D&P-OR

57 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I don't see why anyone would think prospectors don't need ferrous disc.

A gold PI is typically going to be designed to hit the tiniest bits possible and that can also mean tiny ferrous bits. A relic PI might be more tuned to hit bullet size targets at max depth while being less sensitive to every tiny bit of ferrous trash. In theory though you can do both in one detector so interesting to see why they feel the need for two models.

It could be nothing more than what coil the machine comes with.

We have no idea what the detector really looks like but let's go with the fuzzy profile as being real. Standard configuration with collapsing three piece rod, fairly large underarm battery. Big question - it it submersible? Beach hunters will be disappointed once again if the answer is no.

Fuzzy profile looks like a CTX or 6000.:)

On 4/13/2024 at 2:05 PM, maxxkatt said:

I was wondering if anyone had this list. I remember seeing a Chase Goldman post that discussed this to some degree but cannot find it anymore.

 

Thanks

 

Deus 2?

54 minutes ago, Rattlehead said:

I'm sure most of you have seen this by now, but thought I'd bring it to the attention of those who haven't. There's a new cable available with a simple push-on plug for the remote. It works well.

 

It may not seem like a big improvement at first since you can just push the original plug on without screwing down the nut, but this one actually goes on a lot easier. When you pop it on, the cord will always be facing downward, which eliminates the issue of having to rotate the plug until it finds it's seat. Got mine from Serious Detecting for about 15 bucks. Money well spent IMHO. Sometimes its the little things that make life easier.

 

Agree with you 100% De Wayne.----I got two of them from Richard (Backwoods Detectors)---$14 each.-----They are worth every penny (IMO).-------Del

1 hour ago, George Kinsey said:

After I take my Ambient,sleep medicine, I make wake up, go out on my porch,grab a detector, and recite the Gettsburg address in my boxers at three in the morning.😴

Sounds like a plan to me George! ha ha

12 hours ago, George Kinsey said:

Not a bedroom. The whole house.😇

What do you do with 'em??? 🙂

35 minutes ago, Jeff McClendon said:

At least for me, Beast Mode is a beast to setup for high mineralization. There are a truckload of hidden menu button pushes to take care of.......

Deep Target is totally awesome. What a great, easy to use and very effective feature.

Jeff-----Is it as good/deep as & have as effective of deep TID as the Deus 2? (with same size coils)

EVERYTHING'S a beast these days!  🙂

Has the wife kicked you out of the house yet George???----Inquiring minds wanna know! 🙂

Watch out for those tire cutting slate rocks (after they have graded the roads).

Now stop now!!!!---You're making me want another F-19.-----One sweet little machine---I've "preached" that for years. 🙂

Whites TRX--all the way (if you can find one). 🙂

Sounds like an April fools joke to me!

On 3/25/2024 at 10:33 PM, phrunt said:

Well, it's basically confirmed, the Storm is the AT Pro replacement, coming this year too.

 

See Garrett's reply to someone asking when the AT Pro replacement is coming above. 

I've already started saving for it, it won't be cheap in NZ.

36 minutes ago, phrunt said:

I doubt many have bought both to know, so based upon the 800 with 6" vs the Manticore with m8 coil, I'd say the Manticore once the new firmware is installed on it.  

The 6" coil I still think has the edge on the very tiniest pieces of gold, we are talking 0.00X of a gram stuff, aside from that the Manticore has the most change of punching deeper getting the bigger bits.

Thanks phrunt-----Is the following the latest firmware update on the Manticore?---6.20.0-3.71

IYO----Which one is the most effective gold (nugget) hunter----the Manticore with 5X8" coil or the Equinox 900 with 6" coil?

Why in the world didn't Nokta high light those buttons in the first place (like other companies do).

Jeff-----You mentioned that you used & did well with the Deus 2 with 11X13" coil in Sept. & Oct. 2023.------Do you feel that the Manticore with the 11" coil did better or the same as the D2 with 11X13" coil in this hunt situation?-----Putting it another way---do you feel you could have found these same targets with the Deus 2 with 11" or 11X13" coils?-------Thanks-------Del

18 hours ago, George Kinsey said:

AlgoForce has me tossing and turning. I need me one! 🙃

No George---you DO NOT need you yet ANOTHER detector!!!!!!!! 🙂

29 minutes ago, SeabeeRon said:

Hope this is the place and OK to post here.

Some of you are also on The Friendly Metal Detecting Forum. If so you have no doubt noticed we have been off line since early Monday.

Rest assured we are working the problem!

I wondered about that.---Thanks Ron

44 minutes ago, Steelheader said:

Just out of curiosity, I weighed the remote and the ws6 with the shaft adapter.  The weight for the remote is 5.41 oz., and the weight of the ws6 with the shaft mount adapter is 2.52 oz..  The weight difference is 2.89 oz..  I tried swinging both  when I was out detecting and I can’t really tell a difference when swinging the coil.

Very interesting---thanks for sharing that.

Where can you buy a NEL Snake coil in the U.S.?-----My two main dealers don't sell NELs.

Congrats Jeff!----47 years & that's one I'm still looking for. 🙂

28 minutes ago, Mark Gillespie said:

Recently had a very puzzling yet intriguing ground target while just fulling around, listening to the ground.  Before I go on I must state I traded my Equinox 800 in for a new Deus 2 detector, several weeks ago.  I had used the Equinox for over 6 years and it was kind of time to trade up.  Well anyway, I came across a very nice text book audio, repeatable, sweet sounding high tone, very faint, I knew it had to be something good perhaps a dime or penny and deep sounding.  Decided to play around with the different programs on the Deus to see which would give the best audio and most stable ID.  All the programs would get the target with varying audio responses and fairly consistent ID.  Now I must admit I hunt with the coil just lightly scrubbing the ground.  Experimented with the typical settings, sensitivity, reactivity, sweep speed etc.  During all this I inadvertently must have slight raised to coil off the ground and the detector automatically went from a nice high tone to a low iron tone. Continued to sweep over the target, lowering to scrub the ground and the high tone with the ID returned, raised the coil and the iron tone and ID returned.  Experimented for over 15 minuted and never found a setting or program that didn't exhibit the same behavior when raising the coil only slightly.  To end this story the target was an 8" dime and by what I could tell laying perfectly flat.

Now turn the clock back a couple months, the same type of occurrence happened to both Fred (the only living hunting buddy I presently have) and I.  We were hunting an old plantation comparing signals before digging having a fantastic day and Fred called me over to check a target before he dug.  That day he was using the Manticore and I the Equinox, if he raised the coil only slightly the Manticore would go silent with only an occasional high/low tone but no ID.  I tried the Equinox and basically got the same results.  Puzzling, intriguing.  Well anyway he dug and recovered a horse bridle relic.  
Now this leads me back to yet another story where I was hunting with the F75 and the 5" coil.  Located a nice repeatable tone and called Fred over with the Manticore and he got nothing, only silence, no audio or ID.  He tried every possible setting with no positive results.  Finally he switched to single frequency mode and the target came alive.  Still not satisfied, he experimented for quite some time yet never found a setting or combination of setting while in the Multi-Frequency mode that would indicate a target that the F75 had found.  Adding to this the Equinox exhibited the same type behavior. 

Just thought I'd share some of our experiences.

That's interesting.-----As effective as they are--I've known for years that a person has to be pretty much scuffing the ground with the Minelab FBS machines---Etracs & CTXs (at least in the areas I've hunted in) to get a good "hit" on the deeper targets (coins).--The Deus 2s have been much the same way (in SMF).---Interesting what you said about the Manticore & Equinox.------Question:  Was the F75 running with the "boost" feature activated?---It's supposed to be known for its ability to get target responses with the coil above ground level (rocks, brush & debris).

Thanks for your responses guys---much appreciated.------------Del

Both of these machines have been out for awhile now.---Would like some opinions.---Which one is the best/most effective (for relic/coin hunting-- working in mineralized/iron/square nail proliferated sites)?-------Thanks--------Del