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Hell yeah, Jeff! Well done!

I always use my coil covers. I don’t see much of an advantage to not using them. The weight on the d2 covers is negligible.

I enjoy Loren’s videos very much. All the information he gives out, he backs it up with science. I used to watch the tests by the guys (you know the two I’m talking about), where they would test a coin near a rusty nail on a styrofoam block. It just didn’t make sense to me even as a beginner. That scenario takes so, so many variables out of test that it’s probably never going to happen just like that out in the field.

Did I miss it, or has the size of this coil been released?

I haven’t checked in in quite some time and when I finally do, there’s a new coil being offered!

The other two stones are purple in color so I’m guessing amethyst. I wondered the same thing as to how the ring got broken. No motor boats on this pond. I can’t come up with any theories as to what could have happened to it.

I agree with Rattlehead, very impressive! Especially that much gold from turf. Got me thinking about maybe getting a manticore in the future. Thing is I’m pretty much a one detector at a time kinda guy. I’m so used to my D2 that I’m reluctant to put in the time learning a new detector. Good luck on your future hunts!

Got back out yesterday to the pond where I work. This time I went a deeper, almost up to my shoulders. When I get a signal it’s very hard to scoop the target out when I’m in that deep. The water is murky to start with and if I miss on the first try with the scoop, the silt goes everywhere and visibility becomes non existent. I had even put white flex seal tape on my coil so it would be easier to see, but it didn’t help in this water. So when the first scoop comes up empty, I have to go by feel. Lol! Anyways, I got two junk rings and a partial 10k ring that weighs 2.3 grams. I also got a small 925 earring in the shape of a flip-flop sandal. This was my afternoon hunt. In the morning I went to the tubing river and got the stainless ring in the upper left of the pic.

Wow, that’s what I call “killing it”! Congratulations!!

I decided to stay with the nokta lower rod. I sanded the rounded part at the end where the bolt goes through to a smaller diameter. This made more clearance between that section and the coil so sand will pass through the gap. I also checked the stiffness between the CF marked oem and the nokta. The nokta is much stiffer. It’s easily noticeable just trying to bend the two with my hands.

As some may remember from my previous posts, I work at a conference center that also hosts kids summer camps. I decided to hunt the pond at the camp after work today. I had never hunted it before. I got four rings, three of which are 925 and the other a junk mood ring. I also got a nice sterling cross. Other than additional coins and three pieces of bling, I dug no trash! A first for me.

Thanks for the links Chase. When I bought my second D2 last winter, I ordered it with the 9” coil and bought the 11x13 coil also. Both stems are stamped CF. I think it was Bob (F350) that surmised that the CF meant carbon fiber. I had my doubts also as it doesn’t look like any carbon fiber shaft that I’ve ever seen. But, if I’m remembering correctly, either Bob or someone else had contacted CP and verified that the shafts marked CF were indeed carbon fiber. I tried looking for that thread, but can’t seem to find it.

I’m trying to find an XP replacement CF marked lower rod to replace the plastic one on my original d2. I have a newer d2 that has the CF marked lower rod and would like to buy one of the newer ones that are carbon fiber for my old d2 that I use for water hunting. I contacted Colonial Metal detectors and he emailed me back saying that his distributor said this: So, has anyone bought just the CF lower shaft and if so, where did you get it? thanks BTW, I had been using the nokta carbon fiber lower rod on my original d2 for water hunting, but I noticed that the lower radius of the bolt hole section is larger than the corresponding oem lower shaft part and sand has gotten in the space between that rounded part and the coil and is starting to wear away at the coil. The stock shaft is smaller and would let sand particles pass through that area. That’s why I’m wanting to get the oem carbon shaft.

Update on the phone. I got the phone to fully charge and got the guy’s medical ID info off the phone. I contacted his mother and she’s going to contact him so we can arrange to return it! Edit: The guy called me and stopped by and picked it up!!