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  1. Great video! This is exactly the kind of tests I like to see! Wild digs, side by side comparisons really show the strengths and weaknesses between the detectors. In this case it shows the strengths of the deus II. Btw, Jackie really livens up the video! He’s a star!
  2. All the headstamps I dig ring up right in the nickel/gold ring range. Some a little higher. This is with the equinox. Some may have a bit of ferrous in the primer part, but most are all brass. I doubt if xp could do something like the bottle cap reject on shotshell headstamps.
  3. Congrats on the Spanish silver! I knew there had to be some old silver on that site…I didn’t think it would be that old though!
  4. I’d be happy with any one of those finds! Congrats!
  5. That buttplate is really a neat find! With stuff like that being found it’s just a matter of time before you start hitting silver and large cents. Congrats on all the finds and thanks for posting!
  6. I’d like to hear Chase’s comments on dowsing. How about it Chase? I also am a firm believer in scientific facts and proof. I have a hard time wrapping my head around dowsing, but if someone can offer up scientific proof that it works, then I’m good with it. There’s also a lot of “gray” areas of science out there that may never be proven in my lifetime.
  7. Congrats on all the finds! That’s a nice ring and a nice prize for a four hour hunt.
  8. This is a difficult situation with the nox ( and probably most other detectors). You get a good sounding signal that should be an average to fairly deep coin, but it ends up being a very deep large object. Sometimes you can tell this by using the pinpoint function and trying to size up the target, but when a large object is so deep it still may pinpoint similar to the size of a coin that’s not so deep. You can also try raising the coil as you sweep over the target and if it fades out quickly it’s most likely coin sized. If you’re still getting a decent signal with the coil five or six inches or more above the target it’s most likely a smashed can, or a paint can lid, etc. However, a very deep smashed can or, in your case, a paint can lid at twenty inches will fade out quickly just like a coin that’s not so deep. So it’s hard to tell the difference. I still occasionally get fooled on smashed, deep, aluminum cans even after 3 and a half years of using the nox.
  9. That’s awful! You should have taken pictures of it before taking the tape off and emailed the pics to them.
  10. Is a screen protector necessary for the deus II? Also is any other protection necessary to keep it looking nice? I like keeping my nox new looking by having a screen protector and one of the Deanos covers. Just wondering if there’s anything needed for the new deus.
  11. Welcome to a great forum! I call this the forum of more facts and less drama. Lol
  12. Both silvers are in excellent condition! That 14k pin is fine treat also! Congrats!
  13. Hey Chuck to me it sounds like you really want the deus 2. Life’s too short to compromise on a new detector purchase. Plus the legend looks like it’s going to perform similar to the nox, but with hopefully better build quality and reliability. The deus, however is a completely different animal and from the looks of it much better performance than the nox. I say go for it! Lol
  14. I like Gary’s videos too. He’s very knowledgeable and straight up. It’s almost as if he doesn’t have an affiliation with XP. He doesn’t bash or even mention other detectors (in the videos that I’ve seen). He just lets the actions speak for themselves. In this day and age of hype and hyperbole it’s refreshing to be presented with facts without all the bravado.
  15. Congrats on the seated! You have a beautiful place to hunt! Looks like it’s secluded and away from traffic noise.
  16. I usually feel pretty good after purging possessions also. I sold an air rifle, the vaquero and some other miscellaneous items.
  17. Let me see if I understand this correctly. On the deus the disc circuit is in play to disc out ferrous, but you can turn up iron volume and still hear it. But by having the ferrous discriminated out, it doesn’t affect the vdi numbers by averaging. Thus you can hear the iron and have more accurate target ID’s. ?
  18. If you’re digging in high iron trash areas don’t discount discount lower id’s as the adjacent trash will pull the id down. I’ve dug mercs as low as 18. In that particular instance there was an old rusty bicycle fender right next to it.
  19. Very interesting take on tones from a musician’s point of view. Thanks
  20. I just watched a video of a guy comparing the new legend to the equinox on Monte’s nail board test. Sorry, but I don’t have a link to it, but I think I saw it over on the friendly forum. In the video he is using the nox and says he has the recovery speed set at 8 and sensitivity at 23. Then he also mentions that recovery speed is what’s important on this test, not sensitivity. I have to disagree. Running 23 sense on what is basically an air test with an 11” coil only a few inches above the targets seems like way too much power to me. Monte has confirmed that this test of his was developed from surface finds. So I’m thinking this guy would have gotten better results (with both nox and legend) by lowering the sensitivity dramatically. Like maybe down to 10 or 12 on the nox. Am I correct in my assumptions? I have a site near my house that’s loaded with old iron. Most finds are 3-5” deep or less. I’ve actually compared non ferrous signals with low sensitivity and then bumped the sense up to 20 or so and the signal is more muddled and much more iffy to define than on the lower setting of around 12. I’m just curious why these guys doing the nail board tests aren’t at least trying a lower sensitivity setting?
  21. Congrats on the merc! I would re-search the area where you found that clothespin. Might have been a clothesline there back in the day.
  22. Thanks Jeff. I had read that, but had forgotten about it. Probably because because my conscious brain knows that I hardly ever have to worry about digging a steel and copper coin here in NC so my subconscious erased it from my memory. Lol
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