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Jeff, after reading your response to my post, I would have bet and lost the bet that you were a M/L fanboy. Then when I read your response to Simon, I saw a different Jeff. Although Deus is totally different as a detector to me, everyone I know who owns one has nothing but good things to say about the machine. NM also seems to have developed a loyal owner base and is why I put in a pre-order with no money down on the Legend. Your reasoning for buying a Legend is precisely the reason I put in the pre-order. I guess it always takes a little time and understanding to really get to know what a person is like.

It looks like Steve has solved the mystery for the marketing departments of the D II and the Legend. The D II is the upgrade for the Nox 800 (ML can read this as the Nox 1000 if they choose to compete) and the Legend is for those of us who want a Nox 800 to replace our single frequency detector (pick a brand) but at more reasonable price and with slightly enhanced performance and build integrity to the Nox. Time for everyone to kiss and make up and start thinking about how great it is going to be to use our new machine whatevver it may be. p.s. - It will be interesting to new Legend owners to see what changes or upgrades that NM will make to the new Legend using the upgradeable features of the new machine to make it even more competitive with ML.

If people getting into the hobby want a cheap detector to try the hobby, the single frequency detector will always be around. That is, unless the manufacturers are able to get very close to the price or the cheapo models with the smf detectors and that seems to be a long way into the future. Someone compared word processing machines which were fairly pricey to computers but the prices for computers dropped dramatically to make the wp machines disappear. I don't see that happening between sf and mf detectors Target price for smf detectors to make sf detectors disappear will be $200 which may eventually rise to $300+ due to inflation. Just speculating. Go Find, Ace 150. Bounty Hunter, Fisher etc

I have been very fortunate to be able to hunt at least 10+ DIV hunts. I started using a White's MXT. then a Fisher f75, followed by a Garrett Infinium and finally a Minelab GPX 4800. Each machine provided a different experience but the GPX was without a doubt the most successful detector in the Culpeper red dirt. Thanks for the post and video of your 5 day hunt at DIV 50. Congratulations on a very successful hunt and awesome finds. While I was not able to attend because our border was closed to auto travel, your video allowed me to feel like I was there. At 77, I can only hope to be able to attend one more DIV.

Rick - Dilek cancelled sessions with a number of podcasts which everyone believed would be used to introduce the SMF detector. They were supposedly cancelled because they were having a few problems with the machines being used for testing so they were trying to make changes, as well as the fact that they were having difficulty getting parts which they had ordered to improve the performance of the new machine. She announced this in one of her own youtube broadcasts. She said that when she had something to announce about the new machine she would let everyone know. Of course, hearing that only lead to people waiting for the machine to start another round of speculation. I guess we can only wait patiently for her to bring us the news. It could be anytime from now til the end of 2021 or early 2022. Time will tell. Let's hope that we will happily receive the good news sooner than later, as Dilek likes to say.

I used the 1280x for more than 15 years without a problem. I had the small coil and made a chest mount harness as well as used the belt mount which made swinging the coil much easier due to the reduced weight on the rod. Although I was told it was not suitable to use in salt water, I took it to Miami and the Hawaiian Islands and was successful in finding more than eight gold rings plus a platinum ring in salt water or wet salt water sand. Once the coil was submerged, the detector stabilized and the signals were smooth and easily identified as either good or bad targets. Loved the fact that the detector broke down to make the detector very portable for travel. Sold it last year and the new owner found a gold ring his first time using the machine.

Signed up for the digital edition of W&E Treasures and viewed the Nokta Makro add for the new Lightning detector. Sounds like we may hear more during or after the big dig in the UK starting on September 10. No date given for us to look forward to being able to purchase this machine but at least we know it is coming. Thanks Steve for sharing the article.

Welcome back Steve and thanks for the quick recovery of the site. Amazingly, in spite of all the trauma the down time caused, it appears that everyone survived without any major injuries. 😁

Congratulations to both Tim and Steve on their great finds during their 2018 Colchester hunt. Also found the discussion by individuals about their thoughts on the Treasures Act, sharing the cost of the finds with the landowners and their thoughts on what happens to their finds and whether they receive all the finds they made when they receive them back in their home in North America. I have had the opportunity to enjoy two trips to Colchester and one trip for two weeks to the GPAA property outside of Nome, Alaska and have never felt that I didn't receive my money's worth from any of the trips. Each trip was a trip of a lifetime because each allowed me to experience something special, to meet new people and make new friends and to do something or find something that I would not otherwise have had the opportunity to do. In spite of a few hiccups along the way, would I do it again? Darned tootin I would, in a dog gone minute, if I had the money and wasn't so darned old and stiff and out of shape. LOL

Steve, I just came across this thread and enjoyed reading both the original post and almost all the other replies. I did a "barn hunt" back in 2008 with Gerry McMullen and his group. Like you I did a lot of hunting on my own when everyone dispersed in the fields. Your post brought back many great memories of Colchester and the history of the area. Although I only found one piece of gold, it was also a coin and a stater dating to 50 - 35BC. Also, like you, I did manage a return trip with one of the fellows I met in 2008. And like you it was great to see that Jeff found a large gold coin which in all honesty was much nicer than mine. He was a very good detectorist who worked hard and deserved every nice find he made. Suffice it to say, I enjoyed reading this thread and continue to find my way through the whole site in search of more of your stories. Thanks for all you do for the detecting community. Gord

I'm new here as of today but I came here knowing what to expect. Even though I have only detected for gold once, I really enjoy reading about detectors, gold and prospecting. As for Steve and his forums, I was on his forum when he was up in Alaska. I even responded to one of his posts when he detected on the island of Kauai. This is his forum. He knows what the people who come here want. His posters here know what they want and stay here because Steve delivers. I'm 77 years old and the likelihood of detecting for gold is quickly disappearing for me. I hope to still be able to read the posts on this site and enjoy them for many years to come. PS - I own a GPX4800 which I use in Culpeper Virginia, an Infinium and an f75. Recently sold my CTX3030 and Fisher 1280X. And I live in Canada.

Thanks Steve. I was addressing your article but used the wrong title. Thanks for your response.

When it came to the Minelab GPX group of machines, it did not mention the GPX 4800. Can you comment on the 4800 giving us your perspective on that machine as a gold detector. I have noticed on Aussie Gold Prospectors that a few of the cast are using the 4800 with some success. What are the differences between the 4500, 4800 and the 5000. Thanks .