Steve Herschbach

Most roofing nails are zinc plated and are a pain no matter the detector involved. Lots of fun around some old tar paper shacks.

No Facebooking for me but I “like” you anyway Steve

iffy signals also did a Nokta/Makro Simplex+ vs Garrett AT Pro video. When asked on YouTube what he thought of Simplex vs Vanquish, read below..... “MD Melbourne15 hours ago Quite a nice detector iffy, In your opinion what do you prefer this or the simplex? REPLY Iffy Signals 15 hours ago Hey Jim, i prefer the Minelab because of the multi freq and the 5 tones in all modes. Simplex is stuck in two tones for there deep mode. Vanquish has 5 tones for all modes. Anyone who likes the Equinox will most likely like the Vanquish. Other than the fact that it looks like a Fire Truck 🚒. Take care bud.”

So is Vanquish a finished, shipping product, or is it not? Most dealers say no, but Dick’s Sporting Goods apparently has them. They are showing as in stock on that company’s website. Regular dedicated metal detector dealers at the end of the line? What’s up with that?

The AT Max has been $722 discounted since day one. Initially it came with the Z-Lynk headphones which alone have to account for over $100 of the price difference between it and the AT Pro. The addition of the pinpointer came later, no doubt due to increasing price competition. It’s cheaper for a manufacturer to toss something like that in that go lower the retail price. But factor in the wireless headphones and pinpointer and the AT Max is essentially selling for the same price as the AT Pro for people who actually want those two items.

I’m sorry to hear that Simon. I honestly think your suppliers were engaging in wishful thinking however. There have been no realistic indications from anyone else anywhere that Vanquish was going to happen until 2020.

Why doesn’t Apple discontinue all prior phone models when they come out with a new phone? Why do any companies sell more than one model? AT Pro $552 AT Max $722

Garrett Detectors June 27, 2019 - The AT Max is not just another AT Pro. Tim “Ringmaster” Saylor and George “KG” Wyant discuss the superior performance and key feature differences between an AT Max and Garrett’s popular AT Pro.

Back at you George, hope you have a great one! And everyone else out there also!!

There are plenty of safe sites selling the Gemini 3 and TM-808. I’ve advised you as best I can, it’s up to you to decide what you want to do. Maybe Monte or others will chime back in but there is little I can add to the discussion at this point.

Excellent, good for you! Mercury dimes are one of my favorite finds.

Yes, when people break laws in the U.K. they are punished, as they should be. Ripping off the landowner in particular is really bad. The guy trusted then and thanks the thanks he gets.

Welcome to the forum. Hard to beat the Equinox for do-it-all detecting.

Excellent condition, great find!!

The problem is money. Personally I would use a Minelab GPX 5000 and an 18” coil. More affordable for you would be the two detectors I referenced for you at the link above, the Fisher Gemini 3 or White’s TM-808. Good luck!

You got that right!

Worth the watch, good information for you Detector Prospectors! Lesson 1 - Where Does Gold Come From? Lesson 2 - How To Find Lode Gold Deposits

I normally use headphones but when in some quiet locations it's nice to go without. The Gold Monster has such a loud external speaker volume I never used headphones with it. I remembered the Deus was not too bad actually so wondered also about ORX. Thanks for the answers.

Unless it is in a large steel box or something similar save your money almost no detector will find what you are looking for that deep.

It’s my understanding the volume of the external speaker on the ORX is preset and fixed. Does anyone use the ORX without headphones and how do you find the volume to be? If you have used the Deus, any comparison to it?

Not really, everyone I know has a GPZ. They sell truckloads in Africa and elsewhere. People that make money finding gold do not sweat high detector prices as much as the coin hunting crowd. Gold is where the real profits are for Minelab worldwide. Codan FY18 Global Sales

The profits seem nice if you exclude development costs, which on the GPZ alone were rumored to be in the 5 million dollar range.

If you are starting out stay simple. Jumping into 50 tones or anything you are not comfortable with will just make your life harder. Why 50 tones? More audio information for those that hunt by ear. More information overload for those that may not need it. If all you want to do is dig non-ferrous there is nothing wrong with two tones. I am a proponent of the default stock modes for beginners. Beach detecting? Beach 1 for dry beach, Beach 2 for water. Adjust sensitivity as high as is possible while keeping the detector stable. For hunting iron make sure you have the latest update so you can access the new Iron Bias 'F2' settings, which have an improved capability to reject a much wider range of difficult iron targets, including bottle caps. I prefer Park 1. Use the defaults and lower sensitivity and adjust the F2 setting to get the degree of quietness on iron you prefer. There is no numbers for settings I can give you as I adjust differently for every situation I am in. I adjust to get the machine to act like I want depending where I am and the settings just end up wherever they need to be to make that happen.