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What? No selfie with you wearing those spiffy Foster Grants?

I'm sure there can be tweeks but I am happy with the 4mm triangle holes. Those really are working well.

Looks like you need to start raising some big foot's or maybe get a batboy over there to attract people back..

You have an FDM? Let me know if you need an stl or cad file. I think the only thing I would change on this is the lip could be straight across or even reverse the curve. It's thin enough that it doesn't seem to make any difference. Attached below is the one you see there that fits RTG basket scoops with 61mm inside radius. Beach scoop insert.stl Beach scoop insert.stp

So always bugged me how the tiny stuff falls through scoops which is no big deal when your on land but when your wading it is damn near impossible to get an earing to the surface. Printed this on my 3d printer in ABS and used some double face mounting tape to hold it. So far it works perfectly for what I want. Here are the earings I found along with a tiny gold teddy bear, jade rose earing that has part of the back on it. Also tiny split shot. Signal on split shot can bounce a little but I dig them anyways to be sure. On another note, same pond I found a monster size 13 titanium ring. Tonight a guy and his fiance asked if I found a large titanium ring with a groove in the area and described it to a t. I was able to return that.

Agate ring around that gold band? Looks pretty cool. Guess your the Cowboy now LOL

Probably tip only sensing on end of handle. I agree with strick, that momentary button won't last. Now if they made a plastic scoop type for prospectors that might be a good idea but it would have to be really sensitive. Never had any issues swapping tools.

How does the Gold Racer compare against those? It is a nugget machine and figured it might edge them out a bit.

You don't need to put Off on your skin, just your clothes unless your practicing for Nakid and Affraid with a detector instead of a fire starter or machete... That could be a little awkward in a busy park

I used to use permethrin but it breaks down your clothing. Deep Woods Off works and I just spray cuffs of pants, waistline and shirt cuffs. Some on the cap to keep mosquitos off your face.

If the T2 coils aren't chipped then make one for it 🙂

Still looks like a squashed OO coil which is similar to a DD but with a narrow middle for better separation. So is there a balance between unmasking and separation? For dd coil I liked the butteryfly in open areas and the narrow smaller coils in high trash. High iron concentric is prefered.

I use a couple different cad programs. One of my favorites is fairly inexpensive called Moments of Inspiration. It can be run off most laptops and has a very short learning curve. It is also very stable. What I do love about it is I can see the tesselation prior to export and refreshes as I change curvature values so I know I am getting a nice optimized stl for 3d printing. Software can be found here: https://moi3d.com/ The Anycubic machines uses free slicing software called Cura but you can use others. So far Cura has some descent presets for different materials to get the projects jump started. Amazing how expensive all this was not that long ago and how accessable it all has become.

Fits my RTG scoop that has a 4 3/4" id. Picked up a single extruder large format Anycubic Chiron that can handle 16x16x17 approx. Was sceptical on the printer at first but it is actually incredibly reliable. Bang for the buck its a great printer. Used an SLA printer for more than a decade so going over to FDM was fairly easy as it is more like a cnc machine. Man made diamond 😞 might pay for the gas as I am walking distance to the pond haha. Cleaned off the scale on the inside of scoop with a wire brush and used some 3m heavy duty mounting tape. Gorilla tape would probably work fine too. Seems to hole well. I chickend out on the rivet as it would leave a point inside that would get in the way and the plastic may break through. My scoop is pretty bent up from years of abuse so zip ties didn't work.

More like the frustration of trying to keep a tiny target on the end of a scoop when your chest deep in the water motivated me to come up with some sort of solution.

Was someone on this forum a while back that was showing off a custom OO coil on some machines. That Bi-axial reminds me a little like that.

How does that coil handle iron infestation compared to a concentric?

Always liked how the AT handled in fresh water. Figured I would wash some the cob webs off in a spot I had cleaned out couple years back with my pi. Didn't get too much as it is early in the season so these are the drops from last weekend that was blistering hot out. Pendant is 925 with a fat CZ stuck in the middle. Looked way better in the water 🙂 . Always drives me nuts when they fall through my basket scoop so for a while I had an idea of an insert to kind of catch the small stuff. The insert wasn't done printing when I went out but will try it out next time out. If it works good I'll most the final model. Probably glue the lead edge or use some double face mounting tape and maybe a zip tie in the back (F350's suggestion so if that doesn't work I'll have someone to blame haha.

Now thats what a good day looks like. Take a loop to that big rock and see if there are any refractions or not. Should be easy enough to tell if it's a diamond not not. Big stone like that might even be etched if it's real. Heart a ruby?

Stuff I used isn't super durable on the edges but surface is holding up well. Much softer than what is on other machines. Mouse pads are a little thick on this cuff and too hard. Tried that.

One of the things I was never crazy about with the Nokta Multi Kruzer is the arm cuff. I have repositioned it a few times and found all the way back works best but still bothered me. For some reason they don't put any padding on them so I picked up some adhesive back neoprene sponge foam from fleebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/392861271576 I first tried 1/8* and it works great, easy to put on but can tear easy off the edges. Wasn't sure how it would hold up but on the cuff it works great. Descided to toss an extra layer on and it stuck fine and trimmed off the edges. Super easy to put on and softer than what the other manufacturers use. Because you can apply it in layers it is easy to beef up spots in areas you may want.

Big coils will give you good ground coverage but if targets are too dense or there is iron in the area you can be more prone to masking. 11" stock should do the trick for that type of hunting. Water hunting I used to use my 12x11 but find a smaller 9" concentric better. Most VLF's in the 15-20khz are plenty fine for jewlery hunting with the right coil. Your nox should do just fine, doubt you will really see much difference other than being in the hole for $1600.

Kind of like fishing for sunfish when the trout aren't around, all still fun.

Pull tabs always above nickels. I get tripped up on half pull tabs (ones cut by mowers) as they usually come in really close to nickels or sometimes just under.

Detech Arrow isn't available for the Nox. Trashy areas your 6's should do fine. I find jewelry with all my machines though the smaller earrings and chains are trickier to find. Higher frequencies help but overall don't plan on picking them out at any depth other than an inch or so at best. One thing that helps me is I pay attention to the type of trash and the numbers they run or their sound on the Tesoro. Trash like can flip tops tend to be similar in areas. Where you end up doing more dig all is with foil and tiny aluminum. Can slaw signal will carry bit longer so when you get a hit, lift the coil and see how far it still picks up and make a mental note of that. Gold drops off faster than alum so it may save you a few junk digs. Almost all the gold rings I have found were below nickel range. Beefy platinum comes in just above and class rings are up near pull rings. Thin silver rings can be in around penny range and silver chains and earrings can be below pull rings. More activity in an area (more trash) the more likely you may find something.