Gerry in Idaho

When I hunt salt water, my Equinox is fully submerged 8 hours a day, on occasion 10 hrs if I'm doing well. I prefer to do Manual GB, but not all folks know what they're doing & if you don't, Auto GB is ok. Most my salt water hunts are on the Eastern side, so the black sands are not as strong as the Western beaches. Keep us informed on what you find that works best for you.

That is such a cool nugget Phoenix. I really enjoy seeing odd shaped pieces of glitter. Thanks for the story and sharing.

Strick, Yes Park 2 is certainly a chain and earring getter as the extra sensitivity is pretty amazing. Glad to see you changing your detecting style and hunting old coins/relics as it allows you a broader experience and will make you an overall better detectorist.

Update on the Cream, it was actually sued by both girls and guys. The history read on Google was quite interesting.

No, each coin was 4" or less.

Thanks for the comments guys. Strick, my settings are nothing special and I normally do not recommend what I use to many of my customers. My reasoning is 40 years of detector experience with 20+ yrs using BBS & FBS Multi Tone machines. My ears are tuned to catch certain breaks in detector Threshold. But you ask, so as a friend and customer...you shall get. Mode Select - Park #1, Noise Cancel - I do it at each site and sometimes more often if EMI changes. Ground Balance - Auto Tracking ON. Volume - 25 Threshold - Always want to hear the hum (9 - 11 for my ears). Tones - 50, Only because I think I know what I am doing? But always ears when around other good hunters. Iron Rejection - OPEN so I can hear everything. The more iron, the slower I go and will even drop my SENS or lift the coil off the ground a few inches. I want to give the detector the chance to pick targets from the iron. Recovery Speed - 5 or 6 most of the time. Iron Masking - O, but I do dig more trash than many people, but it is old trash. In no way do I use these same settings at every site, but this is what I like as a starter. The good thing is with the EQ, many of the people will grow with it (just like I am still doing) and find settings you enjoy. Bottom line, if you are finding things and having fun, then continue enjoying the hunt. Hope these helps someone, but realize time on a detector is most valuable settings.

Silver gilt.

One of my Field Staff Experts stopped by an old site yesterday with his Equinox. In the Bottle Setting (Advanced Option) he finds this little purple beauty. POMPEIAN MASSAGE CREAM. My question is. Was this made for guys or girls? Also found these 2 old buttons and a cool Colgate shaving cover.

Man that is an old site. My wife gets jealous as she knows the Equinox is my new Swing. Fantastic saves and thanks for sharing.

I hunted a 20' x 30' site 5 years ago using CTX-3030 with small 6" coil and pulled 2 Barber Quarters, 1 Seated Liberty Quarter, and 2 Barber Dimes. I hunted the exact same 20x30 spot 2 days ago with EQ-800 and stock coil, as Lunk had my 6 sniffer. Here is what the $2500 CTX-3030 missed. 1903 V Nickel, 1883 Indian Head Cent, 1897 Barber Dime and 2 early Wheat Cents I didn't take pics. The only thing I can contribute is the Multi IQ Technology and faster recovery of Equinox is superior for this type of site, high iron trash content.

Holy heck. I would have changed plans to. The EQ technology is something extraordinary. Fabulous saves.

Skate, Life throws us curveballs in many ways. So glad to see you back with a Grand appearance and Find of a lifetime. Welcome back and try to stay around more often.

Spent the last 5 days in Nevada dodging the rain, snow, sleet, mud to save a few goodies. Here are some of the pictures. Now it is time to Train Customers on their detectors.

Reg, My Field Staff Experts and I all agree, the 19" coil runs really smooth. The depth on large gold is true, but I would only recommend using it in ground you know has big gold. The swing arm and bungee is a must. To be able to get this $1500 coil for Free right now is a no brainer. Sure it is a coil you'll only use in certain situations, but you sure don't want to miss a big one. Gerry's Detectors in Idaho has them in stock too. With the additional 15% military discount and our 3 days training...it's certainly the best time to get one.

I have all 3 coils in stock. 10" Ellip is the thin narrow coil for tight areas, rough terrain and to sniff out tiny nuggets. 11" Round is the DEEPEST of the coils and for hunting the sites you have found good gold, but you want the best possible depth. 14" Ellip is for those who are faster and cover more ground. Not as sensitive to the tiny gold as the 10" Ellip, not quite as deep as the 11" Round, but deeper than the stock 8" Round and has the best overall ground coverage. I recommend if you do not have a GPX, then to get all 3 coils so your SDC-2300 is most versatile.

My Order of Coils for the SDC-2300 landed. I'll be shipping Friday and Saturday. Let me know which ones you want and be sure to get a Hardware Kit too. I look forward to hearing and seeing your Success. Photo is one of my Field Staff and some of the SDC-2300 gold he found with the stock coil. Just wait until he gets to swing one with the other coils. Gerry's Metal Detectors

Jim, I too am glad you added extra flavor of knowledge to the conversation. Power posts will only help the newer detectorists become better and when you/I get older and not be able to swing as often, we'll be reading the next generation of young guns and viewing their treasure saves. For now, we both still have the swing in us and you certainly back it up with your delicious recipe and artwork photos. All 4 finds are Top Shelf quality and I especially like the native AG. BeachHunter, Just having the word "Antique" makes it so cool of a find, but then to back it up with another and the Pre Pro bottle is another eye catcher. I imagine your man cave is worthy of a few hours viewing/discussion and dreams. Thanks for sharing guys.

Horst, Any ring save is a good one. It does not look to be silver to me either. I would think if it was gold, there would be more yellow and shine, plus the # would be less on the EQ readout. It looks like you have cleaned it with something? Maybe one of the late 1800's copper rings so many of the poorer people would purchase and wear? Either way it is a start to your collection.

Gerry's Detectors is taking $1000 deposit to lock in the GPZ-7000 Promo that ends April 15th. You'll still get the $1500 Deep 19" coil for FREE as long as you pay the remaining balance off by May 15th. PayPal occasionally runs No Interest for 6 months, as another option. I just need to make sure we lock you in by the 15th. Yes I'm still offering the 15% Military Discount to those who qualify. Photo is the last hunt I did at Rye Patch, NV in 2018 with my own 7000. Over an ounce of nuggets and a couple higher dollar chevron pieces too.

There are quite a few newer folks on the forums and some are about to purchase a gold detector. I want to give you an update. My Field Staff Experts and I will be offering our 1st of 2019 season a 3 Day Field Training on Gold Detectors, Friday April 12th - Sunday 14th. I was just notified a couple can not make it and one other from back east won't either. This means I have 3 openings right now. Any customer who purchases a gold detector from me of $2500+ can take the class for free. With the GPZ-7000 promo going on right now and you getting the additional 19" coil (valued at $1500). Purchase one of these from me...ATX Deep Seeker, GPX-4500, GPX-5000, SDC-2300 or GPZ-7000 and you get a variety of classes to choose from. Yes I also offer a 15% Military discount on Minelabs. How good is our training? Just ask the folks who have taken the class (some of them are on this forum). Please do not think you are going on a gold hunt. Our training is for Educating you on the proper use of your detector. Each of my staff members and I will be plugging in our headphones into a splitter with your phones and into your detector while teaching you the sounds to walk away from and the ones to investigate. We'll be explaining how to tell ground noise from a genuine target doing the details over and over. Each of us say the same thing, but in different words/tones, so after 3 days of instruction, you actually start to understand. From past experiences, the most gold is usually found on the last day, as you are starting to put everything together. We teach much more with the detectors, their technologies but I won't go into detail. Contact me direct with any questions.

Very nice gold nugget jewelry Bob...and it would look good around anyone's neck. I did the same thing and had one made for my dad. He is the guy who got me started into metal detecting in the early 70's. Here is one of my Ganes Creek, AK finds.

BeachHunter, Does that cool whiskey sip cup say "Antique"? Nice dig either way. Jim, You are right on target my friend. I agree digging those mid high tones and especially when at an old site. In fact if I am at an 1800's to 1940's site that has not been in use since, I actually dig all Non Ferrous targets. Your saves are beautiful and I enjoy the small sterling charms too. When detecting old parks and schools, I don't dig the mid high tones unless they read deeper on the depth indicator. Here is an E-Trac find that reads mid/hi, a monster 10K yellow gold class ring and even on the Equinox, it is usually an 18 and sometimes a 17 reading. I typically would not dig those #'s at the park, but it was deeper than most of the tabs. Detecting site/location also has to do a little with the tones/#'s I investigate. Thanks for sharing guys.

Anytime you can get a silver, it is a great day. Thanks for sharing.

Erik, Good questions. It is hard for me to make a suggestion because I do not know your "Project" and I prefer to speak with my customers and learn the primary hunting style you plan on using it, and YES the TYPE OF GOLD. So many people think gold is gold and yes it is usually yellow and heavy, but as others have said, certain types of gold respond best to select detector technologies and or machines. If tiny bits of gold and or wire specimens, the VLF machines might be all you need to purchase? If chasing a different kinds of gold in many states and regions I'll take a GPZ because of its raw power and depth. You asked if it is actually 40% greater...I assure you.. I have specimen gold pieces with over an ounce of Au, my GPX won't touch it but 7000 will hear it 10" away. If you did the math, it would be 100% deeper. At Rye Patch, NV where I train customers, those who run the SDC-2300's and the GPZ-7000's have the best chance of finding gold. In fact my last trip to Rye Patch in 2018 produced over an ounce of nuggets with my 7000 and the spots I pulled them from were the same patches I have been detecting with every Minelab made for 20+ years. Now put me in tailing piles with trash and I will not recommend a GPZ-7000. There is a reason the better nugget hunters have a variety of detector tools (more than one), so they have the best chance of Success no matter what kind of gold or terrain/situation they find themselves detecting. If I can be of assistance, contact me direct please Gerry's Metal Detectors.

When you get a not so great high tone on the Equinox, but it is above most trash and reads below most coins...do you dig it? Well I did just that yesterday and pulled this little Bear (#18) from about 5". Lets see your odd # dirty swinger find.