Joe Beechnut OBN

That's a good outing! I can only imagine the fun you had as he watched. I've had kids at the beach right on top of my every swing, it was fun for a few minutes.. After about 15 minutes it gets a little annoying.

Wow! Nice work and a Beautiful smile!

Nice chunk of gold! Also I will have to look thru my notes but I had a site you could buy the fitting and cable needed for the head phones, may take me a few days but I will post the link. Carolina made his own phones for the D2, maybe he will chime in...

I only had data on silver coins for this test on the D2.. The "air test" was done by one of CB's friends and he did Not test any gold, I was using his test as a standard for the two machines I use (Excal & AQ) ,.... on silver coins. I do have two friends with D2's, a 9 and 11 inch coils. It will be interesting to see the results on gold which I should have by the end of the summer, with video. If I were in the market for a water machine I would highly recommend the D2, for the machines I have take to many modifications to match the D2's performance, over all.

From air test the AQ is weak on silver coins? Seems gold and nickels are it's stronger point, for me.

Thanks buddy..... I'm just a stubborn old goat. Who has problems changing, I have a couple friends with D2's, sooner or later I'll know answers. And even then,.... if I don't see these guys producing ... I may never change....

You know I seen that single side rubber bushing on the D2 a few weeks ago. Looked strange but I never put it together. Good Luck and keep us informed. Have you been deep with the D2 yet? Just wondering, one of the guys up here had a 11 inch D2 and he said it was chatty. But he did just get the machine. And I agree with Mid-Lake, movement is grinding. Maybe some kind of shaft stabilizer on the D2, the list just keeps getting longer and longer.

I would check with the Gigmaster or he maybe he's the one? Several years ago, Max's hunting buddy Kenny sent me his Excalibur ll that was having issues. And this was a machine just out of warranty, I guess he used it several times a week and never really took the time to check the coil and shaft's rubber bushing. Both sides were wore out and the shaft clevis had cut into the coil ears, bad. I checked the knob shaft o-rings on it and they were dryrotted.. Like said above, I think it is a matter of maintaining the detector around saltwater and sand.

I know Carter Pennington had a issue diving with it in Saltwater a month ago and has not used it since. I was out with a couple D2 hunters a few weeks ago, we were going to try and get some testing/comparing in but being the first hunt of the year everyone took off into the (brackish) water, not to be seen till the end of the hunt, which was about 2 hours. The one D2 hunter did say he ran the beach sens mode, and he hunted chest deep, said the machine was chatty. Also said the shaft with the 11 inch was kind of flimsy The other hunter (D2 9 inch) stayed shallow and was fine.. knee deep and wetsand. I'm on the fence about getting one, seeing to many little issues, than the batteries. So I'm on hold and waiting to see a good compare between me and my friends on targets. I know for sure they can smoke me the trashy areas.. out deeper where depth is important. Time will tell for me.

Right now it hard times finding any cables. I can post a few links but not sure if they have. https://www.mouser.com/c/?marcom=198111626 https://www.te.com/usa-en/product-CAT-C73765-M1.html https://www.newark.com/c/connectors/sensor-connectors-components/sensor-cable-assemblies https://www.onlinecomponents.com/en/productsearch/connectors/i-o-connectors/connector-circular/ https://www.automationdirect.com/adc/shopping/catalog/cables/sensors_-z-_switches/pico_(m8)_harsh_duty_-z-_food_-a-_bev._q-z-d_cables#sort=undefined desc&start=0 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/circular-cable-assemblies/448

14 inches is very good. I'm not sure if my excalibur could hit one that small, that deep. Seems the smaller the gold the more it struggles. Yes, I can only imagine the water really never gets warm there but for a few months. Short season .

Beach and water only here...Since all of us have different needs at the beach, your going to see many different opinions of what is important to find treasures. For me... my hunting depends on knowing what my machines are capable of (And the competitions) ..... which raw depth is the most important. One reason I bought the Fisher AQ (PI) and I modify a few things my Excaliburs to squeeze every last inch of depth I can get from it in all metal. Got to keep up with the D2's..😊

I talked to Carter, owner of Detector Pro.. he said they should have the D2 GGA's in Mid-June.

Thats a great recon job with treasure!!Some real nice golds!! A few years ago I posted a picture of a spot I had said I found gold at.. I got a few emails and PM's, a couple telling me thanks and a few other nicer one saying they found the spot and I should take the picture down. I figure best not to say a word for the picture I posted was not the same place.

That's a great combo.. I think.

Just my opinion but from what I see, the D2 is a killer land machine, as far as the beach, it has a lot to do with where you hunt. If I were a open beach hunter, wet and dry sand I would own one. As far as a in the water machine where I hunt, to fragile of a machine. From what I am seeing, the hunters who were finding gold before with the Nox's / CTX / other machines, and bought the D2...are still finding the gold. As far as the others 90%, nothing has changed, no matter which machine.....

Amen to that!

One of the things that pushed me into the water, spiders, ground hornets and ticks. And the dag ticks are so small now...

I got some cheap brushes, and two part epoxy, slow dry 24 hours. Scuffed up the bottom of the coil, wiped it down good. Mixed up a small amount of the epoxy. Brushed it on, let it set about 3 hours, then brushed more on.. let that dry a while then loaded it up, pouring it on... if it gets stiff you can heat it up with a heat gun. Flowed out real nice. I do the same with my Excalibur coils. See if I can find a few pictures.

Little test I do to check the excalibur DD coils, (Using a audiosears 2463 element/speaker to hear the send field) as one can see the send field is stronger near the rear of the coil instead of the tip. I'm not sure if this means the rear of the coil can pick up deeper signals but I've always felt I was getting better depth using this area once I had a faint signal. In the real world the after burner adds about 4 inches to the depth, Unfortunately to Hot for some saltwater areas.

Here is the video promised. Not the best but gives a idea of what not to do........... First....Overload, motorboating audio, when in the garage (And will not detect anything). Than once outside near the back of my SUV ..lots of EMI...(will detect but very noisy)......than I lay it in the yard, (away from all) and it does take a second to calm down but works fine. And detects metal. So the surrounding are a major factor when you first fire up the beast. Turn your volume up so to hear the AQ

Got many video's of this, fine tuning is the secret with the AQ...just a 1/20 of a inch adjustment can affect how well it works. Best to set yourself up a test rig and see what affects what...See if I can find a video without giving to much away..

You have a picture of your head phones, the cup design is a major factor. I hunt in the water with winds of 30mph, and I have gel pads to help with the wind noise. I've tried to use the fur on the ear cups,...kind a helped, used hoodie, little better. But the best is a low profile ear cups and gel pads, than work in the direction that the wind is blocked on one side. You turn a certain way you can get away with this, wrong direction you can't hear nothing. At the ocean there is the pounding surf, nothing can help that... I am a true believer in headphones, I'm not sure how the 6000 works but for me it's a matter of hearing the faintest of targets in All metal, as a water hunter, blocking the ambient noise is one of the most important things. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/av/headsetx_ear.html

I'll see if I can do a short video on the wacko mod.. I found any place there is a large piece of metal, or another machine is near that is on..... it does it, over loaded... My first one I got from Rick does it also. I would take it to the beach, and turn it on while it was next to my car.. wacko.. Best to hold it in the air away from everything and turn it on.. works fine then.. I'll do that video Thursday, should be easy to recreate.

That's a Nice run Clive!! That color never gets old seeing it! I still love my AQ's, Not for every spot but once you do find them.... it's like a turkey shoot. I am with Carolina, I would say my deepest was in the 17/18 inch range. Side note, it really hammers the smaller gold best, 1 gram to 6. Last gold measured/found with the AQ was a 1.6 gram, if I remember correct.. at 15 inches. I do remember also I got one that was 20 plus inches, but after checking the rim of the hole there was another smaller gold pendant. So I don't think the deeper gold would have been found without hearing the first. How does the AQ compare to the TDI Pro.. that would be a good battle. The Pro and the AQ, both Monsters in my eyes as PI's. I did do a compare of the TDI Beach hunter with the 14.8 volt upgrade.. the AQ had it by 3 to 4 inches on targets, easily. I sure miss getting out with the AQ, hope to be back at it come July.