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Very nice find kac! That coin is certainly something you don't see every day, much less dig one. Well done!

That design of the US service button was introduced in 1902. I look forward to your beach experiences with the D2. 🙂

Cool finds! It looks like you're getting pretty comfortable with your D2. Well done!

And you'll probably be detecting parts that fall off of the robot too... maybe you can sell those back to the county for a good price! 😉

The Marine and Air Corps pins are hat emblems as indicated bythe screw on backs. It also appears you have another brooch and maybe a lipstick tube. Great finds!

Yeah I couldn't image a single A 1.5V battery would have enough juice to run the coil long if it was drained. I figured there would have been some workarounds figured out by the D1 owners that would also work for the D2. It seems like a magnetic charging system would be a nice feature for the D3.

Thanks for the replies. 4 hour run time didn't sound right to me but I have to investigate all aspects of a major purchase. And thank you Bob for testing the live charge trick. It's good to know there is a fail safe design. 😎👍

I've been hearing about the D2 coils having a considerably shorter run time per charge than the remote and headhones, depending on the programs used, in some cases only lasting 4 hours or so. If that is the case, will the XP Emergency Charger work on the D2 coils and can you still detect while charging the coil (in a dry environment only, of course)? XP Emergency Charger

Dang, nice one midalake! That looks like a good day, well done!

How about a robot with a hidden coil underneath? But seriously, if they want to clean the beaches just give every detectorist a trashbag and the beaches will be spotless. I always carry a trash bag when I detect. It's not something I enjoy doing, but it promotes good will and I never get a complaint or frown when people see me pick up a piece of trash. In fact it changes some of their minds towards detectorists and I've had people come up to me and thank me for helping to keep a park or beach clean.

I noticed a lot of Youtubers don't always fill their holes and some fill them off camera, but I was at the beach last week and saw 2 guys detecting as fast as they could go and didn't fill a single hole. So I just plodded along behind them filling their holes and getting the targets they missed. Sorry back on topic... XP Deus II on the beach... yeah!

That certainly puts things into perspective. People get caught up in the hype too much and disregard the reality.

I just got back from the TC and I've never seen so much sand! From Melborne to Ft. Pierce, it looks like they have put down two to three times the sand they did a year ago and I overheard some workers at Seagrape discussing where they were going to put the next loads, so they're not done yet. It's going to take a monster storm to clear some of that off. On an interesting note, I pulled a modern penny from 16 inches down in the low beach, so I was getting some depth, but nowhere close to deep enough for the old stuff. Here's a shot of Turtle Trail last week.

Great finds again! It looks like it's going to be a nice Spring and with so much history in your "neighborhood", I can't wait to see what you find next. Thanks for taking us along on another fun adventure!

Excellent saves and the silver cap is very cool! It looks like you're getting that D2 figured out fast. Well done!

I'm sure there has to be some D2 books in the works or is it too early in the release for the writing to have begun?

Hey SteveG, I saw these online and thought of you. I don’t know if this could be adapted somehow to the S-shaft or for a mount to the straight shaft and these are for Deus 1 and Orx, so I don’t know if they would work for the D2, but maybe they would give you some ideas. Deus Remote Adapter

Very cool finds and that eagle button is gorgeous, well done!

SteveG of Steve's Detector Rods could probably make you a straight CF shaft for diving. He does custom work. Steve's Detector Rods

It sounded like an awesome idea when I first heard about it, but there are so many problems with trying to make an app that will work perfectly and the same across all available cell phones platforms and models. I think XP has a huge jump on wireless technology for detecting, but even they haven't successfully developed a phone app. I think the phone detector is still a little way out there yet.

But it also has Cool Features: Cool features: ● Completely wireless. No messy wiring to deal with! ● Bluetooth 4.0 allows for simultaneous connection of your smartphone, headphones, and smartwatch. ● Multitone support generates different sounds for different metals. ● Lightweight foldable design. Take your detector everywhere! ● App Integrated Tutorials for easy learning. ● Advanced Metal Discrimination Algorithm. Find your gold and ignore the rest! Preset programs for coins, large treasures, beach detecting, etc. ● Pin-pointer mode. Locate your treasure with up to 0.5-inch precision! ● Ground Balance Auto Adjustment Algorithm: increase your sensitivity up to 30% in complicated soils ● Magnet port for easy coil charging.

Here's some specs from Serious: Technical specifications: ● Battery: 900 mAh ● Coil size and type: 9.5 inches/DD ● Coil battery life: 10-12 h ● Frequency: 7.5 kHz ● Metal detector type: IB VLF ● Signal processing: Digital ● Wireless module: Bluetooth 4.0 ● Wireless connection distance: up to 30 ft. (10 m) ● Coil updates via Bluetooth But at $450 it seems a little pricey.

I can'y speak for all aftermarket CF shafts, but the S-Shaft with 11" coil, Control Pod, and Arm Cuff mounted weighs exactly the same as my first other brand 2-piece CF shaft, 2.8 pounds, which is around 1.5 ounces lighter than the ML stock setup.

No, Thank You, Steve! You've definitely raised the bar! 😎

Sometime last fall, I was reading an interesting ongoing debate about S-Shafts vs Straight Shafts. My older detectors both have S-shafts and my Equinox has a straight. Since I have used my Nox way more than the other two detectors, I really didn't have any frame of reference to get into that debate. I did notice that the stock shaft of the Nox did feel nose heavy with the 11 inch coil and more so with the 12x15 inch coil. I swung the 11" most of the time and after the first year it was beginning to cause arm and shoulder pain when using more than a few hours. I'm sure that has as much to do with my aging 67 year old arms as it does with the shaft, but I was not about to give up detecting over a little arm pain. So I began searching for alternatives to help keep me going. I looked at and tried a couple of harness and bungie type devices, and while they do help, I didn't like to being spider-webbed to my detector and having to fiddle with disconnecting everytime I wanted to lay it down. Enter the Carbon Fiber Shaft. I started looking at carbon fiber shafts because they were lighter than the stock ML shaft, so I thought, "lighter is better, right?". I waded through many brands that were offered through various online venues and settled on one I found that looked good. To be fair, it was a nicely made shaft and lighter than the stock shaft, but it did nothing to relieve the nose heaviness or the arm pain. So the search continued. After joining the DetectorProspector forum, I came across a thread about counter balances for the Nox shaft and Steve's Detector Rods. While adding weight to the shaft seemed a little counter intuitive to me, I contacted SteveG and he explained in great detail the science of balance, fulcrums, and weight distibution as it applies to metal detecting. Not only was he very knowlegable, he listen to my ideas and concerns as well and worked to reach a good solution taylored to my size, arm length, and swing style and he even made it in a 3-piece travel shaft so I could pack it in my suitcase. Needless to say the counter balance worked perfectly, no more pain with the large coils. As my arms seemed to have strengthened a bit since I can detect more with no pain, I only use the counter weight with the 12x15 inch coil now. Enter the Carbon Fiber S-Shaft. When SteveG announced he was looking for beta-testers for his new S-Shaft design, I threw my hat in the ring out of curiosity more than anything. I am perfectly happy with the travel shaft he made for me and am using it as my main shaft, but I wanted to compare a straight and S-shaft directly to see what the differences were for myself. I figured I had no chance of getting one to test but I was pleasantly surprised when a brand new beta shaft showed up at my door at the end of December. I had to wait a week for the snow to clear a bit to begin my week of testing. The first thing I noticed was it was about an ounce and a half lighter than the stock shaft and my travel shaft. The prototype S-Shaft weighed 8.5 ounces (240g) without control pod, cuff, and coil, and with the pod, cuff, and 11 inch coil mounted weighs 2.8 pounds (1277g) total. The ML shaft weighs 10 ounces (283.5g) without accessories, and with pod, cuff, and 11 inch coil mounted weighs 2.9 pounds (1320g). So the S-Shaft saves about 1.5 ounces (42.5g) in weight. The first coil I tried on the S-shaft was the 6 inch coil and it was ridiculously light. It was like swing a pencil on the end of the shaft with so much control I could have written my name in the sand with it, except I was on grass. I then moved to the 10x5 inch coil and while I've been using the 10x5 for a year on my straight shaft and love it, I noticed more precise control with the S-shaft. Is it game changing control with the S-Shaft? I think that is in the arm of the beholder, but for me it was noticible enough to warrant ordering one for myself. The real surprise for me was when I mounted the 11 inch coil. I didn't expect it to do any better than the straight shaft, but again, the S-shaft seemed to be more responsive to my arm movements with the 11" and I worked with it for 5 hours continously with no arm fatigue, again adding to my decision to order one. The 12x15 inch coil was responsive as well, but after a few hours, I was missing that counter weight as my arm began to ache a bit, so I like the big coil on my straight shaft with the counter weight. SteveH described the differences between straight and s-shafts in more detail which reflects what I found in my tests. SteveG works tirelessly to make sure his customers get what they need and want. I can't recommend him and his shafts enough. Are they the ultimate shaft? That's for you to decide, but for me they are. 😎