Steve Herschbach

It would seem inevitable when you look at what XP has done with wireless coils. Everyone already owns the best color screen control box billions of dollars can make, with screens and processing power galore. And built in GPS! Take calls while detecting - well, that might not be a selling point but you get my drift. Another great idea that should be happening here first but instead we are seeing it from overseas. I am sure it has limitations but the way tech is advancing it really is just a matter of time.

What really stuns me is the size of these ships in the early 1700's. A crew of over 600 - I find that simply amazing. The battle was known as "Wager's Action" with details at Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wager%27s_Action Action Off Cartagena, 28 May 1708. Oil by Samual Scott (public domain)

Cartagena (Colombia) (AFP) - Colombia says it has found the shipwreck of a storied Spanish galleon laden with gold, silver and precious stones, three centuries after it was sunk by the British in the Caribbean. "This is the most valuable treasure that has been found in the history of humanity," President Juan Manuel Santos declared on Saturday. The San Jose was sunk in June 1708 near the Islas del Rosario, off Colombia's Caribbean coast, during combat with British ships attempting to take its cargo, as part of the War of Spanish Succession. The galleon was the main ship in a treasure fleet carrying gold, silver and other valuable items from Spain's American colonies to King Philip V. Only a handful of the ship's crew of 600 survived when the San Jose sank. The loot is estimated to be worth around $2 billion, its value having dropped significantly due to the falling price of silver, according to US-based company Sea Search Armada. Full story at http://news.yahoo.com/colombia-finds-treasure-galleon-ending-300-mystery-230419797.html

Concentrics do have better ferrous id capabilities over DD coils so it is not entirely unexpected? The catch with Tom is all his tests are in low mineral ground. He gets depths double in Florida over what I get on the west coast. The mineralization also adversely affects concentric coils. May be more to that story once he does some real world testing. This opens up possibilities because I have a FORS Gold Plus in hand and just got my new DEUS so if the weather cooperates I can do a little checking to try and confirm all this, plus see what happens with the new DEUS coil. I also wonder how the FORS Gold Plus handles flat steel, as that is their weakness compared to the DEUS and CTX.

Highlights: "Fors Gold+ unmasks identical to XP GMP (with both low & high conductors in multi-co-locate with iron)" "the 10" concentric coil lends itself with a slight edge (over all other coils/options) as a slightly better micro-jewelry hunter" "10" elliptical concentric coil unmasks approx 11% better than the 10" elliptical DD coil. 10" elliptical coil also unmasks better than 5" DD coil" Full details at http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,95264

Well, a Google search says the school is in Harvey, Louisiana and the website is at http://westjefferson.jpschools.org/ The ring should hae the year on it and if you can read the inscription of the name on the inside they might be able to help you via Yearbooks. Sometimes just doing a search online of the person, school and year will turn up a Facebook page . There may also be a class reunion website you can check with.

The information was posted here last June http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/1006-fisher-czx-metal-detector-ground-breaking-technology/ Nothing new, hopefully 2016?

I hated Windows 8 and stayed with Win7 but my experiences with Win10 have been nothing but positive. It made my old HP All-In-One run like a new computer. Thankfully even though over 5 years old I have not had the problem Peteren unfortunately experienced. XChange2 runs just fine on Win10.

Very interesting. The DEUS I figured. CTX I might have guessed. But the AT Pro surprised me a bit. It is very popular here with coin and relic hunters, no doubt about that. I just did not realize it was so popular elsewhere. Bang for the buck the AT really is an excellent all around performer and being weatherproof it is sort of a "CTX Lite". Not only is the DEUS superb at pulling non-ferrous out of ferrous but it is light and let's face it, cool in a high tech way. The CTX does ferrous well but does it slowly. And very often it does come down to covering ground quickly and efficiently, whereas the CTX rewards slow and methodical. I will fess up to something. My CTX is for sale figuring it has been over three years since release and sooner or later we are going to see a CTX 4040 or whatever. NO, I have no inside knowledge of this!! But I certainly have plenty of other machines to occupy my time while waiting. What the CTX needs more than anything is a processor upgrade to improve things on the speed side, and a long overdue upgrade in the screen quality. I used to count weight as a needed improvement but frankly after swinging the GPZ all summer the CTX feels featherweight.

I am posting this using Windows 10 and Edge. I have been using Windows 10 and Chrome for some time now with zero issues, so it is not Windows 10. Edge is working but I am having strange issues typing this. The cursor wants to disappear. It seems more a problem in "quick reply" than if I use the full editor under "more reply options". Bottom line Edge is new and people have been dumping it in droves. I would recommend just about any alternative for now. Back to Chrome for me!

This is very unscientific but since I have the ear of our friends over the pond, I have a question. Just in terms of general observation at rally's and hunts involving knowledgeable users, what detectors are finding the most favor these days?

Well that is great if true. Again, I have noted a very close similarity to what prospectors look for in a detector compared to what UK hunters are looking for. Which is the ability to pull non-ferrous targets out of ground with difficult mineralization profiles and very often, large amounts of ferrous trash. There also is the shared emphasis on the ability to recover very small low conductive target responses. Because of this I have scoured reviews of European machines and have found Gary's site and field tests to be a literal gold mine of information. Check out his website at http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk and in particular the reviews section at http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/fieldtests.htm When I had the opportunity to visit the U.K. myself my decision to bring the F75 as my main unit was largely influenced by Gary's reviews at that time of both the T2 and F75. I also had the CTX 3030 and MXT along but they saw minimal use. Metal Detecting Ancient Coins at Colchester, UK - 10/1/2010

XP UK, welcome to the forum. I think you will find a very good group of calm and knowledgeable detectorists here. There is interest in the DEUS as a prospecting device, but it could use improvement. Hopefully some good feedback from members of this forum can help make those improvements happen. I would refer you in particular to this thread by forum member goldbrick at http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/104-xp-deus-in-the-goldfields/

One or two but rarely the third option. I have no set methods per se, it changes with the location, machine, and my mood plus as I learn new things. I used to use headphones without fail but these days are trending more without than with.

No settings are magic least of all mine! I rarely post specific settings for that reason and my original post is sprinkled with caveats just in case. Settings are site specific, not universal, otherwise we could just get rid of all those silly adjustments. I could make the case for quiet as being best. But you never know until you try. We have automatic ground tracking. Wouldn't it be great if at least on an experimental basis we had a totally automatic mode, that ran through all the settings and monitored ground feedback, to arrive at some sort of decent suggested optimum settings combination? Thanks for the post klunker.

The big deep finds have been getting posted with the Zed on various forums actually. It is just that in any case they will be rare finds, not common. How many big, deep finds are being made with ANY detector these days? Unfortunately they only get fewer with each one found. The sad reality and not a good one is that the detectable gold is depleting faster than any improvements in technology can fix. But there is one left out there for each of us!

Beardog, I get what you are saying, and I totally agree that you can enjoy yourself every bit as much and do quite well detecting with any decent prospecting detector. I seriously could do just fine personally with a base unit $499 Gold Bug. I never want this forum to become elitist or brand centric or model centric. Everyone gets their due and everyone using any machine and getting good results is very welcome here. The fact is new machines get the most attention. Just the way it is. So please everyone realize that anyone posting about their machines on this forum is just doing it to share their fun and excitement. And hopefully educate people in the process. At least I hope that is what it is all about as that is always my intent. I appreciate the incredibly great bunch of forum members here. You all are literally a part of my day each and every day and help keep me gainfully occupied while not detecting. Thanks!!

Nobody is saying XP DEUS V4 will "beat" the GMT at nugget detecting or I at least am not trying to convince anyone of anything. As far as outright nugget detecting performance on small gold I doubt you have much to worry about. But until the update comes out it is just idle speculation, is it not? However the DEUS is a versatile machine and may appeal to people who want it for more than nugget hunting capabilities. For nugget detecting my current interest would be in comparing how it works at 10 kHz and then 40 kHz as I have yet to use a really effective dual frequency mode, and that we can agree the GMT does lack. I am for want of a better word a "detector nerd". Using new machines and keeping up with the technology is what I do. I have been very honest about my feelings as regards the DEUS, and not particularly liking some things, like the rechargeable coils. I did not care for the WS4 headphones. For nugget detecting I thought it was merely adequate. Yet I also acknowledged it has world class performance for its intended task, which is pulling non-ferrous from ferrous. I do think things in my opinion might change with V4, and by true happenstance a deal came my way from a dealer friend at a killer price. So I picked it up as I can move it along later at little loss if I am wrong. I hated the F75 first time I used it. It was an EMI prone chatterbox. But I gave it another go, and now it is one of my favorite detectors. Machines change and my opinions sometimes change also. How and why I review metal detectors - http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/325-how-and-why-i-review-metal-detectors-full-disclosure/

Perfect example of how they do not need to change or repeal laws they do not like anymore. Just issue a "moratorium". That word used to mean "temporary". Well, good on them! I wonder who else is still in the endless process? Sooner or later they will all be done, if they are not already.

Alaska is new country, with older mines just over 100 years old, most much less. The majority of workings are bulldozer, dragline, or bucket line dredge tailings. Buttons are a rare find actually though I got a few now and then, but usually WW2 and newer vintage. Bullets and shell casings are by far the most common non-ferrous finds, mostly from the miners living off wild game. 1800's era coins in Alaska are very, very rare. That one with the hole is the only one ever for me in Alaska. Usually I would aspire to 1930s or 1940s as the "old coins". I only ever found a few coins in Alaska 1920s or older.

Jason, I get that maybe they would send you a replacement detector, but I am sure we all agree that if sending someone a replacement detector that testing it to make sure the replacement works properly makes all kinds of sense? We all get a bad whatever now and then and most of us understand that, but when they replace it with another bad unit good will disappears fast. You know all this far better than I - just saying.

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I do agree Jason that catching problems before they leave the factory has got to be cheaper than fixing after the fact. I am not talking stuff that fails later, but out of box failures like this. Were you dealing with Nokta directly Jason or Kellyco?

Yeah hard to say. My initial thought was the handle but maybe the plug on the control box is not hooked up properly? I just looked at mine and there are 10 pin outs so I don't have any idea what to put a multimeter on to compare settings. If anyone has any bright ideas do let me know as I do have a functional FORS Gold+ in hand. So nothing if pinpoint button pressed or ground balance button pressed? It must be getting power obviously or it would not light up and so works at least that much. Hopefully Nokta has encountered it before and so have an idea what's up. Be interesting to see how it gets handled - please do let us know.

Does the detector function well otherwise? Numbers displaying on side display?