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  1. He was brutally honest with himself and his followers and detractors in his final farewell video. He totally understood the dynamic, recognized the haters were never going away and never going to embrace him, and he was very self aware of how evolved in a positive manner during his YouTube journey. It just became to much of a time sink and he fully recognized when it was time to walk away before completely burning out. Some great nuggets in his farewell for budding YouTubers. This video convinced me once and for all that I am probably not cut out to be content provider in that medium. I'll stick to the written word.
  2. Holding down the radio button for 2 seconds clears the pairing log so you don't have to erase any custom programming just to pair another set of phones, but a Nox factory reset also gets the job done and is not a big deal for most folks because there is only one custom user profile slot and re-customizing preferred user settings not a big deal on the Nox. Both methods are described in the Nox user manual.
  3. You don't need to factory reset the 800 if you don't intend to use the ML80's again. Just keep them powered off and away from the 800 so they don't try to reconnect. With the detector powered on simply hold down the wireless button on the upper right side of the 800 control panel for greater than two seconds. The Nox will enter a mode where it is searching for either the WM08 or a BT headset. Then press the big multifunction button that comprises the entire outer portion of the right side earcup for 4 seconds and the Jam will enter paring mode. It should then eventually connect with the Equinox. I see Bob answered while I was typing. Just to clarify, you can do a system reset as Bob stated as that will ensure you are starting at ground zero, but if you have custom programmed the Nox and don't want to re-do that, simply pressing and holding the Nox wireless button for 2 seconds should erase its memory of any other paired headphones and you should be able to pair as stated above. If the simple wireless "reset" doesn't work then definitely reset the Nox and reset the Jams and start over as Bob advised or better yet, just do what Bob said in the first place.
  4. It was fun as usual. Yep, nothing individually stunning but some decent brass to take home which makes it worth the trip. Thanks also for indulging me on the other site. It was a wild goose chase, and I think I got it out of my system, finally. I guess we are really just that good at eventually leaving our sites high and dry until the soil is turned over for next season. 🤣 Thanks again for the dig and coffee therapy.
  5. Sounds like a faulty power switch. Just call ML for a warranty ticket and let them sort it out. The ML80's which are re-branded clones of a model marketed by several Asian sellers of BT gear were known to have durability issues with the control switches and the USB charge connector breaking over time on some units probably due to manufacturing quality issues. The red charge light is actually behaving normally per your description. It turns on during charging and turns off when fully charged. The blue light should only come on when you power on the phones to connect and will flash blue when connected to the detector. If the phones are in pairing mode, then the lights will alternate flashing blue and red. It's all spelled out on p. 56 and 57 of the manual. Since you can't get the blue light to come on when pressing the power switch, that switch is your likely culprit. The good news is that, in the mean time, if you have wireless phones for your Legend, they should pair up with your Nox. You can also use the WM08 wireless receiver with any set of wired phones or earbuds that use a mini plug connector (including the ML 80's using the included audio cable). There are also plenty of inexpensive APTX-LL compatible headphones that can be bought and used with both the Nox and Legend as well. Creative makes a very light weight pair called the Jam V2's which are great for hot weather detecting. They're available on Amazon and elsewhere. Search the forum for other compatible Bluetooth APTX-LL phone recommendations. Hope ML comes through for you. Good luck.
  6. Tall order, I wouldn't hold your breath. Doubt it's going to be Minelab - they still can't meet M8 demand six plus months into accessory production and nearly a year and a half after M-core was released. They don't really seem to care about providing accessory coils, it almost seems like an unwanted distraction or afterthought for them. But hopefully they will outsource coil production licensing out to Coiltek like they did for the Equinox. Even if Coiltek gets on board, though, getting them to produce something smaller than the M8 is doubtful because of demand. At a certain point, small DD style coils generally just enhance your ability to discern micro targets rather than actually improve separation in thick trash because high recovery speed dominates the equation. I'm not saying a smaller "Snake" like coil wouldn't help, because I know you've obviously had success using such a coil attached to other detectors. But in my experience, unless the objective is Micro gold, you really can't tease that much more out of thick trash by going smaller than the M8 with detectors that have high recovery speeds like M-core, Nox, Legend, and Deus 2. But I'm not here to argue that point. The other hurdle you face is that most people will find the M8 to be sufficiently small enough to meet their needs. Coiltek or whoever makes more coils for M-Core will assess whether the demand will be sufficient to warrant a smaller coil for M-Core. There is probably a good reason why ML didn't bother with making a 6" Round Coil for Manticore like they did for the Nox. They probably figured based on Nox 6" and tge extremely popular 10x5" coil sales figures, that the demand sweet spot for coil footprint falls somewhere between those two coils, which is exactly where the 5.5x8" M8 coil lies. That's no coincidence.
  7. Dave, So you're saying rings never ID as Tabs on the Equinox? That is, you can confidently skip whatever ID is associated with a tab on the Nox simply because its repeatable?
  8. I loved all the improvements that ML incorporated into the 900 vs. the 800. My only knocks on the 900 were the TIDs being a little jumpy (even compared to a Manticore) and I found it a little too EMI sensitive which negated the benefit of the new universal deep pitch audio (a feature I had been wishing for since the first days of getting my hands on a Nox 800 and its gold modes with pitch audio) because it was excessively chirpy. Both of those 900 issues stood out to me more because before I got my hands on the 900, I had been spoiled with a year of swinging the Deus 2 and its extraordinarily rock solid TIDs even with a "99" scale (though D2 does have some TID scale issues of its own) and superior EMI handling under equivalent field conditions. Had I simply had the Nox 800 as my reference point, these 900 issues would not be as stark to me. I was really rooting for the 900 because I wanted it to be the new home for my Coiltek 10x5 coil. I later decided to go ahead and take a chance on the Manticore and that pretty much sealed the deal for my 900 collecting dust. But of course, we are talking about a detector that costs hundreds more than the 900. TBH, while I do consider the Manticore to be the superior detector, I am not sure it is really $650US "better" than the 900 with its two coils in the kit. So the 900 is definitely the better value. But getting back on point regarding Target IDs, I am right there with you on high conductor TIDs. No way am I leaving something ringing up close to 90 high or low in the ground, I don't need to verify its a dime vs. a quarter or even a copper cent. It's not like I'm going to walk over that signal because its likely a dime vs. quarter. I'm with ya.
  9. You are correct in your observation of Manticore TID stability vs. the Nox 900 but it is not because the ID scales are different (not that you were necessarily making that direct assertion, Simon). It is mostly due to different Multi-IQ (Nox) vs. Multi-IQ+ (M-core) target processing, especially ferrous with the 2D ferrous limit processing. And I'm glad you and GB pointed out the nuanced difference between the Nox 900 and M-core scales. But the difference is purely related to how ferrous IDs are displayed. The Nox 900 TID scale does not actually have more TIDs than the M-Core. In fact it is quite the opposite. Note that for non-ferrous targets, both Manticore and Equinox actually use the same 99 point scale. And in single frequency, the Manticore will display non-falsing ferrous as limited to 0 to 19 with a ferrous indication (red or red underlined numbers) which is effectively identical to the Nox 900 0 to -19 scale for ferrous in both Single and Multi-IQ. But in M-Core's Multi-IQ+ implementation, ferrous can show up as any ID (0 to 99) but with a ferrous indication (red digits or underline) if Manticore interprets the target as wholly or partially falling within the upper and/or lower (2D) ferrous limits. This is a very powerful implementation and enhancement over the Nox but is also often misinterpreted by experienced Nox users (but who are new to M-core) as "falsing" because iron can show up with the "high" TID numbers (and tones if the ferrous target "smear" touches the centerline) but with the less noticeable red underlines, until the option to use red digits was added in the last update. Anyway, I just wanted to emphasize that the non-ferrous TID scales between the Nox 900 and the Manticore have the same non-ferrous scale range and resolution. This is in reaction to your "even more" comment regarding the Nox 900 IDs. In fact, since ferrous can correctly ID anywhere from 0 to 99 on the M-core, it's like a -99 to +99 TID, so M-Core actually qualifies as the "even more" TID detector over the Nox 900: 199 possible M-Core TIDs vs. 119 for Nox 900. So it has more in common with Steve's favored Whites +95 to -95 TID scale but with the added tonal and visual target information facilitated by Target Trace. FWIW. At least that's how I "think" it works. M-core experts feel free to correct any misperceptions I have. These Minelab centric TID posts probably fit well in Phrunt's TID chart thread... https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/25711-target-id-chart-differences-between-equinox-600800-and-equinox-700900manticore/?do=findComment&comment=271193
  10. You can contact them directly and leave a comment/message in the text box on this page. I'm sure they would welcome the feedback and they will take it seriously. https://garrett.com/contact
  11. FWIW - XP did finally fix how the discrimination algorithms work with Full Tones and Iron Volume for all base programs and added an alternative "silencer" filter (a form of iron bias filtering on the Deus) in Update 1.0. Update 1.1 enabled the user to select either the legacy or updated silencer filter dependent on selecting the appropriate base program. The Tekkna program as demonstrated by Gary Black uses the updated silencer filter (although at its minimum setting) by utilizing Factory Program 3 as the base program. If users want to use Tekkna with less aggressive silencer filtering they can use Base Program 2 and set the Silencer accordingly as well as also selecting full tones audio. XP did not make any obvious adjustments to the discrimination or silencer algorithms with the latest 2.0 updates. Honestly, it's not clear to me that anything really needs to be addressed or fixed with respect to discrimination beyond what XP has already done. I don't think Tekkna is expoiting a flaw in D2 discrimination processong. The poke above at XP regarding their sloppy software configuration control processes is warranted. They never seem to internalize lessons learned from prior update snafus. The following is not directed at anyone who I quoted earlier in this post...it's just a separate reflection on some of the responses in this thread... People commenting/complaining in this thread about the Gary Black Tekkna custom program because it uses the Program 3 silencer or because disc is set too high for your local desirable target IDs have me scratching my head. If you think that silencer filter is too aggressive, you can then just simply build Tekkna around Program 2 or similar. In fact it makes sense to experiment to make the program work for your specific situation instead of simply condemning it as "useless". If you think the disc is too high for some of your desirable targets, then lower it. There are plenty of options. And frankly, because of the dynamic audio, I can see where it may not be a good fit for some people - not everyone's cup of tea. Full disclosure, I have tried it, but Relic really just works best for me, personally. I have ot programmed in as a "target interrogation" program option to ID falsing iron if my other Relic iron tells are inconclusive. I get the distinct feeling people go out of their way to shoot down something that has been objectively demonstrated to work well for some users, like the OP. There is nothing about Tekkna that tells me that discrimination implementation on the Deus 2 is flawed. I will make this final observation, it is really easy to throw stones and say something doesn't work because there is no burden of proof for such criticism. You simply have to show up and proclaim it as fact and state you couldn't find anything. It's a whole different matter to put yourself out there to be subjected to such criticism by sharing your positive experience with a custom program or group of settings and back it up with actual finds. I don't understand the negativity displayed against people trying to share tips with the forum. I have found that those who consistently criticize such posts, the manufacturers, or specific detectors or who constantly bring negative energy to the forum often have a track record of NOT contributing or sharing useful information to the community. Just an observation.
  12. Tekkna is not really a feature, it's just a custom program utilizing an existing D2 target signal processing base program (Sensi FT in this case) and settings. Unless you were specifically referring to one of the settings or features used by Tekkna and I misunderstood what you referring to.
  13. How does the Vevor do ratcheting down sensitivity to help zero in on (i.e., pinpoint) the target? Detectors DO false on deep, big iron and some bent nails. My discriminating Nokta Accupoint PP does a pretty good job of alerting me to deep, big ferrous before I've reached it and can call out nails in the sidewall before I extract them, so it does have some usefulness. But it IS also less sensitive than my Carrot and my favorite XP MI-6 Pinpointer which has very sensitive variable pitch audio fed directly into my headphones which eliminates the need to ratchet down sensitivity to pinpoint, like I sometimes have to do on the Carrot.
  14. Yeah, it's a moot point now if it was impossible to operate over 9 khz. But for the sake of discussion, you could have set disc to 25 or 26 and those wraparound coins would have been muted from the non-ferrous tones. All non-ferrous, ferrous and the notched ferrous would still be audible as All Metal tones but only non-ferrous would be audible as undiscriminated "ting" tones. Using mixed mode audio would allow you to simultaneously hear all the non-ferrous "ting" tones and the non-ferrous/ferrous AM tones (which are fully distinguishable from the non-discriminated "tings"). A ferrous target (including wraparound with the notch set as above) will only have the AM sound and non-ferrous will have the AM sound and a slightly delayed non-discriminated "ting". It's a powerful implementation that I used successfully in hot dirt. The only issue is if you care about any non-ferrous targets that might show up in the notched IDs. My only issue with Tarsacci was that the TIDs were very jumpy, so it was hard to get a handle on just what the non-ferrous target was. In hot dirt, I was digging all non-ferrous anyway, so it was a non-issue. But it was not a machine I was going to use amongst a lot of non-ferrous trash. I would be digging it all. No Thanks. It excels primarily as a beach or hot dirt relic machine. Otherwise, there are better options out there and highly versatile machines like Manticore and Deus 2 and to a lesser extent Equinox and Legend that are almost as good as the Tarsacci under those specific conditions.
  15. Just be aware that these are actually "air conduction" not true bone conduction phones. A bit of misleading advertising on their part. They do work great for situational awareness as long as they remain in the proper position on your head and near your ears. Good luck. 👍
  16. Dave - how high up the scale did the Tarsacci throw those coins? I ask because there is a way you can adjust Disc on the Tarsacci that covers the whole ferrous range and notches out 3 or 4 points of the high wraparound region (e.g., if you set Disc to 28, then all negative (ferrous) ID'S are disc'd and also 26 to 30 (Max ID on the Scale). Just wondering if you used that feature, but still found it to be ineffective.
  17. I know, it's nuts in season and in two hours you can't cover much ground. That's why I go in the off season and take my time. Yep, no fresh drops but last time out still took home some pocket change and a nice 925 Bracelet. I also pulled a 2 cent piece there in the off season and a couple pieces of gold. It's quiet, you're not rushed, and there always seems to be at least one surprise find when I do go. Yeah, and it's great the bad actors continue to take away the few remaining opportunities we have to detect public areas by representing the hobby in a bad light.
  18. Thanks for reminding me to put mine up on the classifieds. It was the deepest detecting, non-PI detector in hot dirt I ever used. But with the improved ergonomics of the Axiom PI and decent versatility and performance of the D2 in mineralized dirt and at the beach, the Tarsacci really no longer fills a niche for me. Look for it soon. 🙂
  19. Nice saves. What's the vintage of the USMC button? Funny those two keys are broken in an almost identical manner, they look like twins. Like the Baptist Sunday School souvenir pin.
  20. The silencer setting doesn't apply to Goldfield as it uses IAR to reject iron vs. discrimination. Silencer is an iron bias setting on top of discrimination in those modes that use discrimination, so there is no way to "improve" it. This applies to Deus 2 as well. Silencer, bottle cap, and tone ID are simply absent from Goldfield to enable focus on small signal response without additional filters. It works quite well and they expanded it for use in relic detecting on Deus 2 with the Relic Program. It's my main search program and I have had a lot of success with it. If I need silencer or bottlecap filters, I'll switch to the programs that can accommodate those filters.
  21. I still don't get that pricing - basically, what they are saying is that you are paying nearly 2 grand AUS extra simply to include 13X11 DD coil in the full package which is nuts (don't think a plastic external battery case and the MS3 wireless phones are worth $385 AUS either but I'll throw them a bone). I don't know what the actual AUS price is for the 13x11 standalone, but it seems you can get the lite package and then buy whatever second coil you want standalone and even purchase some MS-3's standalone and you would basically have the full package at a nice discount AND would be able to pick the second coil that suits your needs best. It seems the lite package is the way to go, even though the pricing is still on the high side. No one is really going to miss the backup battery pack. You can use a power bank and some bungee cords if you get desperate.
  22. Yeah, that can probably work. The only issue with that is if you ever decide to switch to a Deus 2, you would have to dig the Velcro strips out and might have adhesive residue on the mount internals.
  23. Ok. So, I was on the road and happened to be near enough to a Chesapeake Bay beach park that I decided to take a detour and swing my Deus 2 detector around on the sand using my new RC Digs mount that is compatible with Steve's CF Shaft system customized for the Deus. To cut to the chase...it was fantastic. Even with Steve's superior locking mechanism for the "traditional" Deus 2 case mount, I was always concerned about the remote working loose and falling off as I often am manipulating the remote keys for target interrogation, pinpointing, and adjusting settings for changing site conditions. This is especially true when salt beach hunting. The RC Digs mount was secure and the angled positioning enabled a great, glare free view of the display with simple quick glances. It just gives you a lot of piece of mind that your remote is going to be secure without the need to deal with locking mechanisms and backup lanyards. I wasn't expecting to find anything here because it is off season and devoid of any fresh drops but had fun anyway and picked up a few stray coins and sinkers and also managed to snag a solid 925 silver bangle bracelet that gave off a weird Target ID because it was buried unlatched. Bonus! I already highly recommend Steve's CF shaft system for the Deus, especially for beach and water work, and with the option to now to select the RC Digs mount to house the Deus 2 remote, it is even better. I do recommend the angled RC Digs mount unless you have people sharing the shaft that may have a different dominant swing arm, in which case, opt for the straight on mount. As I posted above, you can use the RC Digs mount for your Deus 1/Orx but the fit is not ideal as the remotes for Deus/Orx are smaller than the Deus 2 and they will rattle around in the enclosure unless you snug them up using a slip-on remote cover or shims. Button alignment is not ideal either, but will work. I have no additional improvement suggestions other than those mentioned by other previous users of the SteveG shaft with the RC Digs modified compatible mount. It is a killer combination! Thanks, @steveg for letting me run the new mount through its paces, you have a winner!
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