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  1. I bought a used DD coil for my SD2200 V3 and the first trip out I got a 21.4 gm nugget under a big rock down about 9 inches. That coil runs so quiet that all I heard was a faint good sound that I knew it should be gold. The last nugget that I found was at Ganes Cr. two years ago.
    7 points
  2. yesterday i tested it on a dutch old peat field in the beginning they remove on a depth of 2meter all the peat, and spreat it to the whole country with ships, when the ships come back they where filled with city mud and trash, the fields were in 1600 till begin 1900 in use to get city mud on it to fertilize old coins and other stuff like musket bullets faucets old weights and jewelry etc where in it, we have miles of those fields here, if you check google earth from hoogezand to nieuweschans thats the terrain i search on, so i start i used coin and jewelery, sens on 7 tone on 4. deepest and smallest coin came from 40 cm depth, it gets really deep, with the smallest finds, most copper coins even a voc coin from begin 1800 my second voc coin its dutch east india company the most detectors i used like xlt and dfx recieving faults under the highvoltage mast, the mx sport not, under the mast i found a really nice doggy tag from the city of leeuwarden 1881 i putted the coins in the ultrasoon cleaner, and its now in the sunflower oil, my opinnion of the mx sport, its quik fast recovery good pinpoint, only the disc protector is in me eyes to soft material. the older protectors like dfx or xlt where better.
    5 points
  3. Here's a Link to the first real review on the Whites forum. http://forums.whiteselectronics.com/showthread.php?75586-MX-Sport-Test-Results-Continuous-Update-4-4-16 Enjoy,, John
    2 points
  4. it will be interesting to see Minelab's pricing strategy on this new coil in light of the recent significant price drop within only one year of release of the flagship GPZ. For me the drop in price was a bitter pill, the GPZ is a love hate relationship, but the love runs deep and the hate quickly forgotten... the drop in value an unwanted intruder... extra baggage introduced into a somewhat difficult and at times a strained relationship. There was some rumor of a discount in the price of the new coil for those that paid full initial price on the GPZ, hope this had some substance to it, would be a little sugar after the bad taste left by the quick drop in the value of my detector. 30% deeper than 40%... the earth is golden everywhere and i'm feeling light headed, the grey is creeping in and all resistance is fading. Darkness all around except for the faint glow of sunlight shimmering in the distance from far above. Muscles burn and tendons strain to the call to go deeper as stinging sweat mixed with earth and organic debris rain back down from above the rim of my hole. and then in front of me, a beacon... blindingly bright in the dim light creeping towards my direction is the shine from Steve's headlamp as he cleans the last nugget from from the patch we were all feverishly digging towards from different directions, if i'd only bought that coil one day sooner?
    2 points
  5. My suggestion would be to focus on General for large nuggets in Difficult ground and High Yield in Normal ground. JP
    2 points
  6. Sure, a Quattro would work fine on the beach. Let me ask a question back Terry. Have you ever done much metal detecting? Or is this something you are just getting into? If you are not getting in the water but just detecting up around the towel line a Racer 2 will do as well as anything. The answer to all your questions is sure, they will all work. To varying degrees with ins and outs and opinions from everyone most any decent detector will work for almost anything. Certain uses have hard fast lines - you want to get in the water, you need waterproof. If all you want to do is detect out of the water on the beach and do some prospecting now and then, then virtually any mid frequency general purpose metal detector will do the trick. The questions then just boil down to a popularity contest for those you ask. One person might say Teknetics T2, another AT Pro, another Racer 2, another Tesoro Lobo, Minelab 705, White's MXT, etc etc and all would be right. For most of metal detecting it is shades of gray and matters of opinion. It is like saying you want a car for city driving and highway driving, what car to get? VLF Concentric Vs DD Coils
    2 points
  7. Oh God…does it come with backhoe lessons?
    2 points
  8. Great, actual field use, review of the MXS. Great finds! Miles of open fields to hunt with ancient relics....heaven on earth! Thanks, Rico! Dean
    2 points
  9. So with the weather warming and drying out (of course as I say this it is pouring rain at my house - but it is generally drying out), we finally got out to do a bit of real prospecting and my first nugget of 2016 is the larger one on the right. It weighs 2.3 dwt or 3.5 grams. It came out of the ground with a lot of caliche, but a little bath in dilute hydrochloric acid cleaned that off. All but the smallest one were taken with the GPZ 7000, the smallest was found with the SDC 2300. Total is 3 dwt or 4.5 grams. Nice to get back into the swing of prospecting season again. Looking forward to doing some serious exploring around for gold!
    1 point
  10. I have an addiction. I am a coil junky. I have 13 coils for my GPX 4500 alone! I feel kind of stupid putting that in print for everyone to read but each purchase seemed to make sense at the time or I at least thought I could some how justify it because of increased gold production due to that specific coil. Since I purchased a Makro Gold Racer Pro Pack I am now casting about for reasons to sate my addiction with a couple new accessory coils for the GR. Specifically the 5.5x10" concentric and the 13x15" DD. I have my ideas how each of these coils will be beneficial to me but I would like to hear what you guys think these coils offer in the way of advantages. Lets hear all the reasons you can think of for any detecting genre be it prospecting,relic,coin,jewelry,beach etc.,etc.... Thanks, Merton
    1 point
  11. Don't look to Steve for help, he does love to Accessorize, It would be easier to quote the coils he has not bought, Mind you I have been known to splash out on the odd one or two my self, However we will give you all the support you require in your moment of need and do our best to convince you to buy more, I just don't understand how you ever manage to find anything with such a limited selection, It's like you are trying to sabotage your own success, What is the problem? Don't you like digging holes or are you allergic to manual labour ?, C'mon snap out of this, Get on the computer, Those coils are only a Click away Don't worry we got you're Back john
    1 point
  12. I just can't convince himself to spend over $5000 on a vehicle. I'd rather buy something cheap and fix it up. More money for other toys.... A couple affordable options for sub-$5000 camping/overlanding vehicles- AWD Astro Van - can be had for a couple grand, lifted for a couple hundred (a build thread with lots of info) You can find Astro's for dirt cheap locally, and though they lack clearance they actually have decent HP and room for dirt-bound adventures. I've thought about making one into a mini-RV but haven't pulled the trigger yet. NOTE- there is nothing cool about driving an AstroVan, so keep that in mind. Function over form. My favorite is my daily driver, 1996 Cherokee. Couple reasons I've owned a few of these - You'll never pay more than $4000 for a clean XJ, and can find them for less than 2k if you look hard enough. You can lift it as high as you want but it's more than capable stock. HO versions put out 195 HP and can tow up to 5k lbs (try that with a new JKU). Classic American boxy construction, looks, sounds, and smells like an SUV. Easy to wrench on, gets about 16mpg, and just will not die. My '89 went over 300k before I scrapped it, the '96 isn't even broken in at 150k. The previously-mentioned Subies are great, not much clearance though and you'll have to scrape off the "CO-EXIST" bumper sticker. You can also buy an older E350 Van and add the running gear and suspension from a Ford truck or older SUV if you have the tools and knowhow. Bit of a project though...
    1 point
  13. Roughwater, I use a old Excalibur for the beach and a Fisher F19 for park hunting / general prospecting and a GPX for dedicated prospecting. I support your thought on buying used for the type of metal detecting you are NOT going to concentrate on. You can find excellent deals and most likely recoup the investment when you sell not to mention the value of the finds. At 400.00 I can't see losing any money. I took the Excal and F19 to the beach recently and the Excal smoked the F19 anywhere near water or wet sand. Took the same setup to the park, hands down the F19 was more fun. Anyway don't be afraid to look at used and remember between finds and resale you will come out fine no matter what you get. The real thing to consider is what will give you the most fun! FYI- If you are anywhere near water get a detector that can be submerged.
    1 point
  14. Fool me once- shame on you. Fool me twice- shame on me.
    1 point
  15. Merton I like to keep it simple. For me it's more about the shape of the coil then anything else. I like a big giant coil for wide open and easy to get to spaces....such as the Nevada desert (if I ever get to go back there) A small coil offers the exact opposite in that you can get into those small tight areas in heavy brush (like the Redding area) An elliptical shaped coil is kinda nice for those narrow areas between the rocks. Personally I'd like to see a horse shoe shaped coil that comes in different sizes so you can just wrap it around a tree or bush with a forward thrust rather then have to make a complete circle around the obstacle like we now do. Think about the possibilities... A triangular shaped coil just waiting for that special application. And for guys like you Minelab could make a special harness that allows you to carry all your coils on your back. All you would need is a quick release on the end of the detector and your good to go. Hope this helps.... strick
    1 point
  16. Steve, Again, appreciate the input and I'm sure you are correct. You are not the first person to recommend a Multifrequency machine for me to use at the beach. Beach hunting for me is kinda of a secondary need so wasn't looking for the latest greatest for that purpose. However, I thought of a way to get a Multifrequency machine for cheap which would still leave me enough money and more open to also buy if I wish, a more dedicated VLF gold machine. However the Racer 2 might still be my choice over a more dedicated gold machine. I'm thinking to buy a used Minelab Quattro for 400 dollars. Then I will have my occasional use beach detector. I never really planned to be diving and such so I think it would do better than any single frequency machine at the beach and probably as good as the Excalibur in many ways. If I get more involved in beach detecting I can probably later resell it and get my money back to put toward a more dedicated beach detector. There are newer FBS/BBS machines but they are also more expensive. Some say the Quattro is a beast on the beach with depth. It seems to share it's coils with the newer model Minelab machines which is a plus. Any thoughts on that that potential purchase would be appreciated? Terry
    1 point
  17. They do make a elliptical DD coil for the Racer/Racer2 which would be slightly more sensitive than the stock coil I would assume as it's a bit shorter and narrower like the minelab Joey coil. But I'm maybe confused by the term "Concntric" as referred to a coil? Are you talking about maybe a mono coil? I'm not sure mono's are made for a VLF machine? The little 5" for the racer coil I heard referred to as a "DD concentric" coil. I'm assuming the term concentric refers to it being round, although the 5" isn't perfectly round?
    1 point
  18. My guess is $999.95. And then in 8 months they'll drop to $799.95.
    1 point
  19. Good news but if I get one I'll be picking my spots carefully! After recently spending a few hours on some old diggings which could really be best described as a stretch of mullock (tailings) in some fairly mild ground & digging some of the deepest holes I've dug I don't know that I'd be in a hurry to return there with a bigger coil Lots of deep trash. A coil that potentially goes a lot deeper both excites & scares me a bit To be honest I'd probably prefer to see a GPZ 8 coil released but it is good news for those that have been waiting for the bigger one. Can't wait to see what the likes of Goldhound + crew dig up when they get them. I think the 14 will do me for now.....
    1 point
  20. Beach detecting and prospecting tend to be diametrically opposed detecting tasks. Machines that do well at both excel at neither. For the price I do not think the Deus is a particularly fabulous beach detector or prospecting detector. Its strength is extracting non-ferrous targets from ferrous trash and it is good at general purpose dry land uses. To submerge the coil more than a foot requires a wire be attached to the coil and run up above water as an antenna as the wireless signal does not penetrate water very far. The original Racer bunched up target id numbers around 80 - not so Racer 2. If you are serious about getting in the water - obvious advantage MX Sport, although a few reports on its salt water handling so far have been mixed. While single frequency machines can be made to handle salt water they work best in low mineral situations like Florida. The more mineralization you add to the beach, the better multi frequency and PI machines look by comparison.
    1 point
  21. Nothing on price yet or weight. I am guessing not cheap and not light? But this is the one a lot of people have been waiting for, especially in Australia. My main question is what is the width? Round? Elliptical? Somewhere in between like the GPZ 14 coil? Now finally we should have a compelling reason to use Extra Deep mode.
    1 point
  22. That Whites 5000 was one of my early machines too Mike. Only thing with the first one I bought, was that it couldn't pick up an 8gram nugget, it wouldn't register on a squashed coke can unless it touch the coil, and would not make a peep on pulltabs or bottle caps. None of the functions/dials seemed to work at all, apart from on-off. It would however hit hard on every coin down to 4". Because it was a dud unit out of the factory, I must have just got lucky in it's pre-set waywardness. I never took it back, and kept it for its brilliance at hitting shallow coins amoung trash on junky hard packed ground like dirt car parks. The second one I bought operated fine. But who'd of thought a dud could be a favoured unit...
    1 point
  23. My wife told me too! I am new to the forum so here goes. A friend loaned me a White's 5000 metal detector 30 years ago. I brought it home and my wife and her mother were standing in the front yard. I got it out and they wanted to know what I had and I describe to them the metal detector and you could find coins and other stuff in the ground . Immediately, they wanted to see it work. So it got the machine running and started sweeping. With in moments I hit a target. My wife ask me what the sound was. I told here we found something. Next thing my wife stomps her foot on the target spot and hollers "I got it marked" her mother is jumping up and down screaming "dig it up, dig it up". She then ran to the garage and got a shovel and they started digging. That was the first nickle. My wife looked at me and said "we got to have one of these machines".
    1 point
  24. The Minelab Stirling coil was a concentric. Rare as hens teeth these days, but they should work on a Musketeer Advantage
    1 point
  25. Ray was kind enough to spend 15 minutes or so on the phone with me a couple of months ago and as a result I got a GBP with the 11" coil. I also happened across a good deal on like new 10" and 5" round DD coils. No doubt about it, the 10" elliptical is the "sweet spot" for me. I had read a good bit about the GBP in Steve's guide to gold detectors and noted his comment that while the discrimination circuitry continues to display numbers while the GBP is in all metal, it does so by putting marks on the arc of small numbers which are permanently on the screen as opposed to putting the numbers in the big display. They chose instead to display the ground phase in the big central area. Having used the GBP for a while now, I have come to appreciate that choice. First of all, I can see the current ground phase and compare it to the current GB set point which is shown right next to it. This tells me when I need to "grab" a new ground balance setting. Secondly, it provides a valuable clue as to target identity. Hot and cold rocks show a slightly higher or lower reading than the ground around them. Metal targets however seem to reliably show a significantly lower reading than the ground. I need to observe and learn more about this, but I think it is valuable information. Please First Texas, give us another tone and give us "iron volume" like on your Eurotec. Oh yes and while you are at it, give us a "Boost Process" to put some more hots into the discriminate mode. And the 10" coil as standard. And a pony.
    1 point
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