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Went out for a two hour beach hunt today. There was nothing in the wet sand or the slope so I decided to hunt the washes. I found the silver ring in one wash and the 375 (9k) gold ring in another. It’s my first 9k ring and now I need a 24k. Thanks for looking and HH.

Hey, Step back Reg, it's guys like Simon who keep dealers in business. You know the saying.. The man who dies with the most detectors, his dealer wins....😆

Minelab puts out unbaked software...everybody complains. XP takes their time to do it right...everybody complains. As a software engineer, I'd rather they get it right than rush it to please the squeaky wheels. It gets here when it gets here.

May 21 2002 Part Seven After a bit of trial and error and a gradual widening of the hole Vern uncovered the metal container which held another 20 ounces of gold. He placed it on a rock. Jacob looked at it for a while and exclaimed that this was the very last of the old crew’s gold that he knew of. However, he was quick to say there may be more that was hidden by some of the crew who were murdered. Because of the generosity of Jacob our total gold take now has risen to 60 ounces and it was still May. We all gathered around Jacob to shake his hand and thank him. There was no greed in this man. He was old school. He understood hard work as opposed to instant gratification. He was also as loyal as they came. Once he was your friend he was with you all the way regardless of the circumstances. However, you would never want him as your enemy. The four of us talked happily of the claims and gold mining as we slowly made our way back to camp. It had been quite a day. For our supper Jacob made up some of Jed’s favorite hot water cornbread which we ate with stew and washed it down with some whisky. I sat back and tried to imagine myself as part of the old crew. For a minute or two I drifted back in time to 1936. I felt like I wanted to stay there. TO BE CONTINUED .................

Forget VLF and PI: here comes the BastardXWave! Fully utilizing the latest XWave technology the BastardXWave detector punches far deeper than any other detector ever invented in the long history of detector prospecting, both on land and sea (it’s submersible to -801 metres). With this detector there is absolutely no need to dig for anything except your favourite metals, coins, jewellery or relics. Its vastly superior XWave detecting technology ignores all crap, including bottle tops, aluminium foil, nails or lead sinkers/birdshot (and everything else you don’t want to dig). It’s as easy as flipping the dial to the ‘IGNORE ALL CRAP’ mode and the BastardXWave does the rest. In the IAC mode the user has a ‘Voice Assist’ option where a very seductive female voice suggests you dig a bit further to the left or right to hit the hot spot. Obviously, by dialling the ‘DIG ALL CRAP’ mode you’ll be digging crap all day long. Although any serious detector prospector will scoff at the DAC mode, it does keep newbies and kiddies entertained for days (if not weeks). Once you’ve flipped to the desired mode, you’ll need to tell the BastardXWave what it is you’re looking for. If you only want to find gold just push the ‘FIND GOLD YOU BASTARD’ button in the IAC mode. In the FGYB setting the BastardXWave will immediately find gold no matter how tiny or deep in the hottest ground, just wave the detector in the general direction of the area you want to search (you don’t even have to leave your car, just make sure you wind down the windows). You can rest assured that in the FGYB setting all you’ll be digging for is gold, in fact you’ll find so much of the yellow stuff that you’ll be able to pay someone else to do the digging for you. It’s the same for all other metals (such as silver, copper, lead or zinc), just hit the right button whilst in the IAC mode and become an instant billionaire! If you have the urge to find only alloys, just hit the ‘FIND ALLOYS YOU BASTARD’ button in the IAC mode and the BastardXWave will hone in on any alloy humankind and aliens have ever created. Here the ‘Voice Assist’ girl tells relic hunters whether they are digging for an ancient pewter goblet or a wrought iron spoon. In fact, the seductive voice easily identifies the age the relic was created, for example during the Victorian Age or even the Bronze or Iron Ages (if some hunter-gatherer smelted it, the BastardXWave will find it!). Besides analysing age and metal combinations, the detector also shows the condition and current market value of any relic it has spotted, this is of great value in deciding if your lackey digs or not. To find any coins of any country no matter how old just push the ‘FIND COINS YOU BASTARD’ button in the IAC mode and away you go. Just walk around any public place (parks, sporting grounds, beaches etc.) with the FCYB setting turned on and the BastardXWave will alert you to the nearest coins in the vicinity, no matter how deep or how salty or hot the ground. This handy feature means there is no need to swing the detector until it plays ‘We’re in the money’ (a very appropriate ditty by the ‘Gold Diggers'). Likewise, simply pushing the ‘FIND JEWELRY YOU BASTARD’ button does the same thing for any piece of jewellery you can think of. In the FJYB setting the detector will play George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s ‘Golden Ring’ before you need to start swinging. The BastardXWave is also extremely sensitive to diamonds and other high-value gemstones; in the ‘FIND GEMS YOU BASTARD’ setting it’ll play Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Diamonds are a girl's best friend’ as soon as it shoots your latest stone-clad crown. Finding rare earth metals (including cerium, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, scandium, terbium, thulium, ytterbium or yttrium) is also simplicity itself. Just flip the dial to IAC mode and hit the ‘FIND RARE EARTHS YOU BASTARD’ button. This will promptly find all of the rare earth metal thus far discovered (and even those that haven’t) down to extreme depths very close to the Earth’s core (some might be a bit too deep to dig). As with all the other settings, the FREYB setting can be tuned to the maximum depth you feel like digging; for example, your average detector prospector will be very happy with the 1-5 metres range whilst global mining companies use the BastardXWave to find tiny deposits of rare earth metals several kilometres deep. Likewise, finding meteorites of any size or composition is as easy as pushing the ‘FIND METEORITES YOU BASTARD’ button whilst in the IAC mode. This will instantly link the detector to satellites which beam down the latest lat/long coordinates of impact zones near you and pinpoint the nearest fragments. The BastardXWave also accurately predicts where and when the next meteorite strike will occur; another very handy feature which besides finding meteorites also allows you to take cover at just the right time. The BastardXWave’s manufacturer is currently working on ‘ERADICATE POVERTY’ and ‘STOP CLIMATE CHANGE’ settings. These awesome new settings will be available in latter models (including the BastardXWave Pro, BastardXWave Lite and BastardXWave Drone). Disclaimer: Due to deep fears of Chinese industrial espionage, the manufacturer will never release any photographs or technical information on how the BastardXWave works. None the less, you can still order one by privately contacting the manufacturer to haggle a fair price. The manufacturer will only sell the BastardXWaves on the condition that the buyer promises not to brag too much about how much money they’re making from this detector. Because the BastardXWave is so undeniably unique, the manufacturer regrets that there will be no refund after it’s been mailed to the buyer. Nor is there any form of warranty or spare parts. Just one left! Buy it now before it’s sold out!

Two years ago, I found what I thought was my first musket ball on property near the road along which the Minutemen of my town march to join the Battle of Lexington and Concord. I was absolutely ecstatic. This was my first properly old find, History with a capital H, history I could touch! I imagined the last person to have handled this ball before me: knee breeches, buckled shoes – a tricorn hat, for sure! It didn't bother me that the ball was much too small for an 18th century musket (maybe it was made for a pistol), nor that balls like this had been in use for a hundred years before and after that fateful April morning in 1775. For the last two years, this ball had pride of place in my collection. But recently I returned to the spot, now a much more seasoned detectorist with better equipment and a more critical mindset. I found three more balls right away. I returned the next day and found five more, all very shallow finds, almost at the surface. A few inches beneath the balls, I found a toy car made in 1955. This was puzzling. None of the balls had been shot from a gun, though some were clearly damaged by hitting something. Most didn't have the thick, white-brown patina that lead acquires after centuries in the ground. They were all grouped fairly close together on a steep slope, behind a subdivision built in the early sixties. The toy car was buried deeper in undisturbed ground, and therefore predated any of them. Then it dawned on me. These weren't musket balls at all. They were projectiles for a slingshot! Most likely from the sixties or seventies, a time when it was perfectly acceptable for kids to shoot their eyes out with weapons that flung toxic lead balls! I knew this because I had been a 70s kid, and ten-year old me had coveted a slingshot just like this. So here, some kid had set up a plinking range and was flinging lead balls at cans, perhaps, with many balls burying themselves in the slope behind the target. Ugh, what a disappointment at first! But in the end, I was mostly happy that I figured out the puzzle. In fact, I think it makes a better story. One that illustrates why archeology is all about context, and how objects without context are almost always meaningless – something all metal detectorists should keep in mind! Of course it helps that I've found some real musket balls in the meantime, though not at the Battle Road. They are the larger balls at the top of the picture. These unfired balls were almost certainly dropped by hunters. But who knows – perhaps some of those hunters were also Minutemen?

After twenty years of experience, I can confidently say that the best and most reliable pl pulse detector for finding treasure and relics is the minelab gpx 5000. you won't find another detector with so many combinations of settings for every type of survey that allow you to work in almost all terrains with a huge range of coils and with ground balance that reaches perfection. remember that real depth in a pulse finder is first provided by proper ground balance and in this place Minelab and Garrett are the stars so far.

May 21 2002 Part Six We got up to the site where the cache was hidden. This area looked like it hadn’t seen any human activity for many years. The old logging road was now just a rough trail. The boulders were nearly 100 feet off the trail and there were other smaller rocks all around the area. Jacob stopped and took a long look around the area as if trying to remember the exact location. He said the area had changed some and he didn’t remember all the other rocks being there. To be honest, the place looked like an old hard rock tailings dump. He said he had buried the cash on the north side of the big boulders and covered it by dragging a big flat rock over from an area about thirty feet away. Now the entire area was covered in rocks. Jacob just shook his head in disgust. He said somebody had dumped rock in this area. I asked him again how far from the big boulders he had buried the gold and he told me just ten paces or maybe thirty feet. So I tried my best to step off ten paces over the rough and uneven rock strewn area. Then the four of us started to look for a big flat rock. We worked slowly and removed as much of the rounded rock as we could and finally found a large flat stone that was too big to lift. Jacob hollered out saying that might be it. Jim got down on his knees and pushed the stone away from its resting place. Then Vern grabbed a shovel and started digging. TO BE CONTINUED ................

Today i took my new X.Terra Pro out for a hunt. I used the Nox 800 coil on it to see what that would be like and see if there is any major difference between the 800 and the new Terra. There is some really rough weather at the moment and it was a bit hit and miss whether i would find anything. But there was 1 good spot. I set my machine up in Beach 2 , Recovery 3 and Sensitivity 24 ! , did a noise cancel and got going. Almost immediately i found a few coins, some on the surface by sight and others buried. The Terra seems to be like the Nox though i'm not sure of depth on the salt beach. That might be because the machine is single freq and the Nox is multi freq? After a few more coins i turned my back on the sea and paid for it. My lower half got the wash of a lifetime by a wave LOL and as i was wet that was it. I strayed into the water with the Terra and it seemed stable with only small light low toned chirps here and there. I'm sure that if i found a target i would have heard it and did find a pulltab in the water. I also found a non ferrous 1p coin right next to a 3 inch square piece of Iron scrap so the recovery speed seems good at 3 setting. That setting might be the reason for me thinking depth is not as good as the Nox? I kept up the hunt and found a lot more coins and found a junk ring encrusted in small shingle stones. and a junk toe ring and a junk Pendent. I think the new Terra is a good machine . Very good a backup to anyone who uses the Nox and even worth having as a cheap alternative to the much more expensive machines. Being able to use all the Nox coils and use the Nox 900 phones and with an adaptor use the phones from the Nox 800 and the August 650B phones it makes the Terra Pro a damned good bargain. I have always thought of the Nox's as the successor to the old Terra's but it looks like the new Pro is the real successor. About time too. Tomorrow i might go out with the Nox 800 , not sure yet or might with the Terra with its own coil on. This machine is going to eat into other machines sales. Or it should!

There was a time in the past when the French were incredibly fast and responsive...

I removed your link since links of this sort included by first time posters usually are advertising links. It often gets the new poster banned immediately. I’ll give you a chance however. If people want to see the website they can Google it. I can promise you your friend did not detect a bracelet at 1 meter with any metal detector. That is not possible with current technology. As the poster above noted, Minelab makes the best and most powerful. Anyone saying otherwise is going to need proof from trusted third party people, not some videos they make themselves.

With the greatest of respect, I think you're getting a little bit carried away 😀.... Of course the D2 can be improved, and I have every confidence that it will be, but it's already a world-class machine (on the beach and in amongst modern/ancient pollution particularly). I think that XP are wise to only release new software when they are 100% confident in it. The alternative to XP's approach would be to make an announcement and then to continually fail to deliver against it (any similarity with other manufacturers would be entirely coincidental...🤐)...

it's not a matter of fun, the deus 2 hits the targets but it's incomplete! it's a matter of respect for us customers, we spent a lot of money and after more than a year we have a beta product... but above all their silence is even more embarrassing! I think they are in trouble with the update otherwise it is inexplicable!

Yes, please! 😏 I can wait for both as long as it takes, but I'm ready when they are. 😉 I have an advantage because I'm not in a race fighting for scraps on detector crowded beaches and parks, so I'll just plod along enjoying my toys, finding what I'm finding, and not finding what I'm not finding until we get whatever goodies XP has in store for us. Have fun out there, after all that's what it's all about... for me anyway. 😎

Pleasant thoughts, although probably just wishful thinking? But on the other hand, nothing at all wrong with positive thinking....And cheers to you if that is correct.Definitely a different angle to a somewhat frustrating topic and situation for most.

Phrunt (Simon) was not saying anything bad about the Turkish people. It is just that we have seen a few companies making outrageous claims based in Turkey, and questions about those companies on this forum. It is not all the companies - a lot of people here have great respect for Nokta/Makro. But there are other companies, in particular those that sell Long Range Locators (LRL) devices, that are the problem. Here is a recent thread. And one from Germany. Steve’s Guide to How Deep Metal Detectors Can Go

What are the chances they will introduce a elliptical coil(s) with the new software? Could this be a reason that it takes this long?

TTT Looks like phrunt has lost his crown for the 'king of detector collectors'. Sorry, but I can't help but ask; why on earth do you need so many detectors? Are you opening a detector museum?

As a dealer for 25 yrs, I would have never expected to be in this situation. It drives me crazy as my customers who've been loyal for so long...I have no answers for them? My list is shrinking each day as customers find them from other sources. I'm ok with that...as a detectorist, I understand the desire to use the next best tool (detector). I have noticed an uptick in my Deus-II sales as well. As for the military discount a select few dealers offer. Those sales, are a partial loss of profit for both the dealer and the manufacture. The manufacture only gives a partial credit (towards more detector purchases). In the end, the dealer and manufacture both make a little less money. We all make mistakes and hopefully lessons will be learned and down the road, things will get better.

We currently have several in stock and available for immediate free shipping within the 50 United States. Email Scott or Dustun at the AMDS Mining Superstore mining@akmining.com or call 907-277-1741 (Toll Free Alaska Only 800-478-3444)

I've debated throwing in on this topic because sometimes these types of discussions can become toxic. So I will state right off the bat that this is only my opinion. With that being said...it was only a few years ago when detectors could not be updated. We bought the detectors, figured out their warts, shortcomings AND advantages and learned how to use them. That's just how it was. Now we have detectors that can be updated and that is for the most part a good thing. But keep this in mind: manufacturers are under no obligation to update their products. They could easily lock these new detectors and move on to the next one. Instead they choose not to and suddenly there is this backlash where some folks feel that they are entitled to updates immediately and continually. To call a new detector a "beta" is grossly unfair. Unless a manufacturer releases a beta update to solicit user feedback, it is absolutely absurd to think that any company would knowingly release a flawed detector. I can tell you first hand that these detectors are tested and tested and retested, both in the lab and in the field. That doesn't mean that they are perfect and in fact they may have bugs that were missed. It only means that in the company's view the detector is ready for release. Further, while it is easy to say "oh, Detector X needs this feature because it has a problem in this environment," making that statement assumes that updating software on a metal detector is as easy as changing out a car battery. Please. For example, to add an iron filter may sound easy, but to do it in a way that works and that doesn't compromise other aspects of the software and detector performance is no easy task. My advice: use what you have and learn it's pros and cons. Submit feedback to the manufacturers if you wish and post those results if you want to. But leave companies like XP alone when it comes to the updates. If and when one shows up use it. But until then, use your Deus II and learn it. I can tell you that my buddies who have them are killing it in multiple environments and are continually learning how to tweak their detectors to get better results. I wish I had the dough to buy one. From what I have seen it is an amazing detector as is. Bill

I don't know if you have anywhere selling these nearby but they're the perfect pair up for the Carrot. I've been using the same battery for years in mine and never had an issue, they run for a long time between charges too, https://mahaenergy.com/powerex-9-6v-230mah-1-pack/ They have a slightly higher capacity than a standard 9v non-rechargeable battery which is a good thing. I run them in everything that needs a 9v battery with great success. The other fantastic batteries are the Panasonic Eneloops, but they're in the AA and AAA sizes, a true test for them for me has been my weather station which is now 9 years old and still on the original white eneloop batteries, it's out there in winter being frozen for months then in summer in the heat and the weather station only has a tiny solar panel but they've stayed charged and working broadcasting the weather data back to it's base station 70 meters away for 9 years now and still going strong. I use them in all my detectors that require AA batteries also with great success.

That's it! Why ship this thing with a Duracell that's only good for about 10 turn on/turn offs? Also I guess it just happened to go low on the time I dropped it and tried to turn it on to check it. What a coincidence. I guess that was what was wrong with my first one right out of the box. I don't recall reading about the low battery alarm, I figured it's vibrating a bunch so the battery should be good. Ha! Thanks JCR. I owe the forum one for saving me the trouble of returning. Doesn't hurt to ask for knowledge here.

Sorry I should have been more clear in what I was saying, Turkish websites are often the ones hosting detectors such as this one, and this company also has a Long Range Detector section on their website which eats deeply into any credibility they have. Certainly nothing against Turkish people or the country itself, these companies may not be in Turkey and just host their websites there for all I know. Nokta is a fine example of an exemplary company making detectors out of Turkey. Please if you're looking into buying detectors like this do a lot of research first, you will very likely find out you're better off sticking with the main known brands such as Nokta, Minelab, Garrett and then as long as you pick the correct model for the task at hand you know you're getting a product that works as described.

Most of China's products are good, and some products are purely shells, not technology, in order to make profits. (Metal detection is restricted in China, so there are no good products, but the assembly line is very first-class)

That is one nice small package of firepower. That looks totally packable. It actually looks better with the straight magazine in my opinion.

Just got a next to new NEL Snake coil for my G2+ and in air testing it it seems really hot, more sensitivity than the 5" round coil. Maybe in 2-3 weeks the ground will be ready for some nuggeting here in N NV. I love the simplicity of this machine, but don't like the 'speedometer' in all-metal--it doesn't register on faint sounds, so you gotta dig. Usually the pick magnet will make things easier. I have found 2 grain pieces with it, but usually use the Monster. It goes with me on my occasional relic hunts and does well. Got it when they had that special a few years ago that someone posted here on DP. Strange how the First Texas new detectors have become so pricey, they're becoming rare!

I still have a Teknetics G2+ with 10X5 elliptical coil. It is the only single frequency VLF that I own. It will slightly outperform my Equinox 800, 900, Legend and Deus 2 on coin sized target when comparing target IDs using their selectable single frequencies around 20 kHz and the Tek G2+ using its fixed 19 kHz. The G2+ can ID 3” deep US nickels and pull tabs, etc. pretty well. Those SMFs using 20kHz struggle to correctly ID 3” deep low conductors in my dirt. Put those SMFs in their multi settings and they will totally outperform the G2+ on coin sized object detection and identification of coin sized objects deeper than 3”. The Legend and Nox in their gold modes whether using their multi setting or 40 kHz single frequency easily outperform the G2+ on sub gram gold. Deus 2 with 9” coil using its SMF gold mode and its Mono selectable single frequencies above 20 kHz performs about the same as the G2+ on sub gram gold.

There is a lot of good salesmen out there and with detectors with a solid history they can ignore the current detectors on the market and talk about the past. Fishers website has had a VERY RARE update with some wording changes to their models no longer lying about being the best detectors on the market but they've also discontinued a number of detectors, the F19 series is one of them, this will be because they were ripping people off I guess selling the F19 for an expensive price when it's also a Bounty Hunter. http://fisherlab.com/hobby/deetectors-f-series.htm#f75Ltd The only F19 models on their site say they're new, but also say they're no longer available. As for the model series itself, it's one of my favourites of the older detectors I own, it has really stable Target ID and quite accurate too, it is capable of pretty small targets, not quite suitable for me to use for prospecting as it's just not sensitive enough but decent none the less for general use being able to find small stuff. Being a detector designed for gold it's obviously going to be pretty good on gold jewellery. I repurposed mine by buying the Detech Arrow coil for it, by having an 18x4" coil on it it's absolutely perfect for going to areas after events scanning the ground for recent drops, it's very EMI resistant which makes it perfect for this as events are largely in high EMI areas. Combine that with it's accurate ID's and ability to turn the sensitivity right down and and cut the depth down it really does a good job at this. It's iron disc works well and easy to adjust, it's light and easy to swing. It pairs very well with the Detech Ultimate coil, it provides it very accurate ID's to depth and it can hold that ID until near the edge of detection of targets, it doesn't just detect with a good ID on shallow targets then go wild with deeper ones like the Simplex does. Their business model of having one model detector and disabling minor features on it to create other models no longer washes in today's market so having 4 or 5 models of the same detector with slight feature variations and different looks just doesn't work, they need to only keep their most highest spec models to stay in the game even at the lower end of the market.

When you look at the fully submersible Xterra Pro at $269 then even $299 would be a stretch for a new F19 variant. I honestly don’t see how Fisher or Garrett can sell hardly anything at current prices when caught in the crossfire between Nokta and Minelab. It has to be brand name loyalty or simply not knowing to lay out $759 for a new AT Max, to pick just one of many examples.

It’s sad not to know the greatest of someone until after they’ve gone. I wish I could express in words to ease the pain and the loss of their love one but I don’t believe that exist for anyone that has so much love for each other in a family. We pass this way but one time and I hope we too will be remembered equally as well. Chuck

The Fisher / Teknetics / Bounty Hunter 19 kHz models were among my very favorite detectors. There was some evolution, culminating in the F19 variants, but they were all good. Simple, powerful, great all around models. They are certainly still very viable options but I have moved on personally. I’d never pay the $499 they are asking for them now. Lots of fond memories though. Fisher F19 Information Difference Between Gold Bug, F19, and G2+ Fisher Gold Bug Dp Vs Bounty Hunter Time Ranger Pro & F19 Guide To Gold Bug Versions

According to this video the weights of the new Legend parts are: Old armrest: 101 gram New armrest: 56 gram Old middle Shaft: 104 gram New middle Shaft: 69 gram LG28: 565 gram LG30: 499 gram

Weight differences between "New" Legend, Equinox 900 and Manticore. (1:44 - 2:35)

For the USA, we are looking around mid-May availability. LG30 upgrade package will be offered at the same price as the LG30 with the carbon shaft & the armrest included in it free. Or if you want to buy just the shaft&armrest, the price normally would be 60 USD but we will offer it at MSRP 39.95 USD but I am sure dealers will also discount it. Hope this helps.

As many are probably aware, based on the posting of My First Relic Hunt with the Deus II, Mary and I took a flight up to Tennessee to visit our daughter and her husband. They recently bought a house on 12 never detected acres about 45 minutes from Nashville. Beautiful mountains, rocky terrain, trees galore! Although I've had the 280 for awhile now, this is the first time I've taken it through the airport as the back pack it was designed to be. In a word, Perfection! Efficiency: First and foremost this back pack is tremendous in how much and how well it can hold all parts and pieces of the Deus II with plenty of additional pouches designed into the 280 that can hold other items of mine I'm sure XP never thought of.😉 Each section is graphically marked with the part it was designed to accommodate...an extremely helpful touch! My Deus is outfitted with the 11" coil and Steve Goss' carbon fiber shaft which is a mite longer than the factory shaft and the 280 accommodated that entire set up perfectly...and very securely. I also had my MI-6 pinpointer in its assigned compartment and thought if the TSA questioned anything as the back pack rode through the X-ray machine it would be the MI-6 because to me, it closely resembles a stick of dynamite! 😅 Just in case, I brought along the owners manual and photos from the web of all that equipment and was prepared to demonstrate their function if questioned. The TSA didn't even change their bored expression as it rode through the scanner.👌 There are two pouches on the left shoulder strap...one for the remote and a larger one behind it I'm assuming for a cell phone. Since I tend to modify everything, no matter how well designed, I used the larger one for the remote and placed a cut piece of sponge in the smaller front one which added an additional layer of protection for the face of the remote...just in case I ran into an over achiever at the TSA. Everything simply worked great and it fits very easily in the overhead compartment. Comfort: I've worn many back packs and ruck sacks in my life as you might imagine and I'm here to tell you this is by far the most comfortable one I've ever had rest on my shoulders and back. The shoulder straps are wide and very well padded...totally and easily adjustable. With the chest strap in place the shoulder straps fit securely on your shoulders and don't slip off to the sides as I've had other packs do. As the pack rests against your back, it feels like a soft but firm support and you never feel any detecting equipment poking you in the back. The belt around your waist is also wide, adjustable, well padded and very comfortable. Build Quality: The best I've seen. Heavy duty fabric, straps and buckles throughout with professional strong stitching all around as well. The zippers close easily yet very securely with each sporting a nice zipper pull attached. Bottom Line: XP certainly didn't scrimp on anything in the design, choice of material or manufacture of the 280. This is extremely well thought-out and simply first class in every regard...5 all the way 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Just the view from my foxhole...

May 21 2002 Part Five After several tries we eventually found the second cache of gold which contained 20 ounces. It was buried several feet beneath the surface under a large, flat stone which we had to move. Now there was still one more cache remaining. Jacob said we needed to hike to the north about a quarter mile where we would come upon an old logging road that headed west up the mountain. He said this was the road the logging rif raf crews used back in the day when they made their way down the mountain to head south past the old mining crews camp to get to the main road. Jacob sure had a bad opinion of loggers for some reason but I didn’t want to get him started on another story. It was now early afternoon and we wanted to find the last of the gold today. When we came to the old road Jacob let out a hoot. He said we won’t be running into any rif raf logging crews up here today. We could see that the road had been abandoned for years. He said to start following it up the mountain and we slowly made our way west. I asked him how far and he said we would eventually come across three large boulders on the north side of what was now a rough trail. He said it wasn’t too far. After about half an hour Jacob spotted the rocks. He gave a holler and threw his hat in the air. He said to follow him over to the boulders. TO BE CONTINUED ...............

Hey Everyone, Just wanted to share some of my thoughts/experience with the Axiom so far. Iv got about 14 hrs on it here in AZ. I was on the fence between buying the 6000 or the Axiom ever since the minelab sale.... Tough decision as the feedback on the Axiom is still pretty slim but very promising. Well I got out last weekend and it was a perfect day for testing in my most familiar ground where i usually swing an SDC or 4500. It was windy and the EMI was in full force. There was also some recent rain which had soaked the thick red clay in many areas. So yeah, perfectly hot and variable ground and EMI up the wazoo... Usually this combination will make me choose the 4500 in enhance/quiet tuned down a bit and not even bother with the SDC if the EMI is too bad. I fired up the Axiom for the first time and went through all the settings. In order to get it running quiet in this setting (11"mono) I landed on using normal at sensitivity of 3. In fine mode the wet red clay was too much to balance in any setting higher than 2 In Normal mode both the horrible EMI and ground was mellow enough to run it at 3. At 2 it was close to silent which was great but I did not trust it to find small pieces yet. Within about 15 mins i popped out a .16 g on a hillside! yay, ok it works! So the rest of the day i had a really fun time going Veerrryyy slow, digging every sound, playing with the settings as I went along. Im so used to the sound of my minelabs with the sun ray headphones that it took alot of adjusting the audio tone/threshold/volume and some time to get used to the slightly different character of the Axiom. I did use the WR-1 with my sunrays (thanks for that tip Steve) but it was still a little strange... What I noticed right off was if there was an adjustment to the sensitivity, then the quality of the threshold sound changed. As well it seemed if the threshold was turned up a bit somewhere around 16-18 and the volume was just right, there was a sweet spot where the target sounds seemed to be most clear to my ears. I am curious what other people are experiencing with the Axioms audio and threshold, please chime in! So I kept changing the volume of the machine, the WR-1 module, and the headphones, the sensitivity, and the threshold and there is alot of variation in the quality of sound between settings. Another thing about the threshold was a kind of clipped/echo kind of break when a small/faint or deep target was gone over....almost like when using my equinox with some of the numbers blocked or tuning down the the 4500 threshold way down. I tried adjusting the the threshold higher than 19-20 but it blocked out too much of the target sounds. I had a difficult time getting the volume/threshold/sensitivity just right. I did not try the speaker yet. Ground balance: I did not use the ground tracking at all yet. I found I had to ground balance quite a bit more actively in this variable ground. (compared to 4500) Hot wet clay-dry hillside- hot rocks etc.. but I really like being able to balance out the hot rocks, very handy feature.. again im so new to this machine i know nothing yet. So far so good! Got out the next day to another location. Very little wind/emi, dryer (mostly) ground. lots of ironstone, blacksand, hot rocks, lots of variable hot spots etc. No wind so I happily used the speaker which is great. So this day i was able to use Fine mode but only at about 3 sensitivity. Emi and ground were too erratic and i wanted to get more time in and find more targets to understand more of how this detector works before I try cranking it up too much (again, great advice from Steve on this) I found a couple of faint targets and changed all the settings up and down before digging. In Fine, the small targets sounded off clear, in Normal not so much. I tried cranking up the sensitivity in Normal but it only helped a wee bit. Fine was better for sure even at a setting of 2. At setting of 1 sensitivity the targets were too faint but it sure was quiet! dug up the two targets and gold yay! smallest weighs in at .06 g Im very happy about this👍 I did scrape down to bedrock in the area and went over it with the NOX and didnt find any other targets... Ended up finding a couple sitting ducks, one next to someones dig hole (so sorry) and one about 6ft away. biggest was .4g and was a screamer, thought for sure it was a bullet at first' So, iv only got about 14hrs on the AXIOM but I am diggin it so far! I tried the ground tracking in slow, which seemed to work well on the variable wet/dry ironstone nature of the area. I cant remember if i was using it when I found the tiniest piece. but did find a shotgun bb while using it so it did not track it out. and I dont remember hitting any hot rocks while using it in this area... Geeesh, i didnt mean to go on such a ramble but im trying to share as much as i can to help anyone who is considering trying out this machine. I know I was skeptical but the reports have been really intriguing. Price point, ergonomics, new variables to play with. My only concern so far is durability. It seems well made though only time will tell. I am so far very pleased with my purchase (thanks to a member here!) I do not think it compares to either my SDC or 4500... its somewhere in the middle I think. And with only using the 11" mono so far, im excited to try the other coils. Another observation is the coil is nice and hot on those squared off corners, it really is a bit different than most elipticals. As well the shape of it helps the whole machine stay upright when you set it down, and thats a nice touch. Another nice feature is the layout of the settings buttons. easy to adjust all settings quickly. I was pleasantly surprised how much I like it. I kept treating the detector like my NOX, and kept accidentally trying to turn it off on the side of the screen, which was funny.. and a nod to how light it is.. Anyway, hope theres at lest a helpful nugget in all that somewhere... Id love to hear what others are experiencing with the audio settings especially the threshold and sensitivity variables..

Welcome to the forum! Efforts to try and prove that any one of these three is vastly superior is nothing more than an endless rabbit hole of other people's opinions. The detectors you listed will all get the job done perfectly well. It's like you are looking at three cars, and they all will go as fast as you need, and get you where you need to go. So you look at the features and decide which one seems to suit you best. It's actually that simple. But as far as information, there are dozens of threads with hundreds of pages of information already here on the forum covering the questions you are asking. Read it all, but I think I can promise in the end it will still boil down to you picking the one that seems to best suit you for your reasons. Often it's budget, and for many it's ergonomics. I can use any one of these detectors and will do just fine. What will matter is the locations I choose and the hours I go detecting, not which one of these models I use. The thing you have to understand is this is mature technology now. You might be very surprised how little difference there is between a Vanquish and these higher priced detectors, and in most cases a Vanquish will find the same targets they will. It's only at the extremes where differences show up, extremes often only apparent to hard core detectorists who obsess over a tenth inch difference in capability. So again, I will reiterate that all the top end detectors have rabid fans because they all actually do work and allow people to make very good finds. It is your skills at learning and knowing whatever machine you choose and how you apply those skills that matter. A Vanquish used properly 100 days a year will outperform any of these detectors used 10 days a year.

When I heard 1st Texas was working on a new multi-frequency detector, several years ago I waited, waited and waited. Then 5 years ago I bought the Equinox 800. Being a dedicated Fisher fan for some 10 years I had to move on. Now I will state, if they come up with a multi-frequency unit, I'm in. I still have the F75 LTD and use quite often. All is not lost.

Could be. It was my really old iPad that I just replaced that had the problem. But even then a forced app reset fixed the issue.

Salt water imposes an artificial limit on small gold detection. As a result there is a wall all VLF detectors will hit at the same point. Steve's Guide to Detecting Tiny Gold Jewelry In Saltwater

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👍 Nice haul . I like the twisted design on the band .

Even non-pro pack. I didn:t get a pro pack, but I did get a cap. 🙂

The brand my local Ace Hardware carries is Loctite. On gilt, I would try lemon juice first after gently cleaning off any dirt. The Navel Jelly as a last resort on stubborn ones.

Hey Bill You may be one of the most experienced beach hunters that have a Legend>>>>show us the way!

This week we are having some of the biggest tides of the year here in Jersey, Channel Islands, so I've been hitting the beach. All found with a modified Diving program, with sensitivity up to 96, reactivity zeroed, plus some other changes. It's the one for deep high conductors on the beach. Using the 13", I've been seriously impressed with the depth I've been getting.

Bill, Glad to see another detectorist out there testing, comparing and utilizing the features of the new Garrett Axiom. Most importantly you are sharing your thoughts and experiences for us. I wish more people would do the same but at the same time, some folks when they find something really good and exciting, they tend to keep it to themselves. I totally understand their point as well. Your Beach Hunting Test is another reason I feel the Axiom and it's value point is so desired. I was not able to do such testing due to location (Idaho), but as a seasoned detectorist I could see the potential most certainly there. I also feel the same with the CW Relic Hunters back East, this new Axiom is going to open some eyes. It's all about options and to me, the more options the better. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and knowledge and congrats to being the last article for W & E Treasures. My collection of their magazine goes back into the early 70s with a couple of 60's issues. Well done my friend.

Please don't tell anyone (we're trying to keep it under wraps) but that spiffy new coil is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-inch-Coil-Triangulated-Bi-Axial/dp/B09SNVRXHC Apparently only at Amazon, as far as I can tell. Limit 2 per person. If anyone can purchase, on the open market, the new Fisher MF detector in 2022 I will send them one of my paychecks. Offer good for the first person who can show proof-of-purchase. I'm not sure why we keep aiming for the foot and pulling the trigger but it sure makes for sore feet and a red face.