Vance in AK

Close to 20 yrs ago about this time of year (There was an incredible wind storm in the Anchorage area that day. Even had to evecuate the control tower at the airport) I took one of Steves detecting classes at AMDS. Steve was a great teacher. Summer found a friend & I at Crow Creek trying to find our first detector nuggets. Ran into Steve & he gave up the next couple of hours of his personal hunting time to help my friend & me each find our first nuggets. It was an incredible display of his generocity, and proof that he does indeed find great joy in seeing that smile on someones face when someone not only finds their first detector nugget, but also understands why it was there & how to do it again. Thank you Steve!

This is great news!!! Cant wait!

Thank you sir!

Hey Gerry. I know this is an OLD post, but do you still have this coil? If so will it work with an SD 2100v2? I want to take mine playing on some tailings piles here in Alaska this year & it might be fun to play with.

I will second everything in this reply!!! Gerry was extremely helpful when I spoke with him.

Even the teeny ones are beautiful, but that big one is BEAUTIFUL!!! Congrats!

Just saw this and thanks!

Thanks for your input & encouragement! I ordered the Gold Screamer kit last week & an keeping my eyes open for an 8" momo coil. Looking forward to the snow going away around here so I can get out & play with it!

Thanks everyone. I am into the machines at a pretty reasonable price. They were part of a package with some other prospecting equipment. When you take out the value of the other equipment (a gold wheel & a factory miller table setup) I figure I have $350 or 400 a piece in them. I'm sure they would work fine as is but I have a hard time leaving anything as is. For now I will just tweek one of them. I figure if the one I am using dies I can switch the gold screamer to the other one. As far as an accessory coil goes those are just like shoes for the wife right?😁 Thanks for the input on the 8" coil guys. I will keep an eye open for one.

Well its ordered so we shall see!

Right now I have 2 stock SD 2100 v2s that I just picked up. stock machines with factory 11" coils(DD according to manual). Will be trying to put them to use in some areas of my home state of Alaska (I do have a GB 2 & GM 2 for VLF friendly areas & conditions) but also hope to use one when we visit family in the Prescott AZ area. May be able to talk my wife into using one but most likely scinario is a primary machine & a backup machine. Right now I am looking at the Docs Gold Screamer kit with Lithium batteries. Also thinking an 8" Mono coil would be a good start for extra coils. Make sense? Recomendations? Would be interested in gently used if someone has one.

Thanks guys, I will ck both of those out. My history is all VLF (GB 2 & GM 2) so all I know is little coil for little bits & big coil for bigger bits deeper... BUT, I love learning!

As I watch for additional coils, what model detectors use the same coil? Both machines have 11" round coils simply labled "GP Series". As I understand these are DD coils? I understand the DDs handle extreme mineralzation batter but the monos go deeper?

Swegin, both machines come to life with both batteries (charged them both) and thats about all I can tell for now with 2' of snow in my back yard & stuck in town. Rvpopeye, you asked for it! Lets start with both of these machines are the SD2100 v2. Is the v2 different from the standard 2100 or were they all v2s? I see aftermarket Gold Screamer LI battery kits but the listed voltage is 8v at full charge while the batteries that came with the machines are 6v. Issues?

I would like to think so... Now I will be the guy asking all the sd2100 questions and putting more money in goodies than the detector is worth. Just like buying a gun or atv🤷‍♂️😉