cudamark

Your "impressive, mind blowing beautiful" piece looks like a surfer on a wave! Very cool dude! 😄👍

Having been a devout White's user in the past, I still think they have the best target I.D. of any detector I've ever used. If they had developed a lighter, waterproof version and improved it's depth limitations, I probably wouldn't have abandon them and moved on to Minelab machines.

That's strange about your XP pin pointer. I have both the Mi4 and Mi6 and both will handle wet salt black sand pretty well....At least as good as any of my other pin pointers (yes, I have several too, including some that aren't either of your lists!) except for maybe the VibraProbe 850 which is made for ocean use. The 850 isn't as sensitive to smaller targets in my experience, so, I prefer the Mi PP's. To get the best depth and sensitivity, you need to poke the tip into whatever ground/sand you're in, and then turn it on. It seems to ground balance fine that way.

Interesting, my dad was there in the Navy too. Late 1940's, and did much of the first aerial photographing of the territory.

I'm rather curious to see how it will do in other detecting venues, such as a salt water beach. If only they had made it waterproof....

Must have been a real early Sovereign coil. I've had several of them (same as the ones used on an Excalibur) and they've all been waterproof.

If any of you Sovereign lovers are looking to get a GT, our club just got one donated to it from the widow of a club member who just passed away. It has the 10" Tornado coil (with the typical outer insulation peeling) and a nice 12 X 15" SEF butterfly coil. Has the hip mount case and meter too. We're going to check it out fully before putting it up for sale, but, if any of you have an interest, we'll put it higher on our to-do list. Thanks, Mark

Calling the Impulse AQ waterproof is stretching the definition a bit too. You get neck deep and drop it, and it ends up beyond the rated depth limit. I'm wondering how the GM2000 will do in salt water.

I didn't get in invite 😩so I presume they were just too worried that this prospecting rookie would put the "experts" to shame! 🤣Have fun guys! 😀👍

The judges use an AT Pro for prospecting? 🤔

Where is the actual shirt made?

I have the titanium scoop from Xtreme. I've used it for about a year now and find it's the best one I've ever had. Shows no wear yet and hasn't had a problem of any kind. If it costs a bit more to weld repair in the future, I'll just bite the bullet and do it. I have one of Steve's two-piece travel rods for it too. He made me a custom one and so far it's working great too after a couple of trial and errors ones. I also have two stainless Sunspot Stealth scoops, one 720 and a 920ix. Both have been modified to handle rocky and coral situations better. I added a thick stainless keel strip to the 720 with a slight extension to dig in heavy rock. The 920 got a pointed extension for better crevice recoveries in coral and smaller rock. No offense Joe D. but I've broken a T-Rex sccop. Not enough gusseting for my use. Some of my friends have used a Motley scoop with good results, but, I haven't tried one myself. Xtreme would be my recommendation unless Chuck is back making the Stealth scoops again. He sold the company years ago, that company sold it to someone else, and then they discontinued making them. My understanding is that Chuck is having them made again in Brazil. Haven't heard any feedback yet from users, and I don't know what the price is.....especially now with tariffs maybe in place.

Hands? What hands? 😀

I don't know how deep of water he was planning to be in, but, it's not a dive detector. Very shallow water at best, and even then, I find it pretty noisy in moving water. Supposedly, they came out with a bit better battery, but, I never got one of them. I have the original battery with pitiful hour life, and I also have one of Joe's upgraded batteries which works a lot better. I can't remember what He used for batteries......maybe ask him for details.

They still both (and all other detector companies too) rely on past successes to promote new machines. Regardless of intent, it's still no guarantee of a great detector happening. We'll see if it's true when it is actually in our hands to test.