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I've been slow out of the gates for the 3rd year in a row, but hopefully I can follow through better than recently. I do have some ideas for sites I haven't hunted (and if I'm real lucky, no one else has either). But that needs to wait for summer. In the meantime.... A site that has produced modestly (Wheaties and a few silver dimes) in the past has a previously closed area that's opened up. I was able to get out last weekend and give the Manticore a chance. Here's what I found in 3 hours: The highlight is the four silvers, the best of those being the nearly uncirculated 1953-D Roosie. It's a very common date+mintmark but a bonus is that it's from my birth year. Wish I looked that good after 70 years. Maybe being buried in the ground is an advantage! 😁 (On second thought, I'll find out about that soon enough....) The denomination breakdown is interesting but may not be terribly meaningful: three 1-centers (two are Wheaties), nine 5-centers ('nickels), three dimes but two are silver (I'll take that ratio!), no 25-centers at all. Only three of the nickels have dates later than 1964. Has this area ever been searched? And how long has it been 'uninhabited'? Or did someone hunt it decades ago but ignored nickels, not wanting to dig beavertails? Note I found more nickels than imposters (five folded-over beavertails, a couple pencil ferrules, and a misc. scrap of aluminum). The shotgun butt (next to the padlock) is very likely from quite long ago given this area has been settled for longer than I've been alive. The small item left of the padlock is a piece of junk jewelry, probably a broken off pierced earpiece (plated copper with a blue glass 'stone'). I didn't photograph all the trash targets, but that's 2/3 to 3/4 of them. Surprisingly the two Warnicks (1943-P and 1943-S) show the gray patina that is representative of that population which have circulated but never been in the ground. Usually the acid in the soil eats off that surface, leaving the white metal (silver) finish. For one of the two I didn't even realize what it was until I got home and cleaned off the dirt. Only one coin was even close to being challenging -- the Roosie was 7 1/2 inches deep. I picked up a faint but clean signal with the Manticore 11" coil (All Terrain High Conductor mode). While investigating I turned up the sensitivity from 17 to 21, then backed off to 19 for the rest of the hunt. It definitely sounded louder at the higher sensitivity settings. (In my test garden it seems going much higher than 18 smears out the VDI resolution, getting worse the higher the sensitivity. That's why I've been using 17.) Anyway, I'm not done there so hopefully I can show more goodies in the near future. Quantity of hunts has been low but quality of finds the opposite!

Turn down your sensitivity. ”but then I won’t go as deep” Yes, but you will have stable target id. ”I want stable target id but I don’t want to lose depth by turning down the sensitivity” That’s nice but target id stability is directly related to mode choice and sensitivity setting. Going for max depth will in most cases cause target id instability. Nearly everything in detecting is a trade and if you push the absolute limit of depth target id accuracy will suffer. The worse the ground, the more true this is. It’s always been that way with metal detectors and always will be. ”yeah but if I lower the sensitivity of my new whiz bang detector now it goes no deeper than this old model” Metal detectors used to be less powerful and in general manufacturers put high priority on accurate target id. Back in the day you could almost always run sensitivity maxed out with little problem because older models were in effect throttle limited. Now, as we reach the limits of detector depth, manufacturers are making machines that can easily push past the stability red line. Sensitivity controls literally go higher than they used to - the throttle limiters are being pulled off in the name of “more depth.” Yet people in general, not saying you in particular, just users in general, have a fear of backing the sensitivity down. This leads to far more complaints these days about target id stability as people try to run new detectors at sensitivity levels set like they did with some older detector. With all detectors target id stability is a direct detector feedback to you, the user, about the status of your current settings. If the settings are too high, target id will become unstable and the numbers jump around. That is the machine screaming at users “turn down the sensitivity.” So either find the setting that gives you the stability you crave, or push higher and deal with jumpy target id. It’s a choice. If target id stability is the gauge, it is very possible that new machines set to be stable will go no deeper than older machines set to be stable.

Got a new permission yesterday, a nice older gentleman approached me while I was digging in a small field I call the Jewelry Box. After talking to him for an hour (really more listening), I asked if I could detect his farm and he said that would be fine. It's a big place, 100 acres but only about half that is field. The coolest thing is that there is an old blacksmith shop sort of on the property, but the landowner doesn't own it. There were also two older houses far back on the farm, now gone. There is a much newer one there now where the owner lives. I went there today to scout it and see if there are any hotspots. I managed to find about 3 things, but man that place is clean. It was probably detected in the past. I walked for 3 hours and other than a buckle, a clad dime and a small pin on watch, all I find there was buck shot and shotgun shell ends. 😢 I only searched half of it today, it was warm but the wind was blowing about 20mph with gusts to 35. It was absolutely brutal, walking on bean stalks and getting blown all over the place. I finally gave up and went back to the small field next door hoping to save the day. I had both the 9" and 13" coils with me, and ran Relic most of the day but switched to the new Tekkna program when the trash got dense. This also prompted me to switch to the 9" coil. While the 13" has pretty good separation, the 9" really sees so much less ground it can pick targets a bit better. Ended up with some pretty good stuff, the last 3 hours I searched my small field and scratched a few more good finds. Here's what I dug: Some sort of famous person spoon, a large brass buckle used to hold a strap on the pin, a General Service button. Got a 1937 wheat and the small gold plated watch near the shop, the brass buckle in the back of the field. The 1943 war nickel, the incredibly detailed buckle among other things came from the small field, it was a tough but decent day. Trash in the small field was horrendous: Got a little toy cap gun, sadly broken in half near the barn.

When I read this story I thought about a different thread where we came to the conclusion that we don't need new detectors to patch hunt. This little tale confirms that ... even tho it might not be a 'patch!' Talk about striking gold! Metal detectorist unearths the largest gold nugget EVER found in England - and it's set to fetch at least £30,000 at auction | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13218195/Metal-detectorist-largest-gold-nugget-England.html

I've had the Axiom for a about 2 months now and up to this point have just been testing it against other PI's on gold nuggets. The weather looked good enough to head to the Nevada desert this last weekend, so I asked Steve & Steve if they wanted to meet up. They agreed. Weather was a little cold at night, still in the upper 20's low 30's, but day time temps were mid 60's. Perfect metal detecting weather! Steve has been using the Axiom for quite some time now and has always said it really is a great PI. I have to agree, especially if you're looking for a multi purpose PI to use not only gold nugget hunting but relic or beach hunting. I really look at the Axiom as being a great replacement for the now discontinued GPX 5000. The Axiom is far better on small gold than the GPX 5000 IMO and hands down just a better setup overall. It's real nice to have all the functions right there available at you finger tips. Wireless headphones, rechargeable battery that lasts 2 days and great ergonomics just add to the appeal. One thing that's real hard for me to do it put time in on a new metal detector when you're at a site you've used other metal detectors on the past that have a proven track record. I had the Manticore and GPX 6000 with as well. So forcing myself to use the Axiom for 4 hour stretches at a time was hard to say the least. Especially when there was gold being found by others in the party. But using the Axiom did not disappoint and I can confidently say it will find both small and big gold about as good as any other PI's I've used. I used the 7x11 DD coil the entire trip, my settings for the most part were fine gold, sensitivity at 5-6 and threshold at 15. First nugget I found with the Axiom came on day 2 as I was exploring some new ground I hadn't detected over before. I saw a dirt pile a few hundred yards away so worked towards it. About 10 feet away from the pile I got the first signal I'd heard in probably 20 minutes. Turned out to be a .16 gram nugget at about an inch. The second nugget came on the morning of day 3 about 3 hours before I had to leave. I was hunting some large piles of dirt that had lots of junk in them. Got a loud high tone that I figured was going to be trash, but dug it anyway. Turns out it was a large 4.1 gram nugget. Man did that make my trip. Obviously I dug a lot of other junk targets on the trip. But when you're digging bird shot, aluminum foil and small wire you know a machine is capable of finding small gold. Best thing about the trip is everyone found gold. I'll let Steve and Steve chime in if they want with their finds.

After the last three days of waiting, with little pronounced swell but enough to make the surf area impassable, this morning I tried to hang on despite the water still being choppy and the visibility really bad. Once again, a pattern with really tight high and low iron limits selected the few signals worthy of digging. I must say that while limiting the sensitivity, I am afraid it is the only efficient way for me to make an effective session in certain conditions. As usual the cam's battery died before the glory shine and however, just sand suspension and fast water it's been the subject for 99% of the dive session.

The Legend gave me a couple happy surprises this evening during a 40 minute hunt by a park shelter. It's a park I frequently detect, but this particular section was new to me. First good target was a 1988 Kennedy half, followed immediately by a Lincoln $1. Never hit a half dollar before, and the only dollar coins I'd found previously were Sacajaweas. The two coins were within a foot of each other and 3-4" down. I'm wondering if they were the same drop from somebody keeping a couple special coins in their pocket, because I've never run across a presidential dollar coin in circulation around here, and haven't seen a half dollar in over a decade. The half was a solid 53/54 in Park M1, and I was pretty sure it was going to be a bottle cap. The signal wasn't as jumpy as other bottle caps, however, nothing on the ferrous meter, and it otherwise sounded tight and clean. The Lincoln dollar hit just like a quarter at 50/51. I had the LG30 on this time and was pleased with the ground coverage and separation. Pinpointing was working out better for me with the coil this time around, and I had nearly all of the coins targets in the plug or centered an inch or two beneath the initial plug. While I wish the half were silver, I'm still please to scratch a couple minor league items off the bucket list!

September 8 2002 Well the day finally came and we were mining as the sun came up. It was perfect weather as well. I told Conor to go ahead and feed the new tom with the skid steer. I wanted him to get his confidence back. He was being extra careful but after an hour I could see his confidence return and he was operating the machine like a pro. Jacob was up on the mountain digging pay gravel and Big Clay was hauling. Jacob loves to run that excavator and he knows how to stay on the pay gravel. At noon I jumped in my truck and took some sandwiches up to Jacob and Clay. Jacob climbed down off the machine and walked me into a fresh cut in the mountain. He scooped out a pan of gravel and panned it out for me to see. There were seven pickers and a lode of coarse gold. Jacob gave me a wink and told me he was onto something special in this location. I asked Clay to come have a look as well. He blinked twice to make sure he was really seeing the pans’ contents for real. I told him he was hauling some very rich material. Then I headed back down to tell Conor. The plan was to process carefully and not overload the tom. That way we could get a good read on the values we were mining. The toms’ sweet spot seemed to be around ten yards an hour so that’s how we fed it all day. We shut down at sundown having washed 100 yards. Then Conor and I pulled the mats. The concentrates were heavy and we could see abundant gold in them. Tomorrow morning we’ll do a cleanup and get back to work after lunch. I am hopeful that this gold weigh is going to be a whopper. TO BE CONTINUED ...............

AlgoForce has me tossing and turning. I need me one! 🙃

(if lazy to read, skip to the bottom for the video and pic) Hiii guys!! I'm back. Lots of no work at the moment, plenty of time off to hit up some beaches whilst we still have some hot days left in our Aussie summer. Practically living off gold finds at the moment LOL . Had a few beers so mind the lazy grammar tonight sorry! 😄 I went out on the weekend at sunset, it was over 30 degrees C, very hot and very busy. Almost did not go in the water because it was a little bit choppy and there was lots of people swimming. Little did I know another prospector whom I know was watching wondering why we were pondering so hard from the carpark hahaha. Finally went down, said g'day and he wished us luck. Wow the water was amazing!! You can hear how busy it was, I even had a woman skim over the top of me on her surfboard which you can see in the video, just as I found a gold ring. The first hunt, I got in the water and found a coin right away, then the 18ct band, all within 3.5 minutes of actually getting in the water! which told me there was going to be plenty to find. I think that's the fastest gold ring I've found. When I came to this spot 2 weeks ago it was sooo sanded in, I got almost nothing after about 4 hours so I'm very glad to see lots of clay and rocks this day. The 20gm silver bar was random, it has a name and date on the back and cleaned up really nice, 20 grams of 999 silver. Lots of silver on those rocky parts, rarely gold for some reason? Maybe cleaned up by said friend already lol I got 1 ring which looked silver but rang up really low, so I'm thinking maybe pewter. all others were gold and then a junk ring which was on the wet sand. went out the next morning at 6am and as soon as there was some daylight I was right in the water. another 3 gold rings. Yay. I cut down about 5 hours of gopro footage to 8 minutes to skip all the boring parts. No talking, no music, no bs. Simple video for all to watch just showing the finds. I plan on editing it further one day and maybe doing a proper youtube video, hence the watermark slapped right in the middle and the dull ending. I think the wrist watch will work, it hasn't got any water in it, I'm just waiting for a new battery to arrive whilst it airs out. Definitely been there a while! I found a old Tag Huer 2000 there last week about 20 meters away which was completely ruined sadly. Total weight was just over 20 grams of gold, about $1100 AUD in scrap. Assuming the "S" pattern one is 9ct for hope sake but it kinda looks like 18ct, just not hallmarked. Obviously using the Manticore - I gave up with the D2. Gave it a chance a few weeks ago but far too noisy (in this spot), too fidgety, too hard to charge, too annoying, too many breakable parts, too quiet and already on my 3-4th warranty. On a side note; I'm using the gopro hero+ since I lost my hero3 last winter. I have the WASABI extended battery, total was about $50aud and the mask from China was about $17. I like it much better than the hero 3, theres a much wider lens i think. I had lots of issues getting it going which turned out to be a non compatible SD card in the end. the battery is fine without the extended battery, I get 2-3 hours of recording and I love it! sadly I don't think they can handle anything above 32gb SD cards so I'm a littleeee limited on storage, whereas I had 64gb compatibility on the hero 3 - it was just impossible to find an extended battery setup from WASABI since they're discontinued.. hell even the Hero+ ones are "old stock clearance" now. Super open to criticism about video quality/editing if anyone wants to input some feedback whether positive or negative 🙂 Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNYQJI897Tg

The truth is that for VLF all the top detectors are quite capable. The main difference will be the operator expertise and most importantly, the quality of the location being hunted. Since the machines are fairly close in performance it is things like weight, or tones, or control layout that make the difference. In other words, personal preference. People often think their personal preferences are superior to other people's personal preferences and that the machine they have picked is therefore somehow "better" than the other persons pick. It can get to be an ego thing so people can get pretty heated over something as inconsequential as a metal detector. But it is fodder for discussion sites like this forum as people endlessly compare the finer points of various detectors so I am not one to complain about it. Well, within limits of course.

Oh, my goodness! There is a big TELL in this auction ... Look at the closing date ... April 1st

I used a bulletin board magnet i bought at Walmart it snaps in and you can remove it, helps find small nails and iron bits just reverse your pinpointer. 30 Magnets in a box the 6 large ones are just the right size. about $5.

Yes, ours weren't very good and we had safety concerns as well. More on Dreamwind Canyon in the future.

So what do you plan on detecting that is that deep ?? some legend that you have heard about of treasure buried or something else like a gold deposit that you think that you have found. Some more information required then you may get some more specific suggestions as its all depends on the size of the targets that you are after.

Dont believe everything you read in the Daily Mail,they always hype up valuations to make a good story line 😉

Received your package Many Thanks 👍 I'll take good care of them 🤠

MORE ON DREAMWIND CANYON : I've got a lot of information on this canyon and a few more experiences to relay. This particular one came about in the Fall of 2016. My brother in law & his wife along with my wife Lindy and I were doing a bit of exploring in the canyon. The weather was much cooler than the extreme Summer heat that sucks the water right out of your body. There had been some old rumors of an old mine entrance on the west side of the steep cliff. We had an old map from way back but there was no date on it. It did show a drift marked out in a location that seemed to match up with the stories. We hiked out early in the morning wearing heavy back packs. We were heading north from the lower elevation and climbing in altitude. The going was tough and slow. The canyon floor was strewn with heavy rocks and boulders as well as thick Manzanita. All four of us were also sporting snake gators for safety as the rattlesnake here may be more abundant than the gold. We took a short break around noon and the girls stated they thought we ought to go back. I talked them into continuing for another hour. What happened next is something I can't explain. About 45 minutes into the extended hike my brother in law hollered out and pointed to the left. There was the entrance that was marked on the old map. I couldn't believe it - the stories were true. The entrance was timbered but they were old and partially rotted. They looked to be hand hewn and were probably set back in the mid 1800's. I shined a flashlight inward and the tunnel looked to be solid. The adit was just tall enough for me to stand upright and was about five feet in width. Who wanted to venture inside? My brother in law and his wife said they wanted to take a look so they headed in as my wife and I watched. I asked them how the air was and they replied it was good so far. As they got in about 100 feet both their flashlights died. They came back out. It was strange for two flashlights with new batteries to die at once. More than strange. However, they were not ready to quit so my wife and I gave them our flashlights which also had new batteries. Well, about the same distance in both lights went dead and back out they came. Now they were visibly disturbed. This just wasn't right. Reluctantly, the four of us eased on out of Dreamwind Canyon. The mine had seemed to want to keep its secrets. And it did, at least for that day.

hey guys.. This is something i was always wondering about... Just because i saw too many comment, argues, and comparison... And in a begining i will apologise to people living outside Europe.. I don't mean anything bad.. topic is just following the situations.. We are in this hobby for 4 years now.. first 6 months with entry level, and another 3,5 years with Equinox 800. When we choose to buy a 'serious' machine.. i can't remember why we choose 800 ( probably because of multifreq option ).. can't remember anymore.. I see a lot of fights and comparison between machines.. but majority of that argue, or testing, or people puting videos how many detectors they changed,, is happening outside Europe. Why did I mention that? Well.. we live in Europe, wich is full of history ( when we talk about metal, right :)).. so we go back 3000 years ago.. And there are people that dig 99% of time in kindergardens parks in US.. ( it can be another young and simple location in another country outside Europe ) and making millions of reviews about different machines or changing machines often... So.. whats the point? If we take a price range of new machine... around 1000 dollars.. Eur.. whatewer.. What is the main difference.. when u go out hunting, except the production designs.. or color. if they both work in same freq's, have the same coil n stuff.. I cannot find detecting folks from Europe that have issues with machines. changing them.. or making comparision.. who is the better ( while talking about machines with same specifications ). I understand people that upgrade.. from entry level.. than going from machine to machine adding 100 bucks or euros..I understand that... But if we talk about machine with almost same specifications.. what is the difference.. Ofcourse.. i ask this.. because we did not try any other machine than ours with those spec's, and in this price range... So i don't understand.. The only thing I understand is that Deus don't have a cable.. and that is one less thing to be broken 🙂 Wich we like 🙂 Please, don't get offended by me telilng about different continents or countries... but we are, where we are.. 🙂 I still think metal is metal.. and.. it is all in our heads... 🙂 Thank you all..

I found this US armed forces Signal Corps pin perhaps 30 feet from where I historically found an 1890s barber dime. I can’t find any information online to indicate the age, so any help would be appreciated. All the modern ones appear to have a smooth background, are domed, or don’t have a raised rim. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any markings on the back. I’m not even sure if it’s supposed to be a collar pin or an oversized cufflink. It almost looks like the back piece was made to screw on, but there is one tooth – perhaps to keep it from shifting against the fabric. The little fleur-de-lis piece was found in a different area of the site. It rang through loud and clear. I had to dig under some large roots for it, so I am not sure of the exact depth, but it was about 10-12 inches deep. I was a little flabbergasted that I picked up something that small that deep. There are two little knobs on the back so it must’ve been affixed to something. There are no markings on the back of this either. The only coin I found for this day was out in the middle of the woods and was a 1960 Lincoln… Does anybody have any idea what the double sided ring thing might be?

September 9 2002 Big Time Gold Again The morning finally came. I didn’t sleep all that well. I kept thinking about the gold weigh. What if we were wrong and were over estimating how much gold was in the concentrates from 100 yards of washed gravel? Today we found out. We finished the cleanup just after noon. It was a good one. We had 29 ounces of gold. Nearly 9 grams to the yard. Jacob was right, we are onto something special. If this holds up we are going to end the year on a high note. Big Clay was dancing around camp at lunch time like he was a new millionaire or something. Everyone was in a good mood. We finished lunch and got back to mining and worked straight through until dusk. The tom had processed 60 yards of gravel and we could see the pickers practically jumping out of the sluice. Jacob said we would run another day and then do a cleanup. The morning couldn’t come fast enough for us. TO BE CONTINUED ..................

I don't know if I'd want a powerful magnet that close to the electronics.

For sure! The wind is my ancient enemy. Wind and mud. My two least favorite elements. Gotta go when I can go though. So I'm going! Hopefully I find my first speck of gold with the Manticore. Looking forward to it regardless of weather or finds though! - Dave

My experience is similar, and yes, they did mint a lot (2.8 billion from two mints, each over 1 billion). That's about six times as many as any previous year and still a record. It wasn't until 35 years later that the billion mark was again exceeded by a single mint. I think it relates to the change from silver to clad (although the 5 cent composition didn't change). Congress was slow to make a decision so the mint kept putting out 1964 dated coins until well into 1965. Bowers also mentioned hoarding of coins in general, related to the popularity of the new Kennedy half dollar. Seems strange but he knows his stuff. Yes, that's a common find in school yards as well as parks. I guess they brought them out in their pockets for recess, and then... They don't always read as clean (TID-wise) as the typical nickel, but they are close enough for those of us who don't want to miss any of the 5-cent coins, especially the older ones (Buffies and V-s) which can read a tad low sometimes.

Minelab gpx coil mono 18+ , Intronik stf 18dd.

15 °C/59.0 °F was what it was today. (probably even hotter in the valley, south facing slope) I got out this morning and had some serious gold getting in mind. I drove to an area which sometimes opens up early in the spring. Good karma today! I brought along my climbing rope along. I work healing people with broken bones at a hospital for a living. I don't want to be a patient on my unit. It's nice to have a unit that runs on a 12 volt battery. The highbanker is ABS plastic, strong and light. No gas pump, heavy hoses or gasoline to tag along. My unit runs quiet all day, and allows me to hear all the bird's sounds with spring mating in mind. I safely made it to the river's edge. A thick layer of ice was still intact in most places on the banks. I did manage to find a small open, exposed area. Hacked another 10 feet more with my shovel to expose some more gravel. The gravel had a lot of sticky silt mixed with it and little gold, so I dug up a lot of dead vegetation and washed the roots in my hopper. That got me more gold then just the gravel. Here's the flour gold after my final clean-up. I might head down again tomorrow if the weather is suitable.

100' eh? I've got flashlights that will light up a 1/4 mile or more. You don't have to walk in too far.

This is good info. Thanks to all who posted about this. I just received my Legend today. Not took it out yet for a hunt. I'm really impressed with the build quality. It looks and feels well designed. To be totally honest, I didn't expect it to be this nice. It's not a "cheap" detector but it is less $$$ than a new Equinox. And it is an awful lot less than a Deus 2 or manticore. Looking forward to trying this one out in the next few days if the wind and rain don't ruin it. This is my second Nokta/Makro detector. The first one was a Kruzer that turned out to be a defective dud. Can see that Nokta has changed a lot compared to that. Right now I'm totally fascinated with this Legend, there is nothing like the allure and mystery of a new detector. Happy Hunting

I wonder if it's an English nugget, or a nugget someone lost there some time ago, If it commands a premium price for being found there, perhaps.... it's not really from there. A guy here found a 7 gram nugget in a city park, highly unlikely it was naturally there, someone at some point lost it.

yes your right, and to be estimated to get 30,000 pounds that like nearly $60,000 AUD for a 2oz bit of colour, I reckon it's way way over valued, tell them their dreamin

No learning curve. Should be easy.

I am going to get in before Reg..... that`s not a nugget😉

Yup, if mine had sounded like that I would have kept it.

I found this interesting. Metal detectorist stumbles upon rare medieval pilgrim badge https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/metal-detectorist-stumbles-rare-medieval-pilgrim-badge

I ended up buying a leather hammer holder ($20) from eBay. The measurements looked to fit the size of my pick handles. My main concern was that the pick fits snuggly and doesn't move around too much when walking. This holder fits well, although it's slightly tight and requires holding the holder while removing the pick. I think after a few weeks of use it will be perfect as the leather should stretch a little. I'll carry the short pick for patch hunting and the larger one when the ground requires deeper digging. I have also ordered a tactical belt with a nylon buckle as the leather one shown has a steel buckle which isn't great when using big coils. *Thanks for everyone's input as to the way you carry your pick.

Its a massive job. Not only do you have to contend with waterproofing the box, connectors, battery, switches etc plus shortening or building a new stem and cuff setup, but there's also the effect of buoyancy. True underwater detectors are neutrally buoyant with heavy-base epoxy or similar. For the same amount of time and $$ spent, you'd be better off with an Excal II or a Garrett SH II.... or even a Nokta Pulse dive.

Well Chuck, full retirement end of May. At 69 I feel blessed that I still have the body that allows me to prospect. I can't comment on the grey matter in my head. I do love the photography part of prospecting, and enjoy putting together the posts. We ALL need to keep our bodies moving and our brains challenged to get the most of our senior years. "When we are young, we should exercise. When we get old, we GOT-TO!"

Having met Dimitar I will say that I think he is a person who simply does this because he likes making machines that he likes, the way he likes. He is doing well in life so it’s more about doing what he enjoys than making money. Call it a passion project. In a nutshell if you don’t like what he is doing, go design and make your own detector or buy something else. Because I expect Dimitar will continue to march to his own drummer, not mine or anyone else's. I respect that.

Totally agreed on the audio & marketing. I had posted this video of a Tarsacci I have w modified audio, on YouTube awhile back. The high tone and mid tones a totally distinct. This is the way they ALL should be, as people would be far more happy w it.

It was great meeting with you out there Andy, good times and great weather…. and that nice nugget!

Thanks all! I really enjoy reading all of your comments at work - I can't always reply though as I can never remember my password. I'm simply only snorkeling, though I do sometimes use the Blu3 Nomad air supply unit. If you get the right conditions here, it's very easy to snorkel, it's rare that I use the Nomad now 🙂 Combined with about 10-12kg of dive weights as well. The silver bar is a charm/pendant, but made from a genuine ABC bullion bar. it looks like the part holding it to the chain was far too small and it must have snapped off, or maybe the chain was too thin for it. I've found about a dozen of these silver bar pendants varying in size - usually 2.5 - 5 grams only though, and 1 10 gram one.

This is probably off topic, so apologies, but I’ve just turned 75 and I know how my body struggles with the things we used to take for granted. Such as hiking all over the hills and gullies lugging all our gear and digging hard packed ground for the prized stuff. Being on the tools for 40 plus years as a mechanic has left a legacy of repetitive strain pain to elbow and hands, so I had to find ways to keep my body going to still be able to get out and swing a detector. So it was a no brainer for me to invest in the E1500. I have also found incredible benefits from using a pull-up bar everyday to perform what is termed a “dead hang” for as long as I can hold on. At present about 3 minutes. This dead hanging decompressed the spine, strengthens and stretches the shoulders and increases your grip strength considerably. As a result off doing this daily for the last couple of years I no longer have the aching pain in my elbows, wrists and shoulders after a longish 3–4 hour hunt. For those with the “jelly leg” syndrome (Simon) or those who have trouble getting up and down, then you should be trying to perform at least 30 full leg squats every day or so.This will improve your leg strength considerably. Even make pooping in the bush a breeze.💩 Anyone with other pearls of wisdom please chime in. (Maybe in a new topic... Steve?)

I updated my Equinox 600 to version 3 about 3 years ago. The 3.0 version adds 4kHz single frequency, I think it was intended for Asian customers, but it's a good option everywhere. You don't lose any custom settings, and supposedly the machine is more stable. I don't see any good reason not to update unless you believe in voodoo 🙂

Isn't that how you check to see if it's real? 🤔 After 2 hours of walking around the field and crossing it diagonally, I had to have a bite. I heard nothing but the occasional big iron blast. 😅 Spent another hour in another part and found even less. Going to go back there and check the other half on a better day, that was too much walking for nothing. 😵 At least I had the smaller field next to it that had plenty of stuff. 🙂

Nice first hunts on a new permission. Them winds can be brutal sometimes. They are the same way beach hunting, you are out in the open. But you ended up with some silver and more cool relics, so a good hunt. Sometimes farms are scraped of some top soil to sell. Maybe that's what happened many years ago and they took a lot of the goods with them. Although, if you have an excess of iron, then it was probably cherry picked for high conductors. Did you get hungry while you were out there? 😄 You didn't have to take a bite out of that Lincoln cent. What did it ever do to you? 🤔

That’s a good hunt.

Nice hunt GB, Looks like you're doing well with the M-Core, great to see a post from you. Nice silver score!! 👍 Pretty good place if you got that in 3 hours. 🤔

That settles it i don't want one now I get up and down enough as it is LOL Sorry I could not resist that one, I still want one 😁😁🤣🤣

Great Topic! Thanks for bringing it up