TexHunter

Beautiful coin. I wonder what anguish the looser went through after loosing that...

185 years of being beautiful. That's a lot of patience, but well paid off...

4 hours ago, Geologyhound said:

Any pads I have purchased with elastic bands tend to stretch and slip through the clip, so I am constantly tightening them.  I have a set with corduroy/canvas type straps and I rarely have to tighten those.  I got pads with hard caps.  If you hunt anywhere with rocks, the hard caps will be good.  Of course, if you are out west, the hard caps also offer protection against the goat’s head seeds.  Natural caltrops, and those spikes can penetrate a pad, jeans, and skin underneath.

And ground cactus...

Excellent choice to go ahead and dig it up. Even if it was another of those square tabs, at least you wouldn't have to deal with it again next time. Have you given any thought to try to find the owner, or heirs? I bet someone would be mighty excited to see that after all those years...

Start with Park 1, and leave the settings alone until you understand the detector better, and what it's telling you. Lower the sensitivity to around 18 to settle the machine down a little, and listen for solid targets that don't sound "scratchy", or "clipped". Dig a lot of targets. You will dig trash, but you will also learn what the trash sounds like. Keep your coil close to the ground, and don't lift it at the end of the sweep. Keep it "flat". Overlap your sweeps by about half the length of the coil. When you get a target you want to investigate further, circle around it and listen to the tone. If it stays pretty much the same, dig it out. If it "breaks up", or only sounds off from a couple of angles, it's most likely junk, or a masked target. Don't worry about masked targets when starting out. You need to learn the good sounding targets. Once you get more experience, then start investigating more of the "iffy" signals. Keep your coil moving at a constant speed, but not too fast. Around 2 - 3 seconds for a complete sweep left to right, or right to left, should be about right. Did I mention to not "lift" the coil at the ends of the sweep?

Hope this helps. You've chosen a great detector that will find you many great things, but you have to learn it's language first. I only wish I would have had such a capable instrument when I started in 1972. Good luck, and keep at it. It will come...

One more thing. Make sure you fill your holes, take the trash with you, try to leave the site looking like you were never there...

59 minutes ago, Tony-Ok said:

I had emailed Minelab USA last week and they said the 7x10X coils will be available at the end of September. Hopefully that is true. The stock coil just too big . 

Hey Tony, I know you meant the V8X and the V10X, and not 7x. I can't wait ether. Sure hope they do happen soon...

4 hours ago, markinswpa said:

 Are the V8 coil for the  Xterra available ? Have only seen them on Minelabs website. TIA. Mark

Hey Mark, unfortunately, I haven't seen the V8X, or the V10X, coils listed anywhere. Very disappointing...

9 minutes ago, Maximus said:

Don’t know if you made your purchase yet as your last post shows one hour old. These are now being sold for $259.99 shipped plus 25% off for first purchase.  Don’t know if we are allowed to link to other sites. If Steve says ok I will link it or you can pm me. I purchased one and have my order acknowledgment. . 

Same here. A deal that can't be beat...

1 hour ago, phrunt said:

The wireless is complicated, it looks like they've used Bluetooth LE and customized its connection protocol so only their products talk to it, this was possible with the codec but I didn't think they would go as low as doing so, it turns out they possibly have.  They likely configured their headphones for a low bitrate to enhance latency and it won't accept anything else, some Manticore owners have been pushing for a WM08 type box for it, and if it came out one day it would likely work on the X-terra too.  If they're sticking to this Bluetooth LE for some years and future models  it would make sense for them to offer a WM(LE) module just to allow people to use their own audio options.

The most likely way you'd get the coils bundled like that is at the dealer as a package deal price more so than Minelab doing it unfortunately.

 

I don't care what they call the wireless module as long as they offer one. They did offer multiple coils on the Vanquish 540 Pro Pack with the V8 and the V12. Having used Minelab for over 30 years, I know they probably wouldn't offer what I want, but I'm sure a lot of people, like myself, are holding off buying the Xterra Pro because of the lack of coil, or headphone, selection. I think  we're still allowed to hope, can't we?

I would love to see Minelab come out with a 3 coil "Pro Pack" for the Xterra Pro. The V8X, V10X and the V12X, along with a module similar to the WM 08 from the Equinox 800, so we can run any LL wireless, or wired, headphones of our choice. That is all...

Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but how about a Minelab Xterra Pro forum along with, or in place of, the Excalibur forum? There hasn't been a post there since April.

Tesoro didn't exist 50 years ago. They didn't start until 1980. Also, Metrotech was founded about 1962, and they still exist to this day. They are strictly for utility/commercial purposes, not hobbyist metal detectors now...

On 7/4/2023 at 2:40 AM, Bfod said:

Me thinks it is a medievel or slightly post medievel " Posy Gold Ring " , if you search google you will find similar. Your do not have engraving so may be worn out or to old. Here is a link to one and Mr Potter of all names is the finder.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9760071/Treasure-hunter-digs-17th-century-gold-posy-ring-engraved-two-hearts.html 

I would say, to me, yours is much nicer than that one. I would have probably had a heart attack if I found one that beautiful. What an incredible find...

8 hours ago, brys said:

Definitely couldn't use it in my parks and school yards. I wonder how many of those they will sell compared to a 9.5" x 5" elliptical coil?

1 hour ago, ecoast said:

it's gonna be two box...

If so, I wouldn't guess there would be a large percentage of Deus II owners that would be interested...

10 hours ago, relicmeister said:

I was in love with my Xterra 705 but sold it to get my equinox. Just sold my Legend and bought me an Xterra pro.
Will keep it in my car and use it secondarily to my Deus2. if you think that doesn’t make sense that’s fine. I do lots of things that don’t make sense to anyone but myself. 

I'm thinking of doing the same...

Patience is a virtue...

Sirius, it looks like there may have been something, that is now missing, mounted in the  rectangular  opening. Great find...

7 hours ago, mcjtom said:

OK, but disregarding the notch segments width differences and just looking at the ID values on any Vanquish model and 600/800, how well those scales correspond to one another?  e.g. would a target that rings say 13 on the Vanquish be expected to also ring 13 on 600/800, everything else being equal etc ?

Yes, I believe that is correct. I don't have the 340, or 440, to verify, but I don't know why they would be different...

Here's a table of some common U.S. targets that should come up the same on all 3 of the Vanquish models, and the 600/800...

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6 hours ago, mcjtom said:

The may have different notching division, but the numerical ID scale is still the same: from -9 to 40.

That's right, their segments are larger with more numbers per segment while the 540 is identical to the 600/800 at 2 numbers per segment...

19 hours ago, mcjtom said:

Not that it's really important, but would the Vanquish ID scale be much different from Nox 800/600?  Simon may know as he's been using both frequently.

Just the 540, not the 340, or 440 as they have a different segmented scale...

Here's a link to a book I co-authored 26 years ago that might shed some light on the gold ring target ID's. It's not a great book by today's standards, but it was all that was available at the time. Pay special attention to the final results tables as they might be helpful...

http://www.70falcon.com/Books/RingBook2015.pdf

You might right click and open in a new tab. There will be a message saying it might be a potential security risk, but I can tell you it's not. It's safe to open it. The .pdf was created back in 2015 so that might be why the message comes up. I just opened it with no problem...

I wanted to take a couple of minutes to say that I appreciate everyone's comments, and I will reply to all. I've been in severe pain all day and will get back to you all, hopefully later tonight. I just can't relax or concentrate right now. Again, thanks, I really appreciate you...