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  1. I got lucky and found 2 1909 quarter eagle gold coins in 1 hole.The expert hunter Mike Moutray while driving around the country and hunting with people who guided him to good spots in their area. He got a hold of my buddy and we met him at a restaurant and went south to a place that had a old sulfur spring and use to have a gambling horse track.He hunted around a 200 year old plus oak tree and only went 3/4 of the way around it. He then went to the rest room and to a different spot.I went to the tree and hunted in areas he did not hunt and got a iffy hit.I used my Sun Ray probe and got a pull tab hit and pulled out a gold coin and then got my second.I put in my probe and got the same hit but pulled out a fired bullet.I am sure that he would have probably got it of he hunted the whole tree.I had the coins in the gold pan I had with the dirt and when he saw them he rolled his eyes probably because he knows he did not hunt the whole tree.He did get his first 3 cent silver though.This happened in October 2003.
    10 points
  2. I tripped over this by accident while looking for info. Looks like a simple brochure handout, and what is interesting is the GPX 4500/5000 is missing in action. This might be Africa only, as the old GPX models are now so commonly counterfeited there. The best way for Minelab to address counterfeiting is to not let old models exist for too long, and the GPX 5000 is an ancient design at this point in time. I also suspect that there are increasing issues surrounding the shipping of that massive Li-Ion battery. Long story short, I can see why Minelab would want to discontinue the old GPX models The U.S. is a bit unique in the number of GPX 5000 used by relic and beach hunters, which might keep it viable here for longer than might be the case elsewhere. The GPX 4500 has long been rumored to be on its last legs, but it continues to be listed for sale. Plus, issues surrounding counterfeit detectors are far less severe here than overseas. Still, in the long run it makes sense to discontinue the older GPX models eventually, since the GPX 6000 is a clean break from the earlier designs, with no carryover of coils or other accessory items. This little brochure hints at a probable future without the GPX 4500/5000.
    9 points
  3. Location, Location, Location and dig everything is the key, at least for me. I've done it 3 times. 1st time 1851 $1 and 1851 $2 1/2 in the same area about 50 yards away from each other both using the Minelab GPX. 2nd time 1854 $1 and 1852 $1 first one with the XP Deus second one with the Minelab GPX found in the same day but actually hiked to a different area about a 1/2 mile away. 3rd time 1853 $1 and 1852 $1 first one was with the Minelab GPX second one with the Minelab Equinox 600. Found same day in the same general area but over the hill from each other. Who says you can't use a GPX in iron trash?
    7 points
  4. From https://company-announcements.afr.com/asx/cda/d72645a4-716e-11eb-8e1f-ee060ef5e0c8.pdf February 18, 2021 Metal Detection โ€“ Recreational, Gold Mining and Countermine Minelab is the world leader in handheld metal detecting technologies for the recreational, gold mining, demining and military markets. Over the last 30 years, Minelab has introduced more innovations than any of its competitors and has taken the metal detection industry to new levels of technological excellence. Minelab delivered another record first half, with sales increasing 55% to $155 million. The growth in recreational and artisanal gold mining sales were due to our ongoing geographical expansion, investment in our distribution channels and new product innovations. The unique and distinctive technology embedded within our metal detectors underpins the success of this business. We are particularly pleased with the further diversification of our sales revenue, with our products now achieving market leadership at each key price point. Minelab recently introduced the new GPX 6000, which includes our latest GeoSense-PI (Pulse Induction) technology. This technology automatically tracks and removes unwanted ground noise, providing an easy to use, light weight and high performance machine. This product will be released to the market in significant volume from Q4 of this financial year. We continue to observe strong demand for our metal detectors with January achieving an all-time record level of sales. Note that the Minelab fiscal year runs from July until June of the following year, so fiscal year 2021 is already half over. The mention of the GPX 6000 being released in volume in Q4 is referring to April - June of this year. Minelab has dominated $1500 plus high end metal detecting for some time. This note โ€œWe are particularly pleased with the further diversification of our sales revenue, with our products now achieving market leadership at each key price point.โ€ highlights that with the introduction of the Equinox and Vanquish series, Minelab is probably also now the leading seller of mid-range and lower price detectors.
    6 points
  5. That's a great story, "Doves", but I think just finding one in a lifetime is rare, and two in a lifetime, rarer still. I know of at least two or three folks on this forum who have found a handful over the course of years. But asking folks if they've found two in a day or two in a hole is, well, kind of like asking folks if they've hit the Power Ball or Mega Millions lottery when you have already done so. [Edit: looks like Andy is off the charts on the Mega Millions odds club #imnotworthy ]. I'm thankful to have gotten my coil over the one I found before the next detectorist and have also been "that guy" who walked over the great target or got there second and just missed out on that bucket lister. I like hearing the back story on how the find was recovered like your tree story and Andy's 3 timer experiences. Amazing! Good stuff. But, I guess I personally am not into comparing finds by numbers, counting annual silvers, "paying off detectors" with finds, or treating detecting like a competition with other folks. To me, detecting is about relaxation not stress and if I look at it as a "competition" beyond local bragging rights and busting the chops of my detecting buddies, it seems more like forced validation or work and not fun. But that's just me. I know a lot of people who like to compare and compete and that's fine. Not my cup of tea. It's a natural human tendency to be competitive. IMO, detecting other than daily prospecting or serious water jewelry hunting to pay the bills, is mostly about luck because of the numerous variables NOT under your control (making comparisons meaningless IMO unless everyone is working under the same controlled conditions). All you can really do is improve your "luck" by finding a good site (doing your homework in researching, finding, and getting permission for a good location is THE number 1 factor IMO) followed by knowing your equipment and how to use it, and finally, ensuring your coil gets over the target by covering as much ground as possible. That's how you rack up a handful of gold coins or any other bucket list finds you desire. As Andy said, location is key. For reference, I found my $1 coin in a field where two had been dug previously in the past few years. Congrats on your two-gold-coin experience. Quite a lucky day, and hoping everyone here will get to experience the excitement of digging a once in a lifetime find, whether it is platinum, gold, silver or even copper, brass, lead or even iron.
    6 points
  6. They always have... Im predicting that when it first comes out there will be a fair bit of negative rhetoric. Just like when the 7k was released, a large percentage of operators were dissaponted (mainly due to operator inexperince) and many even sold their 7's within a couple of weeks of purchase. I was posting my reviews and finds on an australian forum and got ganged up on and accused of being a minelab stooge/liar so I stopped posting there and joined Steves good forum. I really cleaned up in the months following the release, my first trip of 10 days going over the local well known patches netted me 8oz of missed gold! Which payed for the detector and some. We then proceeded to clean all of the patches in the main areas before others eventually cottoned on to how good the Zed was. We spent the rest of the season cleaning old areas and it was a very productive season. While this was happening I pondered what the reason was for all of the dissapontment, I realised that barely any operators take the time to test the new tech in controlled conditions and experiment with the settings over detected targets to try and brighten or enhance them. In fact most just turn on the new detector and expect it to be better than their last machine which they had years to get used to! I suppose it is just human nature to blame the tool for ones inadequacy rather than looking at ones self for flaws in operation๐Ÿ˜•
    6 points
  7. I know. But with three inches of ice on the ground and a request so be it. Zero mode at max depth. I'm now the "Big Pimp" of the Relic Fields. Oh my!
    5 points
  8. Well it been a long year since COV19 hit, it would be nice to see some camp fires from your detecting grounds. This was winter about 15 years ago in WA.
    5 points
  9. My buddy, and member of this forum FlySAR has been providing ring finding service for years in the Portland Metro Area. As I learned many ropes from him, I became the RingFinder rep for the Olympia WA area before my move to Houston. Below is the link to a video posted by the Oregonian On-line newspaper on one of his ring finds. I hope you enjoy the ending as much as I did... Congrats Del, I'm humbled and honored to call you my friend.
    5 points
  10. Well my 2cents worth. My AQ in tone mode will ID iron objects of size every time. When it comes to bobbie pins only circling the target will give the tell tale double blip not the broken or iron grunt. Keep in mind I am 70 years old and my ears may not be as in tune as others may be. This is with ATS 8.5 reject 3 or 4. I guess maybe I should do some experimenting with the ATS setting. I followed Alexandreโ€™s video on maximum depth for tone mode. I am though very pleased with the AQ limited after a few mods. If you look at the cost of PI detectors from Minelab his price is within their pricing. Their machines however will not disc. iron objects as the AQ tone & mute mode does. This being said, I am not aware of the performance of the GPX 6000. Now there is a pricy machine I think. Even the 4500 & 5000 can hurt your pocketbook. I think the old saying, you get what you pay for might hold true for the AQ. Good luck everybody.
    5 points
  11. Just watching it now....the narration leaves a lot to be desired. โ€could this rock that looks totally natural be evidence of captain kids treasure, or could it be a sign that the knights Templar buried the ark of the covenant in the money pit or could it be proof oak island was visited by Egyptian tomb robbers hiding stolen booty from king tuts tomb?โ€ three seasons later they still havenโ€™t clicked itโ€™s just a damn rock!
    5 points
  12. Now, wouldn't it be nice to find something like this! https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/02/17/medieval-3/
    5 points
  13. Since "nostalgia" is the theme of this thread, here's another. It's not mine, but it's someone I know : Back in the early 1970s, there was a lady archaeologist here in California. And she wanted to get her 12 or 13-ish yr. old son interested in history, digging things, etc.... So for some reason, she gave her son a metal detector for Christmas. So he could play "Junior archaeologist", or whatever. Probably just some Heathkit or BFO of of that era. However, it was good enough to find coin-size objects. So the kid would follow his mom out on to some of her projects (she was digging some western contact period sites, at the time, with the local university or whatever). And I guess, back in those days, there was not the animosity between archies and md'rs. The little tyke was ignored , and looked at as harmless. After all, that's his mom that's duly-authorized, and ... no one paid the little tyke any mind. BUT HE FOUND some wickedly old stuff when snooping around the archie digs and scrapes. Since, of course, they were working in sensitive monument type sites. And naturally, when the kid moved off to normal turf, school yards, park, beach, then naturally, it was only clad, foil, etc.... So he wised up at a very young age, and quickly became bored of anything that wasn't seateds, reales, etc.... TALK ABOUT SPOILED AT AN EARLY AGE ! By high school age, he partnered up with another local high school kid, and the two of them went on to do some hair-raising Indiana Jones type antics stuff all around CA and NV.
    5 points
  14. TaskMaster sent me out to do some scouting a year or so ago --- had a good camp-- Nice fire---- easy on the feets..... ๐Ÿค  https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO5XLEJS6R0YOTaUBtL0PbQAuZVZvD2dCC31vRY 36
    5 points
  15. This morning I wanted to charge my XP MI-4 pinpointer but couldn't open the knob covering the charging plug. After many fruitless attempts, I contacted XP service at metaldetector.com. In an on-line chat, they suggested soaking the tip in warm water for 15 minutes, then to try twisting to open and even reversing directions a few times. After a few tries, this worked. Hope this helps anyone else who might have this problem.
    4 points
  16. Today I went out to the farm instead of the steamboat landing. It was cold, never got above 35, but the ground here still hasn't frozen. Never really does on average. Ground balanced the Equinox for the first time, it was acting kind of squirrelly today for some reason. Highest Id goes to the strange round fitting, it was a 32! Tapered screw threads on the inside, I'm thinking compression fitting of some sort. I think I broke the old dog tag but found all the pieces. I've been pretty lucky not breaking stuff, don't know what happened. The large piece at the top ID'd at 25, the copper nail was a 9 at first but was a 15 out of the ground. Not sure what caliber the bullet is but it looks like a match bullet. One of the longest I've seen. D buckle is silverplated, found the most fragile buckle yet, dug a thimble, and two buttons, one I think is pewter and the other says "STANDARD COLOUR GILT". It's an old one with an alpha shank. Musket ball, and some tiny bits that ID'd high, the smallest bit was a 22. Oh yeah, and the small coin on left bottom is a Half Real ๐Ÿ˜Ž, second one I've found in this field. It has no identifying marks save for one letter on one side but it's non ferrous and weighs exactly the same and is the same size as the one I dug previously. It has a hole to keep it on a thread or ribbon, or to sew it in clothing. Great day!
    4 points
  17. Yes and No and that is a true answer. A Garrett goof did a video of how close the ATX was to certain gold vs a $5800 Minelab GPX-5000 and he sold many ATX detectors. At the same time, a few of the ATX folks would eventually end up in my 3 day Field Training classes and it was there, they seen the real deal difference. To say the least, they felt like they had been lied to. Did Beardog lie to them? Not exactly, but he was either to blind (I'm being nice) to understand how to properly operate the GPX-5000 or he didn't care and wanted to make money. Now to also be fair, many people do not know the 5000 that well as it can easily scatter brain the average person, if you look at all the variables. The problem with the 5000 and even the other GPX series was to dang many options/settings/sub settings...hence the newer machines are getting easier (SDC-2300, GM-1000, GPZ-7000 and now GPX-6000). But here is to answer your question. A 25+ yr old SD-2100 will go deeper on large gold. It will run smoother in highly mineralized soils. It has more coil options. On most medium gold, I would still take the dinosaur SD-2100. But I know there is more smaller gold, I know there is more specimens and sponge type gold many bigger machines struggle with. The ATX has greater sensitivity to smaller gold and certain specimens/sponge gold. It's more compact and also 100% waterproof. The ATX is a way better gold ring detector in saltwater than any Minelab PI detector made to this date. So the answer to your question is still YES and NO. I'll put a spin on this for you and it will totally piss off many people and I'll have folks thinking I have gone off the deep end. In each of the last 3 years I have found more ounces of gold with a sub $1000 detector than my SDC-2300, my GPX-5000, and my GPZ-7000. In fact, I have found more gold with it, than all the gold I have found with the 3 mentioned COMBINED. That's a fact. Part of our 3 day Field Training talks about what I'll mention below. Knowing your detectors capabilities and strong points is a given...but just as important, is knowing its weak points and the kind of gold it's not good at. You can't dig what your detector don't see. Now, we are about to get a new GPX-6000 than can find many kinds of gold better, is lighter in weight and easier to use. Those who wait to long wondering what others have to say? Realize, Minelab has a reputation, a 25+ yr going strong reputation of putting more gold into your pockets than any other manufacture...No ifs, ands or butts..just facts. I don't need to wait for someone to tell me YES it's true...the history and facts are already there, they're GOLDEN.
    4 points
  18. Hell, I'd like to find 2 SILVER coins in one day let alone gold. Since I've gotten back into the hobby last year, I have found only 3 silver coins. Would LOVE to find anything gold!
    4 points
  19. Fire season means no campfires up here. Single burner stove will do in a pinch for brekkie though.
    4 points
  20. Heh, 60. Now I'm 61. ๐Ÿ˜Ž I messed with Bounty Hunters and such when I was younger, but it never took root like it has now. Too old to play in rock bands anymore, and I think I've photographed enough for a lifetime.
    4 points
  21. I'd like to find ONE gold coin, had pretty good luck with silver (Spanish only) in my area. I have yet to search an area that had horse racing in the 1700s that is part of the enormous (now over 300 acres) permission I have. I have set my goals low and really appreciate the simple things I have found so far. Heck a colonial period button makes my day, but it happens almost every day I go out there.
    4 points
  22. It was in 1998 , I was 36 years old. Me and my cousin we joined a friend who was detecting in a wood close to my house. My cousin was digging and I was guiding them in the wood. At this moment I remember having thought " hey this stupid hobby is not for me ..." . However a few weeks later I decided to give a try and we went to Paris to buy a machine. It was a Tesoro Silver Sabre MM for me and a Tesoro Amigo for my cousin . Still in the hobby 23 years later ... ๐Ÿ™‚
    4 points
  23. I packed up the girlfriend, 5th wheel, RZR and 2 GoldenDoodles and GPZ 7000 for a long weekend of detecting with another Forum member. We've been exploring a gold area off the beaten path for several weeks, finding the odd sub-gram pieces here and there. The area has very little placer history, mostly load gold from back in the 30's. After studying the maps we were determined to keep pushing west, hitting as many little feeder gulches as possible hoping to find a hot spot. Day 1: I found 2 small pieces after a lot of walking. Fellow Forum member found nothing but skunk. Day 2: We decided to abandon our original plan and go back to an area near an old lode gold mine. I found the skunk, friend found 2 pieces for about 1 gram total. Day 3: Back to the plan, keep pushing west through a series of small gullies. I hit an area of shallow bedrock for 6 small nuggets. I get back to the RZR and my friend has that grin and tells me he thinks he found an area worth exploring. He then pops a 3/4 oz nugget in my hand. He says "oh, I also found these in the same area, 5.5 grams of chunky nuggets. Like a lot of fellow prospectors, I'm just as happy when someone, anyone finds some decent gold on a joint excursion. Sweet, what a day. He points out the landmarks and gives me a general description of the area because he has to return home to grade college exams. Day 4: I head back out to the area he described. I spent close to 2 hrs scouting and had about given up finding the zone he described when I saw a fresh dig. I worked up the gully and saw several more fresh digs, being that we are the only prospectors within 50 miles, I start the search in earnest. I'm confident he has covered the gully, so I start detecting the flanks and hillside. I immediately find the 2 small pieces in the photo. Small in this context is relative to the big nugget next to them, they are by no means small considering my past month of detecting finds. I expanded out from there and get a faint whisper of a target in the flats between 2 gullies. I dig for a solid 20 minutes in hardpacked gravel and caliche. I had to summon a couple friends nearby to come help. We took turns digging, making sure not to hit the nugget. We busted out 2 big rocks cemented in the caliche and finally the target was screaming at sensitivity of 1. Down to a dental pick and a pinpointer to pick around in the caliche and not damage the nugget. Probably close to 45 minutes and a hole about 2ft wide and 18 inches down before Eureka. There she is. Days/weekends like this are pretty rare these days. We need one every now and then to keep the fire going and keep pushing that coil.
    3 points
  24. 3 points
  25. You forgot the Vikings. They sold the Templars the map..........skuh kuh kuh kuh
    3 points
  26. Abenson : Your tallies is the stuff of legends . And to answer your question: I SAY that the GPX can't be used in iron-trash, haha Another thing I would add to this thread/conversation, is that I would not include cache finds into this. Ie.: It's possible for someone to find a jar or whatever, filled with 50 gold coins at a single sitting. But for purposes of this question/conversation, it is for individual fumble fingers losses. Not caches.
    3 points
  27. I own an 800 and two 600's. I have not found any discernable difference if I am running the same settings between them (I have tested all combinations of two at a time, but not all three at the same time). What I have noticed is that even with just a slight difference in attack angle, the Equinox reaction could be different, or even non-existent - especially on the deeper/iffier targets. It is easier to re-create your own swing pattern, but two people swinging (speed, attack angle, distance off the ground... etc, etc, etc) is even more difficult to exactly re-create. In my opinion this is one of the reasons why locations are "never hunted out". So many variables... also what makes this so fun! ~Tim.
    3 points
  28. I was doing a farm paddock the was a known horse race track. The wife was detecting down on the flat with no luck. I took the high ground that over looked it and was do really good on silver coins and was gridding the spot. The wife walked up swinging her detector saying it been flogged, and stopped dead and dug up a 1800 gold sovereign. I said that mine, but got told finder keepers. That was her second gold coin the first was at a gold site. She keep close to and old hut while I looked for nuggets a bit away from her. Don't ask me how many gold coins I have found.๐Ÿ˜ญ As she always asks the same question when gold coins come up.
    3 points
  29. Since I wonโ€™t be needing a harness when swinging the GPX 6k, this wearable speaker is the perfect solution for me.
    3 points
  30. Dances-with-Doves: So how many gold coins total for your career ? No, I've never found 2 in one day. But I did get 2 in one week once ๐Ÿ™‚
    3 points
  31. I talked with Maxwell at Minelab America a couple weeks ago and I asked him if the Gpx5000 was going out and he said not any time soon. I asked him do we still have at least 2 years and he said yes.
    3 points
  32. 15.. In no particular order: 3 - Garretts (Ace 250, AT Pro, ATX) 6 - Minelabs (Etrac, CTX, Explorer SE, E600, E800, Vanquish 540) 5 - Tesoros (Compadre, Silver Sabre, Bandito 2 mM, Silver Sabre mM, Vaquero Black) 1 - Fisher (F-22) A few sold, bold are still owned, . ~Tim
    3 points
  33. I was about 13 or 14 and was handed a detector to โ€˜have a goโ€™ and have held an interest since. Last year, at 31 I picked the hobby up full time.
    3 points
  34. I was always intrigued by metal detecting when I was younger, but always assumed it was too expensive to buy a machine (I was a kid) and never pursued it. Fast forward 40ish years, and my 9 year old son only wanted one thing for his birthday... a metal detector. So, knowing his attention span would most likely move past this quickly, I opted for an entry level Bounty Hunter. As expected, my son was almost immediately on to something else, but in showing him how to use it, I found coins in my yard and others in the park near our house... and I was HOOKED big time. That was 5 years ago... I'll be 52 in March. I am just sorry I missed out on all those years I could have been out detecting... especially when I had more free time and less life responsibilities. (It was my golf game that took care of that excess free time) ๐Ÿ™‚ I should mention, my son has reminded me on many occasions that half of what I find is his, because he got me into it. Haha:) HH everyone. ~Tim
    3 points
  35. 3 points
  36. Started around 83 bought a bounty hunter outlaw at a catalog return store. Used the tr mode until I figured out how the vlf worked. Then I started finding coins. First silver a 1913 barber dime. Upgraded to a whites 6000 di pro, Eagle ll sl, Spectrum xlt. I also took time off but have been back for about ten years now and have tried twelve different detectors before settling on the Equinox and Deus. Since I retired in 2017 I hunt quite often.๐Ÿ˜
    3 points
  37. In 1969 I was 18. I started with a Metrotech 220 A and never looked back.
    3 points
  38. This past year after I turned 24 I was given my grandfathers detectors ( a 800 and a Tracker IV ) when he died. So I have not been detecting a full year yet, but I have panned for gold and sluiced for about 12 years.
    3 points
  39. The information in this video was made in November 2020.
    2 points
  40. Welcome-to-Hunt Outings, simply referred to as a WTHO, have been held since the spring/summer of 2015. Our last, as the above link reports, was our 12th WTHO. One was held in Utah, two here in Eastern Oregon, and the remaining 9 have been held in Nevada. Unless or until we need to cough up some $$$ to gain access to a site, the WTHO's are no charge. Nothing more than getting yourself to the Outing, taking care of where you'll stay, be it a motel or an RV Park, and what you eat. They are open to anyone, and we have quite a few people who have made many to most of them. So far, Oregon Gregg has participated in all 12 of the Outings. There are 6 or more ghost towns we search and have based most of the Outings out of Wells, Nevada as a 'hub' since it has places to stay, fuel, food, and makes a great opportunity for attendees to get together. We only held one last year and the Covid issue created some problems or some folks to make the outing. This year we haven't panned one, yet, because the virus is still being an annoyance. Also, my health took a down-turn and tomorrow, Friday, makes 10 weeks since I got a bad bite from the bug, and my recuperation and recovery is moving very sluggishly along. Coupled with that I am trying to sell my place and, if I do, I'll be making a move to central Texas. I am, however, sending out an e-mail this weekend and making a post on my Forums to see how many would be interested in a WTHO #13 back to Wells. As you can see from the post, and if you were to red the reports fro all the past WTHO results, you'd see that a lot of great finds are made every Outing. If we come up with an Outing Date, usually a Wednesday thru Sunday, I am sure OregonGregg would enjoy being the Host in Wells. On the average, our Outing turnouts have been quite good, with 15 to 25 people participating in each of the dozen Outings we have held so far. If my house hasn't sold to bring about the move, I'll be making that outing as well. As I stated, they are free and anyone is welcome. Bring friends and family, and we do have a few families that make the outings, too. If you would like some direct information, just drop me an e-mail and indicate you want information about the WTHO's. You can reach me at: monte@ahrps.org ... or at ... monte@stinkwaterwells.com MOnte
    2 points
  41. Retired recently from the county fire department, I was probably on the fire!
    2 points
  42. That Day is the only day I struck gold coins.I am a 1 hit wonder.One of the guys on that hunt would get a $1 gold piece made into a love token a couple years later and in a town 70 miles east.One old timer told me about a horse track that was used by rich people near the city of Auburn,N.Y. about 80 miles from home.It is in a farm field and we never really checked it out because we forgot what road it was on.We should have wrote it down. He found 1 there,1 at a old Erie canal lock, and 1 at a east Lake Ontario park.If I do research I could probably find it since i now the area it is in.There can't be to many tracks in that area. 2 in 1 week is impressive and you have your s mint coins.I did find a 1895-o barber dime a week before I found the gold coins.
    2 points
  43. I like making the decision too vs. the detector. I find the target ID implementation on Tarsacci daunting because of its instability on deep targets. This lack of visual TID stability makes AM alone less reliable. That's where mixed mode lends a hand by giving me audio cues on what is likely deep non-ferrous via the discriminated signal mixed with the AM audio. A great implementation by Dimitar. I went back and re-read your post, and think I better understand what you were saying. It isn't that your buddy "learned" about horseshoe mode it was just that he forgot he had disc on when he was testing the junk targets so when the didn't ring up he at first thought there was something wrong with the Nox.
    2 points
  44. Great pix and play-by-play. Love the de-brief satellite pix captures ! And go figure , ONLY an east coast colonial area md'r can walk out his front door, into the nearest random field, and presto, reales, gilt button, etc.... Sick Sick sick ๐Ÿ˜’
    2 points
  45. This was a barn (long story about why anyone would have been detecting there, TO BEGIN WITH, so I'll have to leave out that part of the story). But suffice it to say, the location of the barn had something historical that goes back to the 1830s, so a few people, as early as the late 1970s, had gone around it, and in it, to try their luck. Imagine their surprise , that instead of finding coins/targets from the mid 1800s, as they were looking for, that they instead started finding lots of silver coins. Just common date roosies, mercs, silver washingtons, franklin halves, walkers, etc..... Needless to say, they were a bit confused, but ... on the other hand .... weren't complaining. I recall that the original guys mused "must have been barn dances going on here" . Yet that theory didn't quite fit, because they NEVER found pennies. Only dimes, quarters, and halves. Hmmm I joined in on the story, in the very early 1990s, because I too read the same historical citations. And then I went and hit it, I too was met with lots of scattered silver coins . So I then realized "this must be the barn that the other guys I talked to, had mentioned a decade or so earlier". I have since pieced the story together (aided by talking to the owner .... long story), that these were the result of broken-open jars of silver coins, that had been inadvertently spread out all over the barn floor, and out-the-door and into the immediate environs, of the barn. D/t every year or so, the farmer would take a Bobcat tractor to scoop out all the cow manure . And had been inadvertently hitting these jars, and scattering their contents. This explained why some of the coins were coming out in clumps (all-end-to-end stacked, etc....). Does that answer your question ?
    2 points
  46. I bought my CZ20 in 1998 and still use it to this day. It didn't take me long to see what a great performer it is on the wet sand. My intention was that I would use it for water hunting and possibly diving. I tried water hunting and didn't like it and I never got into diving because the gear was too expensive. So I ended up just using the CZ20 on the wet sand. The performance is great but as a beach detector it sucks. Hip mounting is a hassle, the hardwired headphones are crap, and you can't change coil sizes. I would love to see a beach version of the CZ20 but there probably aren't many out there like me who could be happy without a VDI screen or built in speaker. I've said this many times but I'll bet they could easily design a modern CZ for the beach that would rival the Equinox on both performance and price.
    2 points
  47. I think the 100 % discrimination comes from the personal choice to not dig anything that sounds different than a clean "certain type" signal. Lejag's 100 % discrimination (I think) comes from the personal choice to not dig anything that sounds different than a clean "certain type" signal. Lejag probably knows what a good gold signal sounds like, so he probably does not deviate from that. You will never know if he misses any gold or not. Most people will be more lenient on their signal parameters and will dig more bottle caps, hairpins, and iron. If you don't want to dig those, you will need to be more stringent on what you dig and not worry about possibly missing some odd gold. I know that odd shaped gold will probably fall out of those parameters. Crosses, ear studs and possibly shallow chains will probably not sound like a gold ring will. If you are strictly in the water then it's probably better to pass on some signals and concentrate on that deep gold. On shore it's easier to dig it and see what the odd ones may be. It really is a deep gold machine. If you are getting too many bits of aluminum and other low conductor trash, and you can't tell the difference from gold, then it's probably better for you to move on to a better spot that does not have as much trash. Just my thoughts on it.
    2 points
  48. Here is a photo of what I think may be a sword. It was jammed into the ground and what looks like the scabbard had snapped. Hilt is missing. What holds it together is probably the sword blade inside. I did quite a bit of searching last night but could not find a scabbard with a "nut" attached.
    2 points
  49. I have owned and used five different Equinox 800s and 600s. I have tested all of them on my test garden and I keep good records. When setup exactly the same which is possible to do, all five detected the targets in my test garden identically. Are all Equinox 800s the same........hopefully. Are all Equinox 800 (and 600) users the same.....definitely NOT. So, next time you are out with you friends at least sweep targets in the same mode which has been reset and have the same settings including ground balance, noise cancel, iron bias, recovery speed, sensitivity, number of tones, the same tone breaks, volume levels and discrimination settings. Plus, listen to the targets the same way such as through the external speaker and like someone already mentioned, sweep the targets in the same direction, at the same height, at the same swing speed, with the same swing length and with the same coil and hopefully the same software version.
    2 points
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