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Jackpine last won the day on July 16 2018
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NW lower Michigan
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Detecting, fishing, lawn and garden
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Gear In Use:
Equinox 800 and a few others
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I hope the Multi doesn't end up being another CZX fiasco. 16 engineers.. really? Waterproof to 10 meters Ergo Ergo Ergo At least one coil specifically designed for wading, meaning low resistance. A 10" round concentric like the X-Terra uses would be perfect. A mode that cranks it up for LOW mineral quartz sand. Poor the power to it baby. Bobby pin to nonferrous accuracy disc level. I wanna hear that faint ring size hit in all metal like the G2/God Bug Pro.
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New Equinox Coils From Coiltek
Jackpine replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
The DD diagram has to be taken with a grain of salt IMO. On deeper targets they are most sensitive in the middle of the coil just like a concentric. Anyone that thinks differently is wrong and missing a ton of targets if they don't use a proper overlap as you would with the concentric. -
Fisher 1270 Aluminum Disc Prototype
Jackpine replied to Aaron's topic in First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics
It was deep on rings in fresh water well actually deep on everything. 😁 Every CZ I had gave an iron tone or bounced iron/foil on the deep ones so I would have to make at least one scoop to be sure. The 1270 in iron disc nailed the DEEP stuff big or small. Chuck (I think that is his name) with Sunspot scoops designed a water proof case for the 1270's boards but never put it in production and Fisher was not interested in the fresh water market. -
Fisher 1270 Aluminum Disc Prototype
Jackpine replied to Aaron's topic in First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics
One of my favorite detectors of all time. It had gobs of power, a well chosen frequency for all around use, a good balance of sensitivity/gain and that great iron disc feature. Really was ahead of its time. For someone like me that cut their teeth metal detecting with a beep dig detector it was the pinnacle of analog hybrid VLF performance. Unfortunately it was a ergonomic disaster and never really caught on. -
What Chase said. Lay out some coins and other targets on the ground and get those clean hit sounds of good targets in your brain. For the time being concentrate on digging just those target responses. Something that is seldom brought up and I feel is important especially to someone new to metal detecting is headphone volume. Ears being highly sensitive organs need protecting. There is a right and wrong way to set the volume and this is based on how our ears react to changes in volume level. Changing from a loud to a softer level tricks the brain into thinking you are good to go but actually results in setting a too high level. Do the opposite, start low and slowly increase it until it is comfortable for long term use.
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Low Weighted Multi Vs 5/10 Khz To Avoid Tiny Targets
Jackpine replied to Argyris's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
Try raising the coil a bit. If they are small but read in the teens they should drop out sooner than a ring. Won't help on the faint, near the edge of detection targets, those will have to be dug. 18 and above in your pic will have to be dug regardless. -
Do You Think We Will Ever See More Coils For The Equinox
Jackpine replied to Rick N. MI's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
The Ex-terra 9" concentric is a perfect coil for fresh water work. I used mine a LOT wading shallow water. It's the perfect form for ease of use against water resistance and plenty sensitive even at the standard mid freq. ML you s**k. LOL -
OMG a concentric coil! Check mark!!!
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Classy Ring--updated 5-23-2020
Jackpine replied to Againstmywill's topic in Metal Detecting For Jewelry
The Bounty Hunter will surely come after you! 😱 -
Snores.. grunts. Coils? uh what?
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In my experience with low freq mostly on the ML Advantage, you need a bigger than stock coil for any real advantage on silver of any size. I had the WOT coil on that machine and it was DEEP! If you have one, put on the 15"er when you using 5Khz.. I'll have to edit that and add I was referring to US silver coins which are not what many on here consider small silver.
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Time Is Not On My Side
Jackpine replied to Ridge Runner's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
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I heard half of the entries won a prize. JK of course Congrats!
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I don't have the genes to be competitive probably why I wasn't invited. D*mn genetics!