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Skate just try to laugh when those things happen... look up in the sky and say you got me... 

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I'm sure there is a piece of gold in there....Clean it out till there are no signals left 😄

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Nice work 350..those old medallions are fun to find...looks like you have one of the other pieces there next to it in the first photo...It would be worth it to go back and look for the other pieces....

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Which flir camera do you have? I used to have a t360 used it in my practice handy little tool but I found its use limited for what I do and eventually sold it...The battery is in that grip and I don't know if it generates much heat..but your hand certainly will so lets experiment....turn on the machine set it down and walk away for 15-20 min and then re take the same pic and show us what you found...I'm sure some of that heat is from the electronics as you can see it travels up into the pod...thanks for posting something different ! 

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The only things I’ll hook up to voltage are iron objects...if your just talking about doing it with out voltage then you may be ok but I’d keep a close eye on it...I ruined a nice Barber Half when I first was experimenting with electrolysis...

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Get better Capt so you can get back out there...

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21 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

 Think $1 gold coin instead of gold nugget. From a straight up number of targets under coil a 5x8 coil should be superior to a 9" round coil from an electromagnetic perspective. My expectation would be that a 5x8 coil would have the edge over a 9" round coil finding a $1 gold coin in a nail pit. What you guys seem to be saying is you think that the Deus 2 processing and audio is superior to the Manticores to the point of negating the inherent edge a smaller coil size has. In a nail pit depth is not the issue - it is all about separation.

If I were hunting specifically for a small a gold coin in a sea of nails then the 9" Deus 2...if I were hunting for a small gold ring in a sea of bottle caps the 5x8" M-Core.....that being said if you see me with the M-core 5x8" at that one spot it's because "Im trying something different" lol. I'm no expert with the deus 2 or the M-Core by any means and I've only been on one hunt with the 5x8" ! but I do have a general idea about what works (disclaimer: for me 😊)  in different environments...

 Gotta have more then two detectors 🙂

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20 minutes ago, abenson said:

I personally like the D2 with the 9" coil when I'm relic hunting. I just find I can move through the iron faster with the Deus.

Exactly. For me it's not really this coil vs that coil...it's more like this machine vs that machine. The iron audio and speed of the D2 is hard to beat for relic hunting in the nails...not to take away from the M-core's speed it moves fast enough...but the target trace on the M-Core is great for parks which are loaded with bottle caps.  I don't dig beer caps with M-Core... it's similar to the the CTX...you can disk out the beer caps and still hit small pieces of non ferrous without fear of missing gold. Both have their own place...each for a specific scenario.

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I took a small hydration pack and riveted it to the minelab harness...I don’t like water bladders so just put water bottle inside..has room for snacks pin pointer and other stuff. The xp deus pack is a great pack if looking for something a little bigger. 

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Good stuff Ray...I've been following some of juniors exploits on FB... glad to see you getting out some bud...keep posting

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13 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Did the chain contain any K's?

Guess the dark one is tungsten. 🤔

I didn't even look it’s so rusty. The dark ring has no markings. I’d like to get out again soon thanks 350. 

Man I haven't posted a hunt in a long time...been doing lots of projects and just haven't been going out at all. I was able to secure a M8 coil the other day and that amped me up to go out and see how it performed. This morning I hunted  two different basket ball courts in two different parks. It was raining and hardly anyone was out... I got wet and muddy but I had a good hunt and I'm happy about the M8 coil it performs really well. The gold ring is 10k and rang up a solid 31 which is where some pull tabs tid...so dig those tabs! 

I was hunting in all terrain general sensitivity below 20 most of the time , all tones 5 bin. with disk on most of the time...nice easy digging and back home by 11AM 

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18 hours ago, GaryC/Oregon Coast said:

 Metal detecting soaks up a very large amount of time. 

This and what 350 said   "Just get out there" ... this can be the hardest part if you have a demanding job. Will you be able to drop everything and grab your detector when the conditions are right at the beach... Are you willing to sacrifice money that could have been made at work if you are self employed? my boss can be a real prick sometimes when it comes to giving me time off... detecting has long been considered a hobby for old retired grey hair guys lol wait too long and you may be too old to bend over and pick up a target...it's been one of the best hobbies I've ever taken up..

strick 

Thanks for the quick response. The dealer I talked with mentioned running at 17 sensitivity and digging dimes at 10 inches...i usually don’t go below 5 recovery speed anyways get plenty of depth with that ....thanks Andrew....maybe I’ll give it a try. 

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Quick post before I head off to work...is there a verdict on doing the Manticore version 2 up date? I've finally got hold of the smaller coil and i have some places I want to try it out on... I remember Andrew @abenson having some trouble with the up date and I have been reluctant to try it. The guy I bought the coil from is a dealer and frequently uses his M-Core and stated that he thought the Up date was a good thing... so If you did the up date what are your thoughts? 

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2 hours ago, DSMITH said:

Well I will agree with you but here is the thing when someone is also purchasing a coil or had just purchased a coil, that cost rite at $400 that should be taken into account when quoting the price of something, that cost pennies to manufacture also

Which I  had just placed an order also for a coil for the Axiom and my order had not even shipped out yet, those three little pieces could have been put in a zip lock bag and thrown in the same box that the coil came in , for me personally a new coil bolt and the two rubber washers should be included in the cost of each new coil, and some manufactures do include the coil mounting hardware and some do not Garrett just happens to be one.

Crazy I did not know that Garrett does not supply the coil bolt and washers with their new coils if you order just the coil nor do they supply a coil cover if I’m reading all this right.. haven’t bought a Garrett detector in a long time...just the pin pointers thanks for the heads up. 

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14 hours ago, DSMITH said:

the thing that shocked me is when I called Garrett and talked to Rusty, I ask him if they sold the Coil mounting hardware for the Axiom, Rusty stated yes they do but you probably will not like the price of them, LOL so I asked how much are those three little pieces, thinking they cannot be much over $5-$8, Rusty kind of laughed, and states those three little parts are like $33.99, I said are you kidding me or what and i said are they made of gold LOL Rusty stated that's what they are charging for that one bolt and two little rubber washers, (i could not believe it), then a few days later I get a package from Garrett and Rusty had sent me a set of the coil mounting hardware one bolt and two rubber washes, Needless to say I have those three little parts in my safe so I do not loose them

For small cost items items they have most likely have a minimum transaction fee. It would not be worth their time to have someone processing  $5.00 transactions all day long. Consider how many people loose those little nuts and bolts and how many calls they get on them...so charging 33 bucks is how they can make it worth their while...Im my business I have people calling me all the time for little things 7 days a week so I charge accordingly..they can pay and continue to call or not..its their decision.... and truthfully it is still not worth it to me but I do it as a service to my customers... this is just customer service stuff

Now here is how you get ripped off by a business.....you go into a restaurant that makes burritos place an order to go and then wonder why it costs so much...checking the receipt you see that they charged you $5.00 for a 16 ounce soda...fool me once lol

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Thats cool they made it into an app been using the on line version on the desk top for a while...it's great for gold prospecting...do all your scouting while sitting at home in your comfortable chair...too bad the old timers didn't have this stuff but then again there would not be much to look at when you think about it. lol

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Nice write up. Are you using version 1 or 2? I finally got my hands on a M8 coil yesterday so I'll be trying it out soon....I've not up dated my M-Core as of yet unless someone can convince me otherwise..

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8 hours ago, phrunt said:

Looks great, only downside to me is its looking 3D printed.  

 

Yep sure does...one thing for sure is that Doc's wont be 3d printed....tanks for pointing that out as some would not notice this. disclaimer...I've never tried a "hip stick" and never will 🙂 

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Yea it’s flooded the main forum lol

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14 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

I generally don't go much over 3 on the Deus, it's so fast.

it does seem to be the fastest of all of them in Iron....be nice to have a smaller coil then XP  would have all the bases covered for relic hunters... 

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Yea I'm still in pre order prison but would be happy to escape if I could find one at another dealer......your strategy was a good one!

strick 

Interesting how much more it likes gold then lead...thanks for posting Simon. This is good stuff.

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6 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

With the 10x5, recovery speed is essential, on my 600 the highest it will go is 3, equal to 6 on the 800.

Almost always ran my Nox 800 between 5-7 and still seemed to get good depth in the paces I hunt. 

One of the good things about having multiple detectors is it gives one hope when you take a different one to the hunted out spot 😁

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