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  1. While it's very early days atm for the NF 17 x 13, it's hardly a fizzer. I have used mine for 4 very short sessions. 1 session was patch hunting, and I didn't get a target. Next session was on an old patch where I was really just mucking around with some settings, as it was quite noisy, I ended up with a 7 gram nugget that I missed on my previous trips there. Next session was playing with settings again, and this time I got a 5 grammar, and speccie with 4 grams of nuggets and 4 grams of fines in it. So that's 20 grams of gold off a flogged out patch, just playing with settings that I still am not happy are the right ones yet. It's our tropical wet season here and thunder storms have just about finished the season for me now. While I have not used the x coils, which I am confident are excellent coils, I think the 17 x 13 nf will be a good coil for me. Covers plenty of ground, gives a good response, and punches as least as deep as the standard coil. Oh yeah, also picked up a .4 gram nugget at good depth. The patch I am working has had 2 x 6000s over it with 11", 17 x13 and the dd coils over it, my zed with 12" nf and gpx 5k with 14" coiltek elite. Now the 17 x 13 nf zed over it, but not in optimal settings, I'm still working on that....lol. It's not a dud coil, it's already paid for itself.
    7 points
  2. A friend of mine has been struggling with finding anything much with his detector. I offered to sell it for him on Ebay. Since I have had it for a few days and my messed up ankle can at least let me stand on it..... I decided to do a little US nickel/US quarter target ID accuracy test video featuring the XP Orx, Garrett Apex and Nokta Legend. It is only 3 minutes long or so. Nothing earth shattering or unexpected in this video from these three detectors that have very similar prices. A surface US nickel, a 4" deep US nickel and a 6" deep US nickel are detected for accuracy and signs of up and down averaging in high iron mineralized dirt. Same for a surface US clad quarter and a 6" deep US quarter. See if you can guess which detector is driving my friend crazy enough to just stop detecting for good.......
    6 points
  3. At a recent club meeting a couple of friends and I discussed hunting an old coal mining camp again that we had hunted a couple weeks prior. We had some success on the first visit to this site, but I wanted to see if some adjustments to some programs that I made on my XP Deus II would yield some better results. All of us are using the XP Deus II since this spring and have used them on club outings and on our own outings to sites that are loaded with cans, nails and ferrous Items that make detecting these sites tough and frustrating. I and many other people have detected this site many times before more than a decade ago, so it became one those so called “pounded sites” as finds had greatly diminished over time. The day started with breakfast at a local café that resulted in talking with some old timers that lived and knew about some of the coal mining camps in the area that resulted in some information on potential hunt sites in the future. We then headed off to the site and then split up with me starting on the far end of the site and the other two on the other end. This site has an abundance of cholla cactus, so it makes detecting interesting at times, but the wind was blowing steady that day at 30 mph with gusts of 60+ mph that made even more of a challenge. This coal mining camp was in existence from 1898 to 1935, so there is a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous finds from that period to be found. I came away with a 1912 D Barber Dime, 1890 Indian cent, religious medallion, thimble, some buttons, miner’s ID tag, two 5 cent and one 10 cent tokens, a cuff link. Also found was what I thought was a coin because of the reeded edge, was a wheel that turns the wick for an oil lamp (stamped Kosmos-Brenner) and a small brass case for matches or toothpicks? The tokens are not from this coal mining camp. Wonder what the letters mean on the reverse side of the religious medallion? Some of the junk found.
    5 points
  4. I am glad to report that my 6000 is on it’s way back to me. They found that my 11” coil was extremely touch sensitive and replaced it with a new GPX 11” Mono. They also did the external speaker fix, which they call an “Audio Modification” and are shipping it back to me today. It took exactly 2 weeks to the day. It sure seemed much longer then that!
    5 points
  5. FWIW - The six-inch round coil was not available until about 5 months after the Equinox was released. I confirmed this by going back through old posts on the forum. Looks like we started seeing people doing tests and comparisons in August - September 2018 (The Equinox was released in late January 2018).
    5 points
  6. This is true, to a large degree, but I want to add a nuance. Great explanatory post and IMO you added more than nuance. There are a couple things I'd like to add. 1) Sound information and light information enter our brains along different routes. I'm pretty sure each is separately analyzed differently in our brains. So even if the exact same information were available via both channels (possibly except for savants), everyone would arrive at different conclusions in some cases depending upon which channel was chosen. 2) In general 2-dimensional information contains considerably more than 1-D info. There are ways to compress (might not be the best word -- modulate?) dimenions and save the info. Holography is an example. But in this example case you need sophisticated tools to do that reconstruction (although maybe there are exceptions). For most holograms anyway, the human brain can't reconstruct the original. I won't quote any side discussion about the name, but ask what was so great about 'Equinox'? They stole it from Chevrolet 😏 but in both cases I'd like to know what either product has to do with the real meaning. Well, I guess if you live at the earth's poles (for the detector by that name) it corresponds to when you have to turn on the screen's backlight and (6 months later) when you can turn that off again....
    4 points
  7. Not offended at all, Steve. I realize it is just a playful messing with odd names. I too thought Manticore was an odd name when I first heard it. But I do see the variations come from more people who have a Deus II and must feel the Manticore is an assault on the detecting superiority of the Deus II right now. Psych 300 is interesting.
    4 points
  8. phrunt -- if you wrote this part in response to Chesroy's post, I agree with you, and was wanting to say some of the same things. Chesroy, don't write it off, before you give it a chance. First off, I'm not sure why having it there, even if you NEVER look at it, is a negative; you'll still have your "legacy" VDI number to look at, same as on your Equinox. BUT, with that said, there is information available in target trace that -- while arguably "there," in the tones -- is easier sometimes to comprehend/interpret when you see it on a screen. Give it a chance; I think you may be surprised. This is true, to a large degree, but I want to add a nuance. Phrunt, you already know this, as a CTX user, but many who have never used FBS do not. For years, the Minelab Explorer (FBS) was my detector of choice. Like other FBS machines, every target detected by an Explorer would be assigned two numbers (mathematically, an x,y coordinate pair) -- an FE and a CO number. So, along those lines, each target would likewise be assigned a place on the 2-D screen (mathematically, an x,y coordinate system). IN GENERAL, on an Explorer, a U.S. milled coin hunter would be looking for targets with a LOW FE number, and a HIGH CO number. There are some exceptions, but let's just go with that for illustration. SO, in general, low FE number and high CO number was indicative of a coin-type target, while HIGH FE number and high CO number would be an iron target, like a nail. SO -- for instance -- a dime would read roughly 03-29 on an Explorer, while a nail might ready 25-29. The reason I am explaining all of this, is as follows. On an FBS machine, one could set up their tones to "cue off of," or "align with," EITHER the FE numbers, or the CO numbers. Think about that for a minute. We are ALL used to our tones "cuing off of" the "conductive" number, because that's essentially what we have, to some degree, on most machines. Low tones (low conductive numbers) and high tones (high conductive numbers). So, likewise, on an Explorer, one could use a tone profile called "conductive tones," and this was much like a "regular" machine -- the higher the CO number, the higher the conductor. Meanwhile, though, one could alternatively use a tone profile called "ferrous tones." Using THIS profile, a low ferrous number was assigned a high tone, while a higher ferrous number was assigned a lower tone. SO -- if you were a coin hunter, running in "ferrous tones," you would still want to listen, generally, for "high tones" (which, using "ferrous tones," would mean that those high tones would be associated with a low FE number). So, with either tonal profile -- conductive tones or ferrous tones -- a coin hunter would prefer to hear high tones, but with the nuance being that you'd either be deciphering CONDUCTIVE information, or FERROUS information. There were some advantages to using ferrous tones, over conductive tones, but I won't get into that now. What is important is to just wrap your mind around this, for the sake of what I'm working to illustrate. So, if that makes sense, then one thing that is important to see, is this. If you were running conductive tones, ALL of the "direct" information you would get from the tones (how high or how low the tone might be) was related ENTIRELY to the "conductivity" of the target. In other words, you'd get NO "direct" information about the ferrous side of things, through your tones. Now, I say "direct," because of course there would still be "nuance" in the tones, that might hint at something non-round, or even "irony," but that's more "indirect." Directly, though, when running conductive tones, what you are hearing, tonally, is CONDUCTIVE information. WHICH MEANS, then, that in order to get FERROUS information, you HAD TO LOOK AT THE SCREEN. In doing so, you would THEN be given the FE information also -- either as a numerical readout, OR, on your 2-D screen. And this is IMPORTANT to understand. Because on the Explorer, simply LISTENING to the tones, was not giving you the "full picture," directly. BUT -- visually, seeing the FE number, OR, alternatively, the POSITION of the target on the 2D screen (which thus includes the ferrous ID information), would give you much more information about the target. And my point here in all of this wordiness IS -- I expect this to be very similar on the Manticore. I am nearly sure there is no way on the Manticore to set the VDI to show both an FE and a CO number. BUT -- this FE information WILL be there, on the 2D screen. SO -- if you have the machine set such that the tones are tied to the conductive number (which I expect will be the default on the Manticore), there WILL be additional information -- i.e. FERROUS information -- that can be gleaned DIRECTLY, from a VISUAL perspective -- i.e. by looking at the location of the plot of the target on the 2D screen. OF COURSE those of us who have used the Equinox have learned to "glean" information from the tones, and the tonal behavior, that indicate that even a high-toning target may likely be a nail, BUT, with the 2D screen, you will be able to see some of this visually, and more "directly." Again, this is due to the fact that each target's FE characteristics can be seen clearly on the screen, based on where the target plot is located in 2-D space. And with a big focus on the Manticore apparently being its IRON resolution, and presumably, iron ID accuracy, this should really prove to be beneficial -- as we'll have a grapical representation of whatever iron information the machine is able to convey. YES, our ears will be hearing the usual hints and indications that a high-toning target, such as a "falsing nail," may be iron, but visually, seeing the machine's read of a target's FE characteristics DIRECTLY PLOTTED, on the 2D screen, should assist in determining more accurately whether the target is a "good" high tone, or is more likely to be a nail masquerading as a coin... Steve
    4 points
  9. Another thumbs up for Jeff's post. I'll keep mine short since he actually covered it. I was a super fan of the MXT, and had a lot to do with popularizing it as a nugget hunting detector. It in my mind was the first true "several machines in one box" type detector. However, there are now better multi use machines, lighter, and waterproof, with better gold capability. You mentioned the Legend, and I think that would be a very fine replacement for any MXT user. Terrific bang for the buck combination of features, and a target id scale that most White's users would shift to more easily than some of the other options. I say that as an Equinox user by the way. Another great detector, but in your case the Legend probably fits the bill a tad better. It drew your eye for a reason.
    4 points
  10. it seems no manufacturer is immune to the most simple things being problems, they do amazing things with the hardware and software to make incredible metal detectors and then simple things make them look like fools. I really don't get it.
    3 points
  11. Likely so. As for me, I'm not so interested in a detector that slays the competition but simply does what I want it to really well and is rugged enough to detect in the out-of-doors and in the water and not have any issues. I 'm one who dropped $$$$ and picked up a D2 early this year and really like its' capabilities but am not impressed by the mess of hunting with it in the shallow water. I'm speaking of the hokey pokey connection between the coil and controller for water hunting. Rubber bands (o-rings) and plastic clips to hold things in place? And a controller that can be knocked off the search rod rather easily in my hunting conditions. Come on XP, you can do better than this for a "water detector". Take the D2 and hardwire the coil/controller. Fix the controller to the search rod so it can't get knocked off easily when in rugged terrain or fumbling with dive gear, keep the wireless headphones and waterproof connection for the bone conduction headphones. boom. Deus 3 and I'm in. Some will remind me that hardwiring the coil / controller ruins the ability to make multiple detectors out of 1. To that, I say I don't want 2 detectors that can't do what i want, i just want 1 detector that can. My 800 has been a fantastic detector for nearly 5 years. So far I've not had any broken coil ears or water in the controller, but i do worry about both which is why i pulled the trigger on the D2. So, i parted with my D2 and am waiting to see if the Manticore can fill this spot. I think it will AND I think the Manticore will perform above the level my 800 has offered. Meanwhile, my 800 continues to do the same great job it has for a long time, nothing has changed there. Lastly, it is fun to watch the angst of everybody peeking behind the curtain to see if Santa Claus has arrived. UtahRich
    3 points
  12. Great explanation. Couldn't have said it better. 👍
    3 points
  13. Very old school diving PI, no ground balance, in same class as Garrett Sea Hunter. Lack of ground balance would make it useless for gold prospecting. I was a dealer for J.W. Fisher back in the day. People often confused them with Fisher as a company, but two totally different outfits. The towable units are what the company is really about.
    3 points
  14. I come from the bbs/ fascia background, so I run my deus that way...no disc, full tones. Always feel like I'm ' missing something',, when I run a detector in 2 or 3 tones.
    3 points
  15. I have detecting friends that are hard core Minelab users and they've been very successful on the FBS machines in full tones, especially when sifting through trash and locating deep turf silver other machines walked over. When I got the Equinox I was coming from three and four tone detectors, but forced myself to use full tones. It took a while, but it really helped to sniff out deep silver and relics at sites others have missed. Would those same targets be heard in the lower tone modes? Perhaps, but once your ears muscle memory reconciles what the full tones convey, I feel there's enough extra intel that make the struggle worth mastering.
    3 points
  16. Bob, If you decide to get The Legend, you can have your unit fully updated if you purchase it from a real dealer & not just a drop ship from the distributor outfit. I just purchased a second unit to let my children use when they get to go with me. Just ask like I did & they should be happy to update for you, thou it is not hard to do it yourself. I would recommend the Pro Pack to get the small coil for your gold crevassing or any trashy spots coin hunting. The extra battery is nice to have also. I have over 120 hours on my first Legend & I can tell you it is very capable. I ordered the second one for my wife & children because it is so easy to run well. Welcome to a great forum to learn & enjoy the hobby.
    3 points
  17. Chase, Thanks for the info. So, it's not as simple as x,y coordinate pairs being plotted on an x,y coordinate system, with x and y representing two specific characteristics of the target. It's quite a bit different, actually. Hmm... I don't like that idea, as -- for instance -- it's more like having to simply "memorize" that a "spiral shape" means "difficult to reject" items, and a "lower left to upper right" oval shape means "coin," without a more clear, direct, logical relationship between what is being plotted, and what it says about the target. It seems "abstract," and harder to understand "linearly" or "logically," as compared to plotting an FE,CO coordinate pair... In any case, thanks for the info! Steve
    3 points
  18. See below. Ignore the fact that the TID stays constant at 78 regardless of the target displayed. The more stable the target ID the more "linear" the "oval" remains. I think slope in either "hemisphere" corresponds to target ID. I don't use the feature because I get more information from the target audio, but I might experiment more with it, in the future.
    3 points
  19. In my case, my favorite feature is the forward aiming sensitivity. I like to think of it as the reverse of a flashlight (beam forward) vs. the reverse of an incandescent light bulb (light emitted in all directions). I'm less likely to get fooled by a target in the side of the hole I'm digging. I also like the proportional audio rate response (probably there's a better term for this...) -- beep rate increases but doesn't saturate until you get very close to the target. A non-performance advantage is that it will run on two AA batteries (as well as one 9 V). That saves money, at least if I'm using disposable batteries. For full disclosure, I actually carry both the White's Bullseye TRX and Garrett Carrot when coin detecting most sites. For nugget hunting and dig-all relic hunting in soft ground like out West I just use the Carrot. But for my general parks and schools detecting I start with the Carrot set on high sensitivity to find a target and get me in the ballpark, then the TRX to home in for the kill. (The TRX proportional audio gives me confidence that I won't damage the target as I know when I'm getting close and can ease up on my digging and work around the target.) BTW, I do realize that the Carrot has dynamic gain adjust -- so does the TRX for that matter. But for me I find that the TRX's proportional audio works better when I get close, as does its forward sensitivity.
    3 points
  20. Well, after digging a lot of tiny birdshot on my most recent outing, I think the speaker mod was a good thing - I made a mistake on the survey and should have clicked on it made an improvement instead of I wasn’t sure. The improvement was subtle when actually swinging it with Bluetooth on for mine, but it was obviously much better when digging a target with the detector laying still on the ground. I don’t think sensitivity was affected either- I found small birdshot buried several inches down when using both the 5x9” Coiltek and the Minelab 11” mono. Overall I am now quite happy with the 6000, and when asked if I would consider an Axiom, I am definitely not sure about that. It would really depend on how the field reports go from the general public after the first year it’s out, especially from others who have used both detectors. Oh and one last thing, I wish the modification made it more sensitive to gold than to birdshot! 😁
    3 points
  21. Was this test performed on the dog side or the cat puking up a hairball side. Makes me wonder why the Aussies use so much profanity. Regardless of what @klunkersays, I'll end up purchasing one of these, because I'm a coil addict.
    3 points
  22. If I could give two thumbs up for the advice Jeff just posted for you, bobinyelm, I would. He pretty much covered the bases in terms of the state of the art in detectors using the vlf induction balance principle for gold prospecting (pulse induction is the other detector category geared towards serious prospecting but state of the art tech there is much more expensive). And as others, including Jeff, have mentioned, Equinox 800 and Legend (and to a lesser extent Deus 1 and Orx) have the added advantage of being do-it-all detectors (coin, beach, relic in addition to gold) and the Equinox 800 and Legend are also waterproof with the Legend edging out the Equinox in terms of user interface and ergonomics. When Nokta finally releases their 10x5 elliptical accessory coil for Legend tonaccompany their stock 11" coil and 6" round, you will have the same advantage of ground coverage in addition to tight swing ability and light weight that Equinox users currently enjoy with the Coiltek 10x5 for Equinox. Legend and Equinox 800 both have wireless audio transmitters built-in. The MXT is a classic (I have kept mine as a sort of detector Hall of Fame emeritus collector's item) and in its day was a true all purpose workhorse similar to what Legend and Nox (and to a lesser extent Deus 2, because it currently lacks micro gold capability) are considered today. The big differentiator in the newest crop of multi-purpose detectors (vs. MXT), besides modern microprocessor-based, programmable operation and user interface, is the incorporation of 1) multiple selectable single frequency modes and 2) game changing simultaneous multi-frequency operation modes which combined with sophisticated, fast digital signal processing enables superior ground handling and more sophisticated iron discrimination/filtering as well as more reliable target identification (not just detection) at depth.
    3 points
  23. Many know I like to tinker with metal detectors and customize them to my personal tastes......So that is what I did to my Simplex. Since it is not the version with the wireless headphones and need to use the supplied wired headphone adapter, a mod was made. The supplied wired headphone adapter is too short, the wire kind of whimpy. Also, did not place the headphone wires in a position that wasn't cumbersome. A much longer adapter was made up, so the headphones can be plugged in by the arm cuff. Now the headphone wire will run up the side of the body. Out of the way. Less chance of snag ups or pulling your headphones off the top off your head when you lay the detector down. Not pictured, when the headphones are plugged in, the wires is secured with a cable tie thru the arm cuff strap slots. I can also go wireless using an aftermarket wireless headphone. I can plug in the transmitter into the adapter jack and place the transmitter in the convenient holder under the armcuff. Very nice set-up. As you can now water hunt, a bit deeper. Pictures below.
    2 points
  24. Hello There. Jack here - Sydney Australia 29 years old. I am here because I am interested in Gold Digging, Metal detectors and etc. The reason that I am here is that I like to learn new thinks and I think that this is the prefect spot. Learning from other people's experiences and their advice is the beset. By profession, I am a product photographer.
    2 points
  25. And other free stuff with some other Minelab metal detectors. It’s not often you see a buy a detector, get another detector free deal. Like in all my years in this business, about never. Anyway, check out the Forum Classifieds or contact your favorite Minelab dealer for details.
    2 points
  26. One last hunt on this spot before it changes hands and I no longer have access. Its an old home site near an old townsite...people have been hunting the townsites for decades but they seemed to miss this old home site.... or not. I've been here twice before and not found any coins but there seemed to be lots of higher conductors. So I gave it one more shot today. I needed a break as I worked all day yesterday getting our garden beds ready to plant the winter garden. I'm calling it a successful hunt due to the Silver thimble and the butt end of the rifle. Those were my only good finds despite digging lots of targets and I got my exercise by walking a few miles as well. I'm thinking the rifle butt end is from a Musket? We have found a couple powder flasks at this site. strick
    2 points
  27. Makes you wonder if the Gold Monster is near end of life and they're clearing out stock to make way for the Gold Monster 1500 Multi Frequency with Multi-IQ Gold Plus Enhanced. It's a great deal though for someone in the market for either of the machines.
    2 points
  28. When paying that kind of money, why should anyone have to "Gerry rig" or modify anything? These manufacturers should concentrate on quality instead of quick production. Hopefully this is why Minelab has waited this long.
    2 points
  29. The Apex is a straight forward easy to learn detector so the only thing left to "figure out" is will it work well in difficult soil conditions. Apparently for some including me, the Apex doesn't if good target ID accuracy on coin sized targets deeper than 3" and achieving advertised depth are what is needed . The ORX would not be my first choice for coin/jewelry hunting in high mineralization and high modern aluminum trash either since target ID accuracy and maximum advertised depth are severely affected and digging restrictions (can't just dig it all without being banned from city parks and private yards, etc.) makes using the ORX pretty frustrating. In scenarios where there is milder mineralization, no digging restrictions and digging all good sounding targets where basically ignoring target IDs is the way to go.....no problem with either detector.
    2 points
  30. June 13 1937 The gravels are very rich as we cut into the mountain. We are able to get about ten to fifteen feet in with a drift before the risk of collapse. Then we just move laterally and go in again. Our pan held an amazing four ounces from the 175 buckets. At breakfast we were visited by the deputy that wanted to work security for us. We told him we hadn’t made any decisions on that yet. He also informed us that the enforcer had made it back into town. Evidently someone had given him a ride when he was walking down the road. The deputy hadn’t talked with him but said the guy was running his mouth in town and talking about us. He hadn’t made any direct threats but he warned us to be on guard. I thanked him and told him we would watch our backs. Then I gave him $10 for the information which he happily accepted. I told him to keep us informed if there was any more information on this guy. He said he would and left our camp to return to town. John said we might have to get rid of this guy permanently. I agreed. We decided to talk more about it after supper. With that we all went to work mining gold and guarding camp. Will went up to the digsite with me while Hudson stood watch. We were back into the hill about twelve feet and hitting lots of rounded river rock which slowed the digging. I did a quick test pan and it was loaded with coarse gold and some fines as well. It was beyond rich now. We worked hard and moved the larger rocks by hand. We cleaned them as we moved them as well. By dusk we had only gotten 120 buckets and it was hard fought for but judging by the test pans I think the weigh tomorrow morning will be a good one. TO BE CONTINUED ...............
    2 points
  31. That marine button is killer! Bet there's more gilt to be had. You got any aluminum jelly?
    2 points
  32. I've got some spots with underground power lines that make it impossible to detect on any program or single frequency. Also under overhead lines you may just have to deal with the chatter, targets will still come through.
    2 points
  33. I think most here with a new D2 would probably do the same. You can't just go around dropping $1600 every time a new detector comes on the market. If I had bought a D2 I wouldn't be in the market for a Manticore right now either. But I do think giving silly names to detectors you have no intention of buying is a bit childish. Should we call the Deus II the Dump2? LOL (Just messing with ya)
    2 points
  34. I presume your Equinox handles those conditions better but if it is "silent search" in multi-tones it should also be silent search in 50-tones. However, if your Equinox still has noise issues under those conditions, then I can understand that having 2 or 5-tone chatter might be less audibly fatiguing than 50-tone chatter, so on that basis I understand what you are saying. I too often detect in high emi/high mineralized conditons. And, as a result, I have actually moved away from tone ID and now prefer the Pitch audio (with separate ferrous tones for targets below the ferrous discrimination breakpoint) provided by my Deus 2. That basically turns my machine into a ferrous/non-ferrous dig machine but with some additional target information provided by the pitch audio vice a discrete tone (the downside is that I rely more heavily on visual target ID). My understanding is that M-core will have a similar Pitch audio option for all modes (currently Nox only has pitch like audio in Gold mode). Looking forward to that feature. Combined with target trace to visually show ferrous targets and silent ferrous discrimination, it might actually surpass D2 in functionality.
    2 points
  35. Theoretically, if you are discriminating ferrous and have the machine properly ground balanced, then even in 50 tones it will still be silent until you get a target.
    2 points
  36. I firmly believe ( JMHO ), that the early release was primarily to slow or stop the runaway train sales of the Deus ll. If you drop $1500.00 for a new detector, what’s the odds of doing it again six months later. Although it would be nothing for some, but the majority would not especially after seeing how well the first machine preformed. Again JMHO. MY $1500 fairly new machine is killin it so no Montycure in my future.
    2 points
  37. Maybe it might be easier to buy a set of “wired” bone phones for audio. Google wired bone phones. Under $40. Sell or keep yours.
    2 points
  38. They probably favor the GB2 for a reason, to this day it's still the most sensitive small gold detector on the market. It's not much good for anything else though so best left as a dedicated gold machine. Machines like the Legend and Equinox that a great all rounders with smaller coils are not all that far behind it though, you won't miss much if anything that the GB2 gets and if you do it'll likely be so small it doesn't overly matter except for the excitement of the tiny find. 🙂 You've been given the great advice, people really went out of their way to ensure you had accurate high quality unbiased advice.
    2 points
  39. I think this guy does decent comparison videos, he does them for all the coils he buys and that's why he says unbiased as he buys the coil soon after they come out when at the time the market is flooded with videos from people "involved" in some way or another, his videos are from a paying customers stand point. Someone in the comments on one of his videos asked if he'd do an X-coil one but he said they're too expensive, fair enough as he'd have to pay another $300 AUD or so for the coil then another $200 AUD to get his adapter made so unless you're finding a lot of gold the extra price is significant. I'd like to see him do it though on the same targets the same way. The results are about what I was expecting, a 14x13" vs a 17x13" with the same windings type is unlikely to give much more depth if any I think on these particular test targets. You just skip the waffling at the start of the video and watch it when the action takes place 🙂
    2 points
  40. I think you'd be surprised how useful Target Trace is, it's fantastic on the CTX and that's a decade old detector now so I can only hope they've improved it even further. In my soils here Multi-IQ was brilliant for ID stability and depth and with them hinting the Manticore has some depth advantages and more stable ID's than the Nox I'm expecting really good things with it's version of Target Trace. I like just about everything about the Manticore, with the only concern I have being the battery life, especially if I go prospecting with it, it just won't last the full day. I might be able to tweak it up a bit to last longer, disable the back light and so on to give it a bit more juice, perhaps plug it into a USB power bank while I stop for lunch. Higher frequencies like used prospecting tend to use less battery power too. They're hinting at better EMI immunity too, although I've seen no evidence of that yet, in all the videos I've seen it's behaved similar to how the Nox would in that situation I think, but time will tell. If you are capable of using your Nox with 50 tones, you already have target trace, your brain just has to decipher it and some people are capable of doing that, for me I can't go past 5 tones so I benefit greatly from the visuals target trace provides. 🙂 I thought the Nox was near the perfect machine with the build quality being it's only downfall. It got to the point with mine the only ML parts were the pod and the coil, and not always even the coil so I avoided much of the problems. That and I just wasn't brave enough to use it in water much. The Manticore designers took notice of the Nox faults, aren't shy of admitting them in the Manticore videos and have said it won't have those problems, so for me, it might be my perfect VLF.
    2 points
  41. You bet Jim! I'll definitely take good care of the TDI, very fortunate to have one with the mods. Definitely share more when time allows, with information from my notes and email conversations with Reg. Have a good day sir! Paul
    2 points
  42. Different strokes for different folks… you are well set, and quite happy as I understand it, with the Deus 2. I’ve got no problem with that at all, and was just weighing in with my opinion on what I would do given the question that was asked. To me the Minelabs vs the XPs simply comes down to stylistic personal preferences, as they are all fine detectors that get the job done. Some people love all the wireless coils and such, and I get that. It’s obviously popular. I don’t, and that’s just the way it is. I’ll take the wired coils any day, and the Manticore tones, screen and menu layout, are far more to my liking that the XP alternatives. But again, it’s mostly personal preference stuff, as anyone that can’t do well with a Deus 2, Legend, Equinox, or Manticore, well, they need to find another hobby. These machines have done what Minelab said, and pretty much made single frequency machines obsolete. Not that the old F75 or MXT stopped working, just that anyone buying a new detector now and wanting top performance options, is probably looking multifrequency.
    2 points
  43. 350 yes there is another hole on the top...I have not tried to even look this one up yet...forgot to add I was using the Deus 2 in Fast program tweaked a little to my liking......the Thimble was a 94 I believe..Thanks strick
    2 points
  44. To answer your question Bob, while there have been advances in Metal detectors since the MXT was first released, it is a good unit, and many are still in use today. How tech-savvy are you? The Legend is a great machine and has a true prospecting mode that will find the small stuff. It is completely menu driven, like a smartphone. You could replace your current detector with it if that’s what you wanted. Although, with knobs and switches, the MXT is easy to use. The only complaint I’ve ever heard was that due to its 14 kHz frequency, it does poorly on finding deep copper and silver coins. A Multi-frequency detector would help with that. If you like the way it works, you might want to keep it and buy a dedicated Gold machine like the Garrett (formerly White’s) Goldmaster 24K. Although it’s also menu driven, the adjustments are easy to make. It’s going for about $680 US. The simplest Gold Detectors are the Minelab Gold Monster 1000 at 45 kHz and the Nokta Gold Finder 2000 @ 61kHz (only 10 less than the GB2). In the US the Minelab detector can be had for $899 and the Nokta for just under $722. Both come with two coils but the GF2K has an external wireless speaker you can use as a stand-alone or you can plug headphones into if you like. It also works with their Green Wireless Headphones (not included). I hope this is helpful. Good Luck! Walt
    2 points
  45. Yep, should have delt to that thug when they had control of the situation. That thug doesn't seem to be too smart. D4G
    1 point
  46. I realized later on after my post about the time-frame of the 6in coil arriving for the Equinox, that I bought my Nox 800 and 6in coil together in October 2018, so the 6 inch coil had recently been released. They certainly did not come out at the same time. Thanks for the correction, Chase. Like with the Equinox release, I'll probably wait until the 8x5.5 inch Manticore coil arrives before I jump in and buy one. That said, I do hope the small coil does come very soon.
    1 point
  47. I believe ya! I said I was just messing with ya.
    1 point
  48. Dang it! Here we have another "comparison" test with planted known targets. How did the coils compare while searching for a target? I have been seeing these nearly meaningless test for years and I have about the same opinion of them as Mr. Herschbach has of air tests. That is not to say I don't have an appreciation for the time and effort involved in making a video that some may find useful. And thanks to Mr. Phrunt for posting it.
    1 point
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