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The V-nickel only lasted to 1913, so maybe WWI counterfeit, but it could also be a legit US die. There have been cases of US dies stolen and sold on the black market. Some have been used to produce fake (not produced by a US mint) collectable coins.

That looks like a beautiful spot. I remember you cleaned them out last year. Here's hoping there are some shiny new drops just waiting for you to discover them.

Oh, I see it now. This could be a stamp die for a V-Nickel (the backside), if so that could be very rare. It could also be a wax stamp, although I would think duplicating a US coin would be illegal. Very interesting!

If you have the recent update, it now has a full screen TID option. Deus II V-0.71 Update

Way to clean out that patch and a 3-ringer day to boot. well done!

Yep the photo is backwards, but it looks like a V-Nickel that was mounted in a pendant or keychain. It looks like it was smashed or run over by a heavy vehicle by the damage on the face.

I have not noticed this on mine. While I mainly land hunt, I have exposed the D2 to sand lots, dry, dusty, gritty deserts, and sandy soil conditions, and so far so good. I imagine sandy beaches and salt water are the harshest conditions there are for metal detectors, so I would expect there to be some wear occuring, specially if the detectors were not cleaned properly after each hunt.

Thanks! There were a few trimes found during the hunt, but they were taped to IHPs so people could find them. What an odd VID that must have showed. 😄

The coins were all buried from 1-6 inches. There wasn't much surface trash. This was a popular buffalo hunting area until the end of the 1800s but this has been farm fields since the early 1900s, so there is a lot of deep iron. The baseball field was built in the middle of miles of farm fields in 1930 to provide an entertainment area for surrounding farm communities.

Well not quite a bucket full, but this was a banner day for me! Now in full disclosure, this was a detecting club seeded hunt, but it was my first seeded hunt with the club. Not knowing quite what to expect and still learning the Deus II, I decided to use that. I figured if I found anything at all it would be a win because there were almost 30 much more experienced detectorists hunting in an area roughly the size of a football field. This site has been a favorite place for many area detecting clubs to hold events and has been pounded for years. The whistle blew and it was off to the races with every kind of detector swarming the field. I started off in Park mode and was quickly rewarded with probably the only nail left in the field. I then switched to Relic mode and the field lit up like a pinball machine spitting out bucket lister coins all over the place. As the hour and a half time limit wound down the pickings got slim, so I switched gears and started checking other people's holes and pulled out some more bucket listers. After the final whistle blew we all headed back to clubhouse for lunch and festivities. I poked along the way across the nearby turn of the last century baseball field and hit four more coins (2 tokens & 2 coins). One of the coins was within inches of one of the large bronze base markers. The tiny token, shown in the middle below, was actually found twice because I dropped it somewhere walking to the clubhouse and had to retrace my steps, but the D2 found it again with no problem. In all I ended up with 40 coins. Two 1964 Jefferson Nickels not shown were traded in for lottery tickets... I should have kept the nickels! 😏

I think there are quite a few real world water users in the Deus II part of the forum. Maybe you should ask some of them. XP Deus II DP Forum

Thank you so much, Brad! I was going to make one when I got the time and now I don't have to. This is also very useful for me because I like to track the changes I make to custom programs as I test them. Well done!

Awesome find, well done!

I must say, I've been curious about the Bonephones, but I can't do wired phones anymore and I really don't intend to get submerged anytime soon. 🙂 It would be interesting to see some wireless bonephones or with a standard mini audio plug connected to the puck for land and beach-only use though.

Very interesting! I wonder how much the single and group subscriptions will cost. I already use TectOTrak which was a $9 one time purchase, and it works pretty well, so I can wait for the US version of Go Terrain to be developed. I'm glad XP has moved forward with this, that's a good sign of things to come. 😎

Personally I like the Relic program. It locks on to coins and bottle caps tend to sound a little bigger and fuzzier if they're rusty. I also double check with the Park program with B.Caps at 3-5. Of course you could notch or discrim everything below 90, but some types of pennies will show up in the 80-90 range depending on mineralization and surrounding contamination.

Wow, impressive haul, well done!

Great little tool, well done!

Way to take one for us landlubbers, F350! I appreciate your insights as always. If I ever do decide to get my feet wet, so to speak, I'll take the D2. So far, I've not had the opportunity to beach hunt with the Deus II, but I'm looking forward to giving it a go. The East Coast beaches I've been to in the past have some brutal waves and are very popular with surfers, so I expect to take a beating in the water. 😎

What about someting like these coils wire sleeves? It may give you more protection against your sharp rocks. You could probably find even heavier duty cable sleeves from an electrical supply business or hardware store. Snake Skins Detector Cable Sleeves

All good points, ColonelDan. Other factors that can affect depth and sensitivity are coil size & shape, program settings, swing style & speed, and a myriad of other things, including the user's frame of mind. All those things combined create the real level of depth and sensitivity that can be expected at a given time, location, and condition. I think the quest for the deepest detector is directly related to the increase in competition in the field these days. Many places have simply been picked over from surface to 12 inches down leaving only deeper good targets. With the restricted digging law in my local parks that means no plugs, so deep digging is a no go anyway. If I opened up a 12" hole, the parks department would be on me like a chicken on a Junebug! Now, on the beach it's a different story. I was at the Treasure Coast in early Spring somewhere between the second and third renourishment projects and it seemed like all targets were really deep except surface trash. I pulled a 2012 penny from 14 inches down, so I could have really used a detector that could hit targets at 4 feet down or deeper. 😁 Of course there's the question of practicality. If you could hit a target at 4 feet down on land or sand, would you dig it, and if so, how many 4 foot holes can you dig in a day? For me, it all goes back to the Colonel's observation that accurate target ID is more important than shear depth. A detector that gives you consistantly good target information is going to be more valuable than one that just pings anything deep, IMHO. That's just how it is in my detecting world, but if I go back to the beach, I'm taking ground penetrating radar and a backhoe! 🤣

3D printing is part science and part art. I've been 3D printing parts for my business since 2014 and learned early on that the quality of the machines and the filaments make a huge difference, but top quality is expensive to produce. What you are seeing there is call underhang. It can be caused by many things such as no supports or improper placement of supports, improper cooling, even the type and quality of filament, the list goes on and on. I would guess that these pieces are printed in PETG, which make a very solid part when printed and doesn't require a temp controlled chamber to print in, but can be a finicky on some printers. Also, the support material can fuse too well to the part when printing making it almost impossible to remove cleanly. The printer itself can also be a problem because it looks like it is struggling to print correctly at some angles. There are so many variables that have to be right to get a good clean print. My remote lock had some underhang too, but I just sanded it down with some files. I will say the Detector Doodad guy does a good job of finding things that can be improved on detectors and engineering parts that work, so cudos to him for that. It's quite expensive and time consuming to engineer and prototype parts. I'd do it myself but it would cut way too much into my detecting time. 😏

I agree, I feel like I have all the bases covered now. 😎

Way to go, F350, a 2-fer! Congrats, man, sometimes you just got to listen to those voices in your head, well done! 😉

This one is $10 more but safer and stronger. It is full tang, so the handle won't snap off and it has a cross guard so your hand can't slip up on the blade when you hit a rock under the soil. Just food for thought. Full Tang Hori Hori