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  1. @Kaolin washer @Rick N. MI

    I keep thinking about giving the ORX a try. I’ve swung a friend’s Deus and love the light weight but have no desire to get into the massive menu of options the Deus offers.  The simplicity of the ORX is really appealing  
    For general detecting (not gold prospecting) what coil would you recommend?  The HF or X35?

  2. On 7/13/2023 at 11:27 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

     

    The current lineup is dated, and Apex underwhelmed people expecting an Ace to outperform top tier product. But fact is Garrett is hard at work, and Axiom was just a start, not a finish. 

    I would imagine their next step will be a SMF update to the AT series???  They eased in to the SMF market with a lower tier machine and if they can refine their SMF tech, cross it with the form factor of the Axiom and make it as reliably waterproof as the AT housings were they would hit another homerun.  

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  3. 20 hours ago, tvr said:

    When I think of the education I got from working to understand what a detector without target ID was telling me, all I can say is that it is kind of a shame that most people will not get that education. Kind of like not learning to drive a manual transmission or write and read cursive.

    I still prefer a Tesoro when sifting through foil littered parks, sports fields and totlots for jewelry.  Nothing like that analog audio!!

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  4. 2 hours ago, Joe D. said:

       That's a great idea! Glad to see someone try that!

    I’ll try and post some pics of it. It’s been going strong for about 6 years 

    I think I read that there was a revision of the first Golden umax, due to the two middle tones of the four, sounding too much alike!

     I think the second revision of the Golden has a second “high” tone for the nickel range   On both versions you can manipulate the tone breaks with the notch adjustment   

       
     

     

  5. Still love the Compadre and Mojave.  Super simple machines that work great for itty bitty gold jewelry in playground areas and sniffing out coins and relics in heavy iron.  I also have a Compadre that I mounted in a waterproof case that is my freshwater swimming hole gold getter!!  I’d love to try a Golden uMax if I ever find one to buy. 

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  6. 14 hours ago, Aaron said:

    My personal favorite among the CZ’s was the CZ3D, one of the best coin hunting machines ever made! Rock solid machine, VERY DEEP, tough and dependable analog machine! The target ID was very accurate, easy to GB and great for working around areas others couldn’t due to EMI. Just be care not to work to close to another CZ! 

    The only negative I have to say about the CZ3D, and this maybe true for all of them, it LOVED deep rusty nails.

    I had to stop using it in my park when all that remained was targets over 10”.  Once I’d get a target that deep w the CZ, despite all my efforts, circling 360 degrees, whipping the coil ect. , there was no telling the difference between a deep rusty nail (especially a bent one!) and no fe target! 

    HH! Aaron

    I feel the high point of the CZ3D was that nickel range gave a high tone. Opened up the ability to cherry pick and still have a bit of the gold ring range in play also. 

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  7. Since the Vanquish line seems to be aimed at the big box/ sporting goods retail market I would imagine it will be around for a good while. If you look at the shelves where they are sold there is usually a model or two that are sold out.  If you consider that 20+ year old Bounty Hunter models still sell by the pallet load at Costco then I’m sure the Vanquish is doing just fine sales wise with the beginner/recreational market.  
    I have a 340that lives in my van for scouting new spots I stumble across and it always seems to do the job and find some goodies. It lacks all the bells and whistles of “professional” models but still packs quite a punch 

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  8. There’s gold jewelry hiding in all those bits of foil and slaw in our parks. I would wager that the majority of lost gold jewelry is broken chains, charms and earrings that will ID as foil compared to bigger rings in the nickel to tab range. Just have to spend the time digging all the crappy foil and slaw signals til ya find some.  I’m not saying it’s guaranteed to be worth your time but ya never know what might pop up!!

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  9. 4 minutes ago, Jeff McClendon said:

    I am so glad someone bought your F19.  Just having it for sale on this site was giving me nightmares caused by chronic F19 separation syndrome. I can take a nice deep breath now, knowing I don't have to struggle with whether I was going to send you a PM or not😁

     

    The checks in the mail my friend so hopefully you can get some sleep tonight and dream of gold and silver!!  

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  10. I just enjoy trying out different machines every now and then.  After the F19 is gone I’ll be down to a few  Tesoros, a NOX and a Vanquish340 I found onsale a few weeks ago for $169, pretty amazing machine for that price point!! Only machine I possibly regret selling was my Explorer II. I miss the power not the weight, LOL!  That machine found some deeeep coins.  The NOX comes close but hopefully those FBS machines will be the next model for Minelab to replace. 

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  11. When everything at the grocery store has gone up in price it stands to reason that our toys will too. Our government has printed so much money this year with the stimulus bills that we haven’t even seen the real start of the inflation that is coming. A $50 increase for a MD that was massively undervalued when it was released is just the tip of the iceberg. If you stop and take it all in it’s just depressing, so my advice is to turn off the TV and go hunt for treasure!!!   Treasure always makes us smile😊😊😊

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  12. When I first got my 600 I ran the FE at 0 after experimenting with it.  Since the F2 option came out I’ve switched to running F2 of 0 and haven’t switched since. 50 tones and low recovery speed really gives an intelligible sound to commingled targets, once you get used to it anyway. 

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  13. I use Sennheiser APTX earbuds when land hunting. I have a wm8 module that works fine and I’ve experimented with different headphones but it’s one more thing in the chain and I’ve just stuck with the Bluetooth for land.  I have a pairof wired waterproof earbuds that a seller on ebay makes that are fantastic for water hunting. 

  14. In our mild dirt/sand down here there are places I’ve found plenty of fringe depth coins(10”+) that you really had to be going slow to hear.  I may be tempted to try the 15” and see if it offers any extra punch.  I’ll have to wager the cost versus the reports when they finally hit the streets though.  

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