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  1. Internet research indicates that: "Diggers", a pseudo reality show aired on National Geographic, features two losers roaming the countryside and people's yards with their metal detectors" " Hobbyist metal detectorists "King George" Wyant and his buddy Tim "The Ringmaster" Saylor travel the country looking for lost relics of history" Why did Diggers get canceled? The show's hosts, hobby metal detectorists β€œKing George” Wyant and Tim β€œRingy” Saylor, cross the U.S. searching for discarded metal items of historical relevance. As soon as the show premiered, archaeologists raised concerns that Diggers was creating a culture of looting and asked NGC to cancel the program! I personally thought that they might be a bit goofy on occasion, but I still found their antics amusing and hated that they got cancelled! So, when I find a nice silver coin, in honor of King George and Ringy, I have been known to yell out, SIV IN THE POCK! FOUND COINS: I recently got to visit with an older gentlemen I hadn't seen in many years. Over lunch, I asked him if he knew of any old houses that I might detect for coins. He told me the following story: A few days ago, while walking along a freshly graded gravel road, he had found an 1880's silver dollar buried vertically on edge, barely visible. After lunch, he showed me the spot in the road where he had found the silver dollar which was slightly downhill from an old collapsed/eroded adobe house that had been abandoned in the 1940's. He said that when he had been in elementary school, (1950), long after the man who lived in the house had died, the man's family boarded up the door and windows, then returned to Mexico and never came back. A few years later, the roof and door frame of the house, partially collapsed after a heavy rain, and my friend decided to see what was in the house. He was astonished to find shelving that had been cut into the interior sides of the adobe bricks, where several coffee cans filled with coins were stored. The cans had rusted out, the shelves eroded away, and coins had spilled out onto the muddy floor. He quickly filled his pockets with coins and ran off to spend his new found wealth. My friend said he planned to return for more later, but the rain had caused another collapse and he couldn't get inside where the coins were. Quarters: 1909 1914 x 2 V Nickle: 1911 Wheaties 1917, 1919-D 1928-S 1929 Canadian 1 Cent: 1929 Excavation Continuing.
    8 points
  2. I happen to live in the Southern NM (desert), and during Library Research, I ran across a news article from the 1950s that mentioned a remote picnic site that was popular for weekend and holiday gatherings. A faded black and white photograph showed several concrete tables, benches, and stone bar-b-que pits on a secluded hilltop outside of town. I couldn't find anything else to go on and everyone I talked to had never heard of it, so I explored the back-roads until I located it by a process of elimination. Nothing was left of the concrete and stone that was functionally intact, and the, (4x4 only), inaccessibility of the rocky washed out road made the location an ideal lover's lane, beer drinking - high school hideaway. After several trips to the site and a modest clean-up effort, I managed to unearth a few nice surprises: Wheaties, rosies, Jeffersons, a buffalo/Indian head, a girls 10k gold ring with a tiny "diamond" setting, and a singed (partially burned), 1961 Ben Franklin half dollar. The biggest surprise though, was the improvised "black-jack" made from a gym sock filled with (217) clad pennies, hidden under a pile of rocks. Another strange surprise was a 1961 Washington Quarter that had a hole shot through it! Kind of gives a new meaning to the term, "Coin Shooting" To me, that's what makes metal detecting and coin shooting so interesting. You just never know what you might find next!
    5 points
  3. 4) DEPTH TESTS WITH THE DEUS2 11" : ------------------------------------------ Large coils like 11" coils are usually used for hunting relatively big targets at depth ( big coins for example ) , this in clean soils ( low/medium iron trash ) because of their important iron masking . While smaller coins like 9" coils are rather used for hunting shallower and smaller targets in iron trashed areas . Depth bed tests are very interesting because they give a very good and idea of a coil depth performance . They are also allow very helpful to find the best detector settings for depths as those tests are done at home and are easily reproductible . They are usually very reliable I use them since several years now ... I use plastic boxes filled with ground with a target ( a coin ) set down just under the middle of the box , see pics below. The ground thickness is chosen so that the target is at the depth limit for a VLF machine whatever the brand . My ground is moderately mineralized it displays 79 after a ground balance with the Deus2. Notice that the results could be totally different with a high mineralized soil ... For the Deus2 11" I have done 2 different tests : A) A coin ( copper 10g ) at 12" ( 30cm ) depth test B) A small coin ( bronze 2g ) at 6" ( 15cm ) depth test For either the big or small coin test I have tested the following Deus2 factory modes : - P1 GENERAL - P2 SENSITIVE - P3 SENSITIVE FT - P4 FAST - P5 PARK - P6 DEEP HC - P9 RELIC The challenge was of course to find the deepest mode of the Deus2 on these 2 coins ... I have also compared the Deus2 11" results with my 2 other machines , a Quest Q30+ and a Deus1 HF 9X6 AND THE WINNER IS ...: 1ST - P9 RELIC : ---------------- ( Updated on March 5th - IAR disc ) The RELIC mode is the most powerful Deus2 mode , it is around 15% deeper than the other modes on the bed tests , either on the big coin at 12" or on the small one at 6". However the RELIC factory mode has no iron disc audio , it is an almost all metal audio . There is an IAR discri setting ( from 0 to 5 ) but I noticed a depth loss when it is activated . Notice that the targets VDIs are correct and accurate as long as the target is not too deep ( not too close to its max detection depth ) . For example the VDI is accurate up to say 13" on the 10g coin test , beyond 13" the VDIs swap to negative ( iron ) numbers This RELIC mode looks interesting , however I have to check how it behaves in the field ... . If it works well , it could be used for hunting deep targets (coins or other) missed by other detectors ... 2ND - P6 DEEP HC : --------------------- This mode is the deepest mode featuring a very reliable iron discrimination . A little deeper than the GENERAL and PARK modes ( 2 cms more on the 10g-12" coin test )... πŸ‘ 3RD - P1 GENERAL and P5 PARK : ----------------------------------- These 2 modes detect the big coin at 11" with a faint but clean and accurate signal . A very good result similar to the ML Equinox 800 11" or Vanquish 540 V12. πŸ™‚ πŸ‘ The small coin is detected at 6" with a quite clean signal which is an excellent result. The Deus2 seems to be very sensible to small targets . πŸ‘ Increasing the audio response gives a stronger signal , but it might be tricky to use in the field , to be confirmed in the field ... 4TH - P2 SENSITIVE , P3 SENSITIVE FT and P4 FAST : ------------------------------------------------------- These 3 modes are less performing than the above modes for depth. Probably because they have been designed for high iron trash areas where the reactivity is more important than depth. THE QUEST Q30+ AND THE DEUS1 9X6 RESULTS : - The Quest Q30+ is a good machine but the Deus2 goes definitely deeper with more accurate VDIs at depth. - The Deus1 6X9 is a killer on small and shallow targets in the high iron trash but it is a poor depth performer , it fails on both the big coin and small coin tests ... CONCLUSION : --------------- The Deus2 11" shows similar ( and excellent ) depth performances to the current best performers like the Equinox 800 11" or Vanquish 540 V12 12X10 in my local conditions ( moderately mineralized soil ) . Clearly the Deus2 goes deeper than the Deus1 thanks to the FMF multifrequency ... Then very good news there is now with the Deus2 a powerful and an ultra light detector available for MD hunters ... πŸ™‚πŸ™‚ A few pics : The 2 test boxes with the Deus2 11 , Deus1 6X9 and Q30+ : The targets , the small bronze 2g coin and the bigger 10g copper coin : The Deus2 11 on the 10g coin at 12" , no pb the signal is faint but clean : The Equinox 800 11" on the same test . The Deus2 and the Equinox are excellent performers on this deep 10g coin test .. The Deus1 6X9 fails on the 2g coin at 6" ( the Deus2 11" detects it with a clean faint signal ) , however the Deus1 6X9 is excellent for hunting small shallow targets in the irons ... The RELIC mode is really impressive and very deep , with accurate VDIs except when approaching the target depth limits ... DEEP HC is a little deeper than the "standard" Deus2 GENERAL or PARK modes , and has a full audio iron disc :
    5 points
  4. Have been using D1 since 8 years now and with D2 principal options are familiar. But in my opinion it’s a very different machine starting from the fact that it’s much more stable than D1...no chattering and much more depth for example. Leaving out the fact that there is no escape if it starts to rain. And VDI is much more reliable even in depth and on mineralized soils as well..
    4 points
  5. JULY 16 1936 None of us got hardly any rest last night. The hooligans were hiding in the woods near our camp and making trouble. It started around midnight while Jacob was on watch. We were woke up by gunfire and hollering from the tree line and they were all around us. I don’t know how many there were but they would fire off some rounds and holler that we needed to sign up for protection or it would get worse for us. We couldn’t see them but only heard them. After an hour of this it got quiet and after some time went by we figured they must have left. The watch was kept on a two man shift for the rest of the night. In the morning we weighed up 2 ounces of gold in the pan and talked about our situation over breakfast. John once again said we needed to go to their office and confront the leaders. I told him that is risky and may be what they want. If we go and leave only two men to guard camp they could rob them or worse and when we get to their camp we don’t know what we will be facing. They may have spies staked out and watching us for all we know. We went back up to the dig site and resumed work although we were all still worried. Our shovels hit country rock everywhere across the trench. I panned some of the gravels and saw good color but nothing like the glory hole. We ended our day early with 130 buckets. The trench was mined out. At supper we decided to put John and Will down near the road where most people park and walk up the mountain along the creek. They would keep a lookout and if there was trouble fire off three gunshots. Jacob and me would guard the camp. So just before dark we all took positions and waited to see what happened. TO BE CONTINUED .................
    4 points
  6. This is exactly what I've noticed in my sports field coin location, with my Nox/Vanquish the pull tabs came up the exact same target ID as the silver threepence coin (17), on the CTX I can ignore the likely pull tab number and still dig the threepence number with some confidence as their air test ID's are different. With the Nox my method was the depth of the target, if I had a 17 Target ID and it was very deep I dug it with the likelihood of it being a silver coin, if it was more of a shallow 17 I rejected it with it likely being a pull tab. With the CTX giving more more target ID information combined with the depth of the coin I'm finding I rarely waste my time digging pull tabs to get the deeper silver coin and I'm digging more silver coins because of this. Having two data points to differentiate to make my decision between the two targets rather than just the depth on the Nox has proven to be very beneficial in an area I don't want to pop a lot of holes for bad targets.
    4 points
  7. I've been doing video's now for 14 years. Me watching some of the early video's I'm ....screaming...dig that signal..as I'm walking away from the target in the video.. I've learned a lot from recording and watching..
    4 points
  8. JULY 17 1936 About 11:00 PM last night I sat on watch while Jacob got some well earned sleep. Unfortunately he didn’t get much. I heard three rifle shots and hollered for Will to get up and ready for trouble. We took opposite sides of the camp. It was a bright night as the moon was nearly full. We kept the camp dark with no lanterns lit and no campfire. We didn’t see or hear anything near us. John and Will were about a quarter mile down the mountain and suddenly we heard some hollering. Then we heard more gun fire. I wasn’t sure whether to head down there or stick at camp in case they were circling John. The gunfire continued. I told Jacob I was going down there and to stay put and fire three shots if he was in trouble or anybody came up there. I high tailed it down the mountain and when I got close I stopped and took a good look at the situation. I could see John and Will down below me. They were behind some big trees and firing up near the road where there were two trucks parked. I hollered over to John letting him know I was behind him. He said they had caught the co operative boys by surprise when they started walking up the mountain. That’s when they ran behind their trucks and opened fire. He said there looked to be five or six of them. I told John and Will I was going to circle around to the east of them and get them in a crossfire as they didn’t know I was down there. John and Will kept firing at them. I heard John hollering at them and calling them cowards. He said he would kill them all. I was able to get down to the road just east of their trucks. I crept in staying close to the brush and got about 50 yards from them. I could see five men behind the trucks and they were cursing and swearing at each other. I heard one say he didn’t want to be in a gun fight and thought they were just going to scare the miners into signing up. The other one told him to shut his mouth and keep shooting. I hollered out I had them flanked and to drop their guns. They spun around and some of them started shooting in my direction. I dove behind a tree and fired a round in their direction. I heard one of them holler he was hit. They didn’t know exactly where the shot came from and panicked. Two of the men threw the injured guy on the truck bed and they jumped in the truck. They started the motor and started pulling out onto the road. The other two were hunkered down and firing in my general direction. I heard a bullet whistle past my head and hit a tree behind me. I fired another shot but I couldn’t tell if I hit anyone. They jumped in their truck and pulled out. By now the first truck was starting down the road. I fired off a couple rounds at it and turned towards the other truck that was pulling out. I could hear Will and John firing away and bullets were hitting the truck. John was hollering for them to come back and fight us like men. They drove away with engines roaring heading east in the direction of their camp. John and Will came running down to the road. I told John I think I had shot one of them. John told me nice shooting and said he doubted that those cowards would ever come back. I told him how it sounded like there wasn’t much fight in them and I thought he might be right. Will was all wound up and said they better not come back or they would face our guns. When we got back up to camp I told Jacob about the battle. I said I figured it was the same guys as before and didn’t think there was anymore fight in them. All four of us talked about the gun battle and none of us got much sleep. I poured everyone some whiskey and before we knew it the sun was coming up. We had breakfast and weighed up the gold which came to 2 ounces. We were all bushed but I wanted to finish up the trench as we were nearly out of gravels to dig so we went up there and dug and scraped. The bucket count was only 51 and the trench was mined out. We will see what we end up with and make a new plan. Needless to say we are all on high alert. TO BE CONTINUED .................
    3 points
  9. I think the biggest change would be the coil. White's used artisanal manufacturing methods with hand winding, epoxy pours, and manual tuning. I spent weeks and killed over 150 coils trying to get them up to snuff with different tuning methods only to be told "that's not the way we do things at White's." Even adding a simple tuning pot was too much, had to be done by bending wire by hand (and maybe saying a few Hail Marys). You can't John Henry your way to success, automation is the way to go for consistency. Even calibrating the PCB's was done with hand-made fixtures. It worked, but was labor-intensive with the workers pushing buttons and waving sticks over the coils. I joked with one of the former CEO's about the "Flintstones-era manufacturing" processes. I know Garrett has a modern (at least twentieth century) facility that has more automation and robust standards. So the coils being more stable, especially over temperature, would be a huge improvement. As would tolerances on plastic parts. But the coil is the most variance-sensitive part of the detector. Having standardized, repeatable processes with the right type of epoxy, wire, and tuning setup would improve the 24k and lower COGs. I hope that's one thing Garrett has done.
    3 points
  10. This was the test. Nails driven into the wall of the 6” hole were 5, from 2 inches to 4 inches. With 1 nail next to the coin in the bottom. Unfortunately video is in Italian language.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9pLg9aQ5DA Same test but with 10 euro cent coin in the bottom of a 6” hole with 4 big rusty nails driven into the wall of the hole. Lost picture of the hole. It’s in italian language. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4PrIXsZ-fv4 Here using D1. Italian language, sorry. Anyway here with a 50 euro cent coin, reactivity 5, silencer -1 and full tones. 4 big rusty nails. Same test as V6 above. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCdegVoHms I’m sorry for these short videos which are in Italian but I had to do a V6 review...6 years have passed. I was younger!
    3 points
  11. I have a Legend on order because the machine is very similar to what I'm using now, Equinox 800. My warranty runs out this month and I need a reliable water machine that performs well and has all the adjustments that I like to use, tone break, recovery speed, tone pitch. I don't usually hunt in iron infested areas, and if I did, I certainly would not be trying to use an 11" coil :-) If it performs close to the Equinox and is more reliable in the water, I will feel like I've got more than my money's worth.
    3 points
  12. 3) TESTING THE P2 - SENSITIVE MODE : ----------------------------------------- In the field again yesterday evening at around 6PM ... Same area as before . This time I decided to leave the RC in my jacket pocket with the RC speaker ON. As I previously said I only detect by hear and I only use the RC for changing settings . I set the P2 SENSITIVE factory mode . But after a few minutes I changed to SQUARE audio that I definitely prefer to the PWM ( Deus1 like ) factory audio . Also I changed the multitone from 3 to 5 . The SENSITIVE mode is faster than the GENERAL mode . Apart from that I did not see much differences between them. However I was detecting in a medium iron trash area and perhaps I would have seen more differences on a nail bed ... Anyway I like this SENSITIVE mode and it performed very well during this outing . πŸ™‚ Btw I have also used the new Quest Xpointer Mmax pinpointer during this outing . It has been very helpful because it is sometimes tricky to locate targets with this big 11" coil. Btw I am currently testing this pinpointer , I will create a dedicated thread about it soon ... Long story short I found a nice bronze medieval hook and at the end of the outing a nice revolution coin dating from 1797 ✌️ πŸ™‚. Actually I was in the dark when I dug it , I knew that the target was off the hole but could not see it and I had to use the pinpointer to eventually locate it .. This was a nice outing again with the Deus2 . I definitely like++ this detector πŸ‘ πŸ‘, especially with these SQUARE tones and I will order it with the 9" coil as soon as I have a good deal on it ... The Deus2 P2 SENSITIVE mode : A nice medieval bronze relic : Looking for the target somewhere on the surface ,I cant see it because the sun is gone and I am in the dark ...hopefully I have my pinpointer ... It is a coin ... : 5 CENTIMES AN8 BB ( 1797 Strasbourg Mint )
    3 points
  13. Nice first hunt. It always helps to finds some good stuff to boost the confidence with a new machine.
    3 points
  14. First thanks to the Chateau Numis MD shop ( France ) https://www.metaux-detection.fr/fr/ for the Deus2 loan ( I have it for 3 weeks testing πŸ™‚ ) MY DETECTING CONDITIONS : EUROPE ( FRANCE ) , COIN HUNTING , INLAND , LOW TO MEDIUM MINERALIZED SOIL , MEDIUM TO HIGH IRON TRASH 1) TESTING THE P1 "GENERAL" MODE: --------------------------------------- I did a first outing yesterday evening with the Deus2 11" in a field where I have a permission and where I have tested a Quest Q30 2 weeks ago . The soil is moderately mineralized with quite a lot of iron trash ; old nails , 1st WW shell fragments etc ... I spent only one hour in the field as the night was coming and it was getting colder , but that was enough to have a first feeling of the machine . I decided to focus on the GENERAL nr1 mode . I first changed the audio from PWM to SQUARE , because for me the SQUARE audio is one of the main and most interesting differences between the D2 and the D1 . I have immediately been impressed by this new SQUARE audio with its fast and crystal signals on targets . I like this audio . I also changed the multitone from 3 to 5 tones to have more info about the targets IDs . I used the RC loudspeaker with the RC in my pocket to save weight . I dont need to permanently watch the screen as all conductivities can be an interesting target over here ... BTW It took me a little time to get used to the RC interface , as it was new for me but it is ok now ... I have found a lot of targets , including an old 1774 Prussian silver coin, a brass hook and a buckle . This coin has probably been lost by a Prussian soldier on 1814 during the Napoleon war when the Alliance ( Prussia , GB , Russia ) invaded France ... A very nice historical find btw .. πŸ™‚ Long story short , the Deus2 has been very efficient in the field , even with this large 11" coil . Usually I prefer to use smaller coils in open fields but the 11" did a very good job . Without any EMI , always very stable ... Actually this single GENERAL mode with the SQUARE mode is exactly what I was expecting from the Deus2 and I am already happy with this , knowing that I am just starting to test the machine and there are perhaps even more performing modes πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ ... A few pics below : The testing area : The 1st coin found with the D2 : IT is a 1774 Prussian silver coin ... unfortunately corroded : A buckle : A bronze hook : And the trash .... :
    2 points
  15. Hats now available for distribution. If anyone is interested, PM me to arrange. $20 each, to cover our cost & shipping. This is the brain-child of a local friend of mine : "Aaron". Initially in response to a "Karen" type ranger, who had questioned a few guys md'ing on a certain beach in our area. But once he pushed back with the "lead removal" retort, the lady ranger seemed satisfied. We got a good laugh out of that. So the idea of the hat was born. And strangely enough, at another beach, a month or two later, it actually came in handy : Because it turns out, a nature-lover Sierra club hippy-type griped that our detecting on a low tide bedrock surface, was harming the Sea Anemones, or kelp, or whatever. But we pointed to the hat, showed them a handful of sinkers, and explained that we were doing a volunteer lead removal service for the wildlife. The person brightened up , and began to praise our efforts ! Brilliant Not sure about other parts of the USA, but where we're at, has various self-appointed "nature monitor" types. Who will chide you if they think you're bothering mating sea-lions. Or if you're harming the ice-plant, blah blah. And then of course any archie-minded ranger types who might think we're bumping into cultural heritage issues on the beach (which, thankfully, has never gained traction on state-of-CA ocean beaches) And it's actually a truism that : Lead is bad for the environment. A quick google search shows this. This is why, for example, lead bullets are outlawed for certain types hunting now. And why, for example, construction/demolition sites (building tear-downs) can be required to have hazmat measures, if inspectors think they've found lead in the soil. So let's all help our planet ! We're not out for old coins or jewelry. NNNeeeooohh. Those are only the pesky objects that get in the way of our lead sinker abatement objective. If you're interested in getting some of these hats : PM me.
    2 points
  16. Jeff PM'd me and told me how bad the video was. I knew it was going to be bad with the EMI issue and I wanted people to see what reality is using the Deus 2 in the city. Out on my relic sites away from power lines, it is very quiet. I have a park about 3 miles from me that I can't even use the Equinox in unless I run the Sensitivity down to 18. I took the Deus 2 there a few days ago and I have to run the sensitivity down into the high 60's to get it quiet. For me and the soil I have, single frequency is really not an option. I literally get 4" on a dime with single frequency. You'll see in this next video the Deus 2 still gets about the same depth with the EMI under control. So a 6" dime with accurate ID is way better than the Deus 1 at 4" in my dirt.
    2 points
  17. Don’t be intimidated by the menu. Play with it and you’ll find that you’re learning your way around the options pretty quickly. Read the manual and familiarize yourself with what those options do. The more you do that, the quicker you’ll feel comfortable with it.
    2 points
  18. It’s not very hard. It’s point-and-shoot like the equinox 800. However, unlike the equinox, you can configure it to get the items left behind by everyone else. That’s what you need to learn to do with it. -sam
    2 points
  19. I own mine since tuesday afternoon and today I already created some programs to try in the next week. Sometimes I forget the right button for the operation I need but nothing impossible to solve. By the way I tested one some time ago and managed in 4 hours to understand its power and fall...in the trap of 11" available only 🀣
    2 points
  20. When Mitch purchased his Garrett Goldmaster 24K from me last week, we took the time to compare search coils from both the original White's version of the Goldmaster 24K and the Garrett version. The 10x6 Garrett coil was lighter, more stable, more bump resistant, and possibly a bit more sensitive. Mitch and I totally agreed that the Garrett product was superior. I hope this helps. HH Jim
    2 points
  21. Thanks, at the start because it has such accurate Target ID's I thought I could turn it into the ultimate lazy mans silent detector that only beeps when I hit a target I want, in theory it is capable of doing this, if the targets are shallow. It has brilliant target ID capabilities in ferrous coin mode but the moment you start blocking out a lot of ranges on the discrimination the depth fizzles out, once I'd set up my super NZ silver coin profile it no longer had the depth to even find a silver coin around here. The good coins are all pretty deep so in the end I can't have my super NZ coin profile setup, I just have to run with the bottom right corner notched out and leave the rest wide open then I get the desired depth and it just means looking at the screen a lot more (not easy in the bright sun) and using my tones to decide if I want to look at the screen πŸ˜‰ One thing I have found is by using the 17x13" coil my super NZ coins profile is more viable, because that coil is naturally deeper because of its size the discrimination isn't as damaging with it, the 11" loses a lot of depth as of course does the 6". I can pick up the common depth silvers with the 17x13" in my high disc mode but I'm worried even using the 17" with that much discrimination in case I miss something even deeper that's good. It's a shame as on my Nox I can use discrimination without losing any noticeable depth. I was hoping the CTX would be the same, it's certainly not. I've found with the CTX I don't have the circle targets as much to get the ID to come good, often with the Nox you often have to hit a very deep coin from the right angle for it to correctly identify the coin so you have to investigate everything that beeps. With the CTX I can hit the same coins at any angle and they're good ID's. I think because of this I'm finding more good targets as I didn't always investigate every single target with the Nox, not even close. In saying that, it's proving to be an excellent silver machine on ground the Nox had started to get very difficult to find a silver with, the CTX is still regularly getting silvers when supplies dried up with the Nox. They make a good team, my two favourite coin detectors, if I had to pick one I'd still pick the Nox, as it's more multi purpose and it's gold prospecting side is very appealing to me and I think it does better on gold targets over all, including rings.
    2 points
  22. No worries. I feel fine. Using 3 kinds of eye drops 4 times a day. Another entry coming soon.
    2 points
  23. Thanks for your nice report. In my area, central Italy, on high mineralized hematite best program for relic hunting, I’m talking about little targets like the 2g coin not bronze but mixture one, is number 2 which is better than 1...excluding Goldfield.
    2 points
  24. Yes, this is exactly what ML are known to do. For many years, ML used Govt subsidies to retain or expand patents which normally would have expired, like their MPS and DVT patents. Also the DOD coil was or is patented despite being a known design for over 30 years. They imagine wonderful new terms like 'ZVT' and patent it, despite it being just a fancy version of BiPolar PI tech which Eric Foster dabbled with back in the 1980's. They rightly protect what they perceive as their security in the industry and often take this concept to extremes. Its worked....how much REAL competition have they had in the prospecting PI market since 1995? Next to none. I suppose its because of this, they can expend AU$20M+ to develop the GPX6000 and ask AU$8,000 for it. Both good and bad end result. Good coz it provides us with next-level equipment to find lots more gold, but bad coz it drowns competition and keeps prices high. The one positive trade-off is that our spent $$ on Minelab equipment provides the excessive profit margins to fund the next generation of detectors. Pain for Gain lol
    2 points
  25. Great saves and interesting back story. I hope that you can find many more coins and maybe something more. Good luck and take your time.
    2 points
  26. Now, now, notice I specifically said RINGS πŸ™‚ Hey the bracelet bits were pretty cool, can you post a picture? I moved around quite a bit, I should've focused more in depth on the area I was getting all the sinkers, heck I dug two nice sized ones mere inches away. For someone who's not a regular beach hunter, that was fun, and you can't beat the scenery πŸ˜‰
    2 points
  27. Yeah, GB, not sure what the universe has to do with it but that's why I tried to avoid getting into the "weeds" too much by implying that the term was a generalization that stemmed from "my experience" I doubt very much if the kid that made the black jack out of a sock full of pennies knew the difference or cared one way or the other.
    2 points
  28. Got it. I don't think it's universally accepted that cladding and plating are the same thing. Below I attach a web post that emphasizes the distinction. Admittedly this can be considered merely semantic. I've seen some here use 'clad' to mean everything minted in the last several decades, including Jefferson 5 cent pieces (aka 'nickels') which definitely aren't clad. That ambiguity can lead to the question of whether or not 95% copper coins, particluarly the Memorials of 1959-82, are considered clad by those who use this loose usage of the word. That is what led to my question -- whether your sock black-jack was completely loaded with zinc cents as opposed to Memorial cents of all kinds. Maybe its maker hated zinc cents (aka Zincolns) as much as I do and separated them out for this use. 😁 Following can be found here.
    2 points
  29. As aggressive as Minelab has been in court, I wonder if they sometimes just make patents on the chance (likely or outside) that they will come up with an application for it, and meanwhile dare anyone to try something close. When you're the big bully on the block you can sometimes get by with just flexing your muscles.... That is until David comes along with his slingshot.
    2 points
  30. That's a great question. How did I determine that? Because it's something I've been wondering myself (and goes for the N/M Legend as well). In the time between the announcement of the Equinox (approximately Sept. 2017) and its release (approximately February 2018, or 5 months later) and even after the release there was a lot of discussion here on its performance and attributes. Much of that discussion evolved around earlier Minelab detectors (particularly the FBS detectors). Not being familiar with those I was in a kind of fog. I've only seen a few Deus 1 detectors and none "up close and personal". In fact it and its sisters ORX and Deus 2 are still the most perplexing detectors for me, which originates in its intelligence-in-the-coil feature and the properties associated with that. (And if you Deus experts don't understand, just consider the Deus Lite and show me any detector in existence outside of XP that works like it.) I was out today with my ML Equinox 800, right at 4 years and > 1000 hours of experience. I tried Recovery Speed of 3 for the first time ever (in Park 1) and it was definitely different than anything experienced previously. I'm still learning to listen to the sound nuances (and I thank my Tesoro Vaquero for helping me with that). Bottom line is, how long will it take me to get up-to-speed with either the Deus 2 or the Legend for it to pay off (in terms of finds) compared to the Equinox?
    2 points
  31. A coil like explained in the patent Simon posted would mostly be beneficial for highly mineralized or highly variable ground. I think it mostly applies to saturable (FeO) ground, not conductive (salt) ground, but I might be missing something there. I'm not sure I see an immediate benefit of running one in mild ground. In fact, I can imagine a case where such a coil might actually miss or provide much weaker signals on nuggets if detected 90 degrees the wrong way, which have a very large difference between their radial and axial sizes (nail-like, or flake like) and so a person in mild ground may actually not choose to run such a coil and it would be a detriment to have this coil only on a detector. I might be missing something though. But it's that idea, along with the idea that as explained in the patent there is nothing stopping a person from running such a coil on a 4500/5000, that it sounds like it may be a standalone coil. However, people are right that Minelab has never been in the "coil business" and they certainly do take the opportunity to make as much $ as they can off products, and that may mean an entirely new detector. I'm not sure Simon's coil is actually the coil VicR posted about originally, so something additional may be in store there. I do agree it's about time for a nice, lightweight and more powerful GPZ though!
    2 points
  32. Sorry if I resurrected this thread, it’s absolutely interesting because exhaustively illustrates an important topic such as iron masking. Years ago I organized an extreme iron masking situation with 20 euro cent coin in the bottom of a 6” hole. Very hot soil near a seaside town in south Italy. Hole with 6 big and rusty nails: 5 driven into the wall of the hole and one next to the coin, in the bottom. I was testing one of the best machines I’ve ever used: Blisstool V6, in this case with a 7x9” SEF, little great coil. Machine managed to detect the coin, however with a slow and carefull sweep.
    2 points
  33. Bud Guthrie's quartz specmen "Fred" was the topic of the "Treasure" magazine article entitled "$75,000 Rock Found." My personal estimate was that the actual gold content was 25 to 30 ounces. Also, don't forget Terry Bone's 27 ouncer, and also Kevin Hoagland's 27 ouncer. Sadly I haven't joined Pounder Club yet.
    2 points
  34. They removed the lense of the eye & replaced it with a plastic one which has helped but still have a blind or smoky area that is still there. Will see the doctor next week. May be something to do with blood vessels behind the eye. Feeling fine.
    2 points
  35. An Ol' Tin Cup (and a Battered Ol' Coffee Pot) - YouTube
    2 points
  36. Some important information from that Patent application. It looks like Minelab is in the business of making new coils πŸ™‚ This is obviously a new coil for a gold detector, could it be the GPZ 8000? Why release a completely new design coil for existing detectors when you could cash in on a new model. Pretty cool, new improved spiral windings. However, it is discovered that some specialised coils of metal detectors, designed fit for purpose to find gold in gold fields, have windings that are not compact in cross-sectional shape, but arranged in planar spirals with each of the successive turns being usually close to one another, typically touching one another, but in rare instances, spread apart. Windings are typically housed close to the bottom of the planar coil housing, and, spiralled coil windings are known to have their long cross-sectional axis close to coplanar with the coil housing bottom housing face, and are approximately constrained to one plane. [0020] These so called spiral β€œflat-wound” coils have three advantages for detecting small shallow targets compared to a compact bundled winding: a) The field generated from each turn passes closer to the target as the coil is swept over the target, and hence each specific turn for the spiral coil both irradiates the target with a greater field intensity and likewise receives the decaying eddy currents in the metal target with greater sensitivity compared to each specific turn of the compact winding on average; b) As the coil is swept past the target, the transmit field and receiving winding sensitivity from spiral winding are laterally broader, and hence improves electronics signal-to-noise ratio; that is, the signal from the shallow target is within the effective volume of transmitted stronger field for a longer period compared to that of a compact winding, and similarly the target is within the more sensitive areas of a spiral receive winding for longer than a compact receive winding; and c) As the total volume integrated 3D (magnetic field magnitude)2 for a given inductance and transmit current (½∫∫∫B2dV), the same for all coils regardless of winding shape (in the absence of permeable material), more of the strong field of compact traditional mono-loop bundle resides within or close to the perimeter of the actual bundled winding than does the field of the planar spiral winding. Hence the spiral winding has the advantage of irradiating more of its field out into the interrogated environment than the compact traditional mono-loop winding bundle, thus putting the spiral winding's field to better use for target detection. [0024] However, it was discovered that flat-wound coils have three disadvantages, especially for detecting deeper targets compared to a compact winding: a) The greater integrated field energy transmitted into the soils causes so called VRM (Viscous Remnant Magnetism) β€œsaturation”. This is manifest as a non-cancelled ground balanced spurious signal when the coil is moved within a centimeter or so of the soil surface for some, but not all, soils; b) The inductance of both the receive and transmit inductive winding (or alternatively a mono-loop single winding), vary more when the said winding is closer to magnetic soils that are often associated with gold fields, than a compact winding, due to the stronger winding-to-soil coupling of the flat-wound winding. This causes the (critically) damped decay rates to change and this in turn may be detected by the electronics and manifest as spurious signals; and c) The spiral winding are more sensitive to local surface soil VRM inhomogeneities, and this too causes spurious signals. [0028] In general, the advantages of spiral winding outweighs the disadvantages in soils that have relatively low VRM mineralization for detecting shallow targets, but vice versa in soils that have relatively high mineralization. This may result in relatively poor behaviour in some soils when seeking deeply buried targets, especially when used in soils that are magnetically inhomogeneous and prone to VRM saturation. [0029] This disclosure provides an alternative form of a winding or a winding profile within a metal detector coil that has advantages of spiral winding and reduced level of disadvantages of spiral winding. [0030] The new form is based on the following. If any or all of these said three disadvantages (saturation, soil VRM inhomogeneities, modulation of critical damping) cause spurious interference signals from flat-wound coils are in effect defined as β€œuncancelled soil noise”, then the signal from a metal target to uncancelled-soil-noise ratio in essence mostly defines the relative capability of a coil, for given size/enclosed winding area. Further, most targets at challenging detection depths are found best when the coil passes centrally above the target, whereas the target signal for a coil's front edge or rear edge passing over a target typically will give a weaker target signal. In contrast though, for a typically any cross-sectional shape planar winding (parallel to the plane of the coil housing), the front, and rear, and each of the lateral sides, each typically produce the same soil signal contributions (per unit length). Thus, the front and rear areas of the planar mono-loop winding add the same soil signal as the sides, but relatively, a mono-loop's winding lateral sides, and center, are more responsible for the target signal as the coil passes centrally above the target for the best target signal when the coil is swung β€œside-to-side” centrally over the target. Hence, there is advantage in keeping the lateral sides of a winding close to the bottom of a coil housing, but not the front and rear of the winding. [0031] In a broad form, there is provided an antenna of a handheld metal detector for detecting a target in a soil, the antenna comprising: a housing comprising a bottom plane for facing the soil; two lateral sides; a front side; and a rear side; wherein the lateral sides, the front side and rear side are with respect to a user of the handheld metal detector holding and operating the handheld metal detector to detect the target in the soil; and at least one winding within the housing, wherein a mean distance of conductors of the at least one winding near at least one of the two lateral sides of the housing is closer to the bottom plane than a mean distance of conductors of the at least one winding near at least one of the front side and rear side of the housing. [0032] In another broad form, there is provided a transmitter of a handheld metal detector for detecting a target in a soil, the antenna comprising: a housing comprising a bottom plane for facing the soil; two lateral sides; a front side; and a rear side; wherein the lateral sides, the front side and rear side are with respect to a user of the handheld metal detector holding and operating the handheld metal detector to detect the target; and at least one winding within the housing, wherein a mean distance of conductors of the at least one winding near at least one of the two lateral sides of the housing is closer to the bottom plane than a mean distance of conductors of the at least one winding near at least one of the front side and rear side of the housing. [0033] The terms β€œlateral sides”, β€œfront side”, β€œrear side” and β€œbottom plane” refer to an intended typical use of the said coil for searching targets in soils, such that the β€œlateral sides” refer to coil housing perimeter regions more normal to the dominant intended motion of the coil housing relative to the soil, and the β€œfront” and β€œrear” refer to coil housing perimeter regions more parallel to the dominant intended motion of the coil housing relative to the soil, and β€œbottom” refers to the part of the coil's housing that is typically meant to be operated closest to the soil surface. In simple term, the terms β€œlateral sides”, β€œfront side”, β€œrear side” of the housing of the transmitter of a metal detector are to be understood based on the perspective of the operator when the operator is holding the hand-held metal detector in front with the arm holding the metal detector shaft extending forward away from the body. [0034] In the case of vehicle-mounted metal detector antenna, the intended coil housing movement is β€œforward” rather than side-to-side in the direction of the vehicle's travel. [0035] FIG. 1A shows an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, and in this example shows a circular external perimeter winding 1, but this may be any shape, such as rectangular, square or elliptical for example, wound onto a coil chassis or coil's bottom base former (a guide structure to form the coil). The front side 2 of the coil perimeter has a vertically orientated monolayer section of its winding occupying approximate a quarter or a bit less than a quarter of the coil's circumference (if viewed from the top, approximate a quarter or a bit less than a quarter of the coil at the front is with the winding being vertical with respect to the base). The front side 2 is perpendicular to the coil bottom plane, and likewise the rear side 3 has a vertically orientated monolayer section of its winding occupying approximate a quarter or a bit less than a quarter of the coil's circumference. Each of the lateral sides has a horizontally orientated monolayer section of its winding occupying approximate a quarter or a bit less than a quarter each of the coil's circumference, on the right-hand side 4, the horizontal winding section, and left-hand side 5 for the left, when viewed from the rear. [0036] Between the said horizontally orientated monolayer sections of the winding at the left and right sides 4 and 5, and vertically orientated monolayer sections of the winding at front side 2 and rear side 3 are transitions sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 that are relatively short in length. Whilst this figure shows a monolayer winding, alternatively it may consist of two layers or more, so long as the cross-sectional profile is longer along one axis compared to another, such that the longer cross-sectional profile length defines the terms β€œhorizontal” and β€œvertical” in the above description. The particular ratios of winding sectional length are not constrained to β€œapproximate a quarter or a bit less than a quarter” each, so long as the general concept of more horizontal on the sides and more vertical on the front and rear holds. For example, the front side may occupy 20%, rear side 14%, and lateral sides 33% each (a rough approximation including transitions). In another example, the front side may occupy 20%, rear 20% and lateral sides 30% each (a rough approximation including transitions). The front and rear sides may of the same proportion, and may not. The two lateral sides are often of the same proportion but this is not a necessity. [0037] FIG. 1B depicts the top view of the winding of 1A. It can be seen that the winding at the front side 2 and rear side 3 are perpendicular to the bottom plane, and that the winding at the two lateral sides are parallel with the bottom plane. Transitions sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 are relatively short in length. [0038] FIG. 2A depicts a view from a lateral side of the winding of FIG. 1A while FIG. 2B depicts a view from a front or rear side of the winding of FIG. 1A. As can be observed, at the front side and rear side of the winding, the conductive wires are arranged to form a vertical plane 11, 12. At the two lateral sides, the conductive wires are arranged horizontally to form a horizontal plane of wires 15 parallel with the bottom plane 10. There are transitions between the vertically arranged wires and the horizontally arranged wires. In this example, vertical plane of wires 13 or 14 transit 17 or 16 to horizontal plane of wires 15. [0039] Further, the winding do not have to be exactly horizontal on the sides or exactly vertical at the front or rear, so long as they are closer to horizontal than vertical on the sides, and closer to vertical than horizontal at the front and rear. For example, the winding may be similar in shape to a cycling velodrome. The cross-sectional plane of the winding may be curved (such as in the case of a velodrome) or may be straight (such as in the case shown in FIG. 1A). [0040] In another form, a plane of the winding at the front side is extending upward away from the center at an angle between 75 to 90 degrees with respect to a horizontal plane. US20210273335A1.pdf
    2 points
  37. 2) TESTING THE BH01 BONE CONDUCTION HEADPHONES : -------------------------------------------------------------- I did a 2nd outing yesterday evening with the D2 11" . Same area as the 1st one . I was curious to see how the BH01 would behave in the field . I thought that they have been designed to be only used underwater , but I was wrong and I discovered during this test that they work perfectly when inland hunting ... During this outing I had the D2 RC ( remote control ) in my jacket pocket , with the BH01 cable connected to rear of the RC. Actually I was surprised by the excellent sound quality provided by these headphones . They leave the ears free . And they are cumfortable too .. πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ I did not change my D2 settings I used the GENERAL nr1 factory mode just changing from 3 to 5 tones and from PWM to SQUARE audio . After this second outing I confirm that this SQUARE audio is really excellent , very reactive and accurate on targets . I will probably use it permanently in the future with my D2 , this rather to the historical PWM Deus1 audio ... However may be the PWM will be more efficient in specific situations like nail beds , I need to check this ... As this outing was short I did not find a lot of things , just a nice 1st WW French soldier button and the usual trash ... Concerning the downsides , the only that I dont like on the D2 is the rod which is a little too short for me . I definitely need to order the optional longer mid-shaft which has been designed for tall guys like me .. πŸ™‚ Apart from that the D2 electronics/ergonomy are perfect from what I have seen up to now . The D2 seems to be the best machine I have used/tested since 1998 btw ... And I am very impressed by what they ve done at XPs with this detector... πŸ™‚ πŸ‘ A few pics : The BH01 bone conduction headphones connected to the rear of the RC : A beautiful sunset : The RC inside its hipmount case : The BH01 headphones in action ... : A 1st WW aluminium French button :
    2 points
  38. I'm sure other folks here can give a more detailed and more accurate explanation, but the effect is caused by the roll of quarters being laid on its side. You are essentially creating coins on edge orientation, and while you'd think 40 coins contacting each other on edge would give a big signal, that's not the case. Each coin creates its own eddy current from being energized by the coil (in the same way links in a chain do) and the detector is basically reading the one or two edge oriented coins at a time per swing even though they are touching. So the entire roll of coins doesn't create one big eddy current, just 40 tiny ones, and most of them are missed in the sweep. Sweeping length of the roll, you are sweeping across the thinnest part of the coin so the response is small to missed. When you changed your swing 90 degrees, you swept across the length of the coin in the roll and it gave a larger response in some programs. If you had stood the roll on end, it would have read similar to one flat oriented quarter for the same reason, because the detector is reading only one or two coins at a time. I hope that makes some sense.
    1 point
  39. Scams how to avoid them, This is my experience in the US, if you are the buyer , ask for : Their name , cell# landline# payment address, I can tell a lot more about a individual when I speak to them live, if they only want to communicate by text or email that is not a good sign, especially in higher priced items, if they supply you with their cell or landline call it, if it's not a real cell carrier with voicemail, that throws up the first red flag, if you can't leave a message because her voicemail says it's full, that's another red flag that they never answer their voicemail, if it's not a verified us cell provider, it could be a temporary Google cell number or worse, like a virtual # another red flag, Google the number they provided and see what comes up, Google their payment address see what appears on Google maps, is it a real house , apartment or business, if it is a virtual business be very careful, in this day and age there are a lot of virtual properties where someone can lease a virtual phone number mailing address or temporary office by the hour, be very careful with these because most likely they're all scams, Google that address for virtual office space, there's a lot of buildings out there people can rent by the month for that purpose that are very impressive be careful, in this new world of smoke and mirrors, all you need is a domain name ,virtual office, and you have a facade, Next Google the sellers name and see what comes up, does the individual live at that address, you can also enter in realtor.com, Zillow, in a few others, that will show owners, that will show if it's a vacant property, property listed for sale no one is living out and so on, these are all free databases if you want to take the time to investigate it, most of he ones you pay for will give you better search results, If if you're the seller: only accept friends and family PayPal, US postal money orders they are very hard to counterfeit and be cashed instantly at the post office, Hope that helps
    1 point
  40. Glad to hear everything went well GM! Maybe, couple of days eye rest could be in order?
    1 point
  41. Good research and glad it paid off with some nice treasures. Neat looking spot. That loaded sock gives new meaning to "knocking some cents/sense into ones head." HH jim tn
    1 point
  42. Well put Jeff. I don't know about you but I've seen enough of this testing to last me a lifetime. I guess I'm in the minority but I could care less about finding coins between nails on a board and all of these baloney comparisons to other detectors. I've been detecting since 1972 and back then all we did was hunt with the detectors of the day. Some worked, some didn't. Same holds true now in my view. Meaning no offense to anyone but can some of you guys with the Legend just use it and see how you like it? Bill
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  43. Tree roots will make the 7000 go off so it's possible that the combo of the salt and swamp features of this beach can make a difference and I'm sure there is lots of EMI in that area as I know the area well despite me never hunting that particular beach the pictures of the bluff coinciding with the time of day/low tide and the orientation of the girls shadow narrows it down to a particular area that I have zoomed into on google earth... But no worries I've been busy with so much work that I have not even paid attention to the tide charts for the last couple months. 😜 strick
    1 point
  44. All done & back home wearing an eye patch until tomorrow. Removed my rye lense & put in a plastic one. Should be back to normal in a couple of days. A little sore & tired tonight. Cheers.
    1 point
  45. JULY 15 1936 Last night there were a few suspicious sounds all around our camp but none of us while on watch saw anything. John said that he wants to go to the office listed for the address of the mine co operative and have it out with them. It’s just outside of town near one of their claims. I talked him out of it for now and told him we needed to concentrate on getting more gold in our pockets. We got 4 ounces of gold in the pan this morning. We continued to drive the trench east into the fault line and hit heavy rock, some of it crushed. At that point we backed away from the fault line and worked at getting deeper. We started to immediately encounter very heavy ground with large rock around the 9 foot level and were seeing signs of country rock. Due to the extreme heat of the day combined with the heavy work we were limited to just 160 buckets of gravels. We may only have another day at that site before it is mined out. I won’t know until tomorrow. There has been no further activity by any of the hooligans who roam this mountain. TO BE CONTINUED ...............
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  46. I'd like to add, that enough times to keep me looking, while I've been stream fishing, I've spotted some great panning/sluicing spots, as fish and gold like to drop out of the current in similar places. The fish of course do it to get out of the fast current to allow them to ambush food as it zips by and to conserve their energy in the quiet water as they wait for the next opportunity to ambush a snack. Great quote, thanks for posting it, and all the best, Lanny
    1 point
  47. Very nice finds! You have such great history over there and it looks like the D2 will help you find much more of it. Well done!
    1 point
  48. This may be useful if you want to compare the F75 to some other detectors.
    1 point
  49. "She makes a fine sail and it's a hell of a gale ,, but the boat just won't move ! Must be aground arrrrrrrrrrr"
    1 point
  50. I’m free in Arizona deserts to look again for gold. Yea. It’s about time. I’m in Quartzsite for now with my 7000 planning to go back to where I found gold last year and use the 19 inch coil to go deeper. If you are searching in this area let’s get together or Just say hi on this forum. all the best u all!
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