kac

Apparently that Indian artifact that jingled still has some powers. Been raining since you found it 😞

Nice run!

Had a similar issue and was the coil. Garrett replaced it and it works well.

Higher trash areas you may want to get the 5x8.

There was a delta 8x9 on ebay, I assume your looking for epsilon?

Can only imagine what machines you use lol

Looks like detecting muscles to me :)

Looks like this one...

That's awesome.

Hard to read the date on it, did you try flipping it over and looking on the piece that is missing? :)

Nice area and very cool ring.

Aluminum looks like slag, get lots of that where  people toss their cans in camp fires. Probably among the most annoying trash to try to pull good targets from but also good sign that people sat around drinking and possibly losing good stuff. Definitely a good spot to pick through with a small coil.

Not a very big market for a single tone analog machine so to build even just one model and try to recover the costs involved makes it a losing venture. Deeptech does have that niche covered and have some innovative models for those looking for analog machines.

Hard to outsell all the bells and whistles out there even when those single tone beepers are still so effective.

15 hours ago, JackMan said:

Hey kac so are you saying the Kruzer isn't worth the money?

Last year you could have snagged a Gold Kruzer new in box for just over $300 because it was rumored they were being discontinued. Few months later there was a change of heart. Electronically the Gold Kruzer, Multi Kruzer and Anfibio are good machines. I personally had issues from day 1 with my Multi Kruzer with leaking. Though it was a tiny leak it caused falsing on the unit when tipped and fogging behind the screen. Took me forever to trace it down as I thought it was near the cabling, then thought I had a bad gasket and finally traced the leak down to a flaw in the case itself. Not a weak spot but rather where and how it was molded. By then the machine was well out of warranty. I also had trouble trying to source an internal battery and trying to source a stock battery from service fell on deaf ears so I was able to find one on ebay and put that in. Fixed the leak and my Brother In Law now has the machine and its running well for him as I have moved on from Nokta.

Other option would be the Garrett 24k but not sure if that is in your budget range. Sometimes you can get them as open box. As for the Orx I have heard good things about the eliptical Hf coil. I had an Orx for a bit and it is a nice machine but I had purchased it with the 9" round hf coil that didn't work well in my neck of the woods and type of hunting I do.

I believe there is a waterproof kit you can use on the Orx as well.

At first glance it looks like you can polish floors with it too. Really cool!

Lucking out with good weather and great places to hunt.  Nice stuff.

For a while the Gold Kruzer was on the chopping block. As an owner of the Multi Kruzer the control box had some design flaws so mine wasn't so waterproof.

How does the Orx with eliptical hf coil compare to the Gold Bug Pro? It is in a similar price range.

On 1/24/2024 at 9:15 PM, Ridge Runner said:

Here’s something that is great to have when you have lots of coins to look at. This I got off of Amazon and I think I paid 42 for it. I find it well worth the money.

 Chuck 

Got a similar model just for that. When I first used it the images weren't as clear as I expected but figured for the money it wasn't all that bad..... After a half hour or so using it I realized there is a little clear dust cap that I forgot to remove 🤣

Now that I know you guys have good books I can just ask if you can id for me 🙂

Can start with this what I think is a spanish copper. Can't quite make out the date on it LOL

Copper Cob or Copper Blob?

Any inclusions in the stone, tiny bubbles? Could be moissanite. Color refractions, no inclusions is man made or lab.

9 minutes ago, George Kinsey said:

I have no problem with my opinion as I use the D2. Go for the 11x13. I will soon.

That would be a good comparison a d2 with largest coil vs the abyss.

Good to know because usually big coils can miss the smaller stuff. Looks like they have a good balance on depth and sensitivity.

In the field with D2 and 9" coil I picked up half a trime at 7-8" and a merc at 12". Both using 14khz smf

With that in mind I have to figure do I want another machine or should I snag the 11x13 for my D2 which I think will be horribly nose heavy. Leaning towards a heavier machine that is better balanced.

How is it on small silvers like a trime or half dime?

Get the machine in yet?

Congrats!

Wasn't that the spot Chase was hunting the last time you guys were out? :)

Thanks.

But the threshold doesn't seem to fluctuate with the ground like all metal. Seems more like a self induced tinnitus with no relevance to hearing targets.

Got into the D2 clan late in the game only used the version before briefly then updated to 2.0. Had hell of a time trying to update the headphones because i was using a charging cable and not a data cable... who woulda thunk they would dumb down one of the wires in the spaghetti charging cluster.

Anyways no knock issues at all here and I run in a good range of soils and beaches. Seems to handle EMI well and can run it between 90-97 sensitivity in almost all the places I hunt. Have to say once set up it's one of the easiest machines I have used

Little off topic on this but one thing I am not fond of is the gold field mode. Seems the threshold is just a random background hum with no reaction to the ground and the vco is too quick and sparky so it is difficult to judge size and depth. Having tested it against my Gold Racer with stock coil the GR is better on tiny stuff and much more proportional to size and sound. I know the D2 doesn't have a true all metal mode but what they have I feel is unusable. Will have to fiddle around with Gold Field and maybe try it in 2 tone instead and fiddle around with the tone break.

Using the 9", typically don't run any discrimination here.

Jewlery is marked on the Apex screen on top but also keep in mind chains and smaller jewelry will be in the foil range.

MF or 20khz should work fine for jewelry hunting. I would use no discrimination on it and if iron audio is too much you can turn the iron volume down.

I have found some pretty nice rings and chains with mine. Be sure to slow up your swing on it so you can follow the audio better.

Happy Hunting.

Really nice finds, congrats!