have a hunt. I might be able to learn from you about my 800 and get better at what to look for.

My brother lives in Springfield Mo. and I used to live Osage Beach many years ago, so I know a little about the Ozarks.

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'Red' ... I appreciate the very informative post on the Simplex + air-test results.  I hope to get shipping info on my Simplex + soon and look forward to doing some side-by-side comparisons.  I also have a salty beach detecting jaunt to make once it arrives.  I know it will make a nice fit in my Detector Outfit and I look forward to Dilek's announcement of accessory coils for this device.

Keep us posted on how things go when you take it afield, and Best-of-Success!

Monte

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Redneck

 I too just received my Simplex but I haven’t yet had the opportunity to truly test it in the field. If the weather will hold tomorrow will be the day .

 I know I joke lots about everything. What I’m about to say is no joke.

 I’ve had a lot of detectors over the years and spend lots of money to have them . Buying the Simplex I can say never spending so little but getting so much for my money.

 Thank You Nokta/ Makro for a top quality machine!

 Chuck Anders 

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28 minutes ago, Ridge Runner said:

Redneck

 I too just received my Simplex but I haven’t yet had the opportunity to truly test it in the field. If the weather will hold tomorrow will be the day .

 I know I joke lots about everything. What I’m about to say is no joke.

 I’ve had a lot of detectors over the years and spend lots of money to have them . Buying the Simplex I can say never spending so little but getting so much for my money.

 Thank You Nokta/ Makro for a top quality machine!

 Chuck Anders 

I don't know, I was really pretty happy with my Tek Delta and still own it. :biggrin:  My Simplex should be here soon, too. :wink:

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Chase

  You should have told me about the T Delta .I just looked at Kellyco and they got the Delta for 250.00 . If you would said something sooner I could have saved 4.15.

 That’s nothing but the look of sadness 😐 on my face.

 Chuck 

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Thanks for running these targets by the Simplex and sharing the results with us. I'm personally looking forward to hearing more from you about how it does on your hunts.

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My shipment arrived, and several units were packed and posted off today, and the rest will go tomorrow. So feedback from Aussie users should start flowing in next week. 

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I finally got out today with the S+.  I went to a near by park  .   Auto Ground balanced at 45.   The soil consists of an inch of black dirt , the rest is a yellowish- orange  clayish mix, with rocks mixed in.  The deepest I have ever found dimes here is about 6", and a silver barber quarter at 7" , 6 years ago, using a T2.  I have used the nox 800,  SEpro, F70,  Atpro, Racer, and others here. Lots of alum trash, can slaw and some iron.  

I turned the volume up to the max setting on the S+, My 60 yr old years like the higher volume,  Sensitivity max, it ran pretty quiet,  Relic mode,  Using the green wireless nokta headphones, which are very lightweight and comfortable.  I have smaller ears so the cups cover my whole ear.  I headed out into the baseball outfield.  Right field, on up to the 1st and 2nd  baseline area.  I got a 26-28 signal , figuring I had a nickel, and dug up a gold colored or plated Michael Kors pendant at one inch.  Its 1/4" diameter, and very thin.  Sensitive 11" coil!   I hit a solid 25 signal and figure this has to be a nickel, it was a square tab cut in half.  Later I hit a solid 24, and that was a nickel at an inch.  Most of the aluminum crap comes in from 30 to 60, so I soon did not bother to dig those signals.  Yes I could miss a gold ring, but I don't need another 5 gallon bucket of pulltabs in the shed.   Zincolns were hitting in the high 60's,  A dime hit near 80, and quarters were 89-91. 

I hit a good sounding signal, with the numbers hitting around 65.  I massaged the signal and the numbers climbed into the mid to upper 70's.  The depth meter I think was showing 3 bars ,so I dug a bigger plug and lifted it out. I rescanned, and it was showing upper 80's.  I dug deeper and at 6" was a clad quarter!   There were a few holes I dug that were 8-9"  , but I just did not want to go deeper, so I let those targets in the ground.  This detector is DEEP.   It is as deep, or deeper than the detectors I mentioned in the beginning.  

The draw backs are it does not visually  ID as deep as the audio detects, which is really no surprise.  If you are detecting in a sand beach or relic hunting in a field,  be prepared to dig deep.   Another negative park hunting is aluminum.  If you are in the park setting , it has 3 tones, but the high tone kicks in at 43, which will include a lot of aluminum in the high range.  The next park visit I will notch out the numbers from 30 to 60, and will eliminate most aluminum.  Al screw caps come in the low 70's , so those will get dug. 

I really like the 0-100  target range , with nickels coming in about 25, clad coins start in the  high 60's and up.  The compressed numbers on the Nox I did not like.  I noticed a lot of targets that came in from 30 to 60, usually bounced around, indicating odd shaped aluminum.  I'm thinking most rings will lock on to one or two numbers , so by watching the target id, it may be possible to dig up a ring  amongst the aluminum. 

I like it that the detector can be shortened up to about 29", its a space saver. Also the shaft lock  system you can set the shaft size where you want it, unlike the hole and button system that can be adjusted every 3 inches.  

It was a fun hour and a half, I rescued 12 coins.  In this price range , it has to be the deepest unit on the market!

The poor mans Nox, I nicknamed it!  HH

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