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Any ideas?

Although I will never complain about digging Civil War bullets.

Bullets and a Surprise

15 hours ago, L David Keith said:

It is the plunger case for a percussion fused artillery shell. Once the shell hits the ground or a solid object, inertia causes the plunger to move forward, which shears off the safety wire. This allows the plunger to move forward. An iron nipple has a percussion cap on it. This strikes the anvil cap which ignites the cap, sending a spark down the center tube and into the powder chamber, exploding the shell. Look for cutaway diagrams on civil war artillery shells. With luck, you may be able to find iron/lead shrapnel or the brass fuse.  

Thank you very much. 

15 hours ago, RickUK said:

Nice video and some lovely finds,are you finding the Nexus is living upto it reputation of being a deep machine and your expectations of it being a artefact detector ??

Yes, but it’s a learning process. Its language is so nuanced, which I enjoy. But, even now, I reach for it over all my other detectors. 

And dug some relics.

Digging Civil War Relics

Found CW relic hunting today. Anybody know what it is?

Wow! Great cannon ball find. THAT’S a relic. 

I understand everything you say. I’ve owned and used them all including the Manticore and D2. My contention is that, in real world hunting, 32 years of technology has produced few additional finds. In fact in uncontaminated ground, I know that old Silver Eagle will find deeper targets than the D2, Legend, or Manticore. I know because I’ve hunted extensively with all 3 in uncontaminated ground. 
 

Also, I didn’t tweak the settings on either machine. I know both can be improved with tweaks. Next, if you didn’t hear the minie ball sound off at 13 1/2, turn up your volume. I don’t stretch. 
 

Please understand, if the Legend didn’t have advantages over the other two, I wouldn’t own it. I especially like that it’s waterproof. 
 

My main point is that, when it comes to actual targets recovered, the technological advancement in metal detectors is unimpressive. 
 

I’m not telling anybody what to use. That’s an issue of personal preference. I’ve chased the technology for over three decades only to discover that I’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars for little actual performance advancement. 
 

Use the machine you prefer. That’s what makes it fun. 
 

1991 VS 2023

It’s definitely a learning process with this coil. It’s unlike any others I’ve swung, and I’ve swung satellite dish sized ones with the GPX. 

5.7 kHz 

Hope to dig targets with it Monday.

 Double 16 Coil

Would love to join you for some hunting in your beautiful part of the country. Maybe one day. 

August 30 Relics

9 hours ago, JCR said:

Looks like you may finally get a little rain.

Yep. 1” last night. First in 42 days. Wednesday, I’ll go see if it made a difference. 

Shovel, detector, and pinpointer all in one. 

5 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

I would like to know if it is battery operated, or do I have to lug a generator with me also.

Unfortunately, a generator is required. I realized that after pricing an appropriately long extension cord. 😂

Correction, it hasn’t rained since July 16. 40 days and counting. 

It hasn't rained since July 16 and the high temps have ranged from 104-109, so this is the next step.

On 8/19/2023 at 2:37 PM, jawbone said:

Has anyone tried gold hunting with  a Nexus MP V3 in heavily mineralized soils ?

If so, I'd appreciate any comments. Thanks.

First of all, the MP V3 was designed for heavily mineralized soils. The MP stands for mineral power. As for gold nugget hunting, I would suspect that the 24 kHz concentric coils would be the best option, indeed a very good option. Concerning using the V3 for gold hunting, Georgi Chaushev messaged me the following this morning: "The MP is the only existing bridge between PI and IB detectors rivaling PI in many regards and outperforming every IB in existence."

1 hour ago, palzynski said:

Very nice video where we can hear and see the MPV3 in the field . And Merrill speaks clearly and slowly I can understand almost all what he says .. 🙂

However I would not use his procedure consisting of changing temporarily a setting to check something , because it is time consuming and because you can break a button doing this hundred of times . I never change my detector settings in the field , except the volume ..

I will watch this vid again when I have a little more time , as this MPV3 seems definitely very interesting ...

Here are some more videos with the Nexus. 
https://youtube.com/@BeepnDigRelicHunting

Merrill is at the very beginning of the learning curve. Some of what he said was inaccurate. For instance, he said a signal was deeper than the VCO. No signal in all metal is deeper than the VCO. Also, he characterized as “iffy signals” some signals the detector was clearly identifying as iron. Nonetheless, it’s worth a watch as long as one understands he has a way to go before being proficient. But that would be the case with any new user of a Nexus. 

Learning the Nexus

21 hours ago, RickUK said:

I will be visiting possibly my all time favourite site this coming sunday with my Nexus MP,its a Roman Trading Villa site that was occupied for 400 years and has produced 1000s upon 1000s of roman coins and other artefacts over years....why i will be using the Nexus is that fact that the sandy soil conditions are about as difficult to detect as it gets....thesoil is that bad the only machines that will work this soil are Pulse,Multi Freq and the Nexus,this will be the 1st time i have used the Nexus on this very difficult so will update you on how it goes...will also be taking the other machines that have worked before.

Just had a phone call that the Barley has been cut this last weekend,so detectors are all on charge.

Oooohhhh! I need to pay you a visit. 

On 8/9/2023 at 4:35 PM, schoolofhardNox said:

Thanks for the information. I'd be interested in seeing if you can dig a very faint target in dry sand. That is what I usually hunt with the GPX, so and information on very faint (deep) targets and information on how  well it does with EMI would be appreciated. Good luck when you get out there. At least the digging will be easier. You might want to bring a short handled spade just in case 😄

This video demonstrates the EMI capabilities.