Steve Herschbach

Shelton has not visited since July 13th... I hope he is ok. He could probably make a few bucks selling these.

Yes Mitchel, you managed to miss these for like 20 years! The DetectorPro VLF is a licensed version of the Fisher 1280X 2.4 kHz VF (Voice Frequency) circuit. Very old design, one of the oldest models still in production. VLF ends at 3 kHz so this is lower than that. The White’s V3i can also be run at 2.5 kHz. Why? Good sensitivity to silver, low reactivity to salt water. Not hot on gold but does well enough on rings. The 1280X is a dive detector. The PI models were ok for beach use but discontinued now. They were the DetectorPro Uniprobe Pinpointer with a coil plugged in. DetectorPro metal detector

I have one of the Tele-Nox rods pictured above. If I had to choose again between the Tele-Nox and Golden Mask (now available Equinox ready) I would pick the Tele-Nox by a hair. Both rods are fine but I like the Tele-Nox a little better, mainly due to the channel design keeping things aligned and a slightly stouter lower rod. I have a lot of experience using the Garrett ATX with three piece telescoping rod in the water. It is 10 times stronger than either of these rods and it requires great care and constant cleaning to keep it from locking up. I do not consider either the Golden Mask or the Tele-Nox to be a rod I would use in the water, unless I absolutely had to. I think they would prove to be a service pain in the posterior due to too many moving parts. I also do not find either rod suitable for use with the 15" coil due to the extra strain the larger coil puts on these rods, leading to flexing in the thin lower rods and possible torque related twisting. Both these rods are great for mountain type rucksack hiking using the stock or 6" coil. For water use I prefer a two piece rod for stoutness and durability. I am pretty sure both the Steve's Rod and Detect-Ed are good options. I favor Steve's since he is an active forum member! However, two piece rods can be too long for ease of travel/packing in a suitcase. So unlike some people I am actually just fine with the stock rod as a three piece option both for travel and in water use. It’s inexpensive enough to be a “sacrificial option”. I just don't think for me personally there is a one rod for everything solution that is perfect, and the stock rod as a general purpose option suits me just fine, with either telescoping or two piece rods for niche/specialty uses. Just my thoughts/opinions. Minelab Equinox Shaft Assembly 3011-0400

Better question for those who have handled or seen a Detect ED shaft in person, which I have not. I have one of steveg’s two piece rods that I intend on using for my in water detecting with the Equinox. Another review here

I don’t think the Golden Mask rod would be a good candidate for in water use. It is basically the leg off a camera tripod, with fairly snug oring type shaft cams. I would hate to get fine sand and grit into those cams or the rod assembly itself. I am guessing a high probability of cam issues and shaft locking. The lower most rod section has a very minimal amount of flex when fully extended. Not really an issue for above water use but flexing might become more an issue pushing a coil through the water.

How terrible! I am very sorry to hear that and my heart goes out to Barry and other people close to Leigh.

That’s back when I was active on all the forums and took advantage of that to collect info. A project for somebody else now if they want to tackle it. I am sure the ratio of GPX to GPX has shifted in favor of GPZ and quite a few Gold Bug users moved to Gold Monsters. The 24K is too new to have had any real impact

A lot. I don’t have any way to quantify that, it’s just been my experience using the smaller coil.

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I think it’s fair to say everyone here wants White’s to succeed. I know I do. But if all they do is listen to people who want to tell them how great they are they are going to be in for a rude awakening one of these days. That’s why I have let this thread run on, but do please keep all the commentary as productive as possible. Repetitious negative venting won’t serve any purpose. In other words, have your say in a post or two at most, then let it go. Not saying anyone is over the line yet but I wanted to add this comment to make sure we don’t go there. Thanks!

“Keep digging Bob, I’m sure it’s only 20 more meters to the nugget!!!”

Check this beauty out. Five km range and depths of up to 75 meters. And only $2500!

The sad but true story is on my last trip to England I was with two separate groups of random people all from all over the U.S. and not one U.S. made detector among all of them. If that does not say it I don’t know what else does. That’s not being mean or biased or bashing, that’s just open eyes looking at reality.

“Hello good afternoon guys, I have like you Gold Kruzer, the truth that I am still trying to understand, I have been conducting tests with different metals (currencies of my country of different denominations as well as rings of different metals), burying them to get an idea of what ID the equipment handles in the type of soil of my country, which I observe in the The display of the equipment is that the ID is passed by jumping from one number to another without giving me something stable to know the type of ID of the objective, why is this? It is normal? Is the device set up like this?” The weaker the signal, the more likely the target id will jump around. The target id resolution also matters, the more “target bins”. the more likely it is that the numbers will vary. The consistency of your sweep speed/coil control matters a great deal. This is normal with all detectors. This article may help...

There is no benefit to doing so on a VLF because they are all voltage regulated internally. A PI detector is a different beast, and in general more power means more depth, and many PI models are not voltage regulated. Too much power can of course blow the circuit. The TDI series is odd in that the early models were more powerful and newer models less powerful. The original TDI Pro used a 16V battery pack but White’s went to 12V with the TDI SL, mostly to allow for use of the existing AA power pack scheme, which avoids shipping issues with the old Li-Ion pack that White’s was using. So some people are boosting the voltage back up to gain that little edge that was lost by the move to 12V.

Storms are what beach hunters live for but no way to know in advance which beaches will benefit. You pretty much need to be there at the time which is why locals have such an advantage.

Except as part of a repair situation. Right now that means under warranty repair. Later it may mean as part of a paid service repair down the road. But you can't just buy a pod/handle as a regular purchase. That has been confirmed by multiple sources on this thread.

Detector center is doing replacement batteries with longer run times for $40. https://www.detectorrepair.com/index.php/store/wm10-wm12-replacement-battery https://www.detectorrepair.com/ Detector Center 188 Oak Shade Road Alum Bank, PA 15521 Phone: 814-283-4270 Email: shop@detectorrepair.com

I guess the only way you will get a real answer to your question is to contact the Minelab service center and see if they will sell you one. https://www.detectorrepair.com/ Detector Center 188 Oak Shade Road Alum Bank, PA 15521 Phone: 814-283-4270 Email: shop@detectorrepair.com

I like the MX7 and 24K form factor a lot and they are good machines, the 24K especially. To deny the MX Sport intro was a self inflicted disaster is denying reality, but it’s morphed into a decent unit, though I think leaving wireless headphone capability out was a mistake. It should be added as a model refresh. I’d like to see a simplified V3i and TDI both stuck in the MX Sport chassis, though of course with wireless headphone capability added. Be nice if the half sine tech ever saw light of day, but I’m not holding my breath on that. Fingers crossed for a bright future for White’s, I will always have a soft spot for the company.

I’m sorry to hear you are having problems. Nothing is going on actually. Things fail, that’s why they have warranties. But I see another discussion point to fire up the users and forums in the making. My prototype Equinox is still going strong though the handle is getting eroded from use and my preproduction unit is still going strong even after I ran it over and had to super glue and clamp the distorted pod face back into place. I don’t use my production unit as much because it’s my “pretty” Equinox! I’m not trying to make light of your problems with your units though Scott. That just sucks.

Mine will never be out of warranty. I will sell with two months remaining transferable factory warranty, and buy another new unit. Assuming I get half the price of the EQ800 new I will being getting a complete new unit with three more years warranty for $450. Probably less than the cost of a pod/handle assembly, which would be at minimum unit price less price of coil and rod.

Ganes Creek, Alaska was mined with floating bucket line dredges and more recently dragline and bulldozer mining. The tailings in that photo are dragline poles that have been flattened out. See my Ganes Creek stories for lots of photos of both types of tailing piles.

Weight is 730 grams or 1.069 lbs. it’s an almost exact copy of the Deus rod so no way it could weigh 3 lbs.