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Hit a park that has been hammered over the years... Not a ton of trash but not clean either. There's one football field sized pocket in the whole park with undisturbed dirt where i found a 1918 slq, 2 mercs, a silver half dollar, and a dozen or so wheaties last year year in around 20 hunts. Oddly, the newest coins i find in this area are mid 1960s even though the park is still in use today. After 20ish hunts It dried up w the simplex and i wasn't finding anything good so i moved on. Tonight i hit it with the d2 with the 11x13 coil w a custom silver mode and got a 1923 merc in my first hole, ended up also finding a 1958 roosie, 1942 quarter, and 4 wheaties from the mid 40s. I was using a custom silver mode and it was hitting all these coins around 10 inches deep. The quarter was a really jumpy signal but kept bouncing around w inconsistent hits of 97 and 99. I know the 11x13 got me some extra depth, and more importantly some increased coverage with each swing. This is my best day at a park and i only hunted for 1.5 hrs or so. If you haven't tried the 11x13, it is killer. I seldom use my 9 inch coil these days since i mainly beach hunt. I was glad to see the trash wasnt any issue for the larger coil. My only real knowledge to share is that this is my second deep silver quarter that bounced around a ton at around 10 inches deep. The 99 signal happened on them both, which was my key to dig.
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That's the way to do it. Looking forward to what else might pop up as you re-imagine where past people activities took place on the island that are less than obvious now because of the changes in landscape and structures. Beyond the tourists and holiday goers, that island has a rich Aboriginal, European Settler, and WW2 history from what I have heard from you and read about. There are more surprises and treasures to be found.7 points
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I had a couple of hours to detect today after another mini blizzard. I decided to stay close to home and hunt next to a curb at a local park that I have hunted with Deus 1 and the Equinox 800 in the past. The area I was hunting is absolutely loaded with aluminum trash and steel crown bottle caps with various states of rust unless they are recent drops. Very iron mineralized ground on top of the thousands of trash targets. Knowing this in advance I was thankful that I have the Deus 2 (and the Legend and Equinox 900) which do not have half of the regularly found aluminum pull tabs ID's landing right on top of the most common gold ring target IDs and the US nickel target IDs (Equinox 600/800/Vanquish models) both of which I really enjoy digging. In the past I have tried Deus 1 at places like this and quickly became super frustrated with all of the silver target ID range responses that could easily be US copper pennies, clad dimes clad quarters, silver coins and silver jewelry but instead were lowly pull tabs and bits of aluminum along with steel crown bottle caps that were showing up in the upper 80s to upper 90s target ID range due to severe up averaging if they were deeper than 3" or so in this iron rich dirt. Deus 2 using its multi modes based on the Fast program simply does not do that to all of that aluminum and steel trash unless it is right at the edge of detection in the dirt around here, so I had no hesitation picking it for detecting this super trashed area. I was using a saved program based on Sensitive, with 5 tones Square Wave audio, disc on 10, iron audio ON, reactivity 2, Silencer 1, bottle cap reject 1 and sensitivity on 95. Deus 2 was a bit jittery but consistent which is how I like it. The US nickel medium pitched tone was set up to sound on target IDs between 59 and 63. The highest tone for clad dimes and up was set 90 to 99. So, I concentrated on the gold and silver range of target IDs specifically any good sounding target with a consistent ID of 59 to 63 and any target with a consistent target ID of 90 and above and was basically cherry picking for US nickels/medium sized gold rings and US coins above zinc pennies with any silver thrown in. The 1.9 gram 10K ring had a target ID of 62/63 just like the nickels and square tabs in the photo. These targets were in the 3 to 6" depth range. There has been a lot of chatter about using single frequencies for detecting and how they are just "better" especially in reference to the new Minelab X-Terra Pro. I deliberately checked the target IDs of each of the low to mid conductor targets in the bottom half of the paper plate photo before digging them. I used default Deus 2 Mono set on 17 kHz. All of those targets which are normally 59 to 66 had target IDs above 85................. I'm very happy to use Deus 2 FMF simultaneous multi frequency tech, that's for sure since I can at least call the non-ferrous conductivity of targets before I dig them for the most part. Thanks for reading.
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I think this is the tiniest piece of stamped .925 I have ever dug. About 3" deep on the beach. Beach Deep, recovery 4, sens 22. Also got an old sterling BSA ring at about 10" today, same settings. BSA ring shown before and after some electrolysis, it's stamped sterling on the back. - Dave
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Here are a few examples.A popular pastime back in the day but still being made today.
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I do believe that is the finest collection of ring pulls that I have ever seen Strick.
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Thanks for all the feedback. Looks like a go. I will implement this over the weekend to reduce my workload due to excessive spammer activity. There will be a New Member account. There will be no ability to include links or to edit their own posts until they have made 10 posts and been a member more than 30 days. There will be no access to downloads or posting classifieds until after 10 posts and 30 days. There will be a limit of one Personal Message conversation per day so they can contact people with ads in the Classifieds. Any account that has not posted at all in the 30 day period will be deleted. Anyone with more than one but less than 10 posts will simply remain in the New Member account status indefinitely. The accounts that make at least ten valid posts and have been a member at least 30 days will automatically be promoted to full Member status. This will give access to the Classifieds and Downloads and remove the PM limit. This does not affect any existing accounts!! Any current members with less than 10 posts etc need not worry. Anyone with no posts however should at least post once or lose your account after 30 days have passed.6 points
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So here is my experience that relates to this story that Jacob told us back in 2002. Fast forward 10 yrs. One of my partners & myself were camped in the same place. We had been coducting grab sample assays on one of the claims along the creek. We were sitting outside the tents drinking a beer and discussing the day's events. It was around 10:00 PM and there was a fire ban in place because it had been a dry Summer as usual. There was a quarter moon and we had several battery powered lanterns hung up for light but outside of camp it was nearly pitch dark. The two of us were talking when suddenly my partner alerted to something. I asked him what was up and he told me he heard someone talking in the trees just 40 ft outside of camp. I stopped talking and listened. I heard the voices as well but the words were unintelligible. They would stop for a few seconds & then start up again. We didn't see anyone and as far as we knew there was no one around this area but the two of us. After a few minutes of this we both got up and shined flashlights in the area of the voices and asked if anyone was there. No reply. So we slowly walked over in that direction with our sidearms at the ready just in case. Then it happened. There were two figures of men that were glowing slightly against the blackness of the forest. At times the figures were transparent.They were talking quietly to each other and paid us no mind. For the life of me I could not make out anything they were saying and the two figures began to drift north up the mountain several feet off the ground. We both just stared at them completely dumbfounded and unable to speak. After about 15 seconds or so they were out of our sight. We tried to follow them but they both had vanished in the night. I will never forget that experience on the claims and thankfully have a witness who saw what I saw and heard what I heard. Otherwise, I may not believe what had happened out there. That's my story & it's as real as real gets.5 points
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This one brings up some interesting points and tips.4 points
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Just FYI, there's a free app called "SuperVision+ Magnifier" for the iPhone, and possibly for other smartphones also. It's very useful for getting extreme closeup views/photos.4 points
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I am going to try to find some pictures of that camp and the area and post them here.4 points
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Good work Jeff...Those broken pull tabs I'm always hopeful that it's a possible gold ring... On the pull tabs We have all dug out share of them...at one point I was saving just for fun...but that got old quick 😄 strick
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Garrett is starting to release videos showing the Apex and it's features, I always found these sorts of videos very helpful when I was learning my Ace detector when I was new to detecting so I figured I'd drop them here to help people find them that may in the future need them. I think Garrett's done a good job with the Apex, it's often forgotten it's a beginners detector and Garrett certainly doesn't try say otherwise in their videos, very honest, if anything I think they under-rate it. I'm sure if I owned an Apex I'd do very well with it in my detecting spots, after all a majority of my coins finds I could have made with my Ace 300, and many of them have been. I guess not too long ago a detector with this pedigree and features would be considered much more than a beginners detector. I still think the Apex is one of the best looking detectors on the market, love the big screen and design. I hope their AT Series replacement follows along looking like the Apex.3 points
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Nice hunt okie, congrats on the deep silver. 👍 It's great when a new coil changes a hunted out space. I've been touting the 11x13 for some time now, it's good to see others having the same or better results than me. I've used it in farm fields, on beaches, and even the heavy mineralized red clay in Culpeper Virginia. I have not once come home without something interesting, so it's me or the coil 😎 After 2 years of hunting the farms around here only rarely is something 10-12" deep, and the coil has hit it all. It also amuses me that it does well in iron, I've dug co-located targets many times. Relic season is all but over for me this year, I'm gearing up for a week long trip to a Southern beach. I'll be out every day giving it a workout and comparing it to another manufacturers' 15". 😀3 points
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Fully agree with you Simon, I have always appreciated Garrett's videos and sales literature for many years. I find the videos informative and easy to understand. Technically, of course, you are correct insofar as not too many years ago this new unit's capabilities would have been available only in a "top of the line" unit. In fact, I rather like the notion of purchasing one for each of my grandsons to beachcomb our innumerable freshwater public beaches, lots of fun when on vacation. You never know just what you'll find. Thanks for posting the video......................... Jim.
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If that's the case, you would think I wouldn't dig so many pull tabs. Most of my pull tabs are like 27 to 33 or so. But no nickels. I'm going to bury a nickel 6" down next hunt and see how it shows ID and trace wise compared to all the dang pull tabs.3 points
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Looking at your area in google earth the terrain shows a lot of slopes due to the height variation. On the geology map look for the "direction line" of the reef that crosses the bulldozer working. Test the ground along this line. To find these lines the old timers would pan up the river or tributary till the gold sample dropped substantially. This showed them where the water/erosion had removed the landscape and reef that shed the gold. I have found that flat areas on the high ground has shallow gold but on flat areas down hill the gold gets deep quickly. On steep slopes the gold is usually shallow but does not remain on the slope as long as flat areas. The incline of a reef that is in the same direction of the slope of the ground sheds a lot of it's gold in a shorter time, but if the incline is in the opposite direction of the ground slope it's gold is shed over a longer time allowing more time for the gold to spread out on the land below the reef. By the looks of the map rivers might be more suitable to detect if bedrock is exposed.
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There is a long thread about issues I have been having with new members here. Long story short there are spammers who can evade automated spam checks by setting up endless new email accounts. They often join, post once, then edit the posts later to include links. This means I spend way too much time now reviewing new members who only post once or twice, going back for months. More obvious have been the spam attacks where we get hit by a bunch of new members who post dozens of crazy links in very short order. So here is my plan. I will create a New Member account. New members will not be able to include links in their posts. They will not be able to download from the Downloads area, or post in the Classifieds. They will have a limit of three PM messages a day - enough to contact somebody with an ad in the Classifieds who has not included contact info. I am looking for feedback on this. People may only want to be contacted by longtime members, and don't want to hear from some person who just joined. If you want that, well, then include contact info in the ad. But maybe you don't want to put your contact info out for people to know? Not sure, but allowing a new member to PM while limiting the number keeps them from spamming the entire forum with junk mail, so works for me. The system allows for automated promotion, so after ten posts and 30 days, the person will automatically be promoted to the full member account. So this is easy to set up and requires no ongoing work on my part. It will get rid of both the sleeper spammers, and the massive spam attacks. Very few spammers are going to spend a month and ten posts when so much easier marks exist out there. One might argue this penalizes lurkers by not allowing them to download owner manuals or use the classifieds. The simple reality is those are rewards for participating members. It's the people who post regularly and help answer questions that make this forum what it is. People who join just to sell stuff or download stuff are using the forum while not contributing anything in return. That being the case they can't be missed since in a way they really are not here anyway. I've not done this yet but the more I think about it the more I like it, and just wanted to toss it out one last time for review or suggestions before implementing it. And I will use this as an opportunity to thank all of you who do post interesting content for others to read, and most especially thank those of you who answer questions for those that have them. That is what the forum is all about, and it is you all that make it happen. Without you, there is no forum, so again, my heartfelt thanks.3 points
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In 1980 my father and I remove 13 pounds. mAYbe ThAtz whY iM, a weE bIt TiltEd.3 points
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Hi there thanks for your help. This stone was found in the Sahara desert. I thought it was a fossil but to be honest I have no idea what it is. Any help would be appreciated. seems carved but maybe could be natural markings, extremely heavy. Sound 30cm x 20cm, some sort of quartz stone embedded.
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Wow... Been in and around numismatics/coin collecting off and on since childhood and never seen or heard of "hobo nickels"...Thanks!!!!!!2 points
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Congrats on the silvers and coppers, okie, that's an impressive haul, well done! Ya'll are forcing me to get that 11x13" coil! 😏2 points
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On the subject of copper cleaning, I'd like to offer my method: This one came from a farmyard in eastern Massachusetts and was completely crusted over. It had good details though. They are preserved entirely in verdigris (the green corrosion that forms on bronze and copper). I scraped the encrustation only from the high areas and left the dirt in the fields. To do this, I used a stereo microscope and tiny scrapers (think dental tools) that I use for prepping fossils. Lastly I polished the high areas a little with a fiberglass brush, and applied a little penetrating oil-based finish. Total time spent so far is about four hours, and I haven't done the reverse yet
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Credit to Steve for the image file, but this is what the numbers basically mean. This could help a bit if the number ranges you were seeing did not correspond to the type of ground you have around your house. I have a laminated copy of this with me as I learn the machine.
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I reiterate what most others have said. I'm primarily a beach hunter in a competitive area and the 15" is my standard beach set-up on my Nox 800 (while I'm still waiting for my Manticore!). I'm probably 80% on the dry/wet sand and about 20% in the shallow surf. The additional coverage is the primary advantage to me but I do think it's a little deeper than the 11", and it's definitely plenty sensitive to small targets. No doubt it is a heavier coil if you're sensitive to that, or hunt for extended amounts of time. I mitigated the additional weight by getting Steve's detector rod with a counterweight which balances the 15" so much better...I don't have any issues swinging it for 6-7+ hours. I love my 15" and definitely recommend it but your milage may vary depending on where, how and what you hunt.2 points
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Yeah...that 3- legger came out in pretty nice shape? Did you ever run it to the coin shop to see what it may be worth despite the slight cleaning and environmental condition? Country I live in is very "young" so not many real old coins compared to back east. It breaks my heart to see OLD coins from back east totally shot like many are? I do clean all my nickels except war nickels with a hard rub with steel wool as they all come out of the ground looking like a brown turd. Generally speaking they are all worth only a nickel anyways unless you find that one rare coin in good condition.... I just left Missoula today (chemo sessions again) and was noticing quite a few of the areas I used to hunt when in town and it brought back some fond memories of many of the great finds I made from the coin shooting days..... Take care SofHK and glad you're happy with the coin...!!!!!!!2 points
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Thanks Simon,I did see someone had a bunch of sdc coils on ebay a couple weeks back.... I did end up talking to someone at MinersDen Australia and they said yeah we got one, but because of the distribution agreement they have with minelab they couldnt send me one🤔 Also since mine is the 1st gen they said it "might not fit". Im more motivated now than ever to take the darn thing apart and make a new housing for the electronics..... (now that I have an Axiom in the kit...)2 points
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Looks like my luck has changed from finding nothing worthwhile for weeks to finding a little silver mine.. As part of a new quest to hunt places which I normally drive past on my way to popular beaches, I decided to pull over at two trees along the beach.. This is not a touristy spot and I thought my chances were slim.. To my surprise this spot yielded ten pieces of silver (dated from 1904 to 1916) and two silver rings (one is 975, the other says 'sterling silver').. Also two bullets.. It's always great to hunt spots where no detectorist has been before.. I've found a few spots like this and I'm sure there's plenty more.. It doesn't really matter if no one goes there today, a hundred years ago (or more) it could have been a popular hangout..
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Manticore just arrived. New machine with different serial number. Fred is very happy. I must commend Minelab for turning this around quickly. Good for consumer relations.2 points
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Congrats on getting the 13x11, SS. 👍 I've gotten quite used to its weight so now swinging the 9" feels weird if I put it on the SteveG carbon fiber shaft. For the most part I use the 9" on the WS6 Master. If you have the whole kit you should get a second shaft. I always keep my shovel on my shoulder so I never have a problem with that, but it was detecting the brass rivets in the one knee pad I wear, so I bought a Velcro attached knee pad. 😀 Since it doesn't weigh much more than the 11" I appreciate the excellent coverage and can't wait to use it at the beach in a couple weeks. Great review, spot on with every observation.2 points
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At this point I am about 20 hours in on the 11 x 13 coil. Here are some first impressions: Pros: * Coverage is enormous compared to the 9" coil. It doesn't detect just under the coil, there seems to be a significant halo around it as well. It gets my shovel every swing unless I drag it behind me. I found two silvers that rang from outside the area covered by the coil (and, to be fair, many beer cans) * Whatever problems existed with drooping appear to have been addressed, or are yet to appear. No noticeable drooping. * There seems to be a significant depth advantage over the 9" coil. I haven't verified this yet on an actual deep target, but air tests seem to indicate it. * Doesn't seem to be a lot more affected by EMI than the 9" coil. Cons (none unexpected): * Compared to the 9", it weighs a ton. Swinging it for a couple of hours is a workout. * it's not great in dense undergrowth. Overall impression: I love it and think it's definitely worth it if you have the 9" coil.2 points
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Klunker That’s great and just think if dredging hadn’t been stopped a lot of rivers could be clean again thanks to the dredger’s. Chuck2 points
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Relatively new to this forum but was a member years ago and only dropped out because I didn't have time with my work schedule to contribute much. Now I am retired and glad to be back. I think your plan is excellent and will do the job.2 points
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Did you not watch Terminator ? 🙂 The Internet's always been the lawless wild west, the more popular it's become the more wild it gets. A difficult thing to police so it's up to individuals to control their own piece of the Internet, Steve with the assistance of Chase does a good job around here of that, with all of the possible disruptions very little affects the users. If we all do our bit and use the "report" button when we see something suspicious I'm sure it helps a little to keep it at bay. The more difficult it's made for them the less likely they'll bother here.2 points
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I'm good with that, anyone that reads my off the cuff, overreactive at times, post's would know I'm only human. However I'm a bit worried, my grammar is always perfect..... mineralization or mineralisation hmm.2 points
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May 24 2002 Part Three Jacob said it was back in late May in the 1937 mining season when it all happened. The crew had decided to go into town to blow off steam but Jacob decided to stay at camp. He remembered it being a cold night and he had stoked up a fairly big campfire and was sipping whisky and thinking about the previous season. Before he went any further he looked at the three of us sitting around the fire with him and asked if we had ever heard any strange sounds around camp since we had arrived. We shook our heads no. He nodded and went on with the story. According to him he had heard voices coming down the mountain along the side of the creek near camp. Jacob said the sounds got his attention and he grabbed his Thompson and got out of the campfire light and hid in a dark spot outside of camp. He kept real still as two figures started to come into view. They were jabbering away about gold and mining and both of them were drinking from whisky bottles and laughing as they came into camp. Jacob went on to say that something about them didn’t look right and he could see right through them at times. He stood up to get a better look and realized it was Jed and Whisky Jack as sure as could be. When Jacob hollered out to them he said they looked him dead in the face with cold stares and it made his skin crawl. He said he was so shocked he could hardly get any words to come out of his mouth. Then he said the two of them kind of floated off the ground a few feet and drifted slowly up the mountain until they were out of sight. Then Jacob looked at us and said this was not a lie but as true as true could ever be so help him. He told us that he expected to see them again out here one night. He didn’t exactly know why but just had one of his feelings. TO BE CONTINUED ...................2 points
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The new AI coming online is really making things interesting. It used to be you could spot spammers due to poor spelling or grammar, since many are based overseas. Now it's the other way around. Perfect English, perfect grammar is how I spot some. I figure that can't be a real gold prospector - and it's not! But they will fine tune even that, toss in a misspelled work and some slang to where an AI based bot can post and you can't tell. I actually get emails almost daily from people wanting to sell me on AI posters to keep the forum active - an army of robot posters! I can see where all this is going. All the real people leave, and we end up with bots chatting with each other online!2 points
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As a rule nuggets tend to stay centered. Nails and other elongated ferrous targets will often move, since in reality they are like two targets, like a bar magnet, with a signal off each end. Long story short I rarely see a nugget do that, but a weird nugget type or ground/hot rocks could certainly do it.2 points
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That was me 😄 Gorgeous 3 leg Buffalo. Thanks again for that. I want to move to Montana and detect there. Come on down to MA if you want to dig corroded nickels 😄. Your area produces pristine nickels compared to anywhere around me. Great looking coins! Nice collection of nickels.2 points
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I just got my hands on one here in OZ and will be test running it in the field in May for 3 weeks. Will give my feed back in June when i get back.😉 Cheers Ozgold1 point
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Way to go Erik, those are awesome finds! I wonder if the roots of those newer trees brought long buried items closer to the surface. Congrats on your well deserved treasure finds, well done!
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That's probably because the beach hunters are targeting low and mid conductors for gold.1 point
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Surface Quartz is a good start, it means that any gold bearing gravels are not too deep for a detector to scan. An old saying is "Gold is where you find it" meaning that even terrible looking ground sometimes has gold too. Local information is key....if you know anyone there, ask them.1 point
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I got to spend a day and a half on some claims in the Little San Domingo Wash area north of Phoenix Arizona this week. I also got to meet up with Bill Southern (Nugget Shooter) for a few hours too. Thanks Bill! I mostly wanted to see how the GPX 6000 with Coiltek Goldhawk 10X5" coil and the audio mod would behave. Finding some gold was secondary. The GPX 6000 was super quiet running at sensitivity 7 or 8 with a stable threshold tone and only sounded off on some of the metamorphic magnetite filled schist and gneiss which also tended toward ironstone. Those hot rocks were easy to recognize and kick out of the way. The threshold only got a bit wobbly when aircraft were in the area. I did manage to find a 0.11 gram rough looking LSD nugget. The photo is of the targets that made it into my nugget containers which are 35mm film canisters. The GPX 6000 with the Coiltek 10X5" was super easy to swing for two 6 hour sessions, easy to pack and hit some incredibly small targets. Those are .22 long rifle shell casings which give a good size comparison. I really enjoyed using the GPX 6000.
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Just curious about how it will handle high ground minerals and how it will compare to some of my classic detector's such as my IDX Pro with Mr. Bill's mods. I also want to compare it to my Quest Q 30+.1 point
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May 23 2002 This morning’s cleanup showed .3 ounces in the pan. Jim stayed down at camp while Vern, Jacob, and I went up to work the mine. It was a beautiful morning for working and we went at it until around 2:00 PM when we broke for lunch. Jacob went back down to camp and Jim came up to dig. The rounded channel rocks were good to see but were playing hell with our digging speed not to mention our joints. I couldn’t imagine how Jed and Jacob and the rest of the old crew were able to do what they did. My hands and elbows ache every day. Vern, being the younger member of the crew, was fairing a bit better. Nobody ever complained and Jacob told us to just keep a steady pace and don’t push yourself past the breaking point. We were all hoping the permit would be approved before the weather got too hot. By the end of the day we had managed a hard fought for 12 yards of washed gravels. Now I understand why those old boys drank whisky at night. It killed the pain. After supper that’s what we all did, had a couple of drinks with Jacob. TO BE CONTINUED .............1 point
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I'm also waiting for the EQX 15 coil (the 6X8 too) to come out for the Manticore. I have one for my Nox 800 and find it very useful in certain situations. Here in Pensacola, a lot of vacationers bring their detectors. It is not uncommon to see six detectors on the beach at one time. For this reason, I like the larger coil because competition is high. Since the larger coil is nearly 50% bigger, I cover more ground at a faster rate than the general purpose coil. To me, that comes down to finding more targets. I also like the larger coil in non-trashy open fields. I cover these fields faster and I know it goes deeper. I did an experiment once where I used the 11-inch coil and hit a field in all directions using the grid system. A couple of weeks later, I used the 15-inch coil at the same field and found the deeper targets that the 11-inch coil couldn't reach. Just my two cents for ya. Happy hunting! John1 point
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Chuck, Long story short, but I can build you that type of shaft, for your 800 -- EXCEPT -- you'd have to be willing to "file down" that "nipple" on the bottom/inside of the lower part of the handle assembly. That "nipple" fits through a hole in the shaft, and as such, it "blocks" a middle shaft from being able to telescope/collapse fully into the upper. Any shaft made to allow for full telescopy of an Equinox 600/800 has to deal with that "nipple" in some way. One way it is achieved, is by sanding it down -- which then allows the middle shaft to slide unobstructed into the upper shaft. The only issue is that the purpose of that "nipple," fitting into a hole in the shaft, is to ensure that the handle assembly can't turn/twist. The solution, if you sand off that "nipple," is to apply a single layer of tape (two-sided tape, or a rubbery tape like electrical tape) underneath that area where you wish to install the handle. This -- via friction -- prevents any chance for the handle assembly to turn or twist on the shaft (i.e. it effectively does the job of the nipple/hole). Send me a PM or email (steve@stevesdetectorrods.com) if you are interested in a fully collapsible 3-piece shaft for your EQX 600/800. Thanks! Steve1 point
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The X-Terra Pro is basically an Equinox 700 without the Multi SMF setting and 4 digit notching instead of single digit notching. Compared to the Simplex, the X-Terra Pro has some features that the Simplex lacks like all of the audio, 1,2,5, full tones and VCO pitch tones, along with recovery speed adjustments too. So you get Minelab tones along with VCO if you want it to sound more like the Simplex. Someone may say "It doesn't have iron bias"......neither does the Simplex. They don't need iron bias since they aren't SMF detectors that mostly process the non-ferrous parts of the multi frequency return signals. The X-Terra Pro's reported performance and its features make the single frequency offerings from Garrett and FTP look kind of silly.1 point
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