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SeaScene

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    British Columbia Canada
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    Metal detecting, gold panning, photography, fishing, hunting, wild foods, self sufficiency, sailing
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    Sold it all except the D2. Thinking of buying a PI machine. Lots of black sands where I hunt.

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  1. Hi... thanks for the get back. On the beach. I take with me a gold and silver ring and an old USA coin 1960 as test signals the signals of which I have absorbed. I have got to the point of running D2 full on 99 beach and beach sens. I listen in between the chatter.. .nerve wracking but I can handle it for a while. Then I go back to "dampening" using the chatter settings. I really like this deus. I am beginning to run the machine instead of the D2 tech running me. Good luck out there. Cheers..
  2. "There is NO reason to dig every fringe target. As stated in the past, watch those numbers, do a 360 look at the target and bring your sensitivity up 2-3 points. It is not 100% fool proof, but if that D2 does not throw you a good gold number on a fringe target say 32 to 68. It is a pretty good chance that target is iron." OK .... Heading back out there testing again soon. Thanks for very helpful advice ...
  3. Light years ahead of me CPT. Thanks for the post! I will use your excuse too.
  4. Heading north next week to wilderness creek BC coast I panned some gold (pickers) at coupla years ago. This time bringing a D2 along. Streams are pristine fresh water then merging with salt tidal high water to a point and of course receding to expose gravels exposed to salt. This is where I hope to find concentrations as well as just the fresh water bends and traps of the upper creek.. Just wondering if anyone here can comment on or has seen how the D2 reacts to hitting raw gold in terms of best bet settings. Thanks in advance...
  5. Thanks for good post. Yes. A real drag digging trash. I guess the point is that with my D2 testing on 2 gold rings and 1 silver ring down 10 inches (all well spaced apart as a test in separate holes) on a beach with heavy black sands using Beach Sens and Beach modes (Relativity and Sensitivity tweaked in the many was suggested here) the response was high chirp and then iron "grunt" on all three rings. Previously another poster here mentioned the same thing so he notched out the high tone and the grunt tone. Replies from others to this poster were both yay and nay. So, what I learn from my test is that if I do not dig everything I would miss gold and silver rings. So ... that was the reason for my post. If you have to dig everything anyway because discrim on the D2 fails at 10 inches in beach with good degree of black sand then why not a PI?.... I am still new to the D2 and I am certainly not denying perhaps more experience might sort out the discrim on the D2 . I am going to try this same test again perhaps using a different factory setting such as General. Good hunting!
  6. First.. thanks for posting "strick". I sold my TDI pro. Hindsight is 20/20. Good suggestion though. Good hunting out there. Cheers...
  7. I have a D2. I detect black sand beaches British Columbia ... similar to Washington coast I would think. Beach mode Sens 92, Reactivity 2. For a test I buried 2 gold rings 10 inches down and one silver, well spaced out. On the ground gold IDs at 62, silver at 90. Buried 10 inches down wet sand the D2 gives a high pitched response plus iron grunt for all three.. In other words dig everything it seems. I tried out all the factory settings and Beach was "quietest" . So my question is: Why not just use a PI (if I am digging everything) as I understand this tech works well in black sands but goes off on everything. I do point out that I only hunt beaches. So would a PI be a best bet for me as opposed to the D2. Thank you
  8. I have been thinking of that idea. Finding the most logically (gravity) wash and removing overburden. I do have an Anfibio Multi and have been surprised at the depth but perhaps this "Minelab GPX 5000 machine with Coiltek 22" would be the way to go. Any other recommends appreciated.
  9. https://www.kellycodetectors.com/okm-exp-6000-professional-plus-metal-detector Yikes!!! And still there are 30,000 reviews of buyers
  10. Sevatras: Thanks for the post ... got a good laugh there. Appreciate the replies ...what a knowledge base here!! I will report back on this project as we move forward. .....good luck out there
  11. Thanks Neb. That is good advice. I have been using an Anfibio Multi over the years with good success but not for something this deep. The difficulty with your suggestion is there is simply too many wash trap sites to make that practical. If nothing can detect that deep even for large target then we will have to find some aspect of your advice that may work for us. Thanks again.
  12. Fall is arriving on Vancouver Island Canada with cooler weather and some rain. The forests are increasingly resistant to fire and safe to enter. Our mining claim is at the 4000-5000 foot level on the side of a heavily forested mountain. After testing several washes with a long prob we were finding depth to be in the vicinity of 1 m / 3 feet. I do have an Anfibio Multi which is not suited. Looking for advice on buying a detector for this depth. The washes we surmise hold decent cache of placer and we also suspect a small vein is nearby. So, the washes to be investigated would contain decent sized targets not pickers or flour gold. I have heard "Minelab GPX 5000 machine with Coiltek 22" DD Goldstalker coil" and "JW Pulse 8x" would be suitable. I would appreciate your comments. I also am aware of the Minelab 7000. Although the price is high and we do not seek overkill or other uses except for this project the 7000 would have to be considered. Good luck out there and thanks in advance for posting if you do.
  13. I just read "phrunt's" post.: December 23, 2018 in Minelab Equinox Fan Club ...about black sands. I did post on another forum about this and I hope I am not violating an etiquette but the topic is recent here and comments helpful. I am newly using the Anfibio Multi but beginning to realize perhaps this detector was not the best choice and perhaps a PI better. I liveaboard my boat on Vancouver Island pretty much year round voyaging the entire coast Vancouver to Alaska including islands. Today, first time using on the beach the AM could not settle down over regular looking sand interspersed with layers of black sand. Since most all of my detecting will be coastal coves, harbours and their beaches most all with black sands I am wondering what detector would be more suited. This was said by poster "phrunt" which was interesting with regard to making the "right" choice for my hunting grounds. "I find the fine coatings of black sand to be the most difficult no matter if I use a multi frequency or a PI." Thank you
  14. https://www.prospectingaustralia.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20924&p=9 Not getting such great reviews in Oz. This youtube Oz review not so good either: https://www.prospectingaustralia.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20924&p=9 .... Out again tomorrow on a copper claim Vancouver Island reportedly gold in the copper deposits.
  15. Thanks..... I had a multi unit plug into main plug which I removed and went direct charger to wall outlet... works fine.
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