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My friend, I've always said the problem with people... Is people. Same goes for neighbors, my nearest is a half mile away. 😀 I've lived in both rural and urban areas, and very much prefer rural life, especially in the South. I've learned to be gracious and complimentary with these people, this place is harder than most to become part of, the traditions here go back to the 1600s, and it hasn't changed much. Cross one of them and you're toast. 😳 I find that getting one permission can lead to many more, the folks here seem to be vicariously interested in the hobby and seeing you succeed, especially if you're interested in their history. Let them talk as long as it takes. 🙂 Don't be in a hurry. Probably isn't the same everywhere!

Thanks! Considering I usually don't find silver at most of my permissions, it's a huge bonus. 👍 I honestly think I've improved at looking for it. 🤔

Thank you Matt. That's my main intent, to educate those new to the hobby, to inspire others to get out there, and just a touch of braggadocio (without arrogance). 🤣 I want the people who have helped me progress in this hobby to get some pride in return, individuals too numerous to mention now. Chase Goldman has been the most inspiring. It's been a humbling but rewarding couple of years!

Good on ya man! That rig is pricey, but it's at the top of the heap.👍

Never heard of it, going to look it up. 👍 It would be cool if true, as long as it's affordable 🤔

Today I invited Chase down to go to the old farm we went to last week. It's a huge farm with a central house that is long gone but some of the barns and the kitchen cellar hole are still there. We have permission to dig most anywhere. It started out pretty warm and only got better. Ended up at about 67 with very light wind. Perfect metal detecting day! I got there early, while waiting for Chase I got a WW1 service button and an old pocket knife in a field next to this one, it had been limed so it was like walking on the moon. For quite a while I wasn't finding much but a couple wheats, and tons of very, very good sounding trash. 😵 We went to the farmhouse site and started searching around late in the day, I went out into the front field and found literally nothing. 😀 I came back to the farmhouse, and Chase said he just found a silver coin, and I should search around there while he went elsewhere. Well that was a very nice thing for me! I turned around, took a couple of swings, and got a 91 on the D2. Today I was using the remote and the 13" coil. Dug a little and it went up to 93. About 6" down in the side of the plug I saw it, a 1904 Barber quarter! This is only the second one I've ever found. I was thrilled. First was a 1903. I swept my coil near the hole and got a jumbled 78, filled the other hole, and immediately dug a buffalo nickel with no date. As soon as that was out I got a 91 again, and dug a 1906 Barber dime! 🥳 Both coins are in pretty good shape. Filled that hole in and got a 95 nearby, for some reason it ended up being an old wheat. 🤔 It didn't end there. 😀 After digging all the stuff below: Got an 1896 IHP, and 4 wheats total, from 1912 to 1952 D. A rein guide, and a small cracked brass ring. No inscription. Then I was hunting next to the cellar hole and got this: It's either an 1800, 1803 or 1808 Draped Bust half cent. Wish I could get that last number. It was a 91, buried about 5" down under a brick. The reverse is so toasted you can barely see the wreath. I thanked Chase for his grace today, that was really nice, I didn't do so well the last time. He did good too, we both walked away with silver. 🥳 At one point I stopped to talk to a farmer that was "ripping" the field to loosen and aerate it, and ended up getting another 100ish acre permission a few miles away, one that has never been hunted (according to him) and used to be part of a very famous plantation here. YES! 👍 Here's my trash, horrendous today but no iron. Relic Reaper did its job. Those two huge solid copper washers sounded off like half dollars.

That's a great trash to finds ratio Sirius, you're doing great. 👍

Let's get "serious", you're on to a great spot. 😁 I wouldn't post much info on that place, but I'd sure be researching and posting the coins. 🤔 Dates/mintmarks matter. Sad that there isn't a fool proof way to clean silver coins, especially when beach crusted. 😵 If you rub them with your fingers in a field, they get scratched. Excellent stuff you've been posting, "seriously" 😀. Good job. 👍 I'd be interested in your trash to finds ratio! Also if you could take sharper photos of both sides, you would greatly appease our resident numismatist. I couldn't be more Sirius about that. 🤪

Most likely no. Not only do I dislike the practices employed in marketing and selling the tool, I am convinced that another detector in this price range is equally or more powerful/useful from what has been presented thus far regarding the M-core. I currently own and use that other detector. I can't even see myself upgrading my Equinox 600, it's great. I've used it successfully for over two years, and have somewhat outgrown it. 🙂 I pretty much started the abuse of the name in this forum, and have only backed off because I haven't thought of any funnier substitute names lately. 🤣 The rest of y'all did a great job. 😁 Clearly this is an Equinox forum, so I won't be discussing why I feel this way here. I did however do that where appropriate, but if a question appeared in Advice and Comparisons, I'd use up most of my ammo again 🤔

Standing and seated Liberty coins are kinda rare, and even more so when beach hunting, as usually they were hunted out long ago. They're pretty old. Seated coins run from 1837-1891, Standing Liberty from 1916 to 1930. Most all are over 100. Barber coins were in between them, from 1892 to 1915. Here's a Barber I found in a farm last year: They will generally be more toasted at the beach, I find mine relic hunting in farms which are not kind to some coins but usually not silver or gold. Always research your coin finds, there's a slim chance you've found a valuable one. Ask here if you are lost! 🙂 Of course the more scratched and corroded they are, they will be worth less. Silver is one of the easiest metals to find due to its high conductivity, this is why most are gone from the more popular places. Storms will uncover them from time to time if there is massive erosion. One day I was on a local beach last summer and found this copper that blew my mind: It's an 1816 Spanish 8 Maravedis. 🤯 Someone must have lost their lucky coin.

Never used a strap either, I like just setting the detector down and digging/pinpointing. Been using 1/4" sticky back neoprene myself, cut to size. Stuff wears like iron.

Amazon and eBay should have killed brick and mortar, but thankfully they didn't. Bought my last two detectors from a brick and mortar and I'm glad I did. They set up and test every detector they sell. 👍

Thanks Doc! I believe that too, they couldn't have covered all 200 acres. I did get this last week, and a mercury dime a year and a half ago. Also 2/3ds of a Trime. It was in a random spot in a place they wouldn't have gone. Local report says they were there every day for 3 weeks, and they didn't have permission from the primary owner. Seems some hunters have nighthawked it too. Going to try different detectors, settings and stuff there. 🙂

I think someone asked this question a short while back 🤔 I don't have the 6" round, the 10x5 is really a 9.5x5, and it's been on my Equinox for almost 2 years. No need to use anything else for relic or beach hunting. Going to try the 15" eventually, but I've kind of outgrown my 600.

Thank you! I have sensitivity on high, I'll try lowering it. Just remembered the MI-6 will do pretty much the same thing with sensitivity at 50, but I've gotten so used to it that it doesn't bother me anymore 😀

Thanks man, metal detecting is such a big part of my life now that it opens the door to some great presents with help 😉 she also got me this journal. I blurred it a bit to keep it clean: 🤣 A bad hip and two bad knees keep her from hunting with me, so I take her to dinner every time I find silver or gold, and she usually gets the gold too 😀 sometimes the silver if it's a ring. Wish I could fill her jewelry case up as fast as you would! 👍 if she liked relics as much she'd be rich 😎

No hurry and no worries! It's not for everyone, got a good enough representative sample with what I sent out. We all know what works for some isn't universal. Some are going to use it and say whaaa? The only thing I've ever found deep with it so far is that Civil War bit boss a while back, but that was a big hunk of brass. Most of what I find is in the top 4-8". Sometimes it impresses me with its accuracy with iron, and simple lifting tells on most aluminum except the deep stuff. It's a departure for sure. 😀 Thanks!

The Cap'n answered my question! 😀 Nice job, glad it's working for you. 👍

Thanks man! 😀 I looked for the Motus handles when SteveG mentioned them, and see that they're still out of stock 😵 if anyone knows where I can get one I want to try it. I have no problem with the Raptors due to where I mount them. I carry a beach scoop differently than a shovel, but I know what you mean! I wanted a 62" shaft, but getting one is expensive. I'm talking $500+ expensive, so I'm happy supporting Steve, he's been really good to me. 2.5mm CF and custom widths make his easy to consider. Less work, more fun 😀

Well it's my birthday, I can get hands on my new beach scoop and show it here. My fabulous wife bought me a Dune Titanium beach scoop, I have a great CooB stainless scoop too but wanted to try and build the lightest scoop I could but the most unbreakable. We will see how this plays out. A couple weeks ago I finally cracked the PVC shaft for my CooB scoop while digging at a local beach with notoriously heavy sand. @Jeff McClendon was right, but the laminated bamboo insert saved the day, and it's still not broken. However, the shaft flexes a lot more so I retired it. I've had great luck with @steveg's Detector Rods, I have one for the Deus 2 and my Equinox 600, they're excellent, so I figured he'd also make a heckuva shaft for a beach scoop. Since I got a new scoop, I ordered one for both. I was not disappointed. Here's the scoop, I sent pics of the welds to a friend who has welding experience, he said it looks good. 👍 For those of you who don't know, Titanium is extremely light, strong, and corrosion resistant. The grayish look is what you want to see, it's an oxidation that helps prevent corrosion. Water only makes it better. That's why you see airplanes that have been underwater for a long time still intact. The only downside is that using pure titanium is expensive, I hope this one is, it will cost you $250 for even a small one, and the price goes up to $600+ for other name brands. That's just the scoop, the shaft is additional, so expect to pay a minimum of about $400 for one. Expect to pay about $300 for a large quality stainless scoop and shaft. Above is my new dynamic duo, CooB stainless on the left, and Dune on the right. Both are 2mm metal, very strong. I've used the CooB for 2 years now and it still looks new, I just rinse it after it's been in the water. I was pleased that the Dune was the same thickness. On both of them I add a Raptor handle, they're cheap and really strong. They come with rubber inserts, and I install them just forward of the balance point (toward the shaft cap) once the scoop is attached to the shaft using a 2" 14/-20 stainless bolt with a stainless Nylock nut. Steve puts a plug in the bottom of his shafts to make that point strong, drilling a 1/4" hole made me a bit nervous, and he told me not to use a retaining screw that ships with the Raptor. You could use it on a wood handle but the torque would crack and split carbon fiber. The tough rubber inserts prevent slipping and cracking the handle, do not overtighten the bolts! Steve's shafts are 2.5mm CF so they're a little heavier, and would be less prone to crushing, but I can see that easily happening. Weight? The assembled CooB rig weighs 4.5 pounds, and the Dune 2.9. the Dune is also smaller. The Dune is a 6.5 inch scoop, and the CooB is about 9 inches. Each will have its use, and backs up the other. An expensive project but fun, I hope they will last a long time now.

That's entirely possible, what settings do you use? Mine will work for a bit and then start beeping like crazy 🤪 turn it off and on and it works again, but repeats.

One nice thing is that it seems you can connect the same WSA II headphone to both the Deus 2 RC, and the WS6 Master without having to re-pair afterward. That's great because I could use the same WSA II with both, but I bought a second and wrote "WS6" on it. 🤣 Nice to have a backup too. 😎

Excellent review! Nothing I like better than plain honest talk and expertise with technology. 👍I don't have the "intestinal fortitude" to do videos, and am glad that you are out there. I know how much time it takes to edit. Thanks for your Silver Slayer program for the Deus, it's a great tool to use when all else fails, and I can count on it. I don't want to disparage the M-core and certainly not the CTX, but let's just say your review rang a few bells for me. 😀 I'm hoping the coming update doesn't change a lot, a consistent remark I've seen for the Deus 2 is that people are happy with the current version despite its quirks, no matter what version. 😎 I'm convinced that the coil offset is for keeping you from detecting your shoes. 🤣

Gotta say of all the detectors coming out recently, this one intrigues me the most (V80). I both love and hate the Pinpointer Max, it saved me from digging a lot of iron before I got my D2, and every now and again today. The build quality is outstanding. It drives me nuts when it starts freaking out. Having a discriminating pinpointer is a real bonus for relic hunting. For sure the reviews will tell. It sure has some interesting features.

Beautiful countryside and a great find, looked like a pleasant day as well. 👍 What more could you ask for? I'm liking the WS6 very much, so light and easy to maneuver. Hope to get a cover for it soon, ordered one from the UK since no one makes them here. Should be here someday 🙄 😀