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On 4/4/2024 at 9:41 PM, Jeff McClendon said:

... I haven't used Quest's top of the line pinpointer and I don't know if it has internal rechargeable battery operation of user replaceable batteries.

The Quest Xpointer Max has a li/ion internal rechargeable battery like the Accupoint.

I like it ,  it is very reliable . I just dont like its very stiff on/off button ..

Yes nice video with a beautiful landscape , thanks ...

19 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Hey Palzynski,

Have you looked into getting the newer carbon fiber XP lower?

I looked up the part number "D03-B", and it's available in some places.

It may not be as stiff as the Nokta lower, but it is an improvement, and will take the least amount of work to get it right.

BTman does great mods, I'm just suggesting an easier path. I'm working on better ways to mount the 13" on other shafts myself.

Remember it's all about pushing the coil to the bolt head side, and not doing stuff that bends the bolt. 🤔

Hi F350,

Thanks but I am not a great fan of the XP stock shaft ,I find the arm cuff too small and too close from the handle .

And for some reason I prefer straight shafts . This is why I was thinking to use a Simplex+ shaft ,if I can find a cheap one in the classifieds .. 

I found this on the Nokta site . Interesting as it can be put in a rucksack ..

https://www.noktadetectors.com/accessory/nokta-premium-shovel/

On 1/6/2024 at 11:09 PM, basstrackerman said:

I like that too.   I just put on my carbon fiber center shaft and arm cuff.  Weight of entire shaft without WS6 mount or coil is 14oz. Feather light.  

 

Hi Basstrackerman ,

I plan to use a Simplex shaft for my D2 too ... I like the rectangular shape of the Nokta shaft system , which prevents the stems by design

I have a question , what did you do to adapt the Simplex lower shaft coil connector to the D2 coil connector ? They are very different ... thx ...

Be careful about the detectors weight . Those old detectors have still performing electronics , but the electronics miniaturization has reduced the weights and recent machines can be much more cumfortable to swing than the older ones ..

For example a Whites spectrum weighs 1.6+kg , an Equinox1.3kg and  A Deus2 WS6 800g . Then there is a big difference between them if weight/detecting cumfort  is important for you...

It is something personal , some dont care about weight . Personnaly I do

Hi ,

You should read the law of the country where you plan to detect because the laws are very different depending on the country

In France detecting is allowed at the condition you are not looking for archeological artefacts. Of course detecting is forbidden on archeological sites . 

Personally I always ask the authorization to the landowner and I never detect on archeological sites 

I dont like the detector audio , the signals on targets are very elongated and lack of accuracy and the detector is chatty . This is the feeling I have from this short video . Would have to be confirmed by field tests .  On the other hand I like the detector mechanical design with a nice CB and telescopic shaft.

I dont think its a stolen software because I think such softwares are very complex , probably several thousands of source code lines , and it would take months(years?)  to understand and master it . I think that it is much faster to redevelop something from zero than trying to copy , understand and modify such complex softwares. 

Yes it looks like a Legend , but the Legend looks like an Equinox etc ... They all copy each other . It is the same thing for other products like smartphones ,  computers etc ..  Opening windows on a computer screen was an idea from Apple copied a little later by Microsoft for example . Who remember this ?

One more outing with Tekkna . A militaria outing proposed by my cousin Francois . He is a 1st WW specialist and he has A Deus1 , it was a good occasion to go out and appreciate a sunny day of Spring ..

2 nice finds for me, a St George medal perhaps lost by a British soldier in 1914 and a nice French infantry aluminium button .  It confirms that Tekkna can be used almost everywhere for coin/relic hunting with very excellent results ...

The wood :

the medal just after its recovery :

And after a little cleaning :

A French infantry alu button  :

13 hours ago, NCtoad said:

Went back this evening after work with the 9” coil and hit the same area that I hit the other day with the 13x11.  This spot is loaded with iron.   Again, I dug some nails, but pulled 4 more wheats and to my surprise a Japanese phoenix coin that is silver!   ...

I am not surprised with your finds with the 9" which is THE reference D2 coil for ultra high iron trashed areas ... 

From my little field experience with Tekkna I found it excellent on high / ultra high iron trashed areas . Still very good on medium iron trashed areas but not much difference with other programs like SENSITIVE to my opinion there.  I found Tekkna to be more chatty than SENSITIVE but it is just a matter of getting used to it . Anyway I use Tekkna all the time now ...

17 hours ago, Ledster58 said:

Hi,

I'm new here and I came here to find out if anybody is familiar with this scenario.  I bought an Apex last year and I live in an area of New Mexico that is filled with iron, actually found a old 1940's iron which gave me a 92 reading.  My concern is my machine does a lot of false readings. I've tried different settings, channels, frequencies, as it is really noisy while showing constant high readings in the range of 84-98, only to find nothing there. As well as additional iron tones on top of the readings.  Everywhere I walk it's beeps high numbers, also seems to jump around fast in number display in a fanatic highs and lows.  I've done a factory reset, which didn't help. I was reading about how some of models had faulty coil connections which would cause false such readings while swinging and it was a problem with the first 100 produced. I don't know if mine was one on those. Who knows, any advice would be helpful and thanks.

HI ,

I had false( erratic ) signals with mine too , and a faulty Viper coil that I had to send back to the Garrett after service . I preferred to stop with the Apex due to too much issues , even if I like the detector design with its slim control box and the very good Ripper coil.

Perhaps it was due to the 1st 100 produced , I dont know and perhaps the pb is solved now, but I lost time and money with this story and I did not want to retry this detector again ...

16 hours ago, Heavy Metal said:

Ofcourse.. i ask this.. because we did not try any other machine than ours with those spec's, and in this price range...  So i don't understand..

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The only thing I understand is that Deus don't have a cable..  and that is one less thing to be broken 🙂 Wich we like 🙂 

 

I am European too ... 🙂

From my standpoint it is very easy to answer to this question .

I like very light detectors  . I currently use a Deus2 WS6 master with a 9 coil. It weighs around 750g because there is nothing on the shaft , just the coil .   And the wireless headphones on my head .

If I compare with the competitors of other brands , there is nothing below 1,2 or 1,3 kg , which means around 500g heavier than a D2 , because of the control box ( around 400g ) and the cable ( around 80g ) . And these 500g are a huge difference for me 

This is just as simple as this ..

And also because I like the D2 electronics which excels on our European soils ...

3 hours ago, NCtoad said:

Yes, I did lower the iron volume.  I had forgotten about that.  It got a little annoying at time when at 10.  I think I put it down to 7.  

Even though I’ve hit that site many times with the 9” coil, there are instances where a larger coil will unmask a target when the smaller one won’t.  And vice versa. It depends on the distance between the good target and the junk target and the width of the coil.  I learned this from one of Loren Lemke’s (not sure if I’ve spelled his name correctly) videos.  Eventually I’ll get out there with the 9” and the tekkna program and see if anything else pops up.  

Your field results speak for themselves .. Looking fwd to your next outing and the 9"  Tekkna ..

44 minutes ago, Skull diver said:

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Now, knowing that there will be no changes, the use of this tool becomes questionable for me.

Yes and as your sea detecting conditions can be extreme with the currents , waves , wind etc .. ( windsurfing was my hobby a few years ago  ) , you need something very reliable you are confident with . Do not hesitate to change and try , it often takes time to find the right tool for the right job , even for inland hunting ... 🙂

22 hours ago, Skull diver said:

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I have no comment on this except that I find the loss of time due to the allocation of low conductors everywhere in the ID scale of Deus 2 unacceptable.

I am also strongly displeased with Xp's dry response that it does not intend to vary the distribution of low conductors with an update.

I may sell shortly...

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I think that beach and beach underwater hunting is probably not XP's priority . They probably have largely enough to do with the inland coin / relic hunting market which is a huge market , certainly much bigger than beach hunting . At least in Europe .

They recently opened a second factory , this because of an increasing demand . I think that this demand mainly comes from inland hunters . At least it is the feedback I have from 2 French dealers who are friends too ..

Perhaps leaving the beach detecting market to other competitors like ML is not a pb for them in terms of sales , and they prefer to concentrate on the inland detecting market 

Just my opinion as usual ..

I have just tested 2 very small targets ( see pic below  ) with Tekkna iron volume 7 disc 42 ,  :

1)  a small bronze coin , weight 0.5g . Test OK -Tekkna signal loud and clear , ID 53 , no pb

2) a small piece of lead , weight 1g .   Test KO  - Tekkna signal broken . ID 41 .
   I wouldnt have dug this target.

Conclusion :

Yes disc 42 is a little too high when looking for 1g or less targets made of a low conductivity metal ( lead or gold ).

However both targets sound loud and clear if the disc is lowered below 40 , 35 for example.

I will try 35 in the field next time, it should be ok as we dont have coins below cond 35 over here and I dont want to dig micro targets like shotgun pellets etc ..  

 left , lead 1g, ID41 Tekkna disc42 KO, disc35 OK          right,  bronze coin 0.5g , ID53 Tekkna disc42 OK

2 hours ago, Zord said:

... The disc is set to 42 and now everything below that value is controlled by Iron Volume setting which is 10. That's major problem, because everything: ground, iron, ceramics and low nonferrous conductors -all sound at the same high level of volume 10.

That's overkill for human ear

Personally I use the SENSI FT iron volume default setting at 7  in my Tekkna version. I havent changed to 10 as suggested in the vid.  I havent tried 10 yet but yes it could be a little too noisy for me 

At 7 I hear the ferrous but just as a background noise , and I found the audio to be cumfortable even on our local nails beds ...

8 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Thank you! 🙂

It really does sniff stuff out. I still prefer Relic in big fields with little junk, but get that program with the 9" in lots of iron, and it really shines. It's not that great where there is a lot of brass and aluminum junk, but I can see why the European detectorists would love it. 👍 It's a great tool nonetheless for me.

What level of reactivity was in use when you detected that coin at 11"?

I used reactivity 3 ( SENSI FT default setting ) as suggested in the vid  

Up to now I have only 2 hours with Tekkna . Looking forward to use it at other locations ... 🙂

I usually prefer to use deus2 factory programs with only very slight changes and I have never used D2 customized programs up to now.  But after having watched Gary Blackwell's video I concluded that this Tekkna program has something special and is really impressive in the iron trash then I decided to test it  .

I went to one of my favourite testing areas , a wood near a small town where I had previously found artefacts starting from the 14th century up to now .  This is a small area , may be 200 X 100 yards , with very few remaining targets as I have been detecting here during several years with different detectors . 

As it is the worst area I know in terms of iron trash, I know that if a detector works well here it will work everywhere else .. And I was curious to see how Tekkna would behave here ...

Long story short , Tekkna works well,  very well .. I quickly found targets , mainly 1st WW trash at the beginning . Tekkna is very fast , faster than SENSITIVE nr2 that I was using up to now , and the signals on targets very accurate . As said in the vid the only thing is to ensure to dig only repeatitive clear signals . 

Eventually found 2 old coins , a double tournois from the 16th century and an older medieval coin too damaged to be identified . An excellent result for this extremely difficult area .. 🙂

In addition to this field test I have done depth measurements on my home bed test and the results are similar to the other modes , then no depth loss a 10g copper coin which is detected at 11" with a faint but clear high tone signal.

Thanks very much F350 for sharing these vids , Tekkna is now my favourite program and I feel just like if I have a new detector in my hands .. 🙂
 

The wood :

A first old coin with Tekkna :

A 2nd one : 

The trash :

A depth test with Tekkna : A 10g copper coin at 11" -   Test OK 

The same thing for me , I have a D2 WS6 master then no screen on the shaft . I just rely on the audio ,  I dont need accurate VDIs as all targets conductivities can be good targets over here , even very low conds . 

I use 5 tones which provides a good audio info of the target conductivity , at least for me . I dont need more ... 

And no control box on the shaft means a lighter machine , an other plus ...

I know very well the XP Goldmaxx btw , I have used one between 2007 and 2012. It was a best seller at this time in Europe and it allowed XP to develop the new wireless technology with the Deus which was released in 2010 ..

19 hours ago, Alberto Montano said:

Greetings all! I'm purchasing the WS6 Master and was wondering what coils is preferred for coins and Jewlry in fresh water river and parks. I have the Nokta legend and really like the 6 inch coil for trashy areas and was thinking the 9in coil because that is the smallest! Any impute would be greatly appreciated.

Hi ,

Good choice you cant go wrong with the D2 WS6 9" ; I use it all the time since 2 years now . You wont be disappointed with it for sure and you will appreciate its performances in the iron trash and its lightness ... 

Concerning the settings my advice would be to start with the GENERAL nr1 mode to get used to the machine , then change to more performing modes like SENSITIVE for example 

Happy hunting ..

2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Depth may not matter in a bed of nails. Have you actually used the Manticore with 5x8 coil versus Deus 2 with 9" round coil or are you just opining as I asked people not to do? Assuming the 9" round coil gets better separation than a 5x8 seems like a very big assumption to me unless you know that for sure. Processing can only compensate so much for the undeniable fact a 9" round coil will have more targets under it at once than a 5x8 coil in a dense trash situation.

I was not discussing about the manticore as I dont have one , I was reacting to Soky72's post concerning the comparison of a D2 9"coil vs a D2 smaller coil . And I never said a 9" has a better separation than a smaller coil , I just said that a 9" D2 coil has still an excellent separation which is not the same thing ... 

19 hours ago, Soky72 said:

The 9" coil is really nice but if they would come out with a 5x9 the m8 might be moot for me. Those narrow coils are great in thick woods.

Yes but you will loose depth with a narrow coil . A 9" goes definitely deeper than a 5X9 , I have measured this on my bed tests with a D1 , comparing the D1 9" and D1 5X9 , and the Vanquish 540 10X8 and 8X6  . 

And you still get an excellent separation in the irons with the D2 9", I use it all the time with on my nails beds over here in France ... 

A 5X9 would be interesting if you are looking for tiny targets I think ( under 1 or 2g , nuggets for example ) . When relic hunting the targets are usually bigger , at least 2 or 3g and often over 10g  , then clearly a 9" would be my 1st choice  ..

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

I hear this all the time, yet I don't agree especially when people state they are equal, as someone that tinkers a bit with mild soil situations all I see is PI goes deeper in very mild soils, noticeably deeper especially on larger targets like coins, on tiny gold PI and VLF are similar in depth but the bigger the target gets and using a coin as an example the PI wins, a coin on edge the VLF may catch up again a bit.  Some VLF's like the Manticore and CTX and gaining ground a bit but they are still not at PI / Mild soil depths.

Chase wanted probably to say that the difference between a VLF and a PI is at a minimum in mild soils .Knowing that this "minimum" difference is still 30-40%  , which is significant 

And if I understand well this difference is greater than 30-40% in high mineralized soils where in a few extreme situations a VLF cant even see a target at the ground surface ..

1 hour ago, Chase Goldman said:

In moderately mineralized soil.  This PI depth advantage wanes as soil becomes more neutral (less mineralized) as was discussed in the thread.

Yes correct I should have said : in moderately mineralized soil