Skull diver

10 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

while I am making a battery for it.

Joe, are you using a bms module inside the 4s1p tube?I hope not because....

I actually don't know if I'm correct but seems to be the easier combination for a self balanced recharge without the need of multiple solder and little cables around cells, not to mention the module itself presence inside the pod...

I'm developing a similar pack for the Tdi and can be the base for the future of my dreamed AQ...

As an 8" lover, I was strongly interested to buy the Garrett one mostly for the open shape and its underwater epoxy filled nature.

Some of the tech experts here on the board were nicely explaining the different kind of coil compared with a plain mono for the Tdi.?

So the choice was then limited between the Coiltek Platypus 12x8 and the Detech which was an unbeatable winner for price..

Then I tried for the Coiltek to have one, but forced to ask in my area for someone to sell it?.I'm a strong defensor of equal price on the globe for anyone...I don't like to overpay for the same stuff otherwise feel like fooled.

So the Detech was the last of my options but I already had to deal with the Coiltek 10x5" buoiancy on the Ctx and I can't accept the handling of closed design coils.No more.

All of this effort to obtain (probably) a couple less delay points on the knob?

Also, there's another factor...Must be hardwired on the board otherwise more noise can added to the already usual bouncy retuning scream...

So I decided to take a breath and leave the world as it is.

4 minutes ago, Tony said:

This style

Really good.This one is the way to go.Open and heavy, even better in the water.

If you don't want to live my same nightmare, try to ask Nenad as I think is the only "authorized" dealer near your area able to sell something of those brands to you...I tried to buy the platypus in the Usa...Nothing...

47 minutes ago, Nuke em said:

Pity the target numbers weren't 99 instead of 40 .

I'm complaining the same bad tendancy by Minelab,  compressing tid scale since the Nox was launched.

I'm tired by the old Ctx, but still can't leave it to rest due to the multiple tid numbers type.I suggest You to try soon as you can any kind of gold ring/chain/ear ring and any other thing you might like to find in the beach, with the hope to obtain playing with the few settings a different id number from different objects.

I said those Minelab vlf with compressed tid scale are dig it all machines unless you want to leave gold down with supposed trash or coins reading.

3 hours ago, Dances With Doves said:

At least you can hunt in the beautiful  Med. sea area , oh such beauty and  history

You're right...A lot of history around my area and a terrible government ready to destroy you and close new places in the name of rare birds, rare dunes, rare humans, rare stones, rare water.......What the heck....

When I had one 800 for some tests and footage shooting, I was amazed to air test a tiny 18k ear ring lock...

Unluckily the gold mode 2 or 1 is not workable in the salty beach/water...Tried 20/40/multi w/wo Gb /auto Gb...Nothing but noise, incredible noise.

Very sad..

3 hours ago, mn90403 said:

because I went down to a beach about one hour south but that is another story.

I was waiting for a place report...But almost sure I sent You in a hell as there's no trace or words of southern beauties?

This is what I love of prospecting.

Really inspiring to see the effort, the clues research and the patience looking for gold and it's source..

I still take fists on my face multiple times when I'm wrong with plans in the beach after over a decade but when gold appear, every wound is canceled and everything is like the first time again...

32 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

When I made head phones several years ago

Still dreaming to make one of the amplified GG...Even if on the Ctx the treshold is all but an help and I solved the scarce audio output just increasing pitch Hz...

9 minutes ago, Willy said:

The change of connector resulted in it sensitivity to local capacitance variations

Well...I have reached my knowledge limit in this specific field...

Considering that I hunt at a medium to modest high water depth, I'm prepared to live with the machine fully under the surface however...

I'm waiting like a child under Christmas tree for this...

Thanks for your technical explanations!

6 minutes ago, Willy said:

the consequences of the electrolysis on a metallic connector

I perfectly remember this thing on the Excalibur battery connector, never been a big problem with some good gel grease ...Now...Using a metallic connector installed from the source (FT plant), I think the connector electrolysis phenomenon can be on the outer part of it right ?

So I see a temporary solution : heat shrink tubing right around the end of cable and connector...

Feel free to laugh of my try to find a solution ?as it might sound crazy or at least stupid...

Can't be possible to create an outside connector shielding sock with a 3m shield tape? Something like a cable/connector glove to avoid direct saltwater contact with the area? Is it something to be necessarily fully waterproof?

I'm fascinated by these units and recently in the russian area seems to be in a large expansion between detectorists community.

I understand now why...Most of compressor's suppliers are from China and for them is pretty easy and cheap to buy stuff and apply a bit of Diy art...

I suffered a severe disc protrusion being insanely negative buoyant weighted for three years, walking already dressed far from car along the beach to enter the water with harness, scuba tanks, weight belt,scooter and detector...With a damn drysuit.

Marine's daily training is a joke for comparison...In fact I destroyed my back with insane pain and months to go back again safely underwater.

I sold good part of my heavier scuba equipment but still have the scooter, a broken dredge to be reanimated (in case of fever at maximum level)long hose from a "snuba" experiment I tried, sacrificial bcd to be used as a floater and now....I'm trying to capture this unit...No need of a hose and regulator for me, so the unit alone can cost a LOT less...

Sorry...Today is the day...?

32 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Yup, people drown in their bathtubs also

??????

He's using this Nemo since a couple months if I'm correct...If is durable like a 15liters cylinder should be fine for me and I'll be more than happy to carry it in a backpack...My back is almost done thanks to the damn Bi-bo I sold

1 hour ago, King-Of-Bling said:

But I have also found some nice watches and phones that are worth a little bank.

Unluckily I don't have such a good "aftermarket" for finds..

I can't tell how many old rings with stones I ruined to obtain a neat quotation for gold.They just remove it before to take the weight.I keep real ice for the future, only to mount it on my daughter otherwise nothing but gold is easy to cash-in.

55 minutes ago, King-Of-Bling said:

My problem was the screen. Because it's there. And designed to be used

On the Ctx, due to scarce visibility underwater, I eliminated the need to look at it, dividing by sound the hot gold spot...

After using the CO profile I happily switched to the FE...

Why to dig something with more ferrous concentration than gold range?....

Multiple tid numbers are the real gun of that machine...

With the Nox You just have a conductivity based number...Even if negative lectures are a bad index...Still remains 90% of things that are all but gold in between..

5 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I'm sure you are a far superior detectorist than I

Absolutely untrue Steve.

This was not the tone of my post...I've been harsh with the puppet joke meme but non knocking down others techniques...

I'm not able to memorize 50 shades and never used this profile on the ctx too...

I know what You mean...A stable and repeatable tone between the 50 on the Nox, can be effective the same way of a steady tone of a trash bit on the Ctx....

My point is more on time / stuff comparison between the two machines...

I can repeat it...Lighter and cheaper machine...for me...Not my preferred toy...

35 minutes ago, King-Of-Bling said:

I am a time and volume guy

Ctx is the "time machine" of the past....But still work like a sniper rifle when it comes to go fast in a place where "window is closing soon"...

For all the sandy and too sandy hells around, I like the pulse to have some depth advantage..

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I ditched my CTX as soon as I got an Equinox and don’t regret it in the slightest

2 Tones FE and no dig over   {xx . 30} 

Pattern 2 

Deep and fast off

Saltwater on or off, if You like it.

GB off and sens. like you want or think to be necessary.

Any sound over 15 to the screen bottom 80hZ pitch (no dig)

Any sound from 15 to 1 higher pitch like you prefer ...

A refined better gold insulation with 4 tones FE leaving gold sweet spot with higher pitch and other three with 80Hz minimum fart....:-)

Tell me how much holes You dig...How much gold You intercept...In how much times....

I have to deal with air consumption....In the winter a scuba tank can last even less due to cold/icy water...This means for me dont waste time and time there is money...Really....

I'm playing to learn the TDI sound shapes cause I'm doing snorkeling now...Otherwise in prime ground conditions, I'll never spend all this time under the surface

1 hour ago, King-Of-Bling said:

That's kinda funny but I wouldn't say it's useless. The Nox didn't really fit my style of hunting. But I think it is still a good machine.

I had it for a week to do some water footage and tests for a dealer.Almost to the point to keep it for me, but when I saw the Tid difference compared with my Ctx I leaved it for the rest of people around...

It is pointless to have a VLF you can't trust with a so compressed scale.Bouncy as hell too.A dig it all noisy but light toy for me.When I have to decide between that and a pulse, I prefer a Tdi even against my killer Ctx, with almost two times the depth and I can live fine with the relatively more trash/gold ratio...I'm a diver....

On 7/7/2020 at 2:13 AM, King-Of-Bling said:

Most recently the Nox , which I sold