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7 minutes ago, RickUK said:

Suffolk area is very steeped in history,and i best you had been into detecting back then,without giving specific town location i guess to give you some idea i am about 25 miles north of Roman Londinium or London as its commonly known as 🙂

From my house i can see the famous great North Road that was one of the main roman roads going from London up North,steeped in history from before Bronze Age right upto modern milled coinage.Must admit we are spoilt and if i am honest we take it for granted our history going back many thousands of years and very or almost no bottle tops 🙂 I can walk just a very small distance from my house and we have all sorts of history ie roman,saxon,celtic,georgian and modern day Victorian.

Rick, I lived in Ipswitch (Chantry Estates), and Bury St. Edmonds.

On 5/11/2020 at 11:47 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Sad to see a couple older forums closing. The excuse tends to be social media but this forums rapid growth says there is more to it than that. In any case, MyTreasureSpot is closing by the end of the month.

And Treasure Depot sometime in June.

Some of those other forums on the net seem to bicker a lot and should shut down.

2 hours ago, RickUK said:

That is Sven1 website and is a forum member infact he posted just 1 post above you,thats a superb source of information on not only older classic detectors going back decades but also new ones as well,and of course his detecting DIY protects which are also very interesting.

RickUK, What part of UK are you in? I was stationed at RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge, Suffolk. 80 miles NE of London in 1977-1980. I left just before the Rhendlesham Forest incident with UFO's. I used to walk my dog through that forest.

This is an interesting site for references on various and out of production detectors...

https://www.treasurelinx.com/home1.html

3 hours ago, Bear said:

Yes the frame is removable.  If you take the frame off it makes it more like an assault pack.  I liked that medium ruck when I had one in the Army.  There have been issues with the full sized polymer MOLLE frame but I never heard of any with that one.

Thanks. Hopefully I’ll have some shoulder room left to carry my 30-30 Winchester 94.

2 hours ago, Jacsco67 said:

Any pack will do. If you are in good shape and can carry the weight, a strongly made, heavier backpack would be optimal, make a GoRuck, Hazard 4, or even some of the Maxpedition packs. But if you are not travelling far on foot or don't want to deal with all that weight, a lighter pack would be the way to go, just remember they are liable to wear out faster.

A lot will depend on what you plan to carry in it. Standard gold pans of 14" will have a problem fitting inside and will have to be strapped or otherwise attached to the outside. If you want a pan that fits in the pack, you are probably looking at a 10" pan. 

Don't forget room for your tools and lunch!

Hope that helped a little.

Thanks for the reply!

I picked up an Army Molle II Rucksack, padded shoulder and waist belt. Several compartments inside, a light polymer removable, (I think), frame.

4 hours ago, Jim in Idaho said:

Looks good! I did  mine with the same layout, but added a charger port at the end away from the original contacts, and added a battery management board in the center, and hot melted the batteries in place. I just remove the pack to recharge, plugging the charger into it, and install my backup while the dead one is recharging. There's enough room for all that in the case, using the thin cover. Lots of wires though...LOL.  You did a nice, clean job on yours. You'll like that added voltage.

Jim

Does the battery management board put a limit on the output voltage or just for charging purposes?

On 9/3/2019 at 6:55 AM, Jim in Idaho said:

Nice work, Karelian! You're going to love that added voltage.

Jim

Jim, I took your lead as to use thin plastic for the lid. This is what I did as a quick mod.. Plus a bit of hot-melt glue.

Which size and type of backpacks do you all use to hike in for panning?

What type and size of backpack do you use for hiking in with your pans and crevicing tools??

On 8/29/2019 at 1:02 AM, karelian said:

I was looking for battery tray design for my Tdi SL which would allow 4 x 18650 batteries. As luck would have it on the local Prospecting Australia website  XLOOX posted a simple mod for a Whites factory battery tray. I don't know how to post links so the full description is to be found in the Prospecting Australia site. Simple cut out the guts of the tray, leaving the original battery connectors with mods on one end and a copper connector on the other.  I can fit Panasonic NCR18650B cells, without nipples but with protection. They just fit snuggly. The only issue is closing the lid, you need to cut a channel under the batteries into the base of the tray to allow for this. I'll cover this with a thin carbon fibre sheet and look at using a thinner sheet for the cover also. I will also add something to secure the batteries in position. Just waiting for the postman to deliver my carbon fibre sheet before finishing my own version of XLOOX's design. What I like most is that this is simple and cheap. Must confess I am aware of many different designs, since there have been no reports of smoking Tdi Sl machines I have finally decided to give it a go.

All the best, Karelian

What charger is being used?

I had an MXSport and sold it due to it’s weight, 4lbs +. This is the same apparently, with the 24k inside. Great idea though. 

I have been pondering this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EE6GHU8/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

But I wanted to see if something was better and at a decent price point/

Anyone know the best bang for the buck for weigh scales, from experience? I’ve been looking at re-loader scales.

On 9/12/2019 at 5:14 AM, Jim in Idaho said:

It's a stripped-down version of the GMT...more simplified. There's a guy in southern Idaho has been trying to sell an almost new one for several months. He's asking $250.

Jim

Jim check your messages

Maybe some guru will create an app for the Deus to use on the cellphone.

This is a nice concept. If works I can see a lot of interest.

I had a chance to go out and use the NF 12x8 evolution coil. Holy @#*%! That is one powerful coil. Down on the river I was going through some bedrock. I found a nickel that’s probably been there for quite awhile. The detector was snorting, grunting and going into overload at a nickel at 5 inches. Found some bits of small sinkers, but no gold! 😫 I had to keep the mini pick at least 30” away to keep it from picking it up. I was able to run the sensitivity up to max without problems. 

Just now, karelian said:

Minelab GPX series lower shafts. Doc's detecting lowers are made for GPX machines etc. Yes perfect fit for all TDI uppers. Just need to fix the spring clip set up. Karelian

Thank you for the info!

I have an Equinox lower shaft, but it’s outside diameter is larger than the TDI upper shaft. So, Doc’s detector shaft will work, apparently?

Has anyone found a lower shaft for White's TDI to adapt to Minelab coils or coils made for Minelab correctly without extra rubber washers? Tecknetic's lower shaft comes close but is too short.

2 minutes ago, phrunt said:

I'm not sure if Nugget Finder still produce the Sadie, It's no longer on their website. The smallest coil available on their website is the 12x8" EVO which is flatwound rather than the Sadies bundle wound, Evo's are also waterproof.

From what I've seen the 14x9" EVO appeared to be more sensitive to small targets than the Sadie so the 12x8 must be a pretty good coil.

https://www.nuggetfinder.com.au/products

Nugget Finder seems like they've dropped all the Advantage bundle wound series in favor of the EVO's.

So they’re ok on TDI sl’s?

38 minutes ago, karelian said:

The duel field coils do well in low to moderate mineralization, but when the soil is hot in Australia they transmit more ground noise and are more difficult to ground balance than mono coils;  in my experience. This is particularly true for the larger coils and less so for the small ones. I only have experience with the White's 12" duel field and the Jimmy duel field coils. Most of the mono coils beat the duel field Jimmy  in Australian soils. The Sadie was the best of the small coils and the Detech equals it. Slight advantage to the Sadie on small gold and slight advantage to the Detech on larger deeper targets. 

If the Jimmy coil is equal to the  7.5" White's duel field then I can say the Detech 8"  which is near identical to the Sadie mono, will have a clear advantage in hot ground encountered in Australia. This would be  reflected in the coil chart results between the Jimmy and Sadie.  Hard won life lessons, plus an army drill instructor have pointed out that behind every stuff up there is an assumption. The above opinion is based on at least one assumption... since I've never seen or used the White's 7.5" duel field coil, only the Jimmy. Also White's didn't promote the duel field coils in Australia, instead providing the mono versions on local machines. Folks have posted videos comparing the White's 7.5" duel field and Sadie in the USA, probably more useful than my Australian experiences. Seems that in the USA  soils,  the performance is very close.. Hope this is not a confusing or contradictory answer and is useful to some degree. 

All the best, Karelian

 

 

I have not found any USA comparisons to date in my searches. Only the one called ridge runner says 7.5  dual field is blind as a bat.lol

Detech doesn’t list the 8” for TDI, just gpx, sd, Minelab detectors. That’s confusing!  I’m in southern Oregon. The soil can get nasty with hot rocks, serpentine, and other types. It is a big dive at the prices that they want without being sure that the improvement will be worth it.

The Detech is waterproof, the Sadie isn’t apparently. 

On 9/3/2019 at 4:40 AM, karelian said:

I haven't tried any of the flat wound Evo coils,  nor the Detech 11' Ultra. Last coil I ended up buying was the Detech 8 mono which impressed me a lot. Probably nearly as good or equals the Sadie on the small targets and has a small advantage on larger deeper targets. I suspect the round coil shape has a lot to do with that. I use it on the beach and in wet/muddy areas because that Detech is a solid little thing and waterproof, it gets all the dirty jobs. The Sadie doesn't see mud or water.   I'm in the process of culling coils at the moment and that will finance new technology. The mono 8' and Sadie are both keepers. Ground coverage and small gold sensitivity are a winning combination so I can see how the flat wound coils appeal. Karelian

How would the 7.5" White's dual field coil fare with the 8" Detech mono?

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