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Making the most of the very low tides we've been having, I had a looksee at the back of the stinger nets at Horseshoe Bay.. These nets usually float about 2 meters above the seabed but yesterday I could walk around the back of them.. I found 6 rings, amongst them was an 18ct gold/palladium wedding ring.. Finding the ring made me remember a Facebook message I received from a gentleman called Lachlan, who had seen a post on the Facebook page of my local metal detecting club in Townsville.. He first contacted me on 27/09/2021.. About three months ago! Anyway, here's his response to finding his wife's ring! (I left out a message which gave his address).. Lachlan Hi, someone sent me a screenshot of your post regarding Sunday markets, are you still on the island? I lost my wedding ring on the beach or in the water. G'day Lachlan.. yesterday I found a gold wedding ring at the back of the stinger net at Horseshoe.. did yours have an inscription of any kind? Lachlan It said You're my treasure. that's the one! Lachlan Holy fuck Lachlan When can i get it mate? are you on the island? Lachlan No, unfortunately I'm in Townsville Lachlan Mate you've just made my whole week I can send it to you.. be cheaper than catching a ferry.. Lachlan I like that idea. I like the idea of addressing it to my wife even better good move! Lachlan I'll be on the Island in a couple of weeks, I'd like to buy you a carton or something I'll send it on Monday.. glad you got the ring back.. a carton would be great! Lachlan What do you drink mate? Great Northern.. Lachlan Sounds good. You're a legend mate! This is a picture of the ring taken by the world famous ring-designer dude who creates them..

I got an email inquiry and wanted to share my reply here….. Hello Steve, What's your thoughts on cold weather winter metal detecting, I'm thinking of trying it....... i.e. lowest temperatures for metal detector use, best metal detector for cold weather, etc..etc... Thank you There are no particular limitations around cold weather detecting other than your comfort, and target recovery. The last is why I stop detecting in winter. If snow is in the ground I can’t get to what I want to find, and even if not, the ground is frozen. Frozen dirt is like digging in asphalt. Some very dry desert areas are detectable in frozen conditions, but anyplace with moist ground you may as well just forget it. You can detect snow, like recent drops in playgrounds under equipment, or ski/sledding slopes. Jewelry would be the main goal for those doing that. A small pick or digging shovel works well as long as the device can chip/dig in snow compacted into ice. You don’t detect fresh loose snow, but well traveled packed snow areas. Any detector will work. Some LCD displays may grow dim or even blank in very cold weather, but no way to know which machines are prone to that short of trying them. So in general it would be best to be set to dig more by ear than eyeball. Use low temp batteries like Energizer Lithiums. Some newer models with built in NiMh batteries may get shorter run times due to cold batteries, so replaceable batteries would be more reliable. But not something I’d worry about too much initially. Personally after living a lifetime in Alaska I’m over cold weather, and simply choose to detect when it’s more comfortable. Hope this helps, Steve H The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, But the queerest they ever did see Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee. Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam 'round the Pole, God only knows. He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Though he'd often say in his homely way that "he'd sooner live in hell." On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail. Talk of your cold! through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail. If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see; It wasn't much fun, but the only one to whimper was Sam MCGee. And that very night, as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow, And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe, He turned to me, and "Cap," says he, "I'll cash in this trip, I guess; And if I do, I'm asking you that you won't refuse my last request." Well, he seemed so low that I couldn't say no; then he says with a sort of moan: "It's the cursed cold, and it's got right hold till I'm chilled clean through to the bone. Yet 'tain't being dead--it's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains; So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, you'll cremate my last remains." A pal's last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail; And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale. He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day of his home in Tennessee; And before nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Sam McGee. There wasn't a breath in that land of death, and I hurried, horror-driven With a corpse half hid that I couldn't get rid, because of a promise given' It was lashed to the sleigh, and it seemed to say: "You may tax your brawn and brains, But you promised true, and it's up to you to cremate these last remains." Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code. In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load. In the long, long night, by the lone firelight, while the huskies, round in a ring, Howled out their woes to the homeless snows-- O God! how I loathed the thing. And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow; And on I went, though the dogs were spent and the grub was getting low; The trail was bad, and I felt half mad, but I swore I would not give in; And I'd often sing to the hateful thing, and it harkened with a grin. Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May." And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum." Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the boiler fire; Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher; The flames just soared, and the furnace roared--such a blaze you seldom see; And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Sam McGee. Then I made a hike, for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so; And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled, and the wind began to blow It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I don't know why; And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky. I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear; But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near; I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take peep inside. I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked";. . . then the door I opened wide. And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar; And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: "Please close that door. It's fine in here, but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm-- Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm." There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, But the queerest they ever did see Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee.

Christmas day I was climbing the walls to do a little detecting, so with little time to hunt before dinner I decided to hit my neighbors 18th century house. After two wheaties and some modern clad I got my first good target. It was an odd piece of copper/bronze doo dad. Looks familiar but I just can't put my finger on it. My last good Target was what I thought to be a key of some sort, Well not so much. After I got home I cleaned the (key) off and found it to be an odd medallion. A date of 1876 and a liberty bell and some people shaking hands emerged. After a little Google research I found it to be a 1876 Philadelphia Exposition medallion. It was the first worlds fair. It was called the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and products of the soil and mines. Kinda cool since I found it in the soil Ha Ha. 10 million people attended from 37 countries and was held in Fairmount Park. I believe only 2 buildings that were constructed are still standing today. It's a nice find for me, but I sure wish it had the rest of the pieces. It's funny how the detecting gods throw a little important history at you from time to time.

Electronics is not likely to be damaged simply by operating it cold weather, but as Steve noted, performance might take a hit. One thing you should never do is attempt to charge Li Ion batteries when ambient temps are below freezing (discharging via normal use is fine) That will almost certainly result in damage to the battery electrolyte chemistry and will permanently reduce capacity and usable lifetime. I've detected frozen ground where we picked out frozen balls of dirt containing a target and threw them next to a fire pit we had set up so they could thaw. It's really not worth the work and frustration unless for some reason that day happens to be your only chance to access a desirable site. Really surprised how frozen damp beach sand becomes impossible to scoop or even dig in.

I am recovering from Omicron brain fog and am basically fairly stupid anyway. So, I am confused. In your first sentence are you referring to the original Deus? Can you use something like Deus 1 so oafs like me will understand. If so, on Deus 1 not only can you not adjust the volume level of the non-ferrous tones, you can't adjust the overall volume output of the Deus 1 remote control unless you have the WS4 module with volume control, the WS5 headphones with volume control or a set of wired headphones like the FX-01s or similar with inline volume control. Also, on Deus 1 and the ORX there is no volume control for the remote control external speaker. That really is " just slap me upside the head" engineering for a $1300 Full Deus 1 price tag in my opinion. But most of the rest of the engineering and software were way ahead of their time. On Deus 2 you do have output volume control within the main remote control, whoopee. There is still no volume control for each individual non-ferrous tone. There is an audio equalizer that may help in that regard but I don't have a Deus 2 yet to test that. As far as stubble, cultivation furrows and high grass is concerned, that is what the Audio Response setting and VCO audio programs like the Relic mode and the Pitch audio setting are for in case you need to keep the coil well above the ground. If everybody so far wants to argue about the merits of this detector versus that detector, this thread may need to be moved to the Comparison topic. Lets put down our handbags, fanny pouches, finds pouches and backpacks please.

I have Raynaud's syndrome in my hands and feet, but I'll go out down to about 34 degrees. I use either Milwaukee or Craftsman insulated nitrile gloves: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-X-Large-Red-Latex-Level-3-Cut-Resistant-Insulated-Winter-Dipped-Work-Gloves-48-22-8923/306812013 The Milwaukee gloves also come in black, so if it's a sunny day they stay warm. I also keep a pair of these in my truck, they generate EMI so we I can't hold the detector with them but they heat my hands up fast and last all day on the lowest heat setting. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09F2MQTFN I also have heated socks but usually my feet are ok in boots with thick wool socks. Raynaud's is awful. Didn't know I had it until I was in my 40s, I thought everyone had the same problem. 😵

Yesterday it rained something fierce, remnants of the storm that trashed Colorado and some of the southern states. The Blue Ridge mountains are a saving grace, storm lines coming due East get ripped up, so we get a break. A low formed off the coast to meet that other low, and snow is coming along with the first day below 36 we've had all winter. We usually get something by now. I'm retired, the backyard is soupy, it was a warm but cloudy day, so what better to do than return to my new fields that are producing! There is a distinct difference between fields that are turbo tilled as opposed to fields that are deep tilled. Today 2 inches of rain kept me out of the deep field again, it was muddy the last time but not as bad as today. I stuck to the larger bean field where Chase and I found some great stuff, but went to places I hadn't been. It's sandy clay, and drains pretty fast. Today's haul wasn't spectacular, but I still got some decent stuff: First off, I stepped out of the truck, unloaded my gear, fired up my headphones and Equinox, and in two swings I got a 15/16, what usually means a button here. Imagine my surprise when I dug an 1883 IHP. 🤔 Maybe the wet ground or ground balance had something to do with it, but most of the buttons I found later were the same as the second IHP, I think it's an 1864. It was fat but put the red in red cent. 😁 1884 or 1864? I think the big round buckle is some sort of sash buckle, but please any input is welcomed. Got one big convex Tombac, here is the back: And one of the oddest things, the little ball of unknown metal that sparkles, has apparent facets, and appears to be sintered. Might be a buckshot ball, I found two of them, both 10/11. I got one stud that spears to be either pewter or silver, I'll have to test it. The other is brass. I hit a spot where either someone had difficulty with a horse, or where they rested after racing. I'll have to ask the landowner. The other stuff looks like parts of tack. Not bad for a short random hunt! I probably won't get back out there for about a week.

I disagree with that statement too.

That's a great story Eric, Feels good to return things to people when they thought all hope was lost. The detecting gods will always throw good karma your way.

This is not the first time I've received requests from the public to help them find wedding rings.. most get in touch via facebook messenger after seeing my posts in the Townsville Metal Detecting Group facebook page.. This is the first time I've managed to recover a wedding ring for someone who asked for help.. In response to this huge public demand I've just launched my own page on Facebook as a local service to recover lost rings and jewellery.. Fame and fortune await! 😁 https://www.facebook.com/Magnetic-Island-Ring-and-Jewellery-Recovery-104572658783572/

I run mine in Park 1, often sensitivity as high as 24 (no mineralization here and very little EMI in most places). My recovery speed of 3 on the 600 is equivalent to 6 on the 800, so I'm kinda close. I never have to turn sensitivity down to less than 21 anywhere I've been on the east coast. Thanks for this Strick, I was worried I was over-hyping the coil. 👍 I really don't like to take it off, not only are separation and GB great, it's so darn light.

Cal, I’ve had mine for a while and at first I was a little worried about the depth I have since figured out it’s very respectable although not as deep as the 11”. I run my 11” almost all the time on 7 recovery speed. What I’ve found is that the 5x10 likes 5 recovery speed to still get the separation and depth that I’m looking for. Yes , I’m glad I have it and use it a lot but I also still use the eleven. The location, ground conditions and all that kind stuff dictate which coil goes on. Cal, I think you’re going in with a real sense of what to expect from the replies given and I believe it will accomplish what you’re wanting to use it for. Good luck! HH! Tom

So I went out and just tested the 10x5 against the 11. first ran over everything with the 11 twice...first in field 2 and then back again in Park 1... then put on the the 10x5 and repeated doing the same. There are 6 stations all with a coin and a nail or nails all from 7 to 9 inches deep. Couple targets have 3 nails near it and one target has 4 nails surrounding it. Like I said earlier I have no way of knowing what has changed due to all the critters underground but my conclusion is that the 10x5 hit everything the 11 did but did it better due to the separation ability. I'm surprised about this as I figured some targets would be too deep for it to hear. Everything sounded better in Park one then in Field 2 Settings: Park 1 Sensitivity 22 ground balance manual FE 0 FE2 0 Recovery 5 Wide open Horse shoe which is how I usually like to hunt strick

My rule is snow = No, Deep frozen ground = No. If it's just cold 35/45 degree's I rubber band a hand warmer to my control unit and give it a go, Just be careful of hitting your coil on something hard. Most times out in the cold are just not fun so I use my time to catalog coins and data created in the warmer month's. Detecting in the cold is really not worth the effort even if I know something good lurks in my future, I'll wait till spring.

Don't worry my friend, guns holstered. Capt, No one can say what the difference is because nether company is willing to give anything concrete other than very vague generalities about using simultaneous multi frequency (SMF) transmission. Can't even say with certainty which frequencies are transmitted or how many different frequencies are transmitted or even what the waveform looks like for either platform. Similarly, we have NO idea about the software programming used to do the acquired target signal processing. I believe the only similarity lies in the fact they are both SMF modes. However, Multi IQ is Minelab's fourth gen SMF Tech. Multi Flex is Garret's first SMF rodeo. The sophistication in SMF performance and the number of available multiple SMF profiles (Equinox has 4 to 7 depending on how you count things, while Garrett Apex only has 2 Non-salt and Salt) shows the Equinox to generally be superior consistent with its price point vs. Apex. Apex is a solid first SMF attempt for Garrett, but Equinox runs circles around Apex especially in difficult ground for the most part and ML Vanquish, even with a less versatile implementation of Multi IQ has a similar but not as great a performance advantage over Apex. So that's the difference that matters. Things are going to get even more confusing as XP and Nokta are poised to release their takes on SMF shortly, with the Deus II and Legend.

Temps that are really below freezing I won't dig as I think it could damage the electronics especially the built in batteries and lcd screens. For frozen ground usually woods hunting there may be just a little top ground frozen but if there is just a lot of snow then it is pointless as all your depth is given up to the snow itself. Beach hunting I am generally limited to the tide line and cuts at low.

These were picked off a wet slope at a wash on the Gulf Coast. They were mixed in and over many tent pegs. Junkers except the Silver 925 with fake stone. This ring is very stained and seems to be of a old style. The MDT is running neck to neck with the Nox gang, with the ability to run run a lot quieter. Gold is far between for everyone combined.

Fantastic news to the people who lost it, and I hope they remember you and your hard work. Good luck and good hunting. I think I would have said a carton of pickup trucks, but settle for the beer.

2020 dime, and 1/2 a train trolly car not sure if its tootsie. It snowed today 4'' and is around 18 degree's as I write. I have a feeling detecting will be on hold for a while.

The price is the same on the only site that I can find that is advertising them in the USA $399. Brand new detector technology so I can't give any Deus 2 advice. With Deus 1 and ORX, the 9" coils felt the best for me. The HF 9" was deeper and more sensitive than the original 9". I never liked swinging the 11" on the Deus 1 and ORX.....way too nose heavy. As far as depth between FMF 9" and 11". That would depend on soil mineralization. Here in Colorado I never saw any depth difference between Deus 1 and ORX 11" and 9" due to mineralization. Horizontal ground coverage was definitely better with the 11". Target separation and sensitivity to smaller targets was definitely better with the 9"........

price for the 9" and the 11" is the same 399 euro,here in belgium.

This is impressive!! These are the kinds of finds I live for, and am excited to bring back to life. It's interesting with all the cut silver you find. It's pretty uncommon to find cut silvers out west, I've seen a few, but I've seen more gold coins dug then cut silver that for sure.

All the Hipstick’s we manufacture here now are actually printed around the D rings, with the original 3D printed versions developed by Chris Porter the ring was first split then forced through the printed head part after printing. In hot weather or in hilly terrain where sideway’s forces occur the D ring could be forced open and come away from the head. I not only use a Hipstick to control the weight of the detector (including the 6000) but also use them to help control and maintain smooth movement of the coil. It takes a while to learn how to swing when first using them but once learned they are invaluable for coil control. I can swing a 7000 without a bungee for about an hour but then all the connective tissue and ligaments around the elbow area and shoulders start to burn and ache, it’s nothing to do with strength but more to do with the need for those parts of your body to finely control the coil without hitting the ground, the better the control the better the gold find outcomes. Life without a Hipstick is just a recipe for a lot of unnecessary pain and potential long term injury. At The Outback Prospector we supply a free Hipstick with every GPZ 7000 we sell, including used ones. Buyers should also be wary of cheap counterfeit copies being flogged off on eBay and unscrupulous dealers etc. 😡 JP

Brian, I've been using the 5x10 since they first became available. I was lucky and got in on the first shipment to the U.S. I haven't noticed any forward sweet spot, it pinpoints very accurately using the pinpoint feature and/or Xing the spot. Separation is better than the 11" as to be expected but lacks just a little bit of depth. I think better depth than the 6" which is excellent for that small of a coil. Mine hasn't come off since I got it. I like the lighter weigh over the 11" also. I think you'll be wishing you had gotten it sooner. Good Luck Tom

I know, maybe like me, there's an army of hunters waiting for the answer... BUT... What actually bring the Deus 2 under my eyes is only this magic attitude that right now this machine seems to have. To make things complicated here, there's really salt water and I hope to fight with the salt sens. the trouble. My planet is under the surface 99% of times as I don't know the meaning of a low tide if not completely submerged. For the kind of coast I usually hunt, I rarely I see erosion's visible traces and for the most, I blind dive until I know where the "ground zero" can hide to me and the coil. So I feel sorry for all the beautiful images proudly produced and shared with big effort, but I still need to see what happen IF an open thin chain is gently sleeping under the sand at few inches with a bloody salty environment around the coil... One day I'll dive for the science or at least for the answer... I

Got a permission yesterday from a friend, so I went right away since the ground is going to freeze shortly. The property has one of the newest houses for about 2 blocks. Most of the others are mid and late 1700s. This place is about 1850. A bunch of wheaties, a cool marble, and a whatsit. Then this thing pops out. Was only maybe 6 inches down, not much deeper than the wheats. Only my second 2 Cent dug, but wowsa! Pretty astounding high grade when it went into the ground, for sure. EMI was pretty bad as it is in town on a corner surrounded with power lines. I could only run sensitivity at 19 or 20, and 2/3 of the time I ran in disc mode to keep from going crazy. Last item of the day was a huge aluminum store token from a place about 10 to 15 miles away from the dig site, just to give me a heart attack, seeing that large silver looking disc. I will get it cleaned up later if possible, but it is pretty crusty, so we will see. When I get it completely cleaned up I will post another picture, but couldn't wait. Happy huntin..

Handwarmers don't get too hot to warp the plastic? I could see how rubber banding one to your unit would keep you warm though.

Jeff Here it is our place to shine and I find myself standing alone. Here’s my wag ( wild ass guess) Garrett just couldn’t come out using the same term as Minelab did. It all comes down of the two that has a elegant sound to your ears . Chase don’t come along and shoot me out of the saddle.haha Chuck

I can understand the original posters concerns about being able to adjust individual tone bin volume levels. I have some hearing loss and some audio frequencies sound much louder than others even when they are set at the same output levels. Sometimes the ones that sound louder are not really the ones I want to hear the loudest if that makes sense. Being able to lower mid tone audio responses and raise the volume level of high tone audio responses really helps me sometimes. So do different brands of headphones, etc. Hopefully the audio equalizer will help my situation when using the Deus 2 along with setting up custom tones in a saved program slot that sound good to me.

I have never needed to adjust my volume segments individually . Having the same volume response from all my targets , except the ferrous , is exactly what I need . So no major omission of flexibility for me here ... I am not a beach specialist , but I agree with calabash , I rather see users moving from the Anfibio to the D2 than the opposite , simply because of the detection comfort criteria , with a D2 weighing around 800g vs an Anfibio ( 1,7kg ! ) ... And there will still be a big difference between the D2 and the new Legend ( 1,4kg ) This is the downside of NM detectors , they are heavy ... Some people dont care about their detector weight , but the majority prefer lighter machines. This is probably the most important reason of the XP success story ...

I don't "think" anyone uses stainless buckshot, even less likely sintered. But, I only think that, I don't know it for fact. I use pure tungsten shot, which is shiny like stainless, but that doesn't look like tungsten. There are varieties of alloyed heavier than lead pellets which are sintered, too, but that doesn't look like any of them I've ever seen either. Nickel plated lead buckshot is common. Ringing 10-11, that sounds possibly lead too. If, that's buckshot, my wild theory on the facets, would be a duplex load of buck and much smaller shot pellets. Buckshot showing deformation from being surround by smaller pellets in the payload. That's a lot of maybes strung together though, I wouldn't necessarily place any bets on my own theory 😁. - Dave

Just a shoutout for SunRay Pro headphones service and warranty. I have used Sunray pro headphones for many years, the sound quality is exceptional and they are built well. After many years of service in very tough terrain they finally went south. I should have kept them as they have a great warranty and could have been repaired by the company. Regardless I bought a new pair from a forum member who had an extra pair. After receiving them I plugged the 1/4 inch headphone jack into my Whites MXT and noticed my right side of the earphones did not work. I moved the 3 position switch up, down and center, adjusted my volume knobs and made sure the jack was in all the way, nothing. I called SunRay and spoke with Doug for a half an hour. He listened to my issue with the headphones and said if I cannot get them going, send them in and they will look into fixing them for me !!Dough is also a detectorist and has been for a long time, he bought SunRay pro in 2018 and also sells detectors and accessories. I just wanted to share my experience because its hard to find companies like this today, what else can we ask for American made product and service. This is why I stick to Sunray Pro headphones, the quality and service is top notch.

Well done !

Thanks for the welcome CPT, it definitely is God’s country here. I look forward to meeting my fellow Colorado MD’ers soon.

I went ahead and switched my order from the 11" to the 9". I think, overall, the deciding factor is the weight. I'm pretty banged up from 5 years deployed, and 20 plus years of mil service, so I think every bit of weight I can shave of, no matter how minimal, will help me swing longer before my injuries end my day. However, I'm still highly interested in what the performance differences are between the two coils, and will pick up the 11" as well after I become comfortable with the D2 and 9" coil. When we get our machines, please come back to this thread with your experiences, especially if you have both coils and are able to do a comparison. I know many other threads will be started as well, but I think it would be good if we can close this thread out with real world comparisons and results. Thanks

Since I coin and nugget hunt in soils that are high to severely mineralized, I would think the 9in coil for me may help in such nasty ground by balancing more easily and seeing less "bad dirt" type stuff each pass of the coil. I'm willing to give up coverage of the 11in in my situation and always have my Nox with 11in coil if I really do need more coverage. I look forward to actually quantifying how bad my dirt is with a detector that has a mineralization type meter to see if it really is as bad as I think it is... I definitely look forward to more info on how the Deus 2 does in high to severely mineralized ground and if the coil size actually makes much of a difference. So far things look decent in salt conditions and in medium mineralized ground from Calabash's videos.

For coins I use the 15x12 on the Nox and 17x13 on my Ctx, the bigger the coil the better for me in my mild relatively junk free soils with deep old coins, even the 11 inch seems to small for my needs, I rarely use my Nox 11 inch for coins.

Is a Deus 1 that much better than an ORX. Absolutely. I would go $500 or more better for the coin, jewelry, relic hunter. Like Abenson said, if you want a fairly simple to operate but very limited feature coin, jewelry and relic detector, that would be the ORX. The ORX coin modes have many, many drawbacks compared to the Deus 1. Some of the biggest for me are the lack of tone options including just 3 tones, only 1 adjustable tone break, no tone pitch adjustments, no full tones, no notching, and the biggest for me in mineralized ground.....the ORX Coin mode's iron range stops at zero. The Deus 1 iron range stops at -6.4. Trust me, there are a lot of iron targets and in iron mineralization there are a lot of non-ferrous targets that have their IDs skewed into that negative iron range, that the ORX in its Coin modes will not hit, period. If you mostly want an ORX for gold prospecting with the occasional coin, jewelry and relic hunt.....the ORX Gold modes actually have more features than the Deus 1 Gold Field program and the ORX Gold mode's iron range goes all the way down to -6.4 just like Deus 1. So for me, ORX versus Deus all depends on what you will mostly be using it for. Gold prospecting get the ORX. Anything else, get the Deus 1 or if you have the money definitely get the Deus 2 and skip Deus 1 and ORX.

This Dude is up the Creek with a Paddle. Circa 78.

No worries for him rvpopeye. I'm past my prime. A warn blanket is all I require now.

Yes the test bed was made for testing the nox with 11" coil when It first came out....the test bed has changed some now that it is several years old (I got a zillion gophers plus a dog that loves to dig for them) but originally the nox with 11 inch coil would hit most of the targets with 11" coil...we were testing only the nox using the different programs...I will try and run the 11" over it again if i get time this week and compare to the 10x5. strick

Just wonted to show you👍

All the headstamps I dig ring up right in the nickel/gold ring range. Some a little higher. This is with the equinox. Some may have a bit of ferrous in the primer part, but most are all brass. I doubt if xp could do something like the bottle cap reject on shotshell headstamps.

They are good targets when looking at it from a metals perspective. If those are eliminated you may lose buttons, buckles etc. At least that's what I would guess.

There are a lot of advantages to attending (and joining) a local club, particularly when you are new to and unfamiliar with an area. Many have club hunts where they meet at and search a park, school, or even a private permission. And there's the camaraderie of like-minded people, too. You'll be able to "pick some brains" on what detectors they use and how they set them up. I highly recommend it.

I would have just kept the equinox 🤔

Haha, you skunked me Gerry. 🤣 By about 7 minutes!

Gold Catcher..this is where I detect 99% of the time. I belong to 3 clubs that have claims in the area. I just posted a week or so ago about trouble with "hot rocks" with my EQ800 and asked for some tips. I think the EQ does ok and will find bird shot and -20(classified size) gold all day long. However, you are correct in saying there R HRocks R on the surface and buried all over...some areas R more free of them than others. I used a GPX5000 for years out here and frankly the EQ does WAY better than it ever did! I know people say the 6000 will do good out here but I'd like to see it run out here to see for myself how it does. Good luck and hope you find some bigger gold. I found a 4.3 grammar this year there with the EQ.

It is a let down thats for sure...The big ones are notorious for being fake...I got one a few years ago stamped 14k...maxed out my scales...I could see a couple suspicious spots on it but it was real heavy so I kept up the hope till I could get home to test it.....after the let down of it not being real I decided to have some fun with it so I put it on and pretended I was a rapper while the wife snapped a photo...happy hunting strick

Steve's reply is very accurate. MF trades off raw depth for other benefits. For any given MF detector, it will go slightly deeper in a SF mode depending on the target. Ferinstance, in MF mode the White's V3 will detect a nickel & quarter very equally. In 2.5k-only mode it gets the quarter deeper than MF but the nickel less; in 22.5k-only mode it gets the nickel deeper but the quarter less. Also, an MF machine is a wide-band design and will tend to be noisier than a dedicated SF machine which is narrowband. An MF machine run in SF mode is very likely still wideband and not as potentially quiet as a dedicated narrowband SF machine.