Denny

Still using version 0.7

Took me 11 years hunting a small grassy resting spot from the 1870’s to find my first and only gold nugget 5.1 gram with the Deus2 at 6-7 inches deep. The closest mines are in  Coarsegold California. 
 

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

He says it has a lot of promise, not a lot of problems. 

My hearing not as good as it used to be.

At the end of the video he said Tarsacci has a lot of problems. 
Anybody know what they are?

52 minutes ago, JCR said:

The Tarsacci should be able to do better but I am at a loss to make any suggestions other than lower Sensitivity to 2,3 or 4 max and give Dimitar a phone call.

Tried that didn’t work.  
I’m sure dimitar knows about these kind of tests, if there was a way to see past the heavy thick blacksand he would have said something.  Dimitar made a coil specifically for blacksand it’s supposed to be better than stock coil but I don’t think it will pass the heavy thick blacksand.

On 3/6/2023 at 5:15 PM, BigSkyGuy said:

I have had success using All Metal, Ground Balance = 900 (auto GB is around 550, so a very positive GB), Black Sand = On, and 6.4 kHz. These settings are very quiet in black sand.

Tried that.  Didn’t work in the test with 1 inch concentrated blacksand.   Tarsacci Couldn’t see nickel on top of below blacksand.    D2 will hit on the nickel with ID.   Even with blacksand accepted on the D2 it will still hit on the nickel with ID. 

7 hours ago, midalake said:

Well the two machines are totally different. The Tarsacci is single frequency and the D2 multi.
When I ran the Tarsacci here in moderate Black Sand I could not get past 9khz without having issues. However, I could run at just about max sensitivity even in the water.
It might be possible to see different results running in 9khz? 

 

The tarsacci failed to pickup the nickel under the blacksand. I’ve tried everything on the tarsacci to get it to work.   

 

On 2/5/2022 at 12:57 PM, Kaolin washer said:

Now I am not starting a fight hear  but I own a Tarsacci, and was wondering has anyone compared the two detectors, i would like to know

I did a blacksand test like the guy on YouTube with a   Ziplock bag  of blacksand 1 inch thick from the gold mines in Northern California.   Deus2 was able to see the nickel below loud and clear in stock beach P program.   The Tarsacci with blacksand mode on, 18khz, ground balanced, mixed mode. Tarsacci could not see the nickel.

This isn’t a real world test but shows the capability of the Deus2

On 1/12/2023 at 2:27 PM, HardPack said:

The Garrett ATX price point keeps bringing me back for another look as opposed to the Minelab SDC and the Axiom. I have been looking at the 11x13 closed mono coil for the edge sensitivity in addition to ground coverage. If I can avoid it, I don’t want to purchased a DD coil plus the 8” mono coil. However, it is not a given that the coil will not be submersed under water. I realize the 10x12 has a center sweet spot that does not fit into tight areas. Has anyone used the Garrett ATX with the 11x13 closed mono coil? How does the 11x13 closed mono compared to the 10x12 opened DD with a full scuff cover plate?

Save up and buy the axiom.   ATX is too heavy for all day hunting.  

How inexpensive is gold in Oman?

It’s 746 an ounce in Omanian Rial currency that equals $1937 an ounce here in the US.

Does anyone insure their gold when sending to a refinery?

 I read in the fine print that USPS will ask for a reciept for items that are lost.  I don’t have a receipt for gold I find.   So I just mail smaller amounts so I don’t loose it all.      I use ARA in Texas faster turn around than Midwest for me.

You don’t need a book. 
The best info is from hunters on forums. 

The tarsacci was a good machine when I first got it hunting the sandy river but not as good at parks.  For the next 2 years I didn’t do well with it.  I picked up the D2 in March 2022 and the tarsacci found its way to the closet. 
One thing that left a sour taste in my mouth was I originally bought the tarsacci from Tom Dankowski in Florida to save on taxes here in California  that upsetted  Dimitar because I didn’t buy from a trans-bay detectors in California. When I received my credit card statement it said Trans-bay detectors. I DIDN’T give authorization to do so. I would never buy from Dimitar again.

When Dimitar releases his next detector I hope he does more testing before he releases it.   
He also needs to chime in when there is a question. Don’t expect others to answer for you.

I’m still on V06.  
I have no way of updating as I do not have a laptop computer.

Maybe that’s a good thing as I hear of some issues with the updates. 

45 minutes ago, bklein said:

There are a couple things to try to eliminate the music depending upon access to the insides. Can it be opened or is it sealed?  You can get things called ferrite beads and slip them over wires leading to the wipers of audio-related controls. Unsolder the wire, slip over the wire, and solder it back. The  RF energy is being rectified and then amplified so you hear it. Some op amps  do this as well but I imagine swapping parts is frowned upon.

Thanks for the tip but I think I will leave it as is. 
I may put the tarsacci up for sale as I have not been using it ever since I bought the D2.

On 12/4/2022 at 9:34 AM, dewcon4414 said:

Sooooo how’s the hunting going?   Not been out much but the red tide was out a bit.  I heard someone had a heart attack on one beach because of it.  Tomorrow maybe a beach day to see if it’s moved …. Heard it was all the way up to Holmes beach.  As far as the ring it was a giveback with no reward ugh.  Personally that diamond had to be awfully awfully good because the ring was very simple

No reward! 
I would have tossed it back into the ocean.

On 9/25/2022 at 8:15 AM, Zord said:

I hope Xp fixes the awful audio: fulltones and pitch.

Is it really hard to transplant original 100% D1 audio into D2?

 

Pitch is great in square tones. Way better than in PWM. 
I use pitch almost 100% of the time. 
Never was comfortable using full tones.

On 9/8/2022 at 3:41 PM, oneguy said:

Dayum.....from a city park.  Guess gold really is "where you find it".....

History and location of this old park is what kept me thinking there may be a nugget hiding. After 10+ years of hunting this park I finally found one.  May be more.

Nice.
Where I water hunt people take off their gold jewelry before going into the water ever since gold shot up in price. Tot-lots are also slow on gold jewelry.
Hope things change.  

Foreign competition taking over.  
What’s keeping Garrett in business is the security products it sells.

On 8/31/2022 at 1:28 PM, JCR said:

By resetting do you mean it turns off then back on again?

Yes.  Also I hear music coming through the headphones  while using the tarsacci at the park.  It’s just a whisper doesn’t bother me. There are a few radio stations near by.  No way to correct this issue. My friends tarsacci does the same.  
May be the end for tarsacci. 
 

1 hour ago, JCR said:

That is strange. Have you inspected the battery contacts?

I checked the contracts and they were ok.  
The tarsacci would sometimes reset itself when going over large metal while hunting a dried trashy river. When I got the machine back from Dimitar it reset itself again while hunting a old settlement when going over a target.  
Was thinking about selling but decided to hold on to it as a backup.   

I would love to see a video between Deus2 and  tarsacci in heavy blacksand.

Tarsacci goes deep but audio is terrible.  
Once had a issue where I could not turn off machine and had issues with machine resetting itself.  Sent back to Dimitar to get it checked. He said he found nothing wrong.   Machine still reset itself on one occasion when I got it back.    Not worth the $1500 price I paid.   I now use the Deus2 and finding more success with it compared to tarsacci which started out great but faded fast. 
Yes, XP Deus2, legend and Manticore  will slow sales of Tarsacci.