Skate

Ventura! I find those dog license tags all over the beaches..........in Ventura! 

Great hunt and report CPT. 

14 hours ago, John SC said:

Had a couple hours to get out last Friday with manticore, was running beach deep sens 24 recovery speed 4. Ring is 8.6 grams of 20k  tested on xrf gun id was 52-53.  Bracelet was gold filled. Ring was about 10-12” deep on towel line and gave a great clear signal. Loving the manti. Thanks John

 

Out of curiosity, what makes the manticore that much better than what you were or have swung before it? I'm in the market to move one of mine and get another so I'm just wanting to see why you have connected with the Manticore so well. 

15 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

An 800 racks up another score !

Did you find anything else besides the ring ? 😎

 

Actually a bunch of pennies! You can bet that even though I was short on time I was digging every good tone regardless because this place is exclusive. The best thing I found that day was probably the two people who run this club and another one owned by the same group further down the beach. I was able to connect with them and the one manager said I should become the exclusive ringfinder for each club! 

I spent a half hour with the manager telling her stories of finds over the years and every person that came in she was telling them I found the ring from last night's wedding. I kept all the trash and junk from the search and showed her how I cleaned their beach of debris for them. I gave them my card and left with a couple of new friends. 

I would imagine the excuse is their servers are overwhelmed. I'm not buying that as an excuse if it is one,  since they know exactly the number of units that are out in the wild and surely they built their IT to handle that amount. One would think anyways. 

49 minutes ago, Mirda said:

Created an account, but no confirmation email...

Same. Checked spam, nothing. It's been about a half hour since I tried to register an account. In our microwave world XP seems to still operate as a Dutch oven. 

I need another picture of the shark.......

It's a hobby. People want to have fun while detecting. If the Manticore helps you to do that then that's what a hobby is about. I'm going to get one just for the extra fun factor that it will give me. Life is short folks. The only sure thing in detecting is my wife's purse, everything else requires serious digging. 

Stud. 

Great job on not giving up and finding a solution. I'm hoping to get out tomorrow morning to the beach. I'm landlocked right now due to road closures but I'm hopeful now the rain has ended for a day or two they can get things cleared up. 

On 1/4/2023 at 9:33 AM, Mirda said:

I can not agree. Nokta is doing quite a good job when communicating with customers. They are implementing user demanded functions for at least last six months. Dilek also communicated very clearly what is going to change in next update and when is expected release date. They are light years ahead of XP and Minelab in PR(and I'm not a big fan of Nokta).

From what I understand Nokta is great at talking with folks and it would seem to be the only one based on these forums. Minelab could be in the MD forum business just by the way they announce and then string folks along based on the sheer number of threads started.

My point about customer service is this. It's expensive to hire people who don't create or bring money in. Getting a free update out doesn't cost the end consumer anything but costs the team at XP a bunch which I understand. Unless I buy another coil from XP I have effectively ended (until something new comes out years later) my financial transactions with them. I'm glad they will eventually put out an update and I hope it increases my output but it costs me nothing to get it or wait for it. I'm like everyone else in that I want to see progress in the next version (separation in my soil) and a few more gold rings in the scoop. 

2 hours ago, parkgt said:

How many have written XP to ask about the status.  Showing interest/concern never hurts.

I have written them 3 times regarding specific issues. I got one very ambiguous response nearly 14 days after my email. The other two times there was no response. I don't think metal detector companies really care that much about the issues of the end user and I'm not saying that as a criticism but a reality. For most the reality is they release a new detector once every 2-4 years specific to an all around unit like the D2 (which was way longer than 2-4 years) and then after the initial sale the income from that buyer stops. Those of us that buy multiple coils, brand specific pinpointers etc., are the few I think. They don't invest in customer service because there is no immediate return on that investment.

No matter how mad you got at XP for their tone deaf customer service they know that all they need to do is come out with a new launch video in 3 years for the D37.9 and most of us will all line up to buy it regardless of any past experiences.

It's no different with Minelab, Garret or any other brand. These companies sell dreams, not reality.  

Well it would appear that the end of the year update may have been for 2023. 

3 hours ago, Rattlehead said:

1) Fix Full Tones. 

2) Fix issue with iron falsing at 85-87.

3) Fix issue with notched comingled targets pulling down ID to 07-09.

4) Fix poor performance on micro gold.

 

One that I *wish* could be fixed is the up-averaging of copper memorials which sometimes read well up into the 90s, though I'm not sure if that's even possible.

This needs an update. I regularly dig memorials that ID at 94-95. Clad dimes at 90-91. Yesterday I dug a mercury that rang at 89 and a 43 quarter that also hit at 89. 

I've also noticed some issues with what I will call separation identification. 

As a wet salt sand machine it's deep and it's ID is great. I'm not as impressed in the dirt as yet. 

1 hour ago, raziel900 said:

end of this year???where did you read it?

I heard it from this forum. Not sure who said it or the thread it was in. 

I'm just curious what most folks are expecting XP to upgrade to in the D2 update? What are some of the things they need to fix software wise? I've heard the update will be released at the end of this year so if it is it's a few days away. 

Inquiring minds want to know

Awesome job! Best thing is you dug it all and that's why you came out the winner. First of many coming your way. 

1 hour ago, Bill (S. CA) said:

He's quirky but he does know his stuff. What really impresses me about him is that he isn't afraid to admit that he doesn't know everything, unlike many of the YouTube experts.  Plus his testing is actually hunting with a detector.  Novel concept, huh?

Hammer meet nail. Testing is good for one thing, learning the numbers and sounds certain targets come in at. Once you have a good grasp of them you take your new detector out and go dig everything to try and confirm what you saw in the garage. Do that over and over again in as many different conditions as possible and learn your detector. Merrill seems to follow this type of testing. 

These other videos of how it handles a dime with a rusty nail at 8" with a slow swing speed on a box between a 2x4 with high EMI in hot dirt is just mind numbing. 

Very nicely done. My lower shaft camlock is starting to loosen up on my D2 so I'm likely going to need a replacement soon. Once the holidays are over I'm going to stress to my wife that without a new set up I will become just average and all her new rings will be junk unless I get this. 

7 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Nor do I, my wife gets all the good stuff. Sure helps when you want to get more gear... 😀

I'm getting pretty good at finding out who made some of these things, that why I asked. 🙂

I appreciate the help! I learned years ago that the key to new detectors is my wife I can honestly say that she hasn't questioned a purchase I've made in forever related to detecting. Other things have brought out the evil eye but not detecting. I'll have a pic by the end of the week. 

5 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Nice ring Skate, can you get a shot of the marks inside?

That's a "signet" "intaglio" ring for sure, and it isn't new. 👍

I thought I did but the magnify app I used for pics didn't save it to my files. The other issue I have is that my daughter did the "pretty please" and I sent it to her in Brooklyn yesterday. I'll have her take a pic for me when she gets it and post it. It's really unique in that it has 2 P's and then what looks like an L and then a square that fits in the L if that makes sense.

I don't keep many of my rings/bracelets I find in that my wife, daughter, son, and mom usually get to choose amongst the good stuff I get. I'd rather someone enjoy it than keep it in a box. 

8 hours ago, Stu said:

Still a nice ring. I've hit the books to try and find the engraved design - some pictures attached. The bird, which is described as a 'martlet', looks like a swallow as is a martin (but for some reason without legs?). The chapeau - I just wanted to show a couple different livery designs to put the idea across. And then the livery button of the Blake family. I couldn't find anything to figure out why that livery belonged to Blake but in the list of livery buttons I have it was a match. Possibly could be another family, but the livery looks like a match.

That's great stuff! I found something similar to it I think that related to a Lord Galiony? You're right that it's a livery of a swift/swallow/martin. Really cool things you uncovered. It's the history that drives these things and makes them more than just finds/targets in the sand. Thanks for your efforts.

That’s sweet. Well done on stopping and digging. 

17 minutes ago, Compass said:

What an awesome ring - congrats!!! Could that be like a wax seal ring with its reverse relief?

No idea but that’s a cool idea. The makers mark is PPL with a square inside the L if that makes sense. It was under 4.5 of sand when you figure the cut and depth so I’m pretty sure it’s old gold. The weight to size ratio is amazing. My wedding ring is twice the size and nearly half the weight ( I was cheap) of this one. Definitely a good day.