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Yesterday I decided to go to a field near a small town where I have already been a few times . The soil is sandy and moderately mineralized , it is very easy to dig here I like this area .. I will use always the same settings for the Deus2 , SENSITIVE 5 TONES , SQUARE audio . This is the best mode for my kind of hunting and I am experienced with it now .. First signal and first coin , a Double Tournois from Henri IIII , 1598 ... A good start .. A little corroded but a nice find. A few minutes later , an other old coin , but this one is both worn and damaged . But this is interesting because both coins have been found in a relatively small area and I decide to stay in this area instead of going further in the field like I did the previous times .. As usual I find 1st WW trash , schrappnells , bullets , casings etc ... Detecting over here requires patience because of all this modern trash . Now I have a medium tone clean signal , it takes a little time to locate the target because it is a thin one ... Wow its a silver , a very old silver , a Carolingian coin dating from the 9th century !!! . 😺✌️ 💥 🤣 Bad luck the coin is damaged and unfortunately breaks when I try to clean it . I am not surprised because these coins ( around 1,5g ) are very thin and fragile . Anyway what a find .. Awesome... I have only found 2 of them during 23 years of detection , this is my 3rd Carolingian coin 🙃👌... I like these coins , and it is difficult to imagine that this one has been waiting during 1200 years before bringing back to life ... I will spend one more hour in the field , with more classical finds but nothing as spectacular as this silver coin. Btw I have tried DEEP HC a few minutes but I found it a little too slow for detecting in this field with all this iron trash. A few pics : The field : A double tournois , Henri IIII , 1598 : The broken Carolingian coin : A medieval coin weight : A few neighbours 🙂: End of the day , time to go back home : The Carolingian coin after cleaning , Denier , Louis 1er Le Pieux , 814-840 , HLUDOVICUSIMP XPISTIANARELIGIO Thanks to my trusty Deus2 WS6 .. 🙂 :

Out to the ball field again after the rain and wind. Thankfully there was not much damage here. Using the 15" again with the Equinox gave great depth. The Mercury dime (only my 5th ever) sounded sweet using 50 tones. I have found quite a few silver coins where the sandy soil meets the layer underneath with just sand and shells. I'm guessing this layer was dredged from the gulf and put down many years ago. Either the coins came with the fill, or the coins stop their migration through the sandy soil when they hit that layer (second-to-last pic). Two wheats (1944 & 1955) and a Canadian penny (1955) also sounded nice. One of them was in the high 30's... thought for sure it was silver. Elizabeth looks much better than Abe! Anyone know what the cylinder-like item is? Maybe a percussion cap? Do those have holes in? Park 1, 4 recovery, 50 tones, all metal, 24 sensitivity

It's been hard going in the ring recovery business for a while.. It hasn't helped that our local council has dumped about a metre of sand on top of the island's most productive beaches to counter erosion.. Despite the school holidays and a major surf lifesaving carnival last week, I'm only finding a few freshly dropped coins.. All this changed this morning when a gentleman contacted me on my ring recovery Facebook page with a very accurate description of where he lost his wedding ring.. Although I had to go for a scuba dive to recover it, the ring was exactly where he said he dropped it.. Using my trusty PulseDive it took about half a minute to find it.. He was a very happy fella and gave me a $50 reward.. Not too bad for less than a minute's work..

That's two successful ring recoveries in a week.. If this keeps up I'll be able to retire a wealthy man.. It was another very easy recovery.. The lady who owns this ring send me a photo of the tree she was sitting under when she lost it.. Took about 2 minutes to find it.. If only all recovery jobs were this easy.. I've just send her a message to say I've found it but it's still early in the morning here (6:30) so no reply yet.. She told me this ring had a lot of sentimental value and there would be a reward if I found it.. I'll keep you posted..

So this morn I jump in the PU, batteries, coffee, coffee cup, gold vile, lunch, smokes, lighter, glasses, full tank...all good to go! Get 3/4 of the way to my diggings and realize I'm still wearing my f'n slippers! Almost turned around but thought WTF lets give it a shot?...lol. Pulled it off and dig 10-12 (?) itty bitties but it sure wasn't smooth going. If you have dementia creeping in don't forget to check your footwear BEFORE you leave the shack.....

Nice finds Condor, hope you find one big enough to use for a doorstop. All the best, Lanny

The reason I have not made an entry in two days is because the most incredable thing has happened to me. I suppose this has something to do with treasure but of a different kind. While cleaning out a very old desk I came across a large envelope. I don't think this envelope had seen the light of day in many, many years. When I opened it I was quite surprised to find all kinds of information on my step grandfather's time in the Army/Airforce during WW2. He passed away in 1987 & never talked about the war. He was in the 432nd Fighter Squadron of the 475th Fighter Group. The 475th formed in Australia in May of 1942. In this large envelope is a treasure trove of information. He kept a journal documenting his travels & activities from 1941 until his discharge in 1945. The 432 flew the P38. There is also his King Neptunes Certificate for crossing the equator on Feb 21, 1942. This is not a copy but the original. I also have his SWPA (South West Pacific Area) V Fighter Command book with all the commadations given to the group. One entry even contains a Priority Secret message to General Wurtsmith from General Macarthur. I am still going through all this material and have been doing so for the past two days. There are so many untold stories of the brave men who fought for our freedoms during WW2 and now my goal is to tell his. I am the last one who can do it. I feel it is my sacred duty. Here is his picture. I am so very proud of him & to say I knew him.

Today finishes 1 week of detecting. We're still detecting the same patch and getting some gold every day. There are literally hundreds of dig holes on this patch, so we're trying to concentrate on deeper zones with the Xcoil Concentric. I ran the big 17" just as hot as I could in High Yield/Difficult. Fortunately, the Concentric runs pretty quiet in the hotrocks, but it's still a lot of audio to endure. I burned out after 6 hrs, but it was the most productive day so far. The tiny nuggets were killing me with pinpointing and hole size so after I had the hole opened up, I started using the 6000 as a pinpointer. The nuggets we're chasing are just out of range for the 6000. 1 more day on this patch then off to greener pastures. We're going to leave gold to find gold I think. 2 days of photos, I'm closing in on half oz. Biggest 1.87 gram

Beach hunt #4 is at a new beach. This one is pretty trashy up top, so the Equinox played most of the hunt. Total hunt was 9 ½ hours with the Nox doing 7 hours and the GPX 2 ½ hours. Great weather day and crowds were nonexistent for the most part. This is definitely the party beach as there were tons of bottle caps, some exposed, and a lot of foil, which I did not dig. Most of the time was spent waiting for the tide to go down so I could get away from the trash and concentrate on missed coins. Not a lot of goodies but one large silver ring. Next week at another new stop. I’m trying to expand out a bit. Great to be out hunting and enjoying the weather while it lasts.

So 170,000 views? No way!! Will have some more entries up for the weekend. Thanks to every one of the readers. And a big thanks to Steve for letting me post it here.

It was his accurate description and a lot of luck that I descended straight above where he lost it.. I was very surprised as well, normally it takes a lot longer or I don't find anything at all.. It turned out good advertising as it's school holidays right now and there was a crowd watching me.. As I hate being a performing monkey, much to my horror he let everyone know what I was doing so the pressure was on.. I went down and nearly straight away came back up with his ring.. I made it look too easy.. A few people wanted to know what sort of metal detector it was, I'm sure PulseDive sales have skyrocketed overnight.. Nokta/Makro should pay me a huge commission for my sales effort.. 😁

She told me she bought the ring for herself when she beat cancer 6 years ago.. I've just heard back from her and I'm sending it by post to her house on the mainland.. I told her not to worry about a reward as I'm happy she got her ring back.. She said that was ridiculous and will send me a reward anyway.. Happy days!

I’d like to report that the wait is worth it, as continued field use, and the feedback it generates, is resulting in improvements to the Axiom platform. It’s not like people are sitting around doing nothing with the time. Rushing Garrett in any way will not help anyone get a better product. Patience with a capital P is the name of the game at this point.

Those are awesome finds, palzynski, well done! It looks like you have you're killing it with your WS6 Master setup. It's hard for us in the US to imagaine any coins that old except for the very rarely found 1600s Spanish coin. Detecting on top of thousands of years of history must be absolutely magical! 😵

Oops, my bad. I searched for previous posts on the topic before I posted, but I typed "5x10" instead of "10x5" in the search window. Thanks nonetheless for the responses. I think I'll go with the Coiltek 10x5 due to its ability to penetrate bush. We have a lot of alfalfa up here in the fields. Caragana was planted around many old homesteads in the past to act as a wind break. It really makes detecting challenging. I know in my heart that I'm missing targets with the stock 11 inch coil.

The 'mystery item' looks like the ferrule fitted onto the end of Bowden cables, for example bicycle brake cables. Similar cables are used on automobiles, too.

Wow ! you found gold right there . Will look forward to his story . He looks very young in that photo .

Wow, if only we had such a rich history here. Congratulations on such great finds! 👍 Nice job with the Deus.

I get excited with a 120 year old coin and you find one 10 times as old. Heck, your consolation prize is over 400 years old.... Great work!

Folks might want to take a chill pill on this. I'll offer just one comment. Minelab has incurred considerable ongoing warranty costs as regards leakage issues with the Equinox. Not addressing these issues properly with Manticore, in effect being given a second chance at a known issue, would damn near be a firing offence for the engineers involved. Everyone makes mistakes, but the same one twice in a row? Put that into the calculator and chew on it a bit.

Yes, let's get back to the purpose of this forum... to post metal detecting information and ideas and discuss them rationally and without emotion. It is perfectly rational for Gigmaster to theorize about the cause of Equinox leaks as it pertains to his experience and his efforts to discover the cause. It is also logical to wonder if that problem might carry over to the M-Core because the charge port appears to be of the same design. It's also perfectly rational to post that video here, which was not intended to alarm and invoke people's emotional responses, but to open a dialog to discuss the possible ramifications to users who detect near and in the water. We will probably never know all of the reasons why some Nox units have leaked, but obviously some have. I still suspect a combination of sustained exposure to UV & high heat from the sun and saltwater which are all known to accelerate the degradation of plastics and rubber. However, it seems to me that M-Core has been made with obvious attempts to address the bulk of the complaints commonly posted about the Equinox, including the coil ears breakage, carbon fiber shaft, weight, control unit ergonomics, and arm cuff breakage, so it is logical to think that waterproofing would be addressed as well. However, we won't know anything about its water-tight characteristics until we seen it used in and under the water. So we'll just have to wait and see.

Great job - congrats on the recovery! Looks like platinum? You are a better man than I as I was offered $100 once for a return and didn't hesitate to accept it. I agree. Many years ago I took $100 for a ring recovery. I drove an hour to get to the beach at midnight to take advantage of the low tide. It took about an hour to find the ring. I split the $100 with my friend who told me the lost ring details. Right or wrong I'm sure I considered the persons apparent ability to pay the $100.

Sun Ray sold out a few years ago to a well known dealer on the east coast. As others have said, this will allow your detector discrimination settings, headphones and VDI to work with the probe. One thing to note is that it is not waterproof. He’s expecting to start shipping to his dealers in October. Wayne

Hey All My Name is Ciaran and I have been Metal detecting with various success for nearly 30 years. I focus primarily on Beach Detecting with the Minelab Equinox 800 but now giving the Nokta Legend a Shot. Looking forward to chatting with you all. Ciaran

I'm not a big fan of head to head tests, They generally are biased by so called similar settings and ground conditions and overall poor detecting skills. ANYONE who buy's a machine based on one of these video's and marketing campaign's deserve to have their wallet drained. I've run head to head with many kinds of machines and have Had my ass handed to me and in the reverse. I've run my lowly Compadre against an 800 and cleaned house, so to speak. I get tired of the, this is the best and that sucks BS. This is one of the reasons that I removed myself from this forum for a while. I needed a break from all the stupid. Detecting is 99% being in the right spot. After using many machines for many years I have concluded that EACH have certain things that make them better. That's why all of us run multiple machines. For me I have landed on Tesoros and the 800. ( Not saying they are the best, But they work for me in MY conditions). I hope that both minelab and XP do very well, But in the same breathe I'm not going to tell a new guy or gal that you should spend $1600 or $2000 on a machine because it's the best, cause it's new. I think a bunch of us know or have heard of the older detectors who never laid a hand on a so called modern machine, But yet we revere their skills and amount of finds. Please for the good of this hobby STOP saying one is better than the other, because it's just NOT true. WE are here to help each other and promote the future of metal detecting, not push them away. Sometimes it's the so called shit machine that you can afford AND gets you started AND makes you want to share with other's on a forum like DP. Focus people remember when you first started????? Show your finds, Congratulate each other and SHARE useful information. WE will all be better for it in the end.

May 27 1937 I did not sleep well last night. The Indian Shaman came to me in a dream but it seemed very real. He told me once again that our crew is big medicine. We are brave warriors and held in the highest regard by the ancient people. But he told me that we have been marked to return home and are at this time walking dead men. I was shaking when I got up and stoked the morning fire. Part of it was nerves and part was cold. The crew gathered around for breakfast and I did not mention what I had dreamt. I poured a good amount of whiskey into my coffee and started to think about the day ahead of me. Ben was anxious to work on the mine. I told him to take it easy and steady the first few days until his body got used to the hard work. We headed up to the dig site and cut back into our drift. This entire channel running east and west had good gold and had tested out well. I believed there were thousands of ounces of gold up here and aimed to get some of it. Ben was a good worker and he liked to talk while he dug. He told me how thankful he was to be with our crew and helping out in any way he could. He was real excited about finding the treasure and his part of it. I told him that hopefully we could make a deal to sell some or all of it. I wanted to keep some of it as well but every man would need to make his own decision on that. We worked until dusk and didn’t set any records for buckets but were able to send John 160 of them. It would be interesting to see what we got out of them because my test pans were showing a lot of coarse gold. At supper we all talked about the next day. We would be going into town to talk with the broker. John and I had come up with a plan to get him out to the mine and show him some examples of what we had and then go from there. We didn’t intend to let him leave knowing we had treasure. He would have to become a temporary partner. Once he was out here he was not going back to town. TO BE CONTINUED ......................

It's the same for me. No plugs allowed here, so I do the "SE" method too. Works great and it looks like this new Sun-Ray probe might be right up my alley. 😉

I would buy it again without hesitation. Enjoy using it, and keep us posted on finds you make with it.

The Garrett MS2 headphone is out for me. I need dual volume controls. I guess I'll get the adapter so I can use my White's Pro Star headphones.

The Master Sound HPs are not as loud as the newer Garrett MS2s. Don't overlook the excellent & deep Motion All Metal mode on the AT Gold.

This interests me for a few reasons. A couple of years ago, the subject of Sunray coils, and how they work, came up over on Geotech1 forum. I was working on building a version for my F75, which might also be duplicatable as a self-contained mini-detector. But I also realised that my Equinox could also be suitable for a 'Sunray' ... for one special reason. Everyone knows the Eq has a 'security' chip ( and some other electronics gubbins ) inside the coil ... hence no aftermarket coils. But the key feature of a Sunray probe is that the original coil is STILL ATTACHED . This permits the trick of using the 'security chip' of the main coil, while connecting the Sunray probe coil windings up to the detector. It's still quite a job to make a coil like this for the Eqx, so hats off to the engineers who did this. I never progressed to designing my own .. it was going to be larger, probably about 2.5" diameter.

Some nice gold there. My method for pinpointing with the Concentrics is lifting the coil high off the ground, the very center of the coil is deepest so you lift so the target response is small and go over the target area and you should be able to mentally narrow down where the target is to a degree. Here I use a green scoop on green ground, you're using an orange scoop on orange ground, we are just begging to lose them 🙂

Erik, No BS you might be the most generous detector on our forum. Hats off to you my friend. Glad to hear that your back at it making yourself and your clients happy. Hopefully you will find a big chunker that you can keep for your self. I might have to rename you the Detecting Monk for all the good that you do. Great story and recovery.

Your working hard for that Gold, Rye Patch area will seem easy on your return!

Thanks JCR, Colonial history is pretty cool and sadly lost on most people. A little known fact about early windows was that the more panes of glass, The more status you had. Say 12 panes over 12 panes or 9 over 9. I've restored more 18th century windows than most people have ever looked at. Another cool bit of info of 18th century housing is the stair newel post. look for a hole or an Ivory disc on top of the post. The Ivory disc represented that your debt or mortgage was paid, and was a thing to be proud of. It's very rare to find the ivory but you can always see the hole where it was mounted if the post is original. I suggest that everyone visit their local historical society and see what their towns past was. Thanks for being interested!!!!!

May 26 1937 Last night we drank whiskey and argued about what to do with the treasure. John said that if we tried to sell it we might lose it to our government or a foreign government because they might claim they had the rights to it. He said we needed to find a broker who would quietly and secretly line up the sale of either all or part of the treasure. It needed to be evaluated as to possible origin and value as well. This would not be easy and could lead to problems. John said that we should bury everything and station a guard at the site at all times until we figured out what to do. We all ended up agreeing on that plan. So before sunrise the treasure was once again under the ground with the exception of a few examples we could show a broker. The crew took the day off while John and I drove Sarge’s truck into town to get supplies and buy a new work truck. I found a good used one at a small dealer’s lot in town and we filled it up with a big load of supplies. When we were in the general store I asked if there were any good jewelry shops in the area. I was directed to a little shop on a side street and we drove over there to talk with the owner. When John and I walked in I asked the man if he was the owner. He said he was. Then I asked him if he knew any jewelry wholesalers who bought items. He gave me a phone number and we went to a private area and called the number. The broker was located in Reno. I told him we had some items that were of great value that we would like to sell and asked him if he could come to town to look at them. The broker told me he would be in that area in two days so I made an appointment to meet him at the jewelry store. That was all that was said and John and I drove the trucks back to camp. We unloaded the supplies and I fixed a big supper later on and we broke out the whisky and discussed everything. By now the crew had buried the bodies of all the outlaws. We were free of them. I asked every member of the crew if they were still in with me for the mining project. To a man they all said yes. I told them that we most likely had hit a great deposit of gold and needed to get back to working the ground. Will and Hudson were still not back to full strength and not up to digging so they would need to act as guards along with Sarge but Ben would go out to the site and help me dig. Sarge would remain on guard duty. Now that we had a plan we would get back to our jobs as miners. The going would most likely be slow for a while but I couldn’t hardly wait to get back to digging. The crew turned in for the night but I sat up for another hour drinking whiskey and remembering all the past events. I rolled a Burley and took a deep drag. The one thing that still bothered me was what the Indian Shaman had said. I just couldn’t get it out of my mind. TO BE CONTINUED ..................

I own a Profind 35, and it’s a great pinpointer, but the ferrous/nonferrous disc is very rudimentary at best. The Sun Ray probe uses your detector’s discrimination circuitry, so you get the same sounds and VDI numbers as when using the main coil… Basically using the full power and features of the Equinox as a 1” pinpointing coil. That and the depth are the main selling points of the Sun Ray.

I honestly thought Sun Ray went under years ago, but they're back with an announcement of a new Sun Ray inline probe for the Equinox. Code Name: Nexus We are proud to announce the unveiling of the Equinox NX-1. This is a resigned from the ground up in-line pin-pointer. This product is weatherproof( not waterproof), with a carbon fiber probe assembly. Retail price is 249.00 https://fb.watch/fNFw71EUDS/

Anyone who is a serious beach hunter has had those screws that clamp to the shaft fail. There is no way that style of mount can take repeated torque and resistance from wave wash. I don't care what shaft is on the Equinox. All three machines that worked where I am failed.

If that's the case providng a shaft most people wanted to replace with something better has backfired on them, it might be why the mandible has a much nicer shaft, we shouldn't need to bother with aftermarket shafts. I find it hard to believe the connection between the pod and the shaft is involved in the waterproofing of the detector and if it is, is it any wonder they leak. It was probably just someone trying to justify the leaking to an upset client, easy thing to do is blame the aftermarket component so they can turn it around to it being the customers fault.

Big score any day now - you deserve it Steve!! But no matter what, enjoy the adventure.

My calculator says Minelab charges so much for its detectors because they have so many warranty issues! It might also be a reason for price increases in addition to currency rates.

Nice recovery! I would've taken the $100 and not thought twice about it. Factor in your experience, cost of your detecting gear, and scuba gear (how many detectorists also have the ability to scuba?) and I bet the ring looser wouldn't have had a second thought about the $100 finders fee. Hopefully he leaves a nice feedback for you on your Facebook page.

well done Steve , you look like you just came off the set of a Mad Max movie .

Rob's Detectors Forum is still up and running. He is a great guy to deal with as well.

Confirmed the other day that the chain is 14k. It's not the greatest but it sure beats those pesky 1oz liquor bottle caps I was digging half the day.

Seeing all of mine are from AUSTRALIA and your monitor is not large enough to fit it on, I will refrain for breaking the rules and not post my larges. 😜 By the way all of those USA nugget look great beside the one being eaten so next time Gerry shave before taking the photo. 😁

So I was detecting at the same park I found a old silver capped bust dime. Seen a dude I know who just talks to much and didn’t want this guy following me around like a puppy dog. I got in my car unseen to him, and went to another area. Looked like original ground, finding square nails in this area. Using equinox 800 with the 10 by 5 coil using Andy’s coin program but not discriminating anything, iron bias 0, recovery speed was 8. Gain 22. Found this, was about 9-10 inches down. Looks like a large cent? Thanks for any input anyone may give.

What part of the country are you in? Here in central Illinois I enjoy using the 10x5 because it is close to the 11in in depth. The advantage I have with it is the fact that I can get closer to fences, and swings at the parks. There are other reasons that I have been using the 10x5 which keeps the coil on the 800 and that is creek hunting. I just can't pass up a good creek and hoping to find a spot of gold in them.

Hello all. Jerry from Southern Kaliforniastan. Never been out before but I am excited to start. Been reading forums, researching awhile and thought I would take the plunge. I'm waiting for my Nokta Legend to arrive in the mail /w (6" coil / extra battery / Nokta pinpointer) . I have a friend that just purchased the Gold Bug 2 and another looking to purchase a used Gold Monster 1000. I live in the high desert, 30 minutes north of Los Angeles (91387 zip code) with LOTS of iron in the ground. Tons of dried up river beds and thousands of canyons/ravines. Mainly interested in hiking, looking for gold nuggets (if they exist here) Any suggestions where I can find maps/areas with known gold locations? Thanks, Jerry