RickUK

That truly is a amazing deal for someone,if you had been in the UK i would have snatched your hand off as a back up machine for hoard hunting.

Mitchel,do you mean hang the GPX from the control box rather than from say half way down the shaft ?? i have a Hipstick as well as a full harness but absolutely hate being strung up all the time with the HS.....i use the over the shoulder Garrett sling and it works really well.

I personally use the Detech 11'' DD AI coil on my 4500 because of the Iron Rejection on my Saxon/Roman sites,we dont tend to nugget hunt here in the UK......but my favourite coil when i can locate on is the 10'' DD elliptical but i think i have located a new one and will have it by the end of the month. The reason i went for the Detech DD AI coil was the fact that the only site that really requires the AI is a roman trading villa sites which is about 40 acres and right next door to the site is massive pumping station which emits no end of EMI and also the ground is almost black due to high mineral content,so the weapon of choice for this site is a GPX and also the DD AI coil and it does work exceptionally well.

Hope the new elliptical coil is not just solely high freq for gold prospecting,but more along the lines of the brilliant D1 coil as that is a truly magical combination for roman/saxon sites especially for hammered silver/gold hammered coinage......i recently got the upgrade kit for my D1 never regretted it for sure and was a very reasonable price as well £519 including delivery. The D1 is my backup machine these day,and the Nox stays at home in the cupboard and rarely gets used.

Jeff,that is a very interesting reply back from XP regarding the Mono prog,here in the UK the ground is very every mild compared with many other countries,so although 1-2 of my sites have very high mineral content for the most part i still prefer to use single freq,for many years using Deus1 it produced some amazing find for me,but recently got a Deus2 and must admit slightly disappointed in multi freq. So after try different permutations have settled on the Deus 2 Mono settings with few tweaks,and i also noticed that it kits better on Mono on the later Deus than the original Deus.....so ingoing will be using Mono @17.5/25 khz.

Roger,not alot i am afraid,the TDI Pro sits in the cupboard gathering dust,its that good condition wise it looks like it came off the production line 20 mins ago,and also the allied coils that i got with it.....these days i purchased a mint condition only used 2-3 times GPX for peanuts and that is my preferred choice out of the 2.....and of course the GPX coils that i got for the TDI Pro are going to be used on the GPX.

I must admit i never ever watch these types of video because they can/are manipulated very easily,it all depends who the video makers allegiance is with,rather than a total unbiased video. With me i always wait a minimum of 12-18 months time from the time the detector or any related equipment goes on sale before i even consider buying said machine/equipment this is so that i can see if any major flaws start appearing and rest assured they do happen. I waited 2 years before i recently purchased my Deus 2 and must admit it has turned out to be a game changer for me,of course what works for me purchasing a new detector is probably totally different to almost everyone else.

During the hot summer months i use the XP WSA II Wireless Headphones and for when i want to cut outside noise out or during the winter months i use a after market full cup ones using the XP WSA II puck,which i must admit works exceptionally well. I also carry as a backup a set of XP wired back phones just incase but as yet never had the need to use them,always best to be prepared,as some times i can travel some distance to a dig and dont want to pack up and come back home again due to equipment failure,but i always carry a full Deus 1 with me anyway as they fold up into a small package in my bag. Always liked the Deus 1 for many years as it was deadly on our silver hammered coinage,but the D2 is in a totally different league.

Welcome from just North of London.

Sven,great to see you posting again about your detector mods,still have my Laser B1 and 3 with the 4'' coils on,Silver Sabre,Compadre and the Laser Trident 2 Extreme.....will have to get a few of them out again and start swinging them.

All i have ever done for testing is my test garden which i have been using for over 20 years,all items are at different depth of normal everyday finds that i would find here in the UK,if the detector/s get the finds then i am a happy chappy........detecting politics about mine goes deeper than yours and all the associated claims just dont interest me what so ever. Air testing is not for me,if folks want to do it then that is fine by me.

Dave,welcome from just north of London.

Saker,welcome from just north of London in the UK.

I use the Doc screamer package on the side of my GPX and then from the ouput of the screamer i use LL BT transmitter to BT headphones that i also use on my Nox....so i can then use 2 detector and only need to carry 1 set of headphones....but always carry a small el-cheapo wired backup set of headphones as well. Cannot praise the Doc screamer pack enough,really is a absolutely high quality piece of kit.

@Muddydogz,you have hit the nail bang on the head and the exact same way of thinking as myself,have been detecting like yourself for a long time infact since 1970. A great post for sure.