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  1. 13 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

    The CoilTek coils fill in the specialized situational capability  gaps between the 3 ML coil offerings.  They are not do it all coils like the ML 11” stock coil, but have specific strengths for certain detecting situations (max depth, separation, coverage, water hunting) because they use coil footprints not offered by the ML accessory coil offerings.

    As noted by Tom above: the 5x10 provides similar separation and constrained area swing capability to the ML 6” round but with 10” swing coverage so you don’t have to tiptoe around a site to get overlapping swing coverage like you have to with the 6”.

    The 15” round provides potentially maximum depth capability than even the largest ML coil which is limited to only 12” width even though it has 15” length.  The downside to this 15” coil is weight and susceptibility to ground noise in mineralized dirt and potentially less sensitivity to very small targets.

    The third CoikTek coil is a heavy weighted elliptical coil designed to give more coverage but less hydrodynamic coil drag than the stock coil when water hunting.  

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    Interesting thanks.

    I was looking to get a bigger coil for my Equinox 800 to go deeper on beaches, the 15'' coiltek a good option?

    Only have the stock coil at the moment.

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  2. I came back to the forum to try and find out what the point of these coiltek coils are.

    They are more expensive than the actual minelab ones, what is the actual advantage of buying them?

    People seem to be promoting these Coiltek coils all over facebook but they don't say why you shouldn't just by one made by Minelab.

    Coiltek say they are approved by Minelab, why would they approve these? Won't that cost them money?

  3. I was wondering if it could be a good idea store corroded metal detecting finds in a container of oil?

    I have old bits and pieces made of copper etc. and it probably isn't good for them in the long term to be out in the air for oxidation reasons.

    What I was thinking of doing was filling a container with vegetable oil and putting them all into it for long term storage, until I can find a better place to store them, think this is a good idea or could it damage them? Maybe there is another type of preservation liquid?

  4. From their facebook page:
     

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    Dear members and backers! 
    We are finally launching the assembly of the first batch of the product. All parts and components are in stock and the first coils have been finished and tested. 
    Also the final version of the Apple app has been filed with Apple Store and will be released as soon as they finish their evaluation and compliance process. Play Store app will follow shortly. 
    While waiting for the production, our developers have managed to add even more functions to the device. We now have Fast Tones, Threshold Tone and a Hot Rocks mode for highly mineralized hot stones. 
    We are also done with box design (see the graphics attached).
    One piece of bad news though. 
    Due to us having to prioritize the printing of the plastics to one color first, we have full set of parts to assemble units in Air Force Gray since it was by far the most popular choice with our backers and customers. For those who ordered their AIR MD in Kickstarter Green we are happy to swap the color or ship as ordered when plastics are finally ready but this may take some time. Sorry for the inconvenience but financing the manufacturing of 2000 full sets of parts (1000 minimum order in each color) proved to be challenging with our limited ability to market the product due to all the Covid restrictions we are stuck with. We expect strong sales after the product finally lands in your hands and will order parts as soon as we have some revenue inflow. 
    On the positive side we are proud to confidently claim that we have achieved wireless signal transmission speeds matching the fastest wired detectors our there with a Bluetooth coil. Hope you like it.
    More pictures and updates from production soon and thanks again for believing in us! 
    Your AIR MD team.


     

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  5. 14 hours ago, PhaseTech said:

    Just not sure on the demand for non-waterproof machines would be, as there are so many waterproof options these days. But there would definitely be demand for a waterproof version of the Racer platform, i.e. some of the weight under the armrest. I'm thinking lighter weight CTX3030, or waterproof Impact with some grams shaved off. But waterproof means great for beach use, so would team up nicely with Multi Frequency, or even PI. 

    But in saying that, the chunkier shaft of the Anfibio feels nicer in the hand than the Kruzers even though it is a little heavier. It is real nice to swing with some of the smaller coil options. 

    I don't detect underwater but I love detecting in the rain so would only get a waterproof detector.

    They say detectors run so much quieter in the rain because wet soil can be more conductive, you get a lot less 'chatter', they say the detectors also find things deeper.

    I definitely notice a difference between detecting when the ground is dry and wet, I can run the detectors with sensitivity maxed out in the rain and there is hardly any 'chatter'.

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  6. On 10/11/2020 at 8:03 PM, Chase Goldman said:

    Yep, if the name of the game is using a suboptimized and overburdened electronic device like a phone to do the heavy lifting, minimal price advantage, you can forget about using this in water, phone already gets terrible battery life, no option to use with only headphones like Deus.  Yes, a game changer indeed, but not in a winning sense IMO.

    I've not looked at technical specs, what kind of phone has the same processing power as an Equinox 800 or Deus?

    These days you can get some pretty cheap phones with hefty computing power.

  7. There is a message on their facebook from the 5th of October, people will be receiving their detectors towards the end of this month.

    This could be a game changer, will be interesting to see what the reviews are like.

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    Dear Members and Backers,

    We have been working hard on getting your detectors in the best shape possible.

    Progress report:

    1. The first batch of housings is made and waiting for assembly.

    2. We are finishing box design (will need your opinion on the final version) and the new web site design.

    3. The app is almost ready too.

    4. After a long fight with our production partners we managed to get the parameters of the coil to be within prototype margins with regards to coil weight. It took us a while. We know. To get there we had to change the coil filament 6 times since the CE certified components required for use in target markets where heavier than those used by our team in prototyping and preproduction.

    5. With the coil finalized the certification process for CE Mark, ROHS and the rest has been started. Should take about two weeks.

    So going to the big questions about deliveries - we expect to have first batches ready in about 20 days. More updates to come soon.

    Your AIR MD team

     

     

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  8. On 8/22/2020 at 12:27 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

    If NokMak wants me to put my Equinox down they need to work on adding more tone options, especially multi tone. Keep that true threshold based all metal mode. Add recovery speed, and we probably have a deal.

    Are you using an Equinox 800? Is that still the best detector in that price range? 

    My simplex just stopped working, I'm thinking of replacing it with an Equinox 800.

    I like the simplex, will get the gen 2 if it has simultaneous multi frequency and more tone breaks etc.

    I wish detector manufacturers would just put normal Bluetooth transmitters in their detectors so that any headphones or earphones could pair with the detector, but I guess they want to make extra money by only being able to sell their own headphones for the devise.

  9. 10 hours ago, Geotech said:

    Steve's reply is very accurate. MF trades off raw depth for other benefits. For any given MF detector, it will go slightly deeper in a SF mode depending on the target. Ferinstance, in MF mode the White's V3 will detect a nickel & quarter very equally. In 2.5k-only mode it gets the quarter deeper than MF but the nickel less; in 22.5k-only mode it gets the nickel deeper but the quarter less.

    Also, an MF machine is a wide-band design and will tend to be noisier than a dedicated SF machine which is narrowband. An MF machine run in SF mode is very likely still wideband and not as potentially quiet as a dedicated narrowband SF machine.

     

    What evidence is there that a MF loses depth in MF mode?

    What do you mean by a MF machine will be 'noisier'?

    I'm looking at getting a MF detector, currently have the Nokta Simplex but don't like it as there is too much chatter even with low sensitivity and ground balance.

    The MF machines I'm looking at are the Minelab Vanquish 540, Minelab Equinox 600 or 800, or the new Garrett Ace Apex. There is unclear information about what frequencies they use then in multi-frequency mode, and what difference it makes. The Apex doesn't have 40khz for example. 

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