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That's a fair haul of the yellow stuff,very well done.

Regis,very well done on getting your new Manticore mate,some decent find on the 1st time out with it.

It sounds like a very novel idea,but the market for a metal detecting game and the folks who would actually part with money the buy it would be very very small i would have thought....of course i seriously hope that i am wrong and you make a go of it.

Just a quick update on the Coiltek 10x5 coil,the bottom line it performs exactly as folks have mentioned it would do and more,basically it has not come of my Nox since i put the coil on......well pleased with it and just suits my roman/saxon sites a treat. 6'' coil has not be used since i purchased the Coiltek coil,stock coil has only been used maybe 2-3 times since i got the machine 4 years back and the 15x12 has only been used 6-7 times.Certainly dont regret buying the 10x5 and the biggest bonus is that because i have a wrist problem after coming of a bike decades ago i can finally swing a detector all day again without any issues. Thanks again folks for all your input/advice etc.

Welcome to the forum from the UK,you certainly have a decent detector and good luck.

If you are looking more for relic/hoards etc over say specific gold in bad ground conditions then possible a Nexus MP may be the way forward as these machines will cope with very bad soil conditions and also have discrimination as well.This is the reason why i have 2 Nexus machines as they certainly are encroaching on GPX performance and may even be deeper especially with the big dual coils on. Of course only a suggestion.

Welcome from just north of Londinium 🙂

Welcome to the forum,regards from the UK.

Jeff,i am finding the Nox 600/800 shaft setup a real issue with my right wrist after a bike accident years ago,although they are great detectors the large hand grip and angle of the grip is not the best.....currently i have a UK after market light weight shaft which is much lighter and does help and also currently using the lighter Coiltek 10x5 coil which also reduces weight as well and even a harness. Went out for almost all day detector session but with the T2 but the Nox is the main machine that i am concentrating on though,currently looking at mounting my Nox control box on a spare Golden Mask shaft that Steve has used and will see how that works out over the next few weeks.Making slight headway in the reduction of weight and making the rig more enjoyable to swing for a full days session.

Certainly a Big old Beast for sure,of course its not your everyday use coil but would be great for hoard hunting here in the UK though 🙂

Welcome from just north of London.

A total stab in the dark here but i dont think i am wrong 'UK Tester and Coiltek and Minelab' = Gordon Heritage 🤣🤣🤣

Yes,i still use a 11.5'' Concentric coil on my Nexus MP which is also a Analogue machine at the same time,not all the time i will admit but on Roman/Saxon sites which can have alot of trash on the sites then its a deadly combination,the recovery speed is amazing and running 24khz is great for silver/gold hammered coinage. So yes the Concentric coil still has its place in my detecting arsenal,also use small concentric coils ie 4'' on my Tesoro based machines for when mud larking in a few of my local river crossing fords,its a must have coil when when mudlarking on the Thames.

Don,welcome from just North of London in the UK.

For me it is the original Black Garrett pinpointer it still keeps working after many many years of use,forgot the last time i put new battery in it but always carry a new spare one anyway,i also have the XP Mi-6 as a backup and of course when i use my Deus then i can hear it through my headphones.

Welcome from the UK,although we dont as such search for nuggets here we do have alot of history and some amazing finds going back 2000 years or so.

If i lived near any form of nugget producing region and only done that type of detecting occasionally i would use my Deus HF elliptical running the very highest freq,that could be a decent setup for nugget hunting and the weight is also very good as well....of course i have never done it because i live in the UK.

Looks like a very good coil and should give you some decent depth,i use a dual 9'' coil on my Standard SE and albeit wont be as deep as the dual 16'' coil but i am finding that mine will still single small coins size objects as well as of course larger artefacts. On my Nexus MP although i own 4 coils the 2 main ones are the 11'' Concentric and the 8x6 Coil,the preferred on is the smaller one those which does work rather well on trashy sites.

Amazing find,very well done,not a common find here in the UK.

In situations like that here in the UK i tend to use a very small coil ie 5''-6'' with a fast recovery speed,in my case the T2 with the 5'' coil is my preferred weapon of choice,but in ultra extreme cases i have even used a Tesoro machine with a 4'' coil on it......swing very slowly and methodically.

How do they ship the XP MI-6 pinpointer to the US i am assuming from France in the 1st place ?? so i cannot see any reason as the batteries are in the pinpointer all ready,if they had been loose then i would say possibly not....of course i could be wrong as i dont live across the Pond.

Welcome from just North of Londinium 😉

That is a total thing of beauty,very well done,how old roughly would that be ?? we find occasionally similar arrow heads here in the UK but they are 1000s of years old but not sure how that would relate to across the pond.

For those folks who are not aware this is the Hoxne Hoard that folks are on about and found with the Silver Sabre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxne_Hoard

Looks like a Tesoro Silver Sabre 2,could be wrong though,a very old classic machine and even the company no longer exists,is still own one but very rarely used these days.