UKD2User

This doesn't sound right. You don't download the updater software - it runs in your browser to copy the selected version of the firmware from XP's website into your device.

You can go from any available version to any other available version directly. It sounds as if you hadn't got the WS6 properly into 'update' mode before connecting the usb.

The WS6 and WS6ST headbands are essentially the same, mechanically. Obviously one conductor different electrically.

Interesting. I started with the Simplex+ which integrated really well with wireless headphones and PulseDive pinpointer and 'spoiled' me for what came next. It irked me that (my upgrade to the) Nox 800 didn't interoperate well with headphones or at all with a PP - and the Manti has only slightly better integration with headphones. For me, it's still one of the things that weighs quite heavily when deciding to pick up the D2 or the Manti for an expedition! 👍 For me V4.X is all about XP beefing up two of the key aspects which help to differentiate the D2 from the competition: an eco-system of wirelessly integrated components, and excellent audio.

Tubes like this are a bane of farmland over here too. They're almost all antibiotic ointment for (cattle) mastitis that first end up in the slurry on the milking parlour floor which is then spread as fertiliser on the land. 👍 IME The 13 incher can sometimes be, perhaps counterintuitively, better than a smaller coil when in amongst lumpy iron - I assume that the bigger coil needs relatively bigger iron lumps to overload/confuse it.

I've now been out three times with V4.1 and I continue to be very pleased with it. Twice inland, in benign soil with modern (post-mediaeval) pollution, and once on the beach: 1) I have not noticed any reduction in depth - I adjust settings to match the conditions, as usual. I usually prefer to run hotter than many people. 2) I have noticed possibly slightly increased sensitivity to small items (Beach Prog, 13 inch coil, 40kHz FMax). 3) I have noticed improvements, in EMI-heavy and EMI-free environments, in the quality of the audio. 4) I've noticed strongly improved maintenance of stable radio links between all the components. I realise I'd got used to the MI6 failing to connect, every third or fourth time, in heavy EMI and coils - esp HF2 - occasionally losing pairing, again worst in EMI. 5) If I'm honest, I've kind of got bored with the stereo features - for the most part they seem to just create more audio 'clutter', but I will persevere with the AM option on Ch2. The 'standard' audio is so good already, to be fair. 6) I found a lot of good targets, several with iron and/or trash in the same hole, even on ground I've hammered before with different machines/settings/coils. 7) I quite like being able to make my MI6 sound like a light sabre/saber (and independently adjusting its volume)!

You didn't mention that you were only thinking of the HF2. I think the large nail in the photo might be challenging in many situations. I think that the complicated shapes of the smaller pieces would make them potentially difficult too, depending on orientation. If I found myself in a Roman 'hotspot' I would be happy to dig more iron, rather than 'dumb down' the machine and risk losing good targets. The more iron you remove, the more good stuff you unmask. I'm not sure if it will translate correctly, but in the part of England I come from we say "you don't get owt for nowt"! 👍

I don't usually dig iron, with the D2 or the Manti. Occasionally, there will be a big/rusty/mis-shaped piece - often with holes or sharp corners (which presumably concentrate/distort lines of flux) - that will fool me, with either machine. Vertically oriented steel spikes usually sound too good to be true.

I tried v4.1 for the first time today too, but on the beach - good tides here. I really like the way they've improved MI6 integration, and seem to have fixed the occasional unpairing problem. I got tired digging lead fishing weights out of 16 inch holes in wet sand! Only toy jewellery unfortunately - the 13in coil hit a tiny earring back very hard, maybe more sensitive than before? So far, very pleased with 4.1 👍

I've found similar to you. I don't care about knowing how deep a target is, I care about reliably identifying good targets as deep as possible. I find the chorus effect too 'busy' for my brain. I like to use full tones high square on ch1 and AM lo square on ch2 and this definitely increases 'alertiveness' on deep good targets.

I do! 😉

I notice in the OP "...with M15 coil..." followed by "...because I was looking for small gold...". Of course the M15 can find small gold, but maybe not ideal? Choosing a smaller coil (if available, of course!) would have been my first attempt to mitigate EMI (and to increase the odds of spotting small gold, all else equal) in this case.👍

This is the only time I'd recommend it for anything, but Edge on Win 11 worked absolutely fine. The finnicky bit seems to be getting the browser to spot the "new" HID device on the USB port. Sometimes an important little dialog window gets obscured under the main browser window, which definitely doesn't help.

I think it's fair to say that quite a few people are waiting for the dust to settle and maybe V4.1 or even V4.11 to arrive first. With V4.0 there are occasions when it's hard to be sure whether you've encountered a bug or a feature! I think that XP is unique in genuinely wanting to try and reduce (e-)waste by a deliberate policy of continuous software upgrades. Nokta Makro add new/updated features in sw updates too, but their motives are simpler perhaps. Sadly, in this case, there will be some perfectly useable but redundant mk1 headphones around the world. It's clear that dealers (in Europe at least) are clearing old mono stock at a decent discount, with stereo quickly becoming the only available 'standard' option. Most buyers who have done any research in the last few months will have been aware of the transition to stereo.

Very cool. So, one for each hat (summer/winter/?) then? 😁