okara gold
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I will check more of my iffy signals to see where a lower sensitivity finally cannot pick them up. Your buttons sure get a workout! 😆
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I was at the beach the other day and some guy was swinging a Nox with a 15 inch coil. I was a little envious and embarrassed thinking about how much area he was covering with each swing and here I am with this little 8 inch. The M8 is the smallest coil I have used in decades! At times I think about going back to the 11 inch just to cover more ground at the beach, BUT... I am running a sensitivity around 26 to 27 and at times 28 on the higher slope. I could not possibly run that high with the 11. I know a lot of guys are saying that a lower sensitivity is better for more accurate number ID's and in a lot of instances it is. I had a small target easily coming in as non-ferrous and at 26 sensitivity, I lowered it to 21 and the target was gone. It turned out to be a small open silver earring. I think it is a give and take with what you are comfortable hearing. I am always thinking small thin gold chains, so that is primarily why I run it so high. I think the beaches are loaded with chains, but we just can't get a decent signal on them especially in the salt water. A lot of guys on the forums are saying the M8 is just as deep as the 11 and awesome in heavy iron trash infested sites. I can't say how they feel about the 15 in. I am just amazed at all the small open earrings I am finding with this coil. I don't think I'm missing anything deep that the 11 would find, just suffering with ground coverage. If you are looking primarily for fresh drops, the 15 would get the job done in quick fashion!
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Here are some pictures of 3 successful hunts using the M8 on the wet salt beach. The little gold pendant has what I think to be a garnet with tiny diamonds weighing in at 1.4 grams. The other picture showing 2 pieces of gold side by side weigh .4 grams on the 10K thin ring and .8 grams on the 10K toe ring. Another picture shows how this coil is hot on finding open earrings of which some are silver. The "gold" disc pendant is plated over steel. That one had me take notice for a minute or two until I put my magnet next to it. The chain was the deepest I have ever dug one, probably 10 inches. I was hoping it was 10k and heavily corroded but alas... just plated copper. Haven't had much time in the water with the coil yet but so far so good.
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I've been using the M8 exclusively on the wet beach sand and am now at the point where if I spread the sand out paper thin and still cannot locate the target, I move on. I used to cringe at the thought of leaving anything I might detect again but it is painstakingly slow to try and recover every little bit. A very successful hunter friend of mine told me this years ago... If I don't see the flash of gold I move on. The M8 is picking up the tiniest shards of non-ferrous metal and many of them blend in with the darker sand, mainly tiny copper pieces.
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Need Suggestions With Tom D Program In Water
okara gold replied to stateguy's topic in Minelab Manticore Forum
I'm using Tom's settings in the water with the M8 coil also. I don't think there is any way you can adjust any settings to make gold sound better. To me, gold has a smooth soft sound compared to coins or aluminum. In the prospecting audio every nonferrous target sounds pretty much the same. I say pretty much because I am hearing subtle differences on pull tabs or irregular aluminum, but I still dig everything that remotely sounds good. I too have audio responses from the smallest of targets that fall through the scoop or move around when trying to scoop them up. Sometimes after multiple attempts I move on. The audio response in prospecting mode is very short and quick. I think the more time spent on this particular mode is best for learning the Tom D settings. I hunt in Florida, so his settings are working for me. I don't think I will change to something else at this point. -
I have one of the Stealth scoops, the 720i and was trying to find some contact info for them. No luck either. Glad to now hear they are not gone forever. If I remember correctly... there is a lifetime warranty on that scoop from breakage but does not include wearing it out. I'm good with that!
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One Of A Kind? And Two Firsts
okara gold replied to F350Platinum's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Very nice pictures and some good-looking finds! That Columbia is definitely interesting.- 23 replies
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There's a couple of beauties! Nice going on those coins.
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I used to wait until the snowbanks were melting in the parking lots and just walk around using my visual eyeball detector. Found a beat up silver ring once, some currency and car keys. Ya never know
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I'd be happy with that ring any day of the week. I can count on one hand the number of times I have found any ring marked from Mexico.
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How Small Does It Need To Be?
okara gold replied to Lead Detector's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Batteries not included! lol -
CoinShooter... The M8 is incredible at finding very small pieces of non-ferrous metals. It should be great at sniffing out tiny bits of gold. I have met quite a few guys from Alaska who came to Arizona in the winter, looking for gold.
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Thoughts And Prayers For Cpt Ghostlight
okara gold replied to walkerrj's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
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Did a wet sand hunt today and the M8 finally sniffed out some gold. It's marked inside the band... Black Hills Gold 10K and weighs 1.3 grams. It was roughly 10 inches deep and gave a nice clear tone with an ID of around 19. No denying it was a good target to dig. The heart is marked sterling, and the little O ring is .925.
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Mine has been below water more than above water for over 1 year now and no leaks or problems.
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Thanks for a good in-depth report Chase. I recently acquired the M8 coil and have used it exclusively on the beach. Looking forward to hunting inland in the Northern states once Spring comes. Just by reading your experiences with it, it has given me better expectations of its performance. Time will tell!
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I have one of Steves' lower rods for the M8. It fit and works just fine!
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I've been using the M8 at the beach and one thing I have noticed is the abundance of open earrings it is finding. They are supposed to be difficult to find when open but the M8 doesn't seem to have a problem with them. I am definitely finding more than I did with the M11. No gold yet but the coil is alerting me quite well when a non-ferrous target is under it. This picture shows some of the junk jewelry I have found. There are more but I usually throw it in a bucket and didn't think of taking any pics. I am running a sensitivity of 27 to 28 on the wet salt sand, prospecting audio and a speed of 4.
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First Gold Nugget Finds With The AlgoForce E1500
okara gold replied to phrunt's topic in AlgoForce Metal Detectors
My motto has always been... To go where no man has gone before. It can pay big dividends. -
Now that's a nice-looking ring! Congrats on all the great finds.
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I have the M8 and have used it solely at the salt beaches in and out of the water. You can certainly boost the sensitivity in the wet sand and completely submerged. I am hunting at a sensitivity around 27 in Beach Low Conductors along the water's edge and up the slope with not too much background noise but there is chatter depending how fast you swing, sand anomalies, etc. But... I always push the noise limits which I am used to by now. In the water (4 times now), I can hunt around 26 or 27 Beach Submersed and sometimes Beach General depending on the bottom contour. It is much easier to swing than the 11 inch. It seems as deep as the larger coil and is more sensitive to tiny bits of metal. One problem I have are tiny bits of metal falling through the scoop. I am hunting salt beaches with hardly any mineralization.
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Way to go Skull diver! You work hard for the gold!
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Tom Dankowski’s Settings For The Minelab Manticore
okara gold replied to cjc's topic in Minelab Manticore Forum
Yes... Apparently, Tom is saying that a recovery speed of 4 is the best "marriage" of the Manticores electronics and a wet-salt environment. I have tried switching between a 3 and 4 speed on numerous targets as a test and for me, the recovery speed of 4 is sharper in audio and also lets me run my sensitivity higher.