Skull diver

Those are supposed to be the game changer for environment health.?

I don't know if aluminium can be safer than plastic, unless people change the attitude to leave trash and things anywhere.

A little update on the subject and......The software....

Staying to the translation, the guy said that the software in use was the factory preset 0.5.

He will repeat the test with the 0.6 version.

Hopefully this is only a fear for me....for the 5th machine that i hope to be the unbeatable choice.Finally.

I casually found this video and the results are actually confusing me...A lot?.

Nothing to say for most of the programs but look what a difference on gold signals  when in diving/beach and beach sens ?.

Not to mention the higher vdi reading (twice) when in mono 17Khz...

Please, can someone explain what I'm seeing?

I'm glad to read this post, cause I'm maybe not far from an answer that I'm looking since a lot of time.

Apparently, and maybe I'm wrong, multiple times on my Ctx when diving, I feel the machine unstable despite of a lower sensitivity or any setting included saltwater filter.

I'm always in doubt, as a jewelry hunter, if a mono 18 to 24 Khz frequency can be better in salt underwater use, instead of a forced multifrequency range.

I think, compared to a 70Khz machine for nuggets, a medium, maybe slightly over 17Khz frequency can do a good compromise in terms of depth and sensitivity to gold.

In few words...Can a range of useless for the purpose frequencies, cause the erratic conduct of the machine?

I tell You a story...

A day like dozens of others, I was searching again the same spot overworked to the death, with no signals at all and rocks barely exposed...

I was with a 14x9" Coiltek and found One signal worth to dig...The chunky monster bracelet heavier than any other piece I ever found.

The second day, with scarce hope after the miracle, with the 6", same place, two signals, I found thinner stuff, waiting for me ti dig them...Another slim bracelet and an ear ring?

Notice the difference by yourself....

Guess what coil missed the small and what was the best choice to pick up all of It the same day...

I think this Is an environment based choice maybe.

I mean, if You Hunt frequently in a place where the ground Is nasty, sometimes a smaller coil can do a better job with higher sensitivity than a bigger one giving You less falsing. Less depth but more stability.

On the other hand if You prefer more ground covered per swing, You might prefer an 11" to 15" paying some more noise.

I hunt in the water and I still don't find an occasion when to prefer something over the 11".

Personally, I'm sure some of my best finds were found with a 6" and an 8".

The 9" on the Deus Is so tempting, without doubts.

5 minutes ago, c47gold said:

but I found some nice gold rings

I know...Rings for the Excal are like cookies ?.

Only for the fact of the unavailable 8"coil, my second one was bought with a 10"?.I miss the little lady.

9 minutes ago, c47gold said:

I'm guessing that Minelab will replace the 800 with a deeper diving machine and just charge a bunch more

Maybe, in 2044...We'll see?? I'm still waiting for the Excal 3 since 2012.

12 minutes ago, c47gold said:

 If the Legend proves to do all that the Equinox 800 can do and is more waterproof, that would be great for me. 

Time will tell if the Nokta or the XP can replace the Nox, but for now the only thing to do is to wait and sell the old stuff for a new trip.

Good luck

1 hour ago, midalake said:

I use a custom straight shaft

Can You believe me if I Say that I'm in trouble for a damn handbar handle?

I bought a couple of bike extensions with a bolt under, but the handle itself Is disconnected from the base and it need to be modified as well.

I'm going Crazy for an Anderson handle that seems to be not available unless You buy the entire shaft?

1 hour ago, c47gold said:

Yikes!

Can I ask You if You use a straight shaft or the original one by Minelab?

Cause more than the Excalibur weight or its water resistance when submerged there's only the horror shaft to stress the user arm.

Being a diver, I'm now in the process to buy another machine just cause I'm tired by my setup and with 4 detectors I still can't find the one to do the job as I want.

Let's do the equation togheter, based on today owned tools:

Excalibur 2....Nothing to say for depth rating and leaks, sure...

/Downside... blind on thin stuff and chains.

Ctx3030...Good for thin stuff, good discriminator

/Downside.... Heavy, screen at 10ft. wants to crash, not to mention 3 lithium batteries already drowned, less deep than a Nox 800 compared by 11"coils. Outdated 

Detectorpro Underwater...A machine i bought three weeks ago...i love it, light, with an 8" coil, pretty deep...Only one clear tone so a dig it all cheap mule...

/Downside...it lasted 20 minutes before lower shaft crashed on a rock hit...for the price of a pinpointer i can't cry for this.

Tdi Beachunter...Deep, light on the dry and wet...

/Downside--it leaks and die in few sessions at scarce 10ft down, unstable as crazy! A noisemaker when in water unless You turn up delay at 20uS min....it floats like a gas balloon. So i have a tdi SL in a yellow semi/wetsuit.

Conclusion:

i need frequency control, salt sensitivity manual control cause i have real saltwater in my area and this for sure doesn't allow for high frequencies without filters.

Stable and large ID scale, not that the screen means something special to me, but cause of a digital machine, why not to check both audio and numbers if they are there?

A fuc...ng straight shaft with no S handle in 2022.

A multiple choice of a manual modified mono or multi frequency mode.

No buoyancy of any kind. 

Will be the Deus 2 the answer?.............For the God sake.......................... Maybe

From my point of view, even at a similar if not equal VDI number, those finds are usually not "friends".

I mean rarely You can find it togheter in the same spot, unless on the dry where things can be a mess.

Usually on the wet and the surf a good division is done by the water motion so You can expect the pull tab far and higher from the low tide line and conversely the ring lower down from there to...Anywhere....

I repeat, usually...So dig it all still is a good advice, trust me...

You can see also today a bottlecap reject on the D2 and not a Pulltab reject....Same VDI results by shape and size...Sorry...

By the way, editing this reply I forgot to write the number 7, which again means nothing to trust to, but usually on the ctx this is most of the time a pulltab shown at 12.07...

On the Vanquish I think must be an higher value due to the different VDI scale.

23 hours ago, Zord said:

That's why i don't use minelabs, they all sounds like "super-mario-bros" video game.

??????

I want too a real treshold sound on my Ctx like I have it on my Excal and my Underwater...But with Digital machines this can only be a fake One?

8 hours ago, calabash digger said:

I am going to test a small gold ring and small gold coin today on wetland beach...I hope this helps you.

Seen right now?.

Many thanks ?

I know, 

maybe like me, there's an army of hunters waiting for the answer...

BUT... What actually bring the Deus 2 under my eyes is only this magic attitude that right now this machine seems to have.

To make things complicated here, there's really salt water and I hope to fight with the salt sens. the trouble.

My planet is under the surface 99% of times as I don't know the meaning of a low tide if not completely submerged.

For the kind of coast I usually hunt, I rarely I see erosion's visible traces and for the most, I blind dive until I know where the "ground zero" can hide to me and the coil.

So I feel sorry for all the beautiful images proudly produced  and shared with big effort, but I still need to see what happen IF an open thin chain is gently sleeping under the sand at few inches with a bloody salty environment around the coil...

One day I'll dive for the science or at least for the answer...

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Even if in Europe the machine will be available sooner, due to the factory position advantage, there's no trace of a confirmed load among official dealers.

I'm still waiting for an answer even for the final price with a BH01 headphone not to mention that I'm under spotlights in Italy cause I make digital contents for them.

It's a crap.

14 hours ago, EL NINO77 said:

A good universal compromise for all types of conductors is .. channel 8

I'm satisfied to say You're right!

Even if I was far out of the hot area in pretty sanded in conditions, I found at some depth rocks and red clay nicely passing the test with 26/28 manual sens. and ground/Coin separation.

The only bad thing Is the swing speed that I need to keep so well the machine...Really really slow movement.

Next dive Will be with 9, As I literally saw the difference with 11 and 8.

With almost no Sand and channel 11, the machine react not only to micro lead balls but ground too raising noise to signal ratio.

On the other hand at channel 7 I found the machine to be more prone to big sinkers ?.

This actually was expected at channel 1.

So I'm a bit confused cause talking about a full spectrum and not a lone frequency, I want to use amost 22Khz  if not less and this can only happen on channel 1...

I'm however writing bulls... until I don't try personally.

Depth was better than usual when on 8...It's a fact.

That gold ring worth all of the trash You found?

Today I´m preparing for tomorrow dive in my usual and devastated gulf spot...

After the shaft accident with the new toy the last week, Ive been captured by a stupid doubt...

What about the use of a single frequency on the Ctx ?

 I know, this thing isn´t possible due to the kind of machine with an FBS range continuously at work, but somewhere I found a text related to the noise cancel channel and the different frequency in use...

So In these years, I think the succesful use of a frequency among 15 and 20 Khz in salty environment it is not a secret anymore but what about this particular machine stated at 1 to 100Khz?

So tomorrow morning I want to try all of the 11 channels and manual settings for sensitivity and noise cancel, adding the ground/coin separation that for sure is the more stable giving a  less jumpy target  ID...

Feel free to laugh at this post but I feel like a child again...

16 hours ago, stoneshirt said:

Hi.I would use PVC Tubing

Thanks for the idea!?

I think a thick PVC tube can make a good sleeve over the wheels.

Drift trikes usually has this solution onboard? 

15 hours ago, strick said:

A little more expensive tires 

Thanks...I checked this type but not so good for me especially cause of the harsh terrain full of things ready to make punctures?

A little update before to test it on the beach...

Right now I still need more leverage on the handle and I'll add some length to better pull the weight.

Also, the containing area must be improved with a plastic box big enough to keep firm the bcd,the tank and the dpv.

I'm not considering to transport the detector inside of It...Based on experience, never keep heavy stuff near the baby.?

On 12/29/2021 at 7:34 AM, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

if your depending on target ID your missing the gold..

If only the Excal was not so blind to chains?....I'd never use a digital?

3 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Was the girl in the bottom picture your wife, if not is she available?

?????

Actually the girl Is a model and I found those pictures on Google typing "scuba tank trolley" ...

As for the sled concept, I have estimated a total weight amount of almost 70kg. to transport including all the stuffs I bring usually when I'm scuba diving half day or 3 hours session.

Keeping in mind this value, to avoid sinking in the sand, the surface must be large and thick enough to support all things and don't crack on the road...This mean a good stainless sheet with even more weight and bigger dimensions to take It in my little daily car.

I need a van like the air to breath, something to transform in a roadhome with hot shower, bathroom and tanks onboard, not to mention the kitchen (my Kingdom?)... Unluckily this Is not the time to invest or for a Loan cause the next quarantine Is near the corner...I'm glad to wait even for the Deus2 cause actually I don't even know when I'll be able to travel again and Hunt seriously like the past.

I'm just scratching the dust on the top, compared with high numbers?

10 hours ago, UtahRich said:

Any thoughts of trying a Dive tank sled for pulling across the sand? 

I tried to use different trolleys with inflated wheels and solid wheels.

To slide Is a good concept if You're in a perfect condition of a beach entrance next to the parking lot...

In my area, I'm frequently far from the water and forced to leave the car at least 600mt. from where I can dive.

No doubts, this Is the most difficult place to go and finds are.....guess how many..

So, if You see pictures downthere I can smile and say that this Is a dream more than reality.

Right now I'm transporting by hands: 12kg ballast inside the wing, 19kg cylinder (15lt.mono tank), 24kg.Suex Dpv...Not to mention detector, fins,knife,diver signal and myself??...

(With the wetsuit on and burning trough the path)..

At the end of the day I'm not so far from a Navy Seal or...a dead man walking back to the car?

As if that were not enough, after having to create a new straight rod for the detector that I used immersed for 20 minutes, considering the new storm that arrives, today I have chosen an even worse scourge ...

I have been waiting for months to complete a decent trolley that will help me transport cylinders and dpv without sinking into the sand and today might be the day?.

It is out of the question that I buy balloon wheels at that price and I don't like the Idea of punctures happened in the past.

So I'm recreating from a scratch the trolley with a bigger contact surface hopefully good to better distribute the weight on 6 wheels.

Now the big problem that separates me from finishing the structure and mounting the containment sides Is a mix of aluminium and stainless steel not properly friends when soldering.

Question now Is: Will this project finally see the light??

At the worst, this crap will finish with bolts?...

Virgin place, major storms and related erosion...

Nothing impossible happened there but the total absence of competition with a metal detector.