NCtoad

I got out Saturday morning to my only permission. Second target was a buffalo nickel on the far end of the property. I then worked my way up near the old house in an area where I had been over before with both the nox and deus 2. This time I was in sensitive, program 2, but in full tones. I slowed down and just dug decent signals. I got an old junk pocket watch, a military pin with an eagle, another large pin that looks to be navy and a small broken pin or broach that looks to be silver, but has no markings. I also got another wheatie. On Sunday I hit some curbstrips in town and got in a hot spot where I pulled 10 wheaties. This wasn’t actually a curbstrip, but was a grassy area in front of a commercial gravel parking lot. There used to be two houses there and the grassy area was the front yards of those two houses. I thought for sure I’d hit a silver coin there, but no luck 😥

Nice! For my land hunting I’m good with the stock shaft, but I’d still like some info on what you have.

Congrats on your new detector Bob! I’m sure the more you use it and get to know it, the more you’ll like it. Since getting my deus 2 I’ve only used my equinox for about an hour. I’m thinking of mounting the 6” coil on it for detail work until deus comes out with a smaller coil for the deus 2. Good luck with your new deus!

Same here. Mine’s solid. If I swing it at speeds too fast to detect with the sides of the armcuff flex. I don’t use the strap, btw.

Nice stuff! Yeah those mason jar lids can be a real nuisance. Finding those items of everyday living from yesteryear makes for some good fun. I’m glad you didn’t hit my brother toad with your shovel! Lol!

I got the rein guide at the park. Found some copper rivets last week and the two buckles this week, so there is some horse tack there.

I ended up leaving the factory screen protector on and I also bought a Deanos control box cover.

Ok, now it’s starting to sink in. Lol! So I guess that’s why the battery on the nox is in the handle. It’s too big for the control box because it’s not only powering it but the coil processing also. Thus separate batteries on the deus divvying up the power source so the batteries can be smaller and fit inside each component. Am I on the right track? Lol

I’m not sure you guys are following what I’m saying. Would it be possible for xp to make a small coil with a cable that plugs into the back of the remote? Not a wireless coil. A six inch coil just like the equinox has. I don’t know if the plug in the back of the remote could even run a coil. The coil would not be transmitting wirelessly, but through the cable just like on any other detector. I highly doubt that they designed the remote to work with a cabled coil. But wouldn’t it be neat if they could? That way guys that don’t really want a wireless machine could buy a wired coil. Plus it would be less complicated to manufacture (no battery, no wireless transmitter) and you wouldn’t need the antenna if you’re wading in water. Another plus is that the wired coils would be less expensive. So it would be a hybrid wireless or wired detector depending on which coil you buy.

Yesterday morning I hit a few curbstrips. Our curbstrips are small; less than three feet wide and sometimes only 16” or 18”. But still worth detecting as I got three wheats, a small sterling cap shaped pin, and a surprise 1867 10 centesimi Italian copper. I also managed to get $6.98 in clad. Today I went back to the park where I dug a slq last week. Today was a repeat with another slick, no date slq although this one looks like it may have been under a burn pile. Also got some more relics. The two little buckles were about two feet from each other and both were deep, but the second one was really deep at 11”. I was using the D2 in a custom general program, but I checked some targets by switching to deep high conductor and park and sensitive just to see how each sounded.

From what I’ve read there are no small sniper coils, like a 6” round because of there not being enough room for a battery. I wonder if it’s possible for XP to make a conventional wired coil that plugs into the back of the remote? The coil would probably be less expensive and you could use it in water without the antenna. Might be a killer coil for gold hunters and trashy curbstrip hunters. What I mean by using it in water is wading where just the coil is submerged. You wouldn’t be able to submerge the RC because you’d lose your wireless headphone signal.

I’m assuming if you got on the XP email list they will notify you when the new update is ready. My deus II with the original 0.6 version is finding stuff just fine. Although I’d like to have the big numbers, I can wait until 0.7 is released.

I think you’re onto something. Maybe deus (or an aftermarket company) could make a thin D shaped carbon fiber rod that just slides inside the factory plastic lower rod. I don’t know if the tolerances on the stock lower would allow a nice tight fit though.

Tuesday evening I took the deus out to practice in the yard and hit some fringe areas. I had probably had my nox in these areas but only maybe once or twice. The first two good finds were copper memorials in different spots. There’s a power pole in the yard and a while back I hit a wheatie maybe ten feet from the pole with the deus. So after hitting those two memorials I headed over near the pole to see if I might find another wheatie. This time I went on the opposite side of the pole from where I had found that wheatie. I got a strong 88 tid and thought that maybe it was a deep smashed beer can because I had dug a few of those not too far away with the nox a good while back. I dug about five inches down and see a small spill of a few pennies. I get those out and stick my pinpointer back in there and it goes off again. To make a long story short, I kept doong this over and over with the pinpointer and then the deus until I had 61 memorials! It probably took me a good 45 minutes. I checked the date on a few of them as they came out of the hole and they were 60s and early 70s. So in all I got 63 memorials ranging from 1959 to 1975. Wednesday night it rained but this evening it was nice and sunny. So I decided to hit an area over by my shed. In the pic it’s on the opposite side of the shed. I dug a couple of junk targets and then I got a nice 91-93. From about six inches down out comes a 1947 rosie! I have searched and searched for silver in my yard. The only silvers anywhere close by have come from an old spring which is about 120 yards away. This rosie puts me at 14 for the year.

Thanks Chase! Somehow I missed this.

I’d wager that ring was made for the stone. Very nice!

Hi Allen and welcome to the forum! I don’t know anything about the kruzer, but I think you would get more responses to your question on the nokta/makro forum. Maybe try posting your query there. There’s lots of knowledgeable nokta/makro guys that would probably be eager to help.

Suppose you could somehow manufacture a rod just like the OEM rod but with carbon fiber and improved cam locks and no flex. Don’t you think you’d sell a whole lot if them? Even if your setup cost say $350, I’d bet they’d sell like hotcakes. Look what the beach guys are spending on scoops.

Once you have the ws6 puck attached to the clip jack adaptor, what protects the back of it? I found found something made in England that protects it it from dirt and dust and makes it look like a finished unit. Is something like this available in the US?

Is that for a 1/8” plug or a 1/4” plug?

I don’t notice much if any flex at all in mine with the 9” coil. However I’m 5’10” and don’t extend the lower rod much past the #1 mark.

I didn’t even notice the GM on it. I thought it was one of those divot tools used by golfers. Thanks for noticing that!

I think the key is a clock winding key. That makes sense on the washers. They do look crushable.

Those buttons are fantastic! I can see you pulling an old, old silver out of there.

That button is huge! Congrats on some great finds!