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OFFICIAL MESSAGE TO GARRETT We are saddened to hear that Mrs. Garrett passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Eleanor and Charles Garrett made great contributions to this industry! Our sincere condolonces to the whole Garrett family and the community. May God rest their souls together in peace! https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/eleanor-garrett-obituary?id=33474638

Currently living in Sonora Ca. I’ve been chasing the yellow metal for about 45 years. Now, at 70 it’s getting a little harder but I’ll be at it till the end. I’m more than happy to share what I can and believe it or not, I’m still learning…. (I’m a short bus candidate) currently have a nox 800 that’s testing my patience and a monster 1000 that I’m falling in love with… Tom T

For any "Wheel of Fortune" fans out there - I will be a contestant on tonight's show. During my audition video I spoke about my many hobbies including my 50 years of metal detecting but Pat never asked me about it during my introduction. However, it might have helped get their attention when they were screening applications. I made a lot of mistakes on the show but it was still a lot of fun.

ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND NOKTA MAKRO I THANK YOU! IT TAKES COURAGE AND SELF CONFIDENCE TO SAY ''IT WAS MY FAULT'' IN TODAY'S WORLD! THE 6'' COIL WILL BE NOKTA MAKRO'S GIFT TO YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. WE APPRECIATE IT.

A huge ruckus developed recently over the new Nokta Legend, and a debate over the desirability of an iron bias control. One main argument against such a control came up repeatedly. It’s too dangerous to include. The thought is it could be misadjusted by people who don’t know what they are doing, so it’s best left off. Really? The sensitivity/gain, if set incorrectly, can cause lost targets. Disc settings when set wrong, can cost lost targets. Recovery speed, if set wrong, can cost lost targets. Set the volume too loud, you can damage your hearing! I could go on, but I think I’ve made the point. Any control worth having will cause issues if set improperly. So will sweeping too fast or too slow, coil too far off the ground, etc. There is nothing especially different, or “more dangerous,” about the iron bias control, than any other control on the detector. Long story short, I’m not a fan of dumbing stuff down just because some people will not bother how to learn how to do something correctly, and mess with things they know nothing about. We have default settings for people who do not know what a control does, and they should not mess with the default, unless they know why they are doing it. And if they do, and they miss stuff, frankly, that’s on them. Don’t make people who do understand what they are doing pay the price, for those who don’t care to learn. They have plenty of models to choose from, while full featured models are few and far between.

5) TESTING THE DEUS2 11" ON A NAIL BED : --------------------------------------------- After having tested the Deus2 in medium iron trash conditions , it is time to go to the next level : the high iron trashed areas ... I have a dedicated testing area for this , a wood near a small town where the soil is infested with irons and pottery fragments dating from the medieval ages up to the modern times , then extreme conditions. As I use to go here since 7 or 8 years for my tests and as the wood is quite small (around 200X100 yards) , the area is pounded and there are very few targets left. Then it is really very difficult to find new ones .. Especially with big 11" sized coils ... This time I have decided to use the WS6 headphones with the RC as master . Which means that I change the settings on the RC , the WS6 acting like simple wireless headphones .. With the RC in my pocket to save weight as usual. Testing the P1 - GENERAL mode : Ok lets go ... I start with the P1- GENERAL mode . I am a little surprised because it works very well in the irons for a "general" detection mode 🙂... This Deus2 FMF is really fast and it outperforms ( for me ) the other SMF detectors in the trash even when using this basic detection mode . Testing the P2 - SENSITIVE mode : As I have not much time I decided to change to the P2 - SENSITIVE mode that I have already used during my previous outings . I immediately noticed a difference , this mode is faster than the GENERAL mode and it is better in the trash. As usual with my XP detectors I use the factory modes with just slight changes of the settings ... The PWM audio is very efficient but I preferred to change to SQUARE which is softer and very efficient too .. I also changed from 3 to 5 tones as I need a little more target audio info. I definitely like this SENSITIVE mode because it is quiet between the targets and very accurate-fast on targets ... 🙂 ✌️ For me it the most performing mode in the irons. I found a few targets with it including a modern 5C modern coin see pics below ... Testing the P3 - SENSITIVE FT mode : I have only quickly tested this mode but I found it a little too noisy compared to the SENSITIVE mode. Testing the P4 - FAST mode : Only a quick testing with this mode too but I am not a great fan of the PITCH audio then back to the SENSITIVE mode .. CONCLUSION , THE WINNER IS ... 1ST ) SENSITIVE 2ND ) SENSITIVE FT & FAST 3RD ) GENERAL The Deus2 11" showed very impressive results during this test , finding new targets easily in this "extreme area" , knowing that the 11" is a big coil and that the results would have probably been better with a 9" coil. Now I have no doubt that the XP Deus2 is the best machine I have ever tested/used during 20+ years detecting, especially in the iron trash where I spend most of my detecting time ... 👍 🙂 Note : As I had not enough time , I did not test the PARK mode I will test it later ... A few pics : On the way to the testing area : The testing area : The Deus2 with the RC and the WS6 headphones : A 1st WW French cartridge : A very small target , perhaps a rivet : The SENSITIVE mode is a performer on nail beds ... : It is a 5 centimes 1966 French coin , I would have preferred an older one , but a coin is a coin 🙂: And the trash :

I thought it was a big deal when I was dredging in the mother lode rivers spending 8 to 10 hours a day underwater for a whole summer…but then when you spend two weeks working a hole through 12 feet of overburden only to find a Chinese coin in a crevice in the bedrock, you get real with yourself; those guys did it by hand after they flumed the whole section of the river they were working in first. cheers

Went out to the local football field for about an hour and a half. I was running the Equinox with the 5x10 and focusing on lower tones while running in Park 1, 4 recovery, all metal, and 22 sensitivity. It rang in a strong 7-8 and was down under a small root about 4-5 inches down just a little over a foot away from the fence. Looks to be 14K. Still plenty of pull tabs left for the future!

This really highlights the problems with people literally racing each other to get videos up on YouTube. It’s all too common for the machines to be improperly adjusted, as people barely take time to read manuals, let alone learn the detector. It is so bad I long since stopped watching detector videos, as I consider them an almost complete waste of my time. I’m not saying that about anyone else, or taking a swing at people who like watching videos. That’s just me and how useful I find videos for my detecting. Do take them all with a huge grain of salt, as even the most honest of people make mistakes in these videos. Most importantly, few provide Fe3O4 ground readings, making most tests invalid, again, as far as I personally am concerned. I used to think everyone with a detector was a liar, what with all these quotes about dimes at 10” - 14”, but that was before I realized my ground is just far worse than theirs.

JULY 18 1936 We ended up with another ounce from the last of the trench gravels. We sat around at breakfast and talked about everything that had taken place recently and tried to figure up a new plan to mine. I told everyone we will just go back to basics and start prospecting the fault line again. I told them we are getting good gold for our efforts and don’t be discouraged. We were still all talking at camp when we noticed a large group of prospectors heading up the creek & right behind them another group. They were all dressed in new clothing and packing heavy gear. I hollered out to them and we started walking over in their direction. They said someone at the tavern had talked about making a big strike about 4 miles up the creek high on the mountain. He said there were nuggets found the size of gold eagles. The word had spread all over town. There were more prospectors on the way out to the mountain besides them. I told them what was going on and to be careful. I also told them it sounded kind of odd that someone who had discovered a big deposit would be in town bragging about it at the tavern. They listened to what I said but I could tell they all had a bad case of the fever. After they left we all shook our heads. We doubted there was any big gold strike like they said but more likely some drunken prospector shootin off his mouth in town. Now we had to worry about more strangers with gold fever roaming the mountain. Will stayed at camp to guard our goods and the rest of us went up to the dig area to try to find gold. We walked south of the mined out trench about 100 feet where I saw a likely place to test. It looked like the old boys had worked there at one time but there appeared to be virgin gravels remaining. I dug down about two feet and we took some quarter buckets up to the tub to pan. We had some real nice color and chunky gold in the pans which was enough to make me want to work it. I don’t know how much is there but we gave it a go. John dug with us until we loaded up 20 buckets on the truck and he drove them down to the creek and Will came back up with the truck. It was real easy digging and some nice small rounded channel rock. The day ended with 265 buckets. We’ll see what tomorrow’s weigh tells us about this spot. TO BE CONTINUED ................................

Because I dont see any major weakness with the Deus2 up to now : 1) it is very fast and excellent in the irons , even better than the Deus1 that was already a reference in the iron trash 2) it seems to go deep, deeper than the Deus1 ( I need to do a field test to confirm this ) 3) it has a new and excellent optional SQUARE audio which is softer than the little 'scratchy" Deus1 historical PWM audio 4) it is by far the lightest SMF detector available at the moment , especially with the 9" coil However this applies to my local conditions . Your local conditions in the US may be different with mineralized soil , EMI due to different power lines freqs etc ... The best thing for you would be to test the D2 before buying but it is not always possible ... Just my opinion ...

Mr. High Energy. That's cool. I see a "Folgers" commercial in the future.

Thanks VL, Well, I guess I'll be taking a detector to the Bahamas sometime during the next year. Being on the show was intense but memorable and exciting! BTW - Pat was so nice to me. He seems like a wonderful person.

Thank you for a really great story. Reminds me of a Jack London book (?) on the Klondyke my father had, thick, mismatched, yellowed pages and all. Set me on the road to a geological career I've never regretted. I guess that detectors won't be much use is pothole country given their relative depth limitations compared to a pothole. Have you used or considered using Ground Penetrating Radar in your current efforts? For that matter has anybody else on the forum used GPR as a companion to detectors? I've considered it but it's a big investment. In the US there should be contractors to use. It should work a treat on dry gravels over irregular bedrock which you seem to have. GPR is the go-to approach for dry-land, alluvial diamonds in Africa.

It's actually VERY easy to do. Spend ten minutes a day less on all the detecting forums and you can be a FB group admin expert in a week!! For a small fee, I can show you how to set it up the next time I see you....it'll only cost you one gold coin, hey you have 16, it's not like you're going to miss ONE 😂

Hi there.... I got an email from the poster of the video: ''I have deleted this video and have made this right with another video showing the tone break tips. And Calabash is deleting his video of my clips too. I am getting away with the tone break at 9 and am having great results. I am sorry about the commotion. We are all learning with this machine and it is a powerful machine. Just a little adjustments to some settings will increase the odds at getting small gold with all machines. I can't wait for the 6" coil...it should be very fun. Keep smiling and cheers.'' THANK YOU!!

Now ain’t that the truth. I thought the thingy below was going to be just another piece of can slaw…rang up as a 41 on the ol’ Deus 1 - doh!

I will never forget the time I had just gotten off work (where we do wear orange safety vest when driving the equipment). And I had gone straight to an oldtown demolition site in our city. A 1920s theater that was being prepped for teardown. So the insides were being gutted for any salvage materials. So for a day-or-two, a few of us made sport of finding coins in all the nooks and crannies around the yesteryear concession stand, ticket booth, air-vent-grates, etc... A few of us were md'ing there, making quite a racket with our crowbars, when we heard a cop on a loudspeaker outside , ordering us to "come out with our hands up ". Apparently a neighboring business had heard some of this after hours racket, and thought someone was up to no-good inside there ! We emerged from the dark building, out to the exterior. But he took one look at me, wearing my yellow vest, and busted out laughing. Said : "Oh, sorry to bother you guys. Didn't know you were still working this late. Someone called because they thought homeless persons were in here up to no good. Carry on. Sorry to bother you". And he left. It was only THEN that I realized that I was still wearing a yellow vest. And this had led him to assume we were workers. I'm fine with that. We went back inside and resumed our work 🙂

Hey Guys, I'm not here to get into a battle about the authenticity of the nugget, it's a real deal. The finder has been a long time customer/friend and the nugget was found in a historical goldfield here in Arizona noted for large gold. This is just one of many that have been found there since the discovery of this location. I personally have other pictures of this same nugget. As much as everyone want to have proof, I'm sure if the owner dropped it in your very hand, someone would walk away and say "it was bought, he never found it," "it wasn't really found here in AZ," and so forth .... I have found some really beautiful gold and I still have people doubting my own finds and they were no where close to 30-40 ounces or better. There are just too many doubter. The person never had to share the find and wasn't going to until he thought maybe he could at least win something from Minelab by sharing it. You would think a nugget find like that would at least deserve a small prize as it was found deep and with a Minelab GPZ 7000 metal detector. Heck, I sold them the GPZ 7000, I should have gotten at least a hat out of the deal .... LOL To my point, why not take it as a great find, encouragement that pieces like that are still possible to find. P.S. You know it's possible to find a massive vein, it's possible to find a trophy nugget, anything can be possible if you believe in yourself and really try hard. The ones that will never find something are the "armchair" quarterbacks. Just my thoughts, the next swing of the coil might be yours. Rob

Seeing these parts are getting scarce and I needed a battery door for a Cibola I whipped up one and printed it out. Seems to be working well. I used an SLA printer but recommend an FDM or SLS print as they would be stronger. Better choise of material would be ABS or PLA. Can files can be found on my onedrive here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjccxQu5QhuelFqzB1wbY0LvAHz7 There are a slew of 3d print houses out there ie shapeways etc. Enjoy!

I found this 1930 Standing Liberty Quarter while nugget shooting in a small saddle overlooking Placerita creek near Wagoner, AZ. Although It was tarnished, it appeared to be in pristine condition showing little or no wear. I looked up miner's wages for Placerita Creek in 1930, which was the first year of the Great Depression. They were paid .25 cents a day, so the person who lost the quarter, lost a day's pay! I couldn't help but feel compassion for the miner wondering what the impact on his family had been. So, to all the miners, prospectors and gold hunters who venture forth in pursuit of their golden dreams: May your pokes always be full, and may your pockets never have holes in them!

I only see these at the Post Office. Never expected to dig one up. Found it behind the backstop of a softball field. I guess I need to add it to my bucket list so I can cross it off. Ironically, I’ve been looking for an intact beaver-tail pop top for a long time. I want to show young people how we decorated our dorm rooms with pop top chains back in the Dark Ages.

Was looking at Different websites and Most don't have the Legend in stock(Kellyco also} Pre Ordered mine with a 10% off discount and No Tax and free delivery and UPS will have it to me on Weds.(Final cost $571.50} Winter will not be over in the Poconos for at least another Month so I am glad I was able to be the 1st ones to get one and not sure if the newest update will be installed on it.I feel with the Economy is that there might be a price increase soon since everything else is going up in price.Just Glad that they did not increase the price today.................JT

I should also add that I found a large kettle at the souther end of the faultline about 1500 ft south of Jed's mine works. This was actually at the top of the fault and maybe 60 - 70 ft above the bottom. It was about 100 ft X 75 ft and 25 ft deep. It was very obvious and looked like it had been mines or partially mined but not sure if bedrock was found. When I discovered this it was by accident and I was alone and getting ready to leave the area for home. I had little time but getting in there was tough and getting back out even tougher. I found it by walking the ridge of the fault down there which is very remote. I had been following fresh bear tracks as well. It made me a little nervous as I had forgot my bear spray and my gun was locked in my truck far away. I know - stupid of me. Anyway, when I was making a decision to go in out popped a very large black bear higher up the game trail on top the ridge maybe 50 yards from me. I decided not to go in there because I wasn't sure what that bear would do. That is the first place I want to explore and test gravels at. I think carrying a small 12 V puffer drywasher up there would work well in the dry summer. No water anywhere near it.

This is Paystreak’s “corrected” Legend detecting gold chains video. Jeremy is a stand up guy who doesn’t mind apologizing and showing how careful one needs to be when videoing the process of learning a new detector

Yes, it’s true. Could post here photo of the full mineralization graphic only after taking a screenshot of the video. As El Nino says, it disappears too much quickly. It makes you nervous..

Beach hunt # 27 was a grueling one. 9 hours of hunting with a little bit of testing out a new shaft system for the GPX. I got tired of the shaft twisting because of a worn-out cam lock, so I asked Steveg to see if he could make me one of his shafts. He agreed and yesterday was my first ever trial of his products. Now, I’m not one to be soft on my machines so I decided to try his shaft out with an 18” DD coil from Detech. If it can handle that weight, then it is a go for me. 2 hours spent swinging that beast and the shaft performed flawlessly. The handle I used was the original Minelab handle, snugged down as much as I dared to, so it would not break. It only moved briefly once when I was swinging the coil very fast. Nice job Steve, I’ll be in touch for the next one as a custom design. So, with that testing done I swapped to the 14” anti-interference coil that I have been using recently. The 18” DD coil just couldn’t handle the EMI, even on cancel mode. I think running a GPX in non-cancel mode and having the coil do the canceling is the future of EMI mitigation. The hunt started out slow as I was continuing from where I left off last hunt. I was worried I would not get much from this section, but it stared to give up some silver halfway through the hunt. By the end of it, I had a really good hunt with an unexpected W/L Half showing up as well. No gold, but a very defined layer of targets came to light. Most of the nickels were early Jeffersons from the 40’s as were most of the wheat cents. Most of the dimes were Mercuries from that decade too. Same for the Washington quarters. Unfortunately, I was barely able to hear these targets not because of the coil, but because my depth dropped when the train was active. I was still getting between 12” to 18” on targets. I am more impressed with this coil than I was when I first started to use it. I’m going to give this beach a break for a bit and hit another area. There’s a guy that just bought an EQ 600 and he wants to hit a beach and ask me some questions, so it’s off to his place next week. I am really happy that the GPX has a nice, solid shaft and that the anti-interference coil works at my most severe EMI beach. It really helps to have your machines set up properly. Very happy to get a chance to dig in the sand and enjoy the sunshine.

Just arrived today--very sharp small coil, tests very deep. Reminds me of the ol' Cuda--very lively. Quite happy with this purchase. cjc

18th century[edit] Immediately after independence, the United States used a variety of units of measure, including Dutch units and English units.[5] The 1789 Constitution grants Congress the authority to determine standards of measure, though it did not immediately use this authority to impose a uniform system. The United States was one of the first nations to adopt a decimal currency, under the Coinage Act of 1792. In 1793, Thomas Jefferson requested artifacts from France that could be used to adopt the metric system in the United States, and Joseph Dombey was sent from France with a standard kilogram. Before reaching the United States, Dombey's ship was blown off course by a storm and captured by pirates, and he died in captivity on Montserrat.[5] 19th century[edit] In 1832, the customary system of units was formalized.[6] In the early 19th century, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the government's surveying and map-making agency, used a meter standard ("Committee Meter", French: Mètre des Archives) brought from Switzerland.[7][8] Shortly after the American Civil War, the 39th United States Congress protected the use of the metric system in commerce with the Metric Act of 1866[9] and supplied each state with a set of standard metric weights and measures. In 1875 the United States solidified its commitment to the development of the internationally recognized metric system by becoming one of the original seventeen signatory nations to the Metre Convention, also known as the Treaty of the Metre.[10] The signing of this international agreement concluded five years of meetings in which the metric system was reformulated, refining the accuracy of its standards. The Metre Convention established the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et mesures, BIPM) in Sèvres, France, to provide standards of measurement for worldwide use. Under the Mendenhall Order of 1893, metric standards, developed through international cooperation under the auspices of BIPM, were officially adopted as the fundamental standards for length and mass in the United States, though some metric standards were used in practice before then. The definitions of United States customary units, such as the foot and pound, have been based on metric units since then. The 1895 Constitution of Utah, in Article X, Section 11, originally mandated that: "The Metric System shall be taught in the public schools of the State." This section was repealed, effective July 1, 1987.[11][12] On July 4, 1876, Melvil Dewey (known for his Dewey Decimal Classification) incorporated the American Metric Bureau in Boston[13] to sell rulers and other metric measuring tools. Dewey had hoped to make his fortune selling metric supplies.[14]

I agree. Default settings, advanced user settings etc. There are ways to keep the novice out of trouble if they don’t want to learn. I understand perfectly minimization on a machine like the Simplex. When it comes to your top of the line however, it should cater to the advanced user or provide the advanced user access to advanced controls. Everyone can have their cake and eat it too it would seem. Part of the problem quite honestly is that Nokta Makro is hyper aware and very sensitive to what often amounts to unearned criticism during the learning curve. That hyper awareness is often a double edged sword. It leads to engagement with customers and incorporating feedback, but the sensitivity and the rush to get to the top of the industry often makes for bad optics. More controls are more chances for controversy in their view I’m sure. But as they are learning, controversy can arise by omission as well. Better to ensure the machine has the ability than to leave it out.

Off Grid: you have a very good point. Ground Penetrating Radar may be of value in detecting depth to bedrock and possibly the unevenness of the bedrock surface. This then could theoretically predict the presence of "kettles" and potential gold collection sites. This link (https://www.guidelinegeo.com/ground-penetrating-radar-gpr/) provides a general overview of the process and its capabilities. Another potential tool is a shallow seismic survey. Such surveys can be conducted with field portable equipment and the energy source for the wave is either a "shot shell" or a sledge-hammer on a steel plate. I have been involved with such surveys on abandoned mine tailings and seismic surveys worked well in that environment. GM: From my experience it appears that it may be worthwhile to at least contact a vendor for a discussion of capabilities to learn if either method is a worthwhile tool for your specific application. Just more food for thought and best wishes on your endeavor.

" I have now no doubt that the XP Deus2 is the best machine I have ever tested/used during 20+ years detecting, especially in the iron trash where I spend most of my detecting time ... 👍 🙂 " I'm enjoying your review of the Deus 2 and thank you for all the work you have put into it...as someone that is still on the fence about getting this detector I rely a lot on what I am seeing written on the internet and watching videos as well... I already have a Nox 800 (4 diff coils) and a Deus 1 with 9" stock and HF coils both of which are tried and true detectors in my arsenal. I wound be interested to know why you think the Deus 2 is the best detector you have ever tested? strick

If all the bars were touching each other, the unit set on max sensitivity, with no EMI, there might be a good chance to get a hit with it. Some others might be able to give you a better opinion about it as they may have used one. I read some of the articles on here about it and think that you would have a chance with it. Just take your time with it and be used to the unit so it gives you a better chance. You could always make some 1 kilo bars out of lead to test it out first so you know what the tones would be. The 800 would be a better choice to have a chance at that depth. Good luck

Um. Ok then. Good luck with that.

Video of same gold chain with tone break set at 9

Were the halves still in the paper wrapper? Lol!

I'd sure never want to buy any of his used detectors "hundreds and hundreds of times with the Simplex" In 45 years of detecting, I've never found a need to drop or throw a detector. Just sayin'

I always weigh the detectors as an important part of my testing procedure . Here are the results : CC : coil cover RC : Deus2 wireless control box 1) DETECTORS WEIGHTS : --------------------------- - Deus2 9" , RC in the pocket without CC = 800g ( estimation based on NCtoad's post ) - Deus2 11" , RC in the pocket without CC = 880g - Deus2 11" , RC in the pocket + CC = 930g - Deus2 9" ,, RC on shaft without CC = 950g ( estimation based on NCtoad's post ) - Deus2 11" , RC on shaft without CC = 1030g - Equinox 11" without CC = 1260g - Legend 11" without CC = 1320g ( estimation based on cal_cobra's post ) - Deus2 9" , RC on shaft + CC = 990g ( see NCtoad's post ) - Deus2 11" , RC on shaf + CC = 1080g - Equinox 11" + CC = 1320g - Legend 11" + CC = 1370g ( see cal_cobra's post ) 2) PARTS WEIGHTS : ---------------------- - Coil without CC : - Deus2 9" = 330g ( see NCtoad's post ) - Deus2 11" = 420g - Equinox 11" = 420g - Legend 11" = ? - Coil with CC : - Deus2 9" = 370g ( see NCtoad's post ) - Deus2 11" = 470g - Equinox 11" = 470g - Legend 11" = ? - Control Box/RC : - Deus2 = 150g - Equinox = 320g estimation ( digital cb plus battery minus plastic handle) - Legend = ? A few pics : - Deus2 11" RC in the pocket without CC : - Deus2 11" + RC + CC : - Deus2 11" coil without CC : - Deus2 RC:

Me too!

You're famous now Compass ! Millions of people have seen you on TV . That counts ! Congrats

As far as I can tell, it’s a heart shaped or clover looking thing 🙄 It’s pierced as if a pendant or earring. But it’s very thin and without any decoration. It broke when I dug it out, so I trapped the pieces in tape.

I agree. Today for the first time (because of this thread), I checked the mineralization graph a few times just out of curiosity. The screen alternates so fast after pumping the coil I barely have time to see the graph much less being able to count the bars to compare to other areas. Sometimes I may want to post that the area I hunted had “7 bars on the mineralization graph” but it changes so fast I’d have to pump the coil multiple times to be able to count those little bars.

I’m not losing sleep over it either. I do wonder at times about how many gold rings I’ve passed over because I was too lazy to dig another pulltab. 😂

And alternate screen display doesn’t help on this regard. Don’t like alternate screen display. With D1 I always put rc in my pocket...D2 is a new toy and during first months, checking often the screen, I have noticed that the alternating screen is freaking out, mineralization strength graphic is something disturbing..

Haha, yeah it's good relations to give back the sentimental and otherwise personal stuff you find on a permission. For sure it leads to more! I already gave this landowner one small box with stuff from his family's Civil War history. I put some of the finds in a 3x5" Riker case. It doesn't pain me much to part even with some of the good ones. One of the other big landowners doesn't really care what I find, as long as we can have discussions about the history of the land he owns. He knows everything! I could not have thought of a more interesting thing to do when I retired. 👍

HELLO ALL! THERE IS NO ISSUE! PLEASE STOP MAKING INACCURATE COMMENTS/CONCLUSIONS ON THE LEGEND. 1) READ THE MANUAL!! 2) IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: 1) THERE IS NO BOTTLE CAP REJECTION ON THE MACHINE! 2) PARK MODE IS DESIGNED FOR COIN AND JEWELRY HUNTING IN URBAN AREAS AND PARKS WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF MODERN TRASH (ALUMINUM FOIL, PULL-TABS, BOTTLE CAPS ETC.) PRESENT. THIS MODE IS OPTIMIZED FOR MID TO LARGE COINS AND JEWELRY. THE DEFAULT DISCRIMINATION IS SET TO REJECT TARGET IDS UP TO AND INCLUDING 11 TO ELIMINATE IRON AS WELL AS ALUMINUM FOIL. IF YOU SET THE TONE BREAK TO 10, THEN YOU WILL GET A NON-FERROUS TONE FOR THAT TARGET!!!

Another side note on the oldtimer who frequented the bar in town back in the 1960's : I was trying to recall my conversation with him and what I could put on here as far as information & maybe I can put more info in the book that's coming. He said he was in his 20's back then and I met him in 2013. He passed away since. This oldtimer who I won't name told me there used to be a lot of old guys in the bar back in the 1960's who talked about Jed's crew and the big gold strike on the mountain. Some of them remembered the mine co operative and recalled hearing about multiple shootouts up there. They also told him there were a lot of thugs in the area back then. The part of his story that interested me the most was this - there was an old guy that told him he was a prospector back in the 1930's and had gone up the creek with a few other prospectors and recalled meeting 4 people mining in the location of our claims and maps. He said they had actually talked with them about gold and where some hot spots might be located. He remembered 2 younger guys in their 20's & 2 guys in their mid 30's or early 40's. He recalled that when they met them they all had guns at the ready and it scared the hell out of the prospectors because they thought they might get shot for asking about gold. He said the guy told him they were a rough looking crew and wouldn't want to mess with them but also said they were friendly enough once they started talking with them and saw they weren't a threat. Another fascinating thing he told me was that he had talked with the son of the barkeeper who used to work there back in the 1930's and help clean the place & haul shipments. He told him about a big brawl that took place between a couple of miners and a logging crew. There were 2 miners and 5 loggers. The fight started over a couple of woman who were girlfriends of 2 of the loggers but the gals were paying a lot of attention to the miners. Somehow punches started flying and they were all going at it and the bar got all busted up. I'm thinking that must have been the fight Jed talked about in the journal. The barkeeper's son told him the mine boss came in late that night and paid them for the damages and wasn't in a very good mood. That's about all I can remember about that conversation with him back in 2013.

I bet OBN makes it 🤩 He makes everything else for it 😆 Glad to see Fisher is still doing something with the AQ

You guys need a magnetic sign for you vehicle too, so you can better access critical areas.

Why does it have to perform equal to Deus 1 in iron??? For me, if it can eventually detect as well and accurately as an Equinox while having better build quality and waterproofing, that is enough for me to consider it as a viable option. It is not specifically a competitor of Deus.