Mike_Hillis
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I enjoyed reading your posts on the F5, Vladimir. I liked the modifications too. I didn't like using larger coils on mine just due to it being too nose heavy and how it strained my arm. You fixed that pretty well it looks like. HH, Mike
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A Heck Of A Patriotic Deal
Mike_Hillis replied to JohnnyRox's topic in First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics
First Texas Direct sales has the F-70 at 199.00 right now if some one was interested. F-70 with extra sniper coil at 240.00 HH Mike -
My Nokta Gold Kruzer. It Must Be Me!
Mike_Hillis replied to Lead Detector's topic in Nokta / Makro Metal Detectors
You may be wrapping your coil cable too tight. HH Mike -
Hi Rick, I don't remember if the F19 ground balance circuits will allow the operator to see the gb hole (deadspot) moving around. Most do though, unless the design engineer specifically focused on eliminating it. The Fisher GoldStrike comes to mind as one where the design has no target sensitivity loss due to gb settings as he specifically focused on removing this. Your gb setting is discriminating the ground's phase number(s) but it also has a deadening affect on the nearby numbers too. You can actually mask target responses based upon your gb settings when the gb setting are at or near their extreme ranges. You can test this yourselves with a silver dollar and a very small gold ring. Max out the gb setting on either end of its range while air testing the two target's depth and responses and this will clearly manifest itself in most detectors. I look at it as a useful feature that can be deployed when hunting for target most affected by it. HH Mike
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DD Eclipse Coil - Need Advise
Mike_Hillis replied to TC-AZ's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
Late to the conversation but I use a 12x10 SEF coil when I want more than the D2. I have also found the 13" Ultimate to be a very good coil. HH Mike -
I'm late to the party....90kHz......just make the ground balance manually adjustable over the complete range so the operator can move the gb hole around so he can focus the 90kHz where he wants to. If possible add a fine balance to control the hole size....be nice if you could hear the null ramp down, ramp up, not just a digital break. Audio needs to be responsive to the target....tiny dense targets sounds tiny dense, medium sounds medium, large sounds large. 90 kHz will just be a noise maker in non-ferrous trash unless you give the audio some intelligence. Anyway....my nickel. HH Mike
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Looks like you got a few good diamonds in the mix, too. That man's band with the three diamonds looks like it may have some additional value as well as the diamond ring in the foreground. Pretty nice haul. HH, Mike
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Gold Seeker Finds His Biggest Nugget Yet!
Mike_Hillis replied to Goldseeker5000's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Reese, I admire your reliance on Jesus. I love hearing about answered prayers and also the times He just shows He loves you with little acts of kindness that you know came from Him. Your book was very informative, too. I'm glad I have it in my prospecting library. I also admire your prospector mentality. Hard core, old school, for sure. Old school prospectors were looking for a good strike. Are you looking for a good strike?, or are you just trying to prospect all you can during the open season? HH Mike -
Nice rings! Have you spent any time figuring out why they are there? HH Mike
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I Likely Would Have Not Dug This
Mike_Hillis replied to Kaolin washer's topic in Metal Detecting For Jewelry
Nice save on that chain. Always nice to find a keeper piece of jewelry and eyeballing it counts in my book. Looks like you got your knee bends in for the day, too. I notice the old ring pull in your trash looks new. Is that because of the ground? I'm just curious as my ground corrodes the old ring pulls and they tend to disintegrate somewhat like an old zinc penny. Or maybe its not a old drink ring pull but something else? Looks like a good hunt! HH Mike -
I am not against dig it all, as when I had a hot spot identified, I dug it out clean over time to make it faster to harvest later. However, anything that can possibly give an edge in high non-ferrous trash sites shouldn't be discouraged. Can Target Trace tell shape? Looks to me that it some ability at that. Can Target Trace show roundness vs angles? Looks to me that it has some ability at that. Can Target Trace show density? Looks to me that it has some ability at that. But rather than talk it down I'd be more inclined to buy and try and see if it could indeed do what it looks like it might do and then see if it could improve my trash to treasure ratio. Who knows, maybe, in the right ground, in the right trash, it might be able to tell treasure from trash pretty reliably. But you can't tell that from standing on the outside looking in. Probably a learning curve involved. Might be a good gold chain hunter if it could be dialed in to solid, tiny hits. Audio with a TT check? HH Mike
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If I was to win a big lottery I would consider creating a metal detector company and license with Garrett to take the V3i forward into the future. Find a savvy marketing human that can navigate the world as it is today and can keep up with the changing market place venues. Alas....odds are not in my favor. HH Mike
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I don't think of Fisher after the buyout by First Texas as Fisher. I think of Fisher as First Texas Products. And I think Tom and Dave Johnson have achieved their mutual metal detecting goals and you will not see another headliner out of First Texas until Tom retires and the new guy wants his own metal detector legacy and can find an engineer to provide it. Until then Tom/Dave's legacy in the (T2/F75/Goldbug Pro) will still be around for years to come. My nickel. Mike
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Unable To Find Jewelry In House
Mike_Hillis replied to Manuel's topic in Metal Detecting For Jewelry
You hid a jewelry box (10" x 6" x 4") weighing about 2.5 pounds from thieves while you were gone and now can't remember where you hid it. If it were me, I'd probably sit down and quietly and sincerely ask Jesus to help me find it. The other route would be to drink a couple of glasses of water and try to remember where you last saw it. It is probably in that little room under the stairs, sitting there on top of the door jam. You probably didn't even look when you hooked your arm up there and sit it down which is why you can't remember putting it there. I guess that is where I would have put it. Good luck. HH Mike -
Somebody lost their boot gun. I dunno. Finding firearms is a headache. I'd be more inclined to toss them back like an illegal size fish. But now you can't cause you walked away with them, and posted about them. So you pretty much have to turn them in and deal with the stink eye and the 100 questions to follow. But I enjoyed hearing about them and looking at the pics 🙂 Good luck. HH Mike
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Gold Kruzer Has Not Been Discontinued
Mike_Hillis replied to Nokta Detectors's topic in Nokta / Makro Metal Detectors
I concur, that is good news! HH Mike -
Will The Next Gen Detectors Address Emi ???
Mike_Hillis replied to dogodog's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
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Nickels just act weird. I guess it being a cupronickel coin, something about the way it electrically ties to the ground minerals just makes it behave differently. I personally think the nickel leaches out and makes the surface porous which affects how it conducts the current. How detectors deal with that porosity varies between makes and models. Probably why the multi-frequency detectors have the edge on nickels. I dunno. Just my nickel. :) Mike
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Parks Are A Different Beast Than Beaches
Mike_Hillis replied to Sirius's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Best new park hunter advice I can give you is turn down your sensitivity to start...and just dig high conductive coins for a while (dimes and higher). You get three things....better separation in the trash, experience finding good targets in the trash, and an understanding of park dynamics. Once you get some time in it you can bump your sensitivity. Good luck. Mike