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I went to hunt a local park this morning with my new Etrac. The ground is freezing up here and I wanted to get out before it’s totally frozen. Since I needed 1 more silver to make 100, I went to the oldest park around, from the 1840s. I went out with low expectations, since I know the park has been pounded over the years. After hunting for about an hour and not finding anything I was getting discouraged. As I was about to head back to the car, I got a very deep, VERY iffy high tone. I told myself Hey maybe they missed a rosie or something. So I dug a nice 7 inch plug and in the plug my pinpointer went off: 1 rusty nail. I rechecked the hole and got an even better high tone. I dug down to about 8 or 9 inches and out came another rusty nail. Then the most beautiful 12-45 signal sang into my ears and I eagerly dug down. At 10 and a half inches: Silver coin edge! I carefully took it out of the hole and got out my spray bottle. It seemed oddly thin for a silver quarter. As the dirt came off the coin I could not believe my eyes and yelled “HOLY $!@?” I got a couple of weird looks but I didn’t care. SPANISH SILVER!!!! I threw down my headphones and ran around doing a happy dance. My 100th silver and I could not have asked for a better one. I quickly ran home to clean it. Turns out it’s from the 1730s from the reign of King Philip 5 of Spain! My oldest coin I’ve ever found! What a way to end the year. I could not get any “in situ” pics because I was shaking so bad! But here are some from when I got home. Thanks for looking!

Hi my name is Travis. I am new to the site. Here are a few gold specimens I have found in Idaho.

Because I'm a nice bloke and deserve it 😀 Down about 2 feet and not getting anymore signals so not sure if I'll pursue it any further. Was hoping it would balloon out down lower. https://i.imgur.com/kI57fDH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tQndDrd.jpg Will update when it's all crushed and I know what I have, was hoping it would be substantial but probably only a couple of ounces.

I’ve been powering on with my detecting leading up to Christmas because I knew it was going to rain, the rain is welcome because we are in drought and because it will cool things off, but it also brings the humidity and the grass, both big time negatives. But worse the moisture also brings false signals and threshold variableness, so listening for those edge of detection targets go out the window big time IN THE AREAS I detect. I shout this and make it bold because not all nuggety gold fields are like this, it depends on the saturation and conductivity levels relative to the mineralisation. Conductive ground is a little different to salt or alkali ground, salt signals are uncomplicated and are directly dependant on the speed of the sweep (Motion), salt can be in areas that are quiet low in mineralisation whereas conductive ground tends to be in the more variable mineralised areas. In my ground here in Clermont the salt signal is less dominant and the conductive signal more dominant. Conductive signals have a varying effect on auto GB systems, but in essence they drag the G balance away from optimum, often causing a target like signal that is then not present on the 2nd pass of the coil. A good operator works this out quickly and pumps the coil often (controlled movements) to bring the GB back to accuracy as sweeping will only give an averaging of the ground signal. Salt and Conductive signals are directly proportional to the amount of moisture present, so the drier the ground the better the result for detecting purposes. In dry conditions the auto GB tends to remain reasonably constant with little variation whereas when moisture laden the GB will be all over the place as the tracker tries to keep up with the movement of the coil. In these types of ground a tracking X is also fraught with peril as the poor X tracker gets confused by the salt and conductive signals and ends up completely out of balance relative to the temperature of the electronics, in this scenario things can get even worse because the G balance then tries to compensate for the bad X, fatally pushing each other further and further away from optimal, hence why I always advocate using Semi-Auto and not Auto!! Now that we have had rain I will put my larger coils away for a while and enjoy the benefits of the new smaller NF coil, smaller coils react less to salt/conductive and saturation and also run quieter when EMI is around, perfect for hot, damp, sticky, thundery summer time conditions, it is so nice to now have this choice in the warmer wetter months.😇 Being a DOD the reactive damp conductive hot spot signals will be less invasive, so chasing those false target like signals after rain will be less of a problem. Just prior to Christmas I had a couple of trainings sessions for new customers, being summer the training usually starts early in the morning to avoid the heat. Because of this if I want to go detecting after the session I’m starting when the heat has built up which negates the incentive to go for long walks. I don’t mind starting off in the cool of the day and slowly ramp up to uncomfortableness but starting off uncomfortable is a big YUK from me. 🤒 One morning a week or so before Xmas was just like this, early start, two 1/2 hours of training then what do I do with the rest of my day? I know I’ll go hit some deep ground and spend a few hours going slow till its too hot in the hopes of a deep one, if I don’t find anything no harm no foul... simples. 🥴 This type of detecting is fun but takes patience and a willingness to go without, there are usually no targets or one good one but more often than not nothing. I love it because its challenging and can be rewarding as you really need to get in tune with your detector. I had two hours to strut my stuff with an extra hour if things started to sparkle. Low and slow is the order of the day, a wide swing but not too wide with a good range of motion relative to the depth of the ground. I like to target ground that is in excess of 14 inches depth because anything shallower the gold has been taken already by less experienced operators. EMI was a little problematic and also the bush flies were annoying (a sure sign rain was on the way). I ended up doing a fair few mornings like this and enjoyed the removal of the need to find something, its very liberating when your expectations are low. There was no need to find anything because that’s the nature of this type of detecting, its either something good or nothing at all. This particular morning I didn’t hit the ground for my ‘alone time’ until well after 9 so things were getting juicy heat wise. However my head was in the right place and things were uncomplicated, I let all the cares of 2020 slip away into the soft background hum of my GPZ, focusing on controlled breathing and the smooth rhythm of motion. I do not commit to digging anything for at least 45 minutes to avoid elevating my heart rate which impacts on my hearing, I am mentally mapping every repeatable ground variation as I work an area no more than 100 square meters. Finally after an hour everything came into place and I received a repeatable unmistakable response beside an ant bed, going through the three Gold Type modes confirmed the signal was still there in varying degrees, with Extra Deep being the worst for signal response suggesting the target was less than say 5 ounces. Although it was quite a good signal in High Yield the go to Gold Mode was actually General with a good solid hit over the full range of motion. So now I had a clue as to the size and depth relative to the conductivity of the target. This area has produce a few specimens for me over the years and typically specimens sound off better in High Yield unless they have a decent amount of gold enclosed, this realisation got the hair going up on the back of my neck in spite of the sweat doing its utmost to glue it down. Could it be a good sized solid nugget?😬 I looked at my watch and realised my time till the heat got too intense was not far off, so it was time to commit to digging and and subsequent elevated heart rate, if it turned out to be ground noise the session was not far from over anyway. The ground was like concrete, and I was only able to remove 6 or so inches before the hard packed clays and wash caused sparks to fly, another positive to suggest the ground was virgin but also meant hard work to recover my hopefully golden prize. Because I’d planned the session I had my shovel and crow bar in the back of my vehicle but before I went and got them I checked the signal again in all Gold Modes and was convinced by the overall improvement there was a decent signal extremely deep under my coil. General/Difficult was still king so that delicious tingling feeling at the nape of my neck was still vying with the stream of sweat!! An hour later lots of sweat and blisters had me down 20+ inches and finding the need for my pinpointer, the signal was booming in on the GPZ so I knew I was centred in the hole. I was now into green puggy clays with chunks of quartz and ironstone locked in, there was no way this was anything but gold. It took a fair bit of crowbar work to finally get the pinpointer within range, turning myself inside out trying to reach into the hole was hard work in the heat but finally I got the pinpointer to lock onto the signal. More controlled bar work had a screaming target about the size of a hockey puck dead centre in the hole, one more mighty blow to one side and a levering of the bar dislodged a clump of clay with a solid object wedged tight within its grasp. 26 to 28 measured inches (its hard to fully ascertain the full actual original detected height based on surface debris ect) and I had in my hand a heavy clump off clay with something enclosed. The pictures tell the rest of the story. 😎🥳 Out of interest for those forum members who like to dabble in specific gravity tests ect: Weight in air: 125.8 grams Weight in water: 100.3 grams Once a few people have had a crack at the gold content I’ll post up the pic of the recovered melted gold button on the scales. No guesses please, only post up results from using a proper SG equation. JP

Great find and you just never know what is going to be in the bottom of that hole! Well done with your perseverance, finding the two nails and keeping checking. Foreign silver coins were commonly circulated in the USA up intil 1857 when a new law stopped that. You said the park goes back to the 1840's so this likely was lost in the first 10 or so years of the park's existence. Just think (you likely already have...) what else might be down there at the 10 inch level.... I bet you can't wait for spring thaw.

I personally would never ever use just one VDI reading when hunting for gold,as the shape and gold content can vary by a massive amount,also the same thing goes for any form of jewellery and even gold hammered coinage once again all down to the gold content and additives that are used.Also gold can come down into the iron range as well. I never ever make a dig/no dig decision on what the TDI tells me,audio is king all the time if it gives a decent audio signal it has to come out,relying on what a TDI tels you is mainly i think a US pastime i guess its because almost all your coinage etc are of a specific size and weight and the silver/gold content is a specific standard as well,but in the UK gold and also silver content over the years and mainly with hammered coinage can alter by a massive amount. For me using solely TID for detecting alas is not advisable in my mind,the theory sounds good but in practice and from previous experience i never ever do it.

Some really nice Douglas Fir that had to be cleared off the highway here in the Siskiyou mountains of Northern California. The hardwoods we like are Tan Oak and Madrone.

Enjoying a fire in our fireplace. Thanks to the sun. The dead desert wood we burn is lovely fuel - sparkless, smokeless - if you know how to tend it - and to us - free, as long as I am willing to gather it from the surrounding desert (especially under power lines, where the utilities cut down all the trees which might grow tall enough to touch the lines). As I sit here on Boxing Day evening, enjoying the glow, I am thinking of what is really happening. The sun burns about 5 million tons of hydrogen fuel per second...that makes our planet alive. That is what produced the desert wood I gather and burn. Without that - nothing. The return of the sun - steadily rising in the sky after the Winter Solstice is an event so vital that it is no wonder that almost every human society throughout history has celebrated it with joy and feasting.

I only have ever used the TDI Pro with the big battery,never really liked the 'S' shaped shaft of the 'sl' version,mainly use mine also in straight PI mode for the extra depth but when i am on my roman trading villa site which is basically like a 40 acre black beach but 70 miles inland then i will use it in target conductivity mode and must admit although i loose a small amount of depth it does work very well at discriminating out the non desirables. Regarding coils for the TDI Pro,although i do have the Whites stock coil and the 7.5DF ones the main ones i use are Minelab Mono coils and also the coils made for Jimmy Sierra by Miner John i bought some at a crazy low price brand new when he closed down a few years back,the largest one i like using is the 20'' Sierra Grande Mono. Wont ever part with mine as they are getting very hard to get hold of these days.

Heat 100% with doug fir and lodgepole pine. Got sawdust in my blood from logging most my life so making sawdust cutting firewood is just something I have to do? Love to do it but the body needs a few more breaks...lol The shack with a puff of smoke out the chimney with wood stacked nice and dry behind the shack. Doesn't get any better than that imo. Keep on going till the wheels fall off...!!!!!!!

So a big hello to everyone. I'm really new to all this, and have yet to do any detecting, I'm more into designing detectors than using them. I'm hoping to get feedback from the users here to help me refine my designs, I think I can develop some really useful and fun machines. I'm currently working on my first analog prototype, to be followed by a microprocessor controlled one. I'm integrating some features that I think are missing in most if not all the current designs, and am looking forward to hearing all your feedback, what you like, what you don't, what you can do without, etc. Don't know how often I'll be here, but I'll try to add to the conversation in a positive way when I am. Thanks folks, -SS

2020 was a forgettable year but, strangely enough, it was my best year of metal detecting finds in 50 years despite taking 2 months off for Covid restrictions. Being fully retired now has given me time to go detecting more often and time to learn how to better use my favorite detectors- Equinox 800 and TDI Beachhunter. I don't remember a year when it seemed that the finds just kept on getting better and better culminating with the find of a lifetime at the year's end. I did my yearly summary a bit early since I don't know if I'll get out again this year. Hope you enjoy it! Happy Holidays! GL&HH!

Well I talked to a person who might know such things (or might not) told me they know what Geosense and the 6000 is, and they said my expectations are too high. 🙂 Valentines day release in the US likely (Sunday? Seems odd). $6000 also most likely. Coil cable goes up the shaft or can use old style wrap around. Also, a 3rd player in the GPZ coil market has already made coils, probably enter the market soon. Slightly smaller than 12" first release, not elliptical. Also, a new GPZ is in the works. With one new in demand feature. Tales from the rumor mill. Take with as many grains of salt as necessary. I wasn't told to keep any of this secret, so it's either false or not tightly held.

Unfortunately it is the same in Australia as what JW has indicated for NZ. That means 4 weeks of your trip will be in quarantine. It will be great for the economy to have tourists again and if you're in Victoria and the stars align we could even catch up for a detect but I would leave all plans of a trip to Oz until Covid is under control or a vaccine is doing what it needs to. As far as places to go - I would also go and see the Great Barrier Reef like Phrunt suggested. Beautiful place and unfortunately probably going to be lost completely at some stage over the next 100 years. The west coast of Oz is beautiful - very remote and quiet. Following the coast from Port Lincoln in S.A. right around to Broome in the northwest of W.A. is a cracking trip. And I also have no interest in cities so couldn't advise you the 'best' city to visit. The only value of cities is to see AFL games (Australian Rules Football) and to get to a major airport. Won't hurt to dream up an itinerary for when you do come I suppose 😃

2 were for sale beginnin of december in Staff shop they went not quickly but they went RR

I have been out of the loop for a number of years and just joined back up. Here is my latest adventure. Aug 2020 Kind of a long read, Names and place shall remain anonymous. Got a call last week from a guy that wanted to know how to run a detector that he got from his dad. He was going to use it to help a friend find something that had been buried. I explained the machine to him and asked about size and depth of object and he didn't know for sure but said he would call back if he had more questions. About 4 hours later i get a call from same guy and he says his friends wife wants to talk to me. Wanted to know if I would drive over (about 65 miles) as they needed someone that knew what they were doing with a detector. I asked a few more questions about size and depth and was told about 30 inches deep & the size of a Carnation can, cardboard she thought. Having nothing else to do we decided to make the drive and see if I could help. Come to find out the guy had buried the can of coins about 10+ years ago and he and a couple of friends were trying to find it. He had suffered a couple of strokes and couldn't quite remember exactly where it was buried.. I asked of one thing and that was to take some pictures if we find it and no name's or location would be reveled. Pretty much about half of the space under the building had been dug to a depth of about 3 ft. We dug and I detected for about 1/2 hr and kept hitting some old rusty nails and from what he told me I asked them to remove a section of dirt and in the meantime I was going to check the big hole they dug earlier so the owner and I slipped thru the wall studs and began searching the other side, In the far back right corner I got a very very weak signal in the far corner and told him to move some gravel/dirt so I could check it again to see if it gets louder. It did so move some more gravel and it is louder and then it screams at me, I said we have a large target here and he starts moving dirt and gravel with his hands and a little piece of gray tape pokes thru and he yells we found it. More gravel come out revealing the whole lid and then the can. The can was heavy as it was full and I'm thinking he buried a bunch of silver and I said it would be nice to see some gold in that can. He said so you would like to see some gold would you. He and his wife were over whelmed to say the least that I had found it for them. He asked me how much he owed me and I said what ever you think, a little gas money. He handed me $2000.00. I said no way and he said you want more and I said that's way to much but he wouldn't take any back because you see I just dug up there retirement savings. Stuffed in that little can were 224 1oz gold coins ( All Buffalo and American Gold Eagle rounds). 10 tubes of 20 rounds each and 24 in clear cellophane wrap. At todays price well I guess you can figure that out.

IMO NOX has the best balance between TID resolution, precision, and stability (which all compete against one another) that I have used (including my F75, Whites MXT, and Deus <0 to 99'er TID detectors, all of which I still own). That coupled with great audio that tells you more about a target than any 2 digit number - I can more reliably "call the target" with it before it is extracted than any detector I have owned. However, I would love to see a Multi IQ detector with the discrimination capability and precise CO-FE TID schemes of the eTrac and CTX FBS2 detectors.

No. What would be the reason for doing such a thing? Rings occur at many numbers both above and below 11 so I don’t see why anyone would want to do that.

Thanks lunk. I was using the Equinox 800 for those pieces.

Rick, Some nice thoughts there. My wife and I are sitting here with a fire going in the wood burning stove. Makes for a cozy evening when the temps drop. It's 19* (F) outside at the moment and moving lower. Certainly not as cold as our friends further North, but cool enough to chill the bones. The ice fisherman have been out on the lake for a few weeks now. Plenty of 'free' firewood around as well as that available with an inexpensive permit from the Forest Service. Rich -

The big battery system in the Pro gave it lots of raw depth ....Deepest Detector on a saltwater Beach I ever used .......nothing like The SL or Even The Latest TDI Beach Hunter ......I’m taking straight PI mode no ground Balance

I did great with the Infinium on jewelry and gold nuggets. https://www.detectorprospector.com/magazine/steves-reviews/garrett-infinium-ls-pulse-induction-metal-detector/

AND, it's an off center die ERROR coin! NICE!!!! GaryC/Oregon Coast

Some finds from several hunts...starting to get out a little more now that the ground has softened up some.. mostly using the Nox but the CTX produced the quarter yesterday...for some reason I usually do well on Christmas Eve so I make it a tradition to hunt in the morning....wishing all my treasure hunting breathen a very happy holidays strick

No titan here, just a guy who likes to beep. I only know what I’d do in your shoes. Having the TDI covers you for a PI, so I’d want a VLF to complement it, and my choice would be the Equinox. CTX is too long in the tooth for me, but the reality is we have no idea when a replacement will appear. If looking for a PI other than the TDI, then waiting for the finished version of the Impulse is about the only pulse induction “upgrade” path available.

We are looking at 3 locations in Australia to spend 2-3 weeks and then go to NZ for a couple of weeks. I want to see the Brisbane area, the Perth area, and maybe get into the outback areas to do some detecting. After that head back to the states and get back to work.

I have not used mine since I got the Nox but the last time I used it I found 3 gold in the big lake.This machine does really well in spots on the Great lakes where black sand from wave action could be hiding the gold.

I remember dropping that in a past life regression! Thanks for finding it for me! I will send my address for return!🤣 Great find! The nails kept it safe for you!👍👍

No, US nickels are typically a 13 on the Nox, but depending on the level of corrosion and composition (i.e., war nickels with silver content) even a nickel TID can vary on the Nox. Unless you are looking for a specific surface target (e.g., the twin of a recently lost earring or a ring with similar characteristics to a recent loss from which you can derive the exact TID) notching out all but a single TID is a really great way to leave a lot of keeper gold targets in the ground.

Tim and Mike were terminated several months ago as part of a reorganization of the Marketing function at First Texas. It wasn’t part of any larger reduction in force and as far as I know - no other department was affected. I do not know what sort of Marketing arrangements will result.

bugger! Sorry not sure why images etc aren't showing.

Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for allowing my business to prosper. How many of you found detector or prospecting tool under the tree? 2020 was a rough year for many of us, but if you took advantage of the beautiful outdoors with your detector, just maybe you were rewarded with a nice nugget/trinket/treasure. Hopefully 2021 is golden to you all and I look forward to viewing your pictures of new discoveries, reading your adventures and maybe even sharing a few of mine. Merry Christmas to all.

Delnorter... In '74 I fell redwood down there for a short time, guy got killed and boss shut us down while the Osha did their thing, came back home. I'd cut tan oak and madrone on Fridays after work for drinking dough on the side. NICE Doug you got there!!!! Jim... Spent one season falling timber ('84) on Chicagof Is. up there...wet and miserable but some big assed Spruce up there!!! Keep on going till the wheels fall off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bad A$$!!!

I was sent this coil for free to use and keep by the manufacturer many months ago with no expectations of reviews or anything else, and I had intended many times to test it in Nevada for my own personal use, but work kept delaying me and I never made it. But I was able to finally get free from work and give it a solid 12 hours of run time over 2 days in Arizona since it's winter now. Soils are mild, few hotrocks (more on that in a moment). 40-50F degrees out. Mostly shallow, rocky washes or hilltops I've pounded with the stock and 17" X Coil (as well as a 4500). I consider these spots flogged and dead for my purposes, and so great places to see if new products can find missed gold. My observations were as follows: This coil (as expected with a smaller coil) was noticeably quieter than the 17" coil and the stock coil. I was able to bump my threshold up 8-10 points and still had about the same threshold chatter as I did with the 17" coil. I usually run 18 sensitivity here because I like a very stable threshold and EMI can be an issue, but I bumped up to 20 sensitivity with no problem. The coil ground balanced ok and I ran in auto which seemed to work fine. This coil loves hotrocks, as would be expected when you are running a smaller, more sensitive coil. I was finding hotrocks deep, shallow, and in places I considered more or less hotrock free in the past. Conversely, I hope it will do well in salt, which I hope to test this summer in Nevada. This coil is bump sensitive This coil is sensitive to a lot of vegetation, particularly sticks/twigs and grasses. I'm unsure if it's detecting them or bumping them. This coil screams on tiny nuggets just out of range of the stock coil. It gives decent signal on edge of detection, tiny nuggets that I missed with the 17" coil. The light weight made me very much more prone to lift up and detect side walls, benches, and pick up and poke/prod into just about any place I encountered, from beginning of day to end. The weight didn't fatigue my arm after a half day of swinging, 5 or 6 hours. Much of that time was without a bungee. This coil eminates a faint, very high pitched squeel or buzz if you get your ear close to it Overall, detecting with the GPZ feels a lot more pleasurable and less like fighting your equipment with a coil of this size and weight. I've mentioned it in prior posts, but take my word from experience now - it's not the weight of the GPZ that causes problems, it's the coil. And this 8" coil is almost the perfect weight to counterbalance the GPZ with the shaft fully extended - ie, this is the coil weight the GPZ should have been designed for. I'll take another pound on the control box no problem, but add 100 or 200 grams onto the coil end, that causes fatigue. Swinging the GPZ with this coil (or any coil of this weight) is a pleasure and not oppressive. The bump sensitivity I'm guessing is a relic of trying to cram so much wire into a tiny space that might not be meant for it, as I get the feeling that this coil is pressing the limits of how small a Super D can be built. But it does mean that I have to slow down and really concentrate on not hitting rocks or vegetation, which ends up being ok because this is a cleanup coil where I am going slow anyways. I expected to find a handful of faint, edge of detection signals I had missed with my other coils. But other than a couple nuggets, almost all the signals were bright, some even loud, and all pretty obvious. Even right out in the middle of the wash. This coil hits hard on tiny stuff. I haven't compared it to the GB2 or Gold Monster, but I found stuff down to 0.06-0.07 grams and they were all great signals. Pinpointing these tiny targets with the coil edge can be difficult as the center of the coil is more sensitive. And they are too tiny to register on my pinpointer, especially the porous and not flaky ones. And that is why I think I missed all the nuggets originally which I later found with the 8" - its a lot easier to get the center of the coil over more of the potential ground, especially with obstructions in the way. In the end, I didn't find a lot of missed nuggets in nooks and crannies, most of them were simply next to a rock or other obstruction like a bush which I was able to get the center of the 8" much closer to. Overall this seems like a good coil for working steep areas (Colorado comes to mind), surface patches, tight washes, and banks/vertical surfaces. The bump sensitivity is the only real major downside, so a slow and controlled swing is important with this coil I think. If NF doesn't end up releasing some critical sizes of coils and new detector releases make the GPZ cheaper (and less risky to make an adapter) then serious detectorists may want to give X Coils another thought. Because right now I can't help but feel like with these coils I am running a new detector that no one else has access to in a way, and I'm somewhat surprised more hard detectorists/enthusiasts haven't availed themselves of this opportunity. But, in the same respect I'm happy, because my time is slim and I haven't had a chance to put them over a lot of places I know others would have flogged to death already. My favorite coil by far is still the 17", but if this 8" (and the 10") perform well in NNV then I may change my mind on that. Here are the nuggets I found (weights are estimated) and my recollection of why I thought I missed them originally with all my other equipment but then found them with the 8" X Coil: Test Wash 1, less than 0.1 gram, too deep for other coils Test Wash 1, 0.08 grams, next to a rock and slightly into wash bank Test Wash 1, 0.12 grams, from a boot scrape and I had given up finding this with the 17" for some reason Test Wash 1, 1+ gram, next to a rock and oriented vertically in a bedrock crack, not sure why I didn't hear this on at least 6 or 7 previous passes since it's right in the wash, but it didn't produce a diggable signal with other coils/machines Test Wash 1, .2 grams, in a little ring of rocks, was only a few inches deep though Test Wash 1, .15 grams, too deep/edge of detection, or too close to rocks Test Wash 1, 0.12 grams, no idea, great signal and should have found before Test Wash 1, 0.15 grams, in side of bank, arm was probably always too tired to raise the coil up there Test Wash 2, 0.12 grams, no idea why it was missed before, right in middle of wash Test Wash 2, 0.3 grams, 2ft up wash side Bench patch, 0.3 grams, next to cactus, too deep/edge of detection? Bench patch, 0.08 grams, too deep/edge of detection Bench patch, 0.06 grams, edge of detection That was all of them. Smallest was 0.06 grams and very porous and almost on surface, largest was like 1.1 grams but I forget the exact weight. All total was a little over 4 grams out of severely beat up washes and a patch. Not much, but it did pay for my gas down here at least. I think once stuff gets below 0.15 grams, it's not really worth my time to chase on general principal. But when you need to grind out some finds for gas, food, whatever, and if you have a lot of patches that produced more than 5 or 6 stray nuggets, then this little guy can probably pop up a few more when you really need them.

All great stuff...that quarter is over the top though

Once I got may hands on an ORX nearly two years ago, I realized that it was flawed but a much better setup than a Deus lite because of the information on the screen. At that time I had three must have wish list items that would make it a completely suitable replacement for the Deus - 1) A pitch tones mode, 2) A full tones mode, and 3) GB Tracking. Having the ability to navigate programs with +/- buttons like on the Deus, having a few more custom program slots and being able to independently adjust the silencer were additional desirable but lower priority wishlist items. After several outings with ORX, I like the ground grab feature implementation (much better than the Deus implementation) which effectively eliminates the need for GB tracking. If Orx simply had the option to go to full or pitch tones in the coins modes, it would be a Deus killer. Of course, XP will probably never implement those upgrades...because it would make Orx a Deus killer. Bottom line, i agree with Jeff, the lack of an ability to reall differentiate keeper gold targets from aluminum because of the lack of full tone audio nuances makes the Orx only a serviceable jewelry hunter. It can get the job done, but in a really trashy aluminum filled park, the task is made a lot more difficult because of the lack of full tones.

Very nice finds you have there! A lot bigger than what I find in Idaho lol! Congrats👍😊

We find these religious medallions quite often in old coal mining camps than anywhere else. Most of the one we find are made out of aluminum and some silver. Nice find! 👍

Dunno if you are in the US, but Metaldetecor.com has a smoking deal on an Omega 8500 with DD coil, small concentric and a Tek pinpointer, all for less than $400, FWIW. Couldn't resist since I have the G2+ as well and several accessory coils.

Ho, ho, ho ... Merry Christmas to all and to all a good hunt! Thanks Gerry. More in store for the New Year. Mitchel

Thx guys ! All my remaining relatives from down that way have moved to Sanford. Still close but not on the beaches . It's OK though , the beach parking lots don't charge the locals during off season ! They don't plow them either.... Skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh In a frozen fog bank today . Over a foot of sno* on the ground and it's been frigid so the only digging left IS those beaches....unless you count digging out from the sno* Yo Ho Ho Hope everybody gets a new detector for Christmas ! Oh another thing I might need to mention... ? I'm also a professional pirate. Captained the good ship Buccaneer ,,,,at Storyland theme park ! (and NO , it wasn't on a rail....) Best job ever ! arrrrrrrrr .And I had my dream job for 25 years before that.... Dig 'em all ! We'll sort 'em out latarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Well grandmother said she knows every place that you have mentioned and she still has relatives there. Good luck on your next hunt.

Valen's Legacy I was spending a lot of time on those southern beaches years ago , I was doing live sound in the beach clubs...and had most daytime hours free to do whatever I wanted..usually chose sleep . Unfortunately , wasn't taking my detector with me due to lack of space in the truck... THAT won't happen again !! I had relatives in Ogunquit when I was a kid . No detector , just a skim board .😎 Spent a summer in Old Orchard working in a campground after I retired . Had the Rat Shack (Bounty Hunter) that time. (The real $ was on the Pine Point end. Less people to trip over and nicer deposits too.) Will be heading back there asap with the NOX and the T Rex scoop ! Last summer I hit the beach with the Nox out on Lands End (where the lady got munched by a Great White the week before) yikes ! Like I mentioned the control box didn't go under water !!! for a reason. and Mackerel Cove local fleet HQ ,where I found the anode plate...meh , now I get to recycle it ! I will of course be checking the sno* piles in the shopping centers in the spring when they melt. Some of the lakes drain down a bit in winter so those beaches are on my list too. I hope nothing else takes priority cuz I got PLANS ! skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh .

Always detect back to your vehicle or start point, I am often amazed by the amount of good nuggets I find within 50 feet of where I park my 4x4. This 26 gram chunk was a good solid broad hit in HY Difficult yet when I checked it in General the signal was more subdued suggesting it was going to be less than 1/2 ounce, got the shock of my life when I threw it on the scales. I’d say the rough exterior made it more of a Fast Time constant target than the weight implied. So a 14 gram morning bonus’d out on a lucky find because I kept the motor running after a long hot session. 😎 Always a nice feeling when they won’t fit in your container. A 40 gram session is always greatly appreciated by the bookkeeper

Some pics of my now sold crystalline collection. JP Palmer River Crystal piece I found many years ago Enrichment piece, not crystalline but beautiful

Wow, I can't begin tell you just how impressive that all sounds. Shouldn't we be the ones who are asking the questions then? Since it seems you got your TDI question answered I'll pile on dragging us off topic...I too want know just how you managed to setup the Nox to get that kind "depth" on that quarter? You can't possibly tease that without sharing at least a snippet of your vast Equinox knowledge with us. I'm a slow learner, still picking up things nearly 3 years after getting the Equinox. Would love to learn more from someone who has completely mastered it. So throw us a bone...

https://www.detectorprospector.com/magazine/steves-guides/steves-guide-whites-tdi-coin-settings/ Long story short, the GPX outperforms a TDI. The TDI tech is more like 20 years old, being a fairly direct copy of the Eric Foster Goldscan 5. White's licensed the machine from Eric, and if anything White's watered the machine down over time.