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Well sorry haven’t been on the board for awhile been busy with doctors and just came back from a long detecting trip. Here are some of the picts from lots and lots of digging. The pictures do not do it justice and all the finds are not in there. Several large cents drape busted, coronet’s, and one 1787 Connecticut Copper. As well as rings, jewelry, toys, wheats, silver, colonial buckles, musket balls, lead wax stamp, gold gilt buttons, list goes on. Even threw in a pict of some of the iron. Friend of mine new to detecting got the Connecticut Copper, the engraved Tombac button, and lead wax stamp. This was his first real time diggin so it was great he ended up with some of the best pieces. Large coppers were pretty obliterated not surprising.. Property span was from colonial/revolutionary to civil and modern times. Wife’s Manticore did very well it was very impressive. She scored several large coppers. Her expression on her first large copper was priceless. She was jumping around, excited, and we have it on video but she doesn’t want it posted. 😆 The D2 held its own when I wasn’t helping others lots of gold gilted and silver buttons. Only used my V3i with the 4x6 coil for a short time when I got into a super super trashy area. Come on XP/Deus need a smaller coil hint hint. 😂. All good I was glad to see everyone digging stuff and was happy to help everyone with their machines. Good times with wife and friends. Thanks to Joe D for keeping me posted on conditions back home and doin the favor for me in my absence at the detecting club. Soon for me and him to go out and find some reales or high dollar rings. Plus the funny texts. Thanks to F350 for sending me Reaper program for D2 — don’t fear the Reaper! It performed very well. Tore the wheats up — well when my wife wasn’t trying to snake them from my grid. Plus the funny texts. Still going through picts and do have some close up ones. Too many to post do not want to eat up SteveH drive (so if it is too many Steve just delete what you need to). I did find a treble guilt button that has stars on that I think was cool since the stars still have the gold on it. Wife got a nice button too.

I’ve been watching Paystreak’s videos lately and he’s been hitting the totlots. I’ll say this right off the bat, I’m not a big fan of hunting totlots, but I decided I would get up early this morning and hit the one at the local park. This park had an old house on it at one time and I’ve dug some nice relics here along with two standing liberty quarters. All I got from the totlot was a zincoln and a stainless watch band clasp. Since I was there early and there wasn’t many people there, I decided to hit an area near the office building where I had found other relics in past hunts. This time I slowed down and concentrated on a small area right next to the deck of the office building. I was using my D2 in sensitive full tones with reactivity at 2.5, silencer at 1 and sensitivity at 95. Wasn’t long before I got deep signal ringing up in the low 80s. About 7” down was the military button. Not long after that I got another deep signal ringing up in the 90s. I thought for sure it was going to be a silver dime, but it turned out to be an old wide band tiny ring…about the size of a dime. A little later I got the buckle which was the deepest find of the morning at around 8” or so.

I'd have to say that after investing nearly $3000 in the Deus 2, I'm still very pleased with it and all its accessories now that I own and have used nearly all of them for everything except gold prospecting, which is a small niche here in Virginia. Still waiting on word of an elliptical small coil. The D2 is by far the top detector in my region for relic hunting, and I'm seeing an increase of use at the beaches as well. It's easily more EMI resistant than others, and a joy to use all day, a relief for the aged. You pay more for the accessories to be able to walk when you get to your 70s. Don't like the arm cuff? Get a replacement shaft from a custom builder like you would for any other detector. Show me another company that makes a machine that comes with two detectors in the box. Show me another company whose coil can be duct taped to a walking stick or even handheld and still communicate with a waterproof remote. The D2 is the most versatile detector available. Oh, and show me another 5 year warranty while you're at it. I've dunked that machine in salt rivers and surf, and just spray it off with a hose when i get home. After a year and a half of salt and field abuse I have yet to see a speck of rust or corrosion on it, I don't use any sort of screen protector and the screen is still fine, some tiny scratches from sand. I've only broken a couple bolts from over tightening them so far. I'd rather have a $4 bolt break than a coil ear any day. I've taken a piece of coax and validated the claim that the WS6 remote can be used in the water up to a reasonable depth, and it's entirely possible that with enough coax it would reach the WS6 module in a water resistant bag on my arm should i want to dunk the whole shaft and coil. Haven't connected the bone conduction headphones to the WS6 yet, but that might even interest me. Heck with enough coax, you might be able to connect the coil to a submersible ROV with a camera, and sit on a paddle board! Your next problem would be digging what it finds. 😀 I've also found that the coil can be charged on the fly by connecting a light backup battery to it. There's a wonderful old maxim: "Don't knock it if you haven't tried it." To me, negative speculation is irrelevant from the uninitiated or inexperienced. The D2 is well worth the investment. I notice the OP is still going strong with his. 🙂

Input welcome. Werid machine to make a cover for. Doc

OMG, this is going to be even better than I could have hoped for! 😱

Today after having a Job interview, i did some metal detecting, and found a ring that has the Lords prayer on it , Hopfully I get the job and have my daily bread, Yes LORD Amen

I've never built or run one myself. I hope I can meet up with Chet again sometime and check one of his out or maybe give it a go in person and learn a bit more. Until then I can't really comment with much useful. I definitely relate to the "big country" issue though. It can be an overwhelming amount of land to cover. Barring a better solution, the only ways to tackle it for me have come down to 3 things basically: speeding up by using a lightweight, quiet, fast detector (I've posted about this technique a ton, but it's not for everyone granted). Geologic/topographic indicators. And using an ATV to speed up movement between low probability zones, as well as to do a lot of scouting by eye first. I'd say at least 50% of my field prospecting in big country now is standing on my ATV while driving and just looking at the ground with my eyes, or getting from the most likely place to the next most likely quick without walking or detecting in between. I'm missing a lot, but I'm also usually only spending time detecting in the most probable spots when there is just too much ground to feasibly detect. I'd love for there to be a better solution...starting to look unlikely we'll get one though.

I've helped a couple of mates build a drag coil. Issues that arise are: Getting the coil windings to the correct spec when dealing with large sizes. Getting the shielding values correct. Allowing for a longer than normal lead (which alters said specs). Getting the ideal size calculated due to the GPX's ground tracking ability not keeping up with large coils (as Reg has said). Finding the ideal matting material to mount the coil to and bonding it well enuff to stay on for the duration. When dealing with these issues, it becomes quickly apparent that they are always towed from a quad bike or larger vehicle due to the weight of the coil and mat. The lightest one I've ever seen was about 8 kilos. The heavy rubber matting is required to sustain wear from dragging (which is multiple times more abrasive than swinging). Mounting the coil to your body and dragging will never be a comfy option. One fellow I knew even used an old Postie bike to some effect so ya dont need any large vehicle. So, when taking into account the fact that you need a vehicle and THAT requires the electrics of that vehicle to be nullified, you are left with an AI design. This design assists with the ground balance effect also. But a bit of sensitivity is lost. Best option for ground coverage Ive ever seen is to get a 24" elliptical mono and train yourself to efficiently swing at a brisk walking pace. The 30x7 NF patch mono is also a great option. Geof is correct in that a lot of great patches are missed due to the lack of sensitivity in drag coils. This is something that the large ellip monos mentioned above are great at.

Couldn't have been more thrilled to be a part of your progress up there man, albeit vicariously. You and your wife scored some serious relics! 👍 The engraved Tombac is my favorite, and I've never found a shoe buckle as nice as that one. Lead seal is awesome. What a great opportunity to find enviable stuff in a historical spot! Bravo to both of you. 🏆 I appreciate the feedback on my crazy program, looks like your experience made the most of it. Beach hunting might never be the same 😁

Pumping the coil....50/50 found if there was halos or iron close it would grunt..bummer...won't stop experimenting So! Tried these audio settings and radical reduction in pattern (I opened it up to 8, -8 in field) So much iron around this (we found out yesterday it's not virgin, heavily hit last year) 1840s house, pinpointing is quite impossible. Sens set around 22, 23, a bit higher than previously possible. Get a possible target, slowly reduce the swing, turning a full 360 to pinpoint. If I could get a repeatable tone matched with reasonably steady bid for half the circle, I'd dig Had an hour, hit the likely path from back door to privy The silver bracelet, catholic charms... one's stamped 1830. That's how it was in the hole no sht. I brushed off the dirt, but that's how they lay, check the nails, the big one was OVER the center of the cluster. Previous detectorist missed it, vdi was 90s..mixed in all the iron squonks The gilded 1870s naval button ..roofing nails everywhere...vdi mid 40s, but the tones were the huge difference for me today We'll figure this out lads 👍 I do wish they'd run a patch, and speed up the coil release....

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Here's a puzzling find from eastern Massachusetts. I've pulled over 100 spoons so far and know a run-of-the-mill plated spoon when I see it. This is different. Between the fig-shaped bowl, the symbol at the inside top (I don't think it's a hallmark), and the notch where the handle detached, this looks pretty old to me. The surface isn't plated. Much more like a wash, or even like tombac. Underneath the silvery layer (which only has a microscopic thickness) is a thick, crumbly layer of powdery green corrosion. I am cautiously optimistic that this is indeed an ancient spoon, as I have found 18th century artifacts nearby. My city was founded in 1642, so it's not impossible. But I've learned to control my wishful thinking and am seeking an expert opinion. Any ideas? If not, do you know of a spoon expert?

Totallly agree; I haven´t found any issue so far. I can even use it on 35 of sensitivity but in 28 is so quiet and so deep that i think is useless to crank it up each time i use it. Found necklaces that are mute if rubbed on equinox coil

V1.0 has some very intriquing features. Can't wait to test them out! Hopefully this upgrade will put a dagger in the heart of the chronic iron falsing.

A friend took me to one of his spots in NJ he’s been finding seated silver dimes and quarters at. I dug my first gold coin an 1876 young head shield back 1/2 sovereign in excellent condition and 1854 1877 seated quarters the 77 is cc. Still learning the manticore but it’s starting to click. Good luck everyone. Thanks John

XP Deus and Deus II coils are not simple "dumb coils" which only contain send and receive coil wires and copy protection chip, the signal processing is done in the coil so there is also a substantial processor in the coil as well as a wireless transmitter and battery. That's why they can make such tiny remote control like the WS6 earhpone module to control the processed information from the coils. The detecting power is in the coils, the audio processing and programing functions are done in the remotes.

That's a serious bonanza for a Florida boy (and girl)! Unless your a snowbird, like a few we know, we never get to find stuff like that around here! Awsome hunts, and alot of hard work! Looking forward to getting my hands on a few pieces at the next meeting, when you and the wife show them off!! Congrats!🍀👍👍

There’s no one set of settings appropriate for every beach. The settings I use on east coast Florida beaches may not work as well on Virginia Beaches. Given that reality, I suggest you start off with the factory beach sensitive program, do a noise cancel and adjust the salt sensitivity and reactivity enough to quiet/stabilize the detector. Those two settings are key to stabilizing the Deus 2 on a salt water beach. If you experience a lot of interference , then adjust overall sensitivity but adjust the salt sensitivity first. On my beach, I normally use a salt sensitivity setting of 7 and a reactivity of 0. Why 0? It maximizes depth and you generally don’t need a lot of separation on our beaches that the higher reactivity settings provide. As I always say, predetermined settings only serve to get you in the ball park. It’s up to you then to pick the best seat! Good hunting….

Although I have the GPX 6000 and it does great on both relics and gold nuggets for me, I think the Axiom is probably a better choice for most people that want to use it for things other than gold nuggets. Not having iron reject doesn't bother me at all on the 6000, it was only good to about 6" on the GPX 4000-5000 anyway. At this last DIV there were quite a few people using the Axiom. I think I saw about 7 different people using them. Below are some of my finds from DIV in April. I found about 3 times the amount of shells frags shown and another fuse.

I have found a few new ground patches, but in most of them only one or two nuggets would of been found with a drag coil and even less with the size that you desire, the rest you need to grid by hand. How ever you can cover a lot of ground with a machine dragged coil in shorter time in poor ground. I'm sure other will give you their opinions of what is worthwhile, best of luck.

Big idea from a bloke with no idea!!! Hoping that this forum can be of some assistance 🙂 Well, with another trip to Western Australia done and dusted my last statement to my brother in law before I left was that "I don't think I will be back without a drag coil". Aaaaaaaand I am hoping to go back next year 🤣 We did OK considering we were genuinely 'prospecting' and we knew that it may be a boom or bust type situation. The issue is that we passed over so much country because it is just too big. Vast. Expansive. And much of that vastness looks exactly the same - where the hell do you start? And of the patches we did find, then gridding out from those located pieces would be far more efficient and easier on the body than the side-to-side, slowly moving forward, small step action that gridding requires. I'll proceed with what I want to do, what I don't want to use, what I hope I can build and then questions re: what is actually feasible. I have looked through a few topics on here and there are snippets that can be picked up but not specifics and the cans, cants and have to's and how to's. I am really hoping to build a thread that anyone can follow and build their own basic coil design or at least have the basic idea of where to start. I'm hoping that @Reg Wilson @Chet @jrbeatty @Aureous @jasong @Geotech and others with technical expertise and prior experience can be helpful. Disclaimer - I checked out Geotech forum and although I am sure it is a fantastic forum I am sorry to say that it is all just too far over my head. I really need things in laymen's terms. I guess it is a case of if you never learnt it you just don't know it and I don't have the time to go and do a diploma in electronics. I help student/new nurses go through a step-by-step-by-step process of changing vacuum dressings on huge abdo wounds or changing PICC dressings or setting up a syringe driver for a palliative care patient. They are technical things and they need guidance, unfortunately I am asking for the same guidance here 🙏 My basic plan - to make a 5 or 6 foot wide, oval or rectangle shape, mono coil that I can drag myself - not with a vehicle of any sort. My goal is coverage more than depth although depth is always a welcome advantage I suppose. I would be hoping such a coil could pick up shallow gold pieces that are 2 grams and up?? Mount the windings inside plastic tubing (inch poly??), solidify those windings inside the tubing with either some sort of foam or resin, affix that to the top of a folded piece of non-metal conveyor belt, place a solid timber on the front edge/folded edge of the belt and tow with a rope. All connected to a GPX series (4000/4500/5000) detector that can be carried on a harness with the battery, etc. As I am trying to keep-it-simple-stupid I am hoping that the windings can simply be bundle wound and that a gel type resin will both provide some weight, some rigidity and keep the windings in place. I do not want to use a vehicle due to the extra cost of purchasing a vehicle, transporting it and the EMI complications it can bring. As I will be pulling the device it needs to be reasonably light weight but not so light weight that it is not durable and that it does not remain as flat as possible. I know there is a pre-fab ready-to-go option with an @Coiltek 40 inch drag coil but I am wanting something a little wider to really make the process efficient. And I might learn something along the way 👨‍🎓 So before getting into the what I need and how to do it, I really need to start with 'Is it possible?'. Noting Reg's post below re: as things get bigger they develop more problems - is a 72 inch wide coil even feasible? Is this why Coiltek don't make anything over 40"? The build itself it adaptable but I am guessing the physics is not, so that is the first hurdle I need to over come. Question 1 - Will physics defeat me before I even start? Look forward to your responses 🙂 Cheers, N.E.

Update injected. Audio filter at 5. The magical analog audio is back. I'm in heaven.

Steve: I live in Phoenix area, 75, retired and bored. Decided to get out and learn something that is enjoyable, challenging, outdoors with plenty of exercise. With at least a 1000 steps a day. Searching for gold nuggets has always been a bucket list event. Researched gold detectors and wanted to achieve better odds of detecting in areas in Arizona that have been prospected over and over again. Research, limited by my knowledge, led me to the new Garrett Axiom and found that you are the best advocate of testing and tweaking this new detector and have read a lot of your post while doing my research. Minelab seems to be superior with the 7000 I felt the Axiom was my choice and less expensive than the 6000, plus offered more advance features. I decided on the Axiom and bought the package with 11x7 mono and 13x11 DD and added the 16x14 DD. The 16x14DD in the event I can visit the Mojave desert. Plan to learn how to detect using the 13x11 DD. Not doing this to make a living. But would like to find what others may have passed over due to the limitations of their detectors. Just want the exercise, be able to enjoy seeing parts of the state that everyone misses out on. Looking forward to this venture but going to start by learning how this detector works. Joined a local prospecting club to access areas where I can legally detect and meet others that have detected for a while. Plus plan to detect more often than others that can only go on weekends. Also, not really interested in dredging or panning. Just joined Detectorprospector as a new member and will continue to monitor your research and others who have also bought the Axiom. Really appreciate your insight as you and others with updates about your findings, also. Wish me luck.

We finally have an update but can’t actually have it. It’s like they put up the grail shaped beacon.

I would imagine the excuse is their servers are overwhelmed. I'm not buying that as an excuse if it is one, since they know exactly the number of units that are out in the wild and surely they built their IT to handle that amount. One would think anyways.

Just found a ring nicely stamped inside the band .375 with a couple other hallmarks next to it, too blurry to identify. It was found in the saltwater. It rang up as a 57 -59. I thought it must be a piece of copper or brass before I dug it, but it turns out to be 9K and weighs 5.5 grams. I checked it in some other search modes and it's the same. I'm just really surprised it ID's so high. I also checked it with my Nox 800 when I got home, and it IDs as 20. I don't think I have found a 9K ring in years and was curious if anyone else can check a 9K if you have one and see what it ID's as. Thanks Bob

The 10yr parts guarantee, is something I came across. It's basically that XP will guarantee parts for their detectors will be available to make repairs or replacement for 10yrs. The actual warranty is stil only 5yrs. But it's nice to know that if I need a part 8yrs from now, XP will still have it. (Not that it may necessarily be worth buying it versus something new). But, it gives me that extra bit of confidence in the product and the company. Obviously they are saying this is a product they will continue to support for quite a while. Just like the original DEUS was. I also have to agree about the wireless thing being a preference. I also can't speak too much to using it in water yet. I have only made it into about a foot of water so far. But one of the reasons for buying it, was that I got anxiety whenever using my nox 800 in water. It never flooded, but it's been out of warranty for 2 yrs now. I just rather not risk it at this point. I do love the wireless aspect when it comes to transporting my detector and also packing it away when I take it out with my bike. Sure the nox broke down and fit too, but with a lot more work and worry about the cable and cable nub on coil damaging inside the backpack. Bottom line is that I would not consider either wired or wireless to be a deal breaker. But now that I am wireless, I can appreciate it, so far... I just want to help anyone looking at a DEUS II, to overcome some concerns they may have. One which I had, was to be made to think the DEUS II is overly complicated. It maybe for some, but I really have to put this out there... As far as the RC unit goes, I really don't find that to be the case at all! I actually enjoy navigating it's menu. A few things I use often took a few more button presses than I would have prefered. But I quiclkly found that I could just make a separate program and just switch between those. Ex: two programs that are the same, but one is XY the other numeric ID. One is pitch, the other square or pmw. . I can now just switch the program to the XY version or a different sound profile by using only the -and + keys. It's actually faster than it was engaging the user profile button on the nox. And there is 12 available! Also, square is what I was use to and most of the time I ears think I am still using a nox, my shoulder knows better though. 😉 And to be fair, something that I dislike is the two separate buttons needed for the pin pointer on/off mode. But I'm getting use to it. I also bet that some people even prefer it. Sorry, I had to get that off my chest.

That’s a super family memory maker. Nice finds too.

Yes, my impression of the Deus detectors is the detector is the coil, the control pod is just a dumb terminal to give the user an interface to operate it by, which is why they also can be controlled from the headphones. I can see why the Deus coils are more expensive for that reason, although in saying that they're not all that much more expensive, they're also good quality which is more than I can say for some coils out there. VLF people need to put perspective into pricing, all their coils are dirt cheap compared to GPZ coils and even simple mono coils for the GPX series cost a lot, and often make VLF coils seem cheap even Deus coils. 🙂 We can't get into semantics about coil's being more expensive because they have components in them that are cheap such as processors, if you're having that argument every single detector is overpriced, as they have the same processors in their control pods etc. We all know some detectors like the GPZ and GPX are hideously overpriced, but they're worth what people will pay for them, and the GPZ in particular sold very well for a $10,000 detector. Buying a coil for the Deus is like buying an entirely new detector, it's a really cool concept in that way, my Deus 1 can be a low frequency detector, or one of the highest frequency detectors on the market all by changing the coil.

Like many others I'm sure, it's something that I put some thought into 45years ago, I was working in plastic fabrication at the time, my brother in law was an electronics wiz, I though of something with wheels and a tow line attached to a winch. I had in mind the large number of areas in W.A. that are flat, including salt lakes. Thinking about it was as far as I got. It's interesting to hear that the idea still has merit, good luck with it N/E, I hope you can make it happen, in fact I think you can.

Outstanding PI-Man! The coppers speak for themselves historically but the buttons are fantastic.like the bell as well.

Here in Canada Ctx coils from. Both minelab and coiltek are $425- $490. All of the 3 available Deus II coils are $523 each. Considering that the Deus II coils are smart, wireless and have a battery inside, the price is more than resonable. Though, yes. I would still prefer they be cheaper!😁 Heck even the equinox's coiltek $373 and minelab 15" coil $314 are not that much cheaper considering they aint wireless or have no batteries to add to cost( not even going to talk about build quality). Maybe I'm just stuck in the cordless comes at a bit of premium era?

Impressive haul. congrats PI-man!

NC, back with the silvah!!! Nice. 👍 I've hit tot lots in campgrounds, lots of clad, a toe ring now and again, and earrings. Hot Wheels and other toys too. That's about it 🤷‍♂️ However, the grandkids love the toys and kiddie jewelry, one time I scored a $100 Disney tiara that went over well, granddaughter still wears it. 😀

Regarding your first paragraph: That's strange, because my experience has been the opposite. On two SMF detectors and one SF detector, EMI doesn't even register on the depth meters. Granted, I'll occasionally see EMI bury the depth meter, but for the most part, it doesn't budge it. Regarding your second paragraph: When I first started investigating EMI, I did come across a couple of posts that people did experience less EMI from power lines when at a 45 degree away from them. In my tests, I did experience some noise reduction at 45 degrees, but it wasn't enough of a reduction to confidently conclude that it was a result of the 45, or simply a matter of moving further away from the EMI source. When you mentioned single frequencies, I realized that when I did the coil orientation test and found no noise difference, I didn't try the same test in SF. Anyway, I just got back in from my backyard from such a test. I was right under 3 power lines testing the SF modes. The coil remained at about 3ft above the ground and was stationed vertically. I then pivoted the detector up, so that the coil was horizontal. Low and behold, there was a significant reduction in EMI that did not occur in the same test with SMF. What I get from all of this, is that the relationship between metal detectors and EMI is very complex due to all the variables. Variables such as the size and type of coil, detector frequency, type of EMI, intensity of EMI, and possibly even whether or not the power lines are stacked vertically or spread out horizontally. Add to all that those pesky harmonics, and it's not hard to see how experiences can differ greatly based on those variables.

It's better to be "pushing 70" than pulling it like me! 😜

I am definitely not a detector specialist or engineer. This is my take on the OP's post. If I am mostly wrong just let me know. I like to learn too. The Legend is a very high gain detector. Add to that, turning up the sensitivity to at or near maximum. When the coil is horizontal on or very near the ground the Legend and any other VLF, will detect any changes in the electromagnetic field of metallic targets of many sizes and depths that it stimulates in the ground. Having the coil well off the ground or perpendicular to it......a VLF is still trying to detect any changes in the electromagnetic fields that it stimulates. Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm guessing that the transmit part of the detecting process doesn't stimulate EMI to any great degree. The receive part however will definitely pick up any EMI interference that is strong enough to be received. At least from my experience, most airborne EMI registers as a very deep target on the VLF detectors I own that have a depth gauge. In other words, detectors that can detect EMI through the receive part of the process see it as a very small target. The hotter they are at detecting very small targets, the more EMI can potentially be an issue. Reducing sensitivity can help. Yes, VLF detectors can pickup EMI through the top of the coil too. EMI coming from the ground from buried power lines and from buried wireless systems for sprinklers, water lines, sewer lines, etc. are the worst sources as far as being the hardest to deal with from my experience. I also find that being close enough to large power lines to pick up EMI is more of a problem at an angle to the power lines than it is directly under them at least on single frequency detectors. I need to test that more with SMF VLFs.

I never felt like the ORX and Deus 1 were worth their MSRP due to the way they detected where I detect most often. Deus 2 on the other hand is worth every penny I paid for mine and will only get even better with the next update.

Mass produced copper large cents vs. rare -S and -CC minted silver (and gold). Yeh, we sure got one over you Westerners. 🤔

I've been on a tear with the Manticore lately. 10 silver coins the last three weekends. This afternoon hunting at a school yard I got 6 silvers and a silver ring earlier this year it was tough to say the least. I thought I was going to get skunked. Mild sandy soil with a lot of clad deep enough to be silver. Also a lot of crazy deep Wheat Cents ringing up 76-78. Some times I pass them if I'm tired of digging, but today I was digging anything silver deep. Finally I got a pretty solid very deep beep ringing 88-94 depending on the angle I swung over it. When I removed the plug I my pin-pointer beeped in the bottom of the hole. I dug with my fingers, and I saw the Merc in the bottom of the hole. I thought dang that was ringing high. Stuck the pin-pointer back in and heard another target in the bottom side and flipped out a Walker half. It all made sense then. My second Walker from this school yard.

Thanks, good luck! Thanks, it's been very rare for me to ever find two silver coins in the same hole, but twice this year so far.

Hey thanks caprock I find those belt adjuster slides fairly often.... That one has a break in the bottom corner and was found several hundred yards away from the disk.I suspected that's what it might be but could not see where it attached to the tongue but now it's obvious because of the dent in the disk and from another damaged one I found two weeks prior.Thanks again for your input and I appreciate your knowledge. Smaller sized disk

I’m of a slightly different mindset. I love this hobby and spend waaay too much of my free time detecting (according to my wife), so if a new detector comes out that possibly offers some features I want, or even a very slight edge in performance, I’ll buy it and at least give it a try. If I end up not liking it as much as I’d hoped, I just sell it and cut my loses. I don’t mind paying the higher price as long as it’s within my budget. You only live once. IMHO, it’s not much different than getting a new phone, computer or car. The ones we already have likely work just fine, but these are things we use all the time, so if you really want a new one and you can afford it, why not? As for the Deus 2, that was a no-brainer for me. The Deus was already the lightest, most ergonomic (IMHO) detector on the market. Make it SMF with a good ID? Yep, I’m in!

Yep. Except for cost (because as a fairly recent release, you will unlikely find many on the used market like with a GPX). But, if a PI is needed, the Axiom would easily be my choice for trips involving air travel over the GPX 5000 or earlier for all the reasons mentioned above. Fantastic for deep relic, treasure, coin, jewelry, wet beach or prospecting in difficult soil or salt. It can be collapsed and disassebled down into it's included soft case/backpack which meets carry-on dimensions, with two coils in the case and can easily accommodate additional personal items you want to carry on board. The internal Li-Ion battery (no clunky cords or 3rd party compact batteries needed) is well below air travel capacity limits, yet will run the machine at 10 to 12 hours a clip and there is a removeable external AA backup battery compartment attachment included. My GPX 4800 has been sold and is now a distant memory after a very successful relic outing with the Axiom in April (see pics). Axiom made quite a splash at the last DIV and won over several ex-ML PI converts. The GPX 6000 would be another consideration, but it lacks iron check, has less manual control and is more expensive than Axiom. @abenson is a resident expert regarding successful relic detecting with the GPX 6000. Remove the coil and you can stow it in the case with room to spare. My Deus 2 (which would also be my vlf air travel detector of choice) lying beside for scale, below). Some of my Axiom finds shown below from the last DIV that was at a site that straddled a small engagement known as the Battle of Freeman's Ford that included many artillery fragments, large lead sabot, a Hotchkiss shell fuze, lead case shot, some miscellaneous brass including a brass thimble, an iron buckle, and a 1923 SLQ that must have been dropped in 1923 (exactly 100 years ago) based on its condition. (Yep, Chuck we're crazy but bet you'll get a kick out of this find). I'll tell the whole story of this hunt in a separate post. It was really fun and with Axiom, felt I was swinging a cordless vlf.

I've been using the deus 2 for 1 month now, and I only have good words for this machine, every time I go out with the deus 2, I really enjoy it, it's incredible how deep it is, the sensitivity it has, it identifies both large and super small targets from up to a few millimeters, it is so sensitive that it alerts you to targets that are close to the diameter of the coil without actually being inside the coil, in soil with a lot of garbage it is great, in highly mineralized soil it is great and in clean soil it is already It is something incredible, I took out a coin that with a minimal sign and already bored of digging I thought that there was nothing and a not very large coin came out and I was amazed since the ground was very hard and compacted. I just want to say that every day I'm glad I bought the deus 2, and thank you for advising me, I already have enough coins, some silver from 1600AD, objects like old buttons, medals of saints, etc., also scrap metal, as happens to us. everyone hahaha.

You guys are all spring chickens. I'll be 83 the end of this month and continue to old coin and jewelry hunt everyday for 4 hours or so. Not as difficult as walking hillside and washes, but currently hunting a golf course closed for renovations and log four hours of slow steps and up and down bends each outing. Anyway, John, good luck with whatever has you down and your prospecting endeavors when back up and about. HH Jim Tn

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Same. Checked spam, nothing. It's been about a half hour since I tried to register an account. In our microwave world XP seems to still operate as a Dutch oven.

Nice finds, any hunt that produces silver is a good hunt. Good luck next outing! HH Jim Tn

Wow, that seems just what you are after, I can't imagine they're very sensitive but if you're chasing some big stuff, I wonder if they'll hit a 2 grammer with any depth. They look nice and light and all you'd need to do is make a suitable skid plate it seems.