Gary XP

On 2/21/2024 at 2:03 AM, F350Platinum said:

Recently Gary Blackwell put up two videos informing us about a program someone else introduced to him - "Tekkna".

It has a whizzy name for sure, and some really odd parameters.

Here's the first video:

The idea is that it's supposed to help you find small coins in iron infested areas. Let me first mention that no program or set of parameters for the D2 is "magic", although @Rattlehead's "Silver Slayer" was as close as one could get on V0.71 in my opinion. ? That was for coin shooting.

Today I went back to continue my grid search of the place I was yesterday, but I quickly found out there was really nothing else, I believe it was a spot that was used a few times for a gathering in the early 1800s, there were oyster shells everywhere and occasional big iron hits, I dug a couple of them and they were all kettle fragments.

I then switched to random hunting, located another really trashy spot further away, put the 9" on and tried Tekkna. Purely by coincidence I swung the detector a few times and got an 87 in all the trash, Tekkna really sounds off clear when you have a non-Ferrous target. Between a few odd bits of heavily squelched iron, I dug this:

Yet another Spanish coin, #5 this year. ? I believe it to be a Half Reale cob. The reverse is this:

Not much to go by other than the cross size, it would be much larger if it were clipped. Cobs are oddly shaped and cut.

I searched around for two more hours using this program, made a couple of tweaks to it, first iron volume which I reduced to 8, and then Audio Response which I increased to 5. I also lowered Reactivity to 2 rather than 3 and heard a lot more targets, but from then on the only stuff I got was bits of lead. I also put bottle caps at 3 because the first time I used it here I dug a bottle cap. I might change that to 5 if I get another, it really doesn't mess things up, I've found gold in the beach with it at 5.

Here's his second video posted today that gives clear instructions on how to set it up on the WS6:

 

And here, in a nutshell are my notes for setting it up on the RC unit if watching the first video doesn't help:

Tekkna Program

Based on Sensitive Full Tones

Disc 42

95 sensitivity

Frequency Max 40

Iron volume 10

Reactivity 3

Audio Response 4

Frequency offset 10

Bottle Caps 0

Notch off

Silencer 0

My impression of this program is that it is "interesting", it's not for the 13" coil for sure. You're going to be using it in machine gun iron hoping to squeeze one more target out. ? You don't need the bigger coils grabbing stuff on edge that might overwhelm the center.

I lowered iron volume because it really hammers you, 8 is rather comfortable. I raised Audio Response because I wanted targets to jump out slightly more, and lowered Reactivity because I felt I wasn't hearing enough.

I don't think the program is really "unmasking" anything, it's just giving you a better chance to find good stuff in the bad stuff. From other tests I've done live in the field I have yet to see any D2 mode "unmask", that seems to be a myth to me.

If you're like Gary (I am) and want to feel like you're hearing everything, albeit a whisper until you catch a diggable target, it works rather well for that. It did find a small desirable coin in a bed of crap. Understand though, my area of the country has a lot of Spanish silver, you're not gonna just go out and have it appear. ?

I'm pretty sure the UK is a lot different than my mild soil here in Virginia, but Tekkna might be another tool to add. I did not dig any iron, and had no instance where I might have.

Check it out. I'll be testing it a lot more very soon, and will update this with any other observations I make.

GL, HH ? 

Great review, thanks for your feedback ??

Have a good celebration guys ?

I don't think this will work well as there is no power source, you are just relying on the speaker. The sound will be very weak without an amplifier of some kind.

Hi Mark

I find this one very strange as I have never heard of it before.

Try updating again, remember to update your headphones at the same time.

If you still find the same issue, please send a short video into XP customer service.

I think it's good housekeeping to always update the headphones whenever the RC has been updated.

Also it's good to get into the habit of turning the unused RC volumes down after the update. This will significantly improve your battery life.

I really enjoyed reading that review.

Great skills, thanks for sharing ?

Great feedback Mick, thanks for sharing ?

Thanks for your support guys, glad the update went well.

Just checking in to see if you have managed to update yet.

Great feedback sir, thank you for sharing.

Thanks guys, appreciate your kind words.

Thanks guys, I read with interest, and fully understand people are excited about new updates and future products, I can assure you XP are constantly working hard.

As with any manufacturer XP will not release information regarding updates and new products via e mail or public platform until it is time to do so. So can I politely ask for people not to send in e mails of this nature, as it ties up valuable resources.

Many thanks Gary

The Deus II WS6 or RC can only be paired with one set of headphones, to use another set you will need to unpair your current set.

Unpairing and pairing is a really simple task.

Hope this helps

Great info and congratulations on some really impressive recoveries.

I have been using the WS6 master configuration with the big coil.

That is such a cool find, well saved ?

Thanks guys, Im really sorry I can't talk about new products until head office give me the go ahead.

Great info Jeff, good to hear you are on the mend and dialing into the D2.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts guys ?

Thanks guys ?

Thanks guys  ?

Slightly off topic but just as a follow up, please make sure you have the unused volumes turned off.

I found it made a difference to my battery life.