D&P-OR

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

P.M. sent on the Quest h.p.s

1 hour ago, DSMITH said:

I picked up a Xp ORX in a trade deal, it came with the 9 inch HF coil

I have personally never used any of the Xp detectors, and felt it was time to give one a try,one of the main reasons I wanted to try the ORX was because of how lite and compact they are, I wanted a detector I could carry in a back pack when I went out nugget detecting while I was swinging the Axiom, and I felt the ORX checked all the boxes in what I was wanting it for

 

Now my question is I am thinking about also picking up the 9.5x5 HF coil for the ORX also would that coil be better for nugget detection over the 9 inch round HF coil ???, I do know the 9 inch HF coil runs up as high as 59 KHz and the 9.5x5 elliptical HF coil runs up to 81 KHz

Is it worth picking up the 9.5x5 HF elliptical coil ???

Thanks for any and all replies

(IMO)---Yes to both your questions.-----9.5"X5" h.f. best for nugget AND relic hunting.----9" h.f. best for coin hunting (again, IMO.

1 hour ago, George Kinsey said:

Mine sits lonely in the corner.

You need to sell it George---ain't doin u no good sittin in tha korner!!----BTW---no extra charge for this priceless info!

5 minutes ago, Bill (S. CA) said:

Love this, George. What is that one detector called the Pirate?

Also love the old Garretts with the square arm cuff.  Looked cool but what a dumb design (at least for me).

Let's see the closet dwellers, floor standers and under bed hiders next!

Yeah George---BRING 'EM ON! 🙂

George---Do you keep 'em all? 🙂

Thank you Sir.

Keith---Do you repair Etracs?

1 hour ago, wltdwiz said:

there showing $3299

Thanks wltdwiz.-----$2500 to $3299---quite a "jump" in price.

Does anyone know for sure how much the CTX is going up in price (in the U.S.) as of 1/1/'24?

1 hour ago, Chase Goldman said:

They were probably focused solely on releasing the Xtreme Hunter two-box coil so they could recoup their R&D investment after announcing it 6 years ago.  Maybe now that is behind them, they can focus on a fifth coil.

Let's hope so!

On 10/30/2023 at 2:35 PM, Doc Bach said:

This probably sounds silly to a lot of you and may be slightly off topic but hey I've never been accused of not being a little different and at times going into overkill mode....Anyway purely out of frustration and having to deal with situations like the good CPT has pictured and far worse than that at times I have resorted to bringing along what are according to some the old and outdated equipment.My deus 1 remote which fits very well onto the d2 shaft the WSS over the ear headset and the HF elliptical coil and sometimes even the round HF coil. I have the 280 pack and there is plenty of room for everything.Besides sometimes I still like to hunt in the very high frequencies just for fun.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

23 minutes ago, Sinclair said:

I‘d ditch my 9“ for a 10x5“ 🤪

I want 'em BOTH---BOTH!!!  🙂

On 12/17/2023 at 10:08 PM, phrunt said:

All but the Pro-Find 35 get a price increase, they just coulkdn't bring themselves to chaarge more for that .....thing.

How much price increase are they going to try to slap on us for the CTX?

Gerry-----You're liable to get a disease stickin all that stuff in your mouth!-----Take that ring fer instance---you never know where it's been! ha ha

58 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Yeah but what does that really mean? Right now a CTX 3030 is MSRP fake price $2499 "on sale" for MAP $1999. So if they raise the BS fake price to $2599 the actual for what you pay price may go up to $2049 or no more than $2099.

I hate the stupid MSRP and MAP pricing game. It is illegal in some countries, but people in the U.S. fall for it all day long.

Yeah--I know what you mean Steve.----I think we are going to sell my wifes & my "like new" two CTXs when we get back home to OR from CA in April.----Our two Deus 2s & two Equinox 900s are plenty good enough for us & do almost everything we want them to do at this point in our lives.--------Del

2 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

We generally pay far less for Minelabs than anyone else. But you should know. If a price increase was coming Jan 1st dealers should already be in the know.

Just heard back from another dealer & he told me the CTX will go to $2599 as of 1/3/'24.

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

We generally pay far less for Minelabs than anyone else. But you should know. If a price increase was coming Jan 1st dealers should already be in the know.

I heard (from a dealer) that the only price for a detector in the U.S that wasn't going up is the CTX.-----I guess we will know for sure 1/3/'24.

3 hours ago, KDX said:

I'm blaming it on global warming.🙄

I'm blaming it on greed!

6 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

If ML repair is ultimately saying nothing is wrong with your detectors or coils, one thing you both can do is dial back on the 900's sensitivity setting.  It clearly runs a lot more hot than Nox 800, and that combined with less Target ID stability associated with the expanded TID scale means you should probably run the 900 at a sensitivity setting of 20 or less for most situations for stability.  I would dial down sensitivity until the instability abates, and note that setting.  If it falls somewhere in the range of 15 to 20, go with it. If it is much lower than that, then I would say that your best bet is to make a video of what you are seeing and to show that it happens on multiple coils and at low sensitivity settings if that is indeed the case...HTH and Good Luck.

Excellent advice.

4 hours ago, EL NINO77 said:

Maybe I'm being too pragmatic, but Minelab estimates that the price of gold and silver will only go up, so it adequately increases the prices of its gold machines.....

But .. Maybe I'm wrong... even though the price per ounce of gold has been going up nicely for the last few days...

Judging by todays gold price--you/they could very well be right in that thinking.---Todays gold price VERY CLOSE to an all time high.

George mah boy----If'n u can afford it--I say GO FOR IT!! :)-----me--I narrow down my herd once in awhile & end up replacing them no how!----Plus the fact at 85 yrs. old I'm still swinging a CTX & Etrac (at least for awhile).----It's a sickness---there's just GOTTA be something wrong with my mind! ha ha