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  1. I'm making a new pinpointer purchase and just wondered if anyone has heard of recent news on the new Nokta pinpointer dubbed "Accupoint". I saw a flurry of info from last year, Dilek's vids mentioning it, and then maybe at the beginning of this year a few spots talking about how it's in testing. But then kind of a void since then. Anyone have additional scoop? Excited to hear a new PP at least, the current world of PP seems pretty stagnant. Latest was really that Quest XP Max with the on/off magic holster, but I hardly call that a huge step in PP's.
  2. Please accept my apology for the long-winded and fairly extensive post. Since delivery of my new Manticore was delayed a day-or-two (Wednesday now-both Cabelas -&- FdX *yay!* ) I've been trying to determine which pin pointer I ought to have when my learning phase is about to commence. I followed much info about the Garret carrot group, and quickly ruled out any need for wireless, so investigated the std. ProPointer AT, which intrigued me initially, but, upon longer determination I found that it might NOT be my best choice. When I learned more about the pulse-induction versions of PP, and the likelyhood that heavy(?) mineralized areas could possibly be better served by those type, I steered toward that direction. Since my (at least -early) detecting will happen -mostly- on dry land, and probably no deeper than a couple feet under water, I've found myself considering the Nokta pointer pretty seriosly. Would any of the more experienced out the make a further reccommendation for a pin pointer that I'd like to purchase (and hopefully have in my hands by week's end) right away? Manticore is rescheduled for tommorrow, and I'd like to be practicing & learning this coming weekend. I'd already worked out that the majority of area around the multi-century farm house might qualify as 'hot' (?) soil. The hand dug foundations areas, cellars, ect. were shoveled out of clay-bound sand and gravel that was consequently mixed with a topsoil high in loam and light clay and spread all around the house and adjoining outbuildings. The lower yards that were a flood plain to the creek which spilled over it's banks 2-3 time a year until the County Engineer dredged the creek bed to about an eight to twelve foot depth from existing grade. When the creek is running normal it is -at most- 2 feet deep in it's deepest points. That existing grade above the creek bed, is about 20ft. below the street level/homestead site. My parents (and grandparents before them) tended a vegetable garden behind the 2-story+ farmhouse that probably measured 75'x100' (100+ years anyway), which all occurred at that previously mentioned street level. My Mom planted maple trees surrounding the house in the mid/late '40s that had ALL grown to extraordinary heights, and mostly all those, and all Dad's fruit trees have expired, and been removed. Just about 1/8to1/4- mile down the street is a brick story&1/2 one-room schoolhouse that Dad attended in the '20s.(That schoolhouse has been aquired by the Co. Park system, and been deemed off-limits to dectionists since being purchased from a family that lived in it for the majority of the 20th century). There was some extensive excavation within about 75ft of the creek bed through my lower yards/pasture area by to bury a 48" sewer line in the 15-20' depth, majority of the overburden was pushed back overtop the excavation, and the contractor -stole- the excess sand/gravel mix, so the grade is now a turned/plowed up peat topsoil that is -again- 2-3'deep, just like the rest of the flood plain exhibits. This -whole- area is NOW a close-clipped grass lawn, and prior to it's transformation(s) was a horse pasture (about 6 acres)for somewhere about 50 years. I took down all the fence wire, and pulled the fence posts (nearly all of those were rough-hewn locust posts. Since I've been here for nearly all of 60 years, and my siblings and parents prior to me, I'm very nearly convinced that there are all-sorts of artifacts blanketing the 8+ acres I salvaged from my association with those same siblings. I remember a med. size watch box filled with all manner of coins my parents found over the years (stolen by an interloper before I could protect -that- hoard) one that I remembered was a gold coin about the size of a pencil eraser (all-gone, sad). When I allowed the detectionist I met a couple years ago walk around the front yard with his 8000 he came back with a coin that he showed me was a 186? half-penny that had been peirced to wear on a necklace -or- lanyard. I let him have it. That is what convince me to get my own machine, and opt for the more-capable(?) Manticore.
  3. Today I went out for a beach hunt in the morning. (Just one silver band.) I switched back to my little scoop that I pull to me. It is an all stainless steel scoop with a 6" basket. It is a delight to use on a shallow target beach because I can dig the targets faster that my big scoop. My big scoop is of European make that I'll fondly call Godzilla. It is a heavy sucker with 8" basket and a step on back. It is twice the weight of my pull scoop but I can get the deep targets that are 10" or more. A couple of days earlier this week it came in handy. It does not bend or give. It will overpower ALL sand. Other than it being so heavy it also seems to make pinpointing harder. I think the presence of additional metal mass throws off my ability to use the tip of the 15" inch coil on my Equinox. I thought about that today as I was using the smaller scoop. Does anyone else note a difference in pinpointing with your different scoops?
  4. Why is this pinpointer coveted by many?
  5. My Minelab Profind 35 has unfortunately been drinking too much and can no longer hold its breath underwater. On a brighter note, if it stays off the fluid it is still quite capable of stumbling around in the bush and honing in on those deep, deep bits of disappointing iron 🙃 So, I am on the lookout for an underwater pinpointer with one of those little coil thingo's that can scan a bit of wide area but also have the pinpointer end that can get stuck into the cracks and crevices. It seems there are really only 2 choices - the Quest Scuba Tector or the Nokta Pulsedive 2 in 1. Both are Pulse Induction, both waterproof to 60 metres, both come standard with similar size coils, both have vibration, sound, lost alarms and all that sort of thing. Scuba-Tector - AU$255 but only 1 year warranty. Nokta Pulse Dive - AU$309 but 2 year warranty. I think I am leaning towards the Pulse Dive for the warranty and I probably favour the Nokta brand. However, I think I prefer the fact the Scuba-tector pinpointer bit thing is a whole piece and doesn't screw off and screw on like the Nokta (less bits to lose). I did see the Scuba-Tector Pro but it doesn't have the pinpoint option, just the coil. So, Detector Prospector community...what are your thoughts? Have you owned both? Which did you prefer? Any issues? Depth of detection difference between the two? And, are there actually any other options out there that I am missing? Look forward to your replies 🙂
  6. Anyone have experience with this pinpointer? I think the old one used to be closer to 12 kHz and they changed it due to interference with Simplex. I think that was the intent anyway. Since a lot of the VLF detectors marketed for gold are in that 18-19 kHz range I was wondering if this would be more sensitive to those pesky small foil and maybe gold items when trying to pinpoint. My F Pulse is great other than it seems to struggle with foil. Not a show stopper but if I were to get a different back up, was curious if this might be more sensitive to pesky foil. I’ll still have to get over its use of 9v but that is a different nitpick. The buttons are on back of cap which also seems like odd placement.
  7. Does anyone else have an issue with their F Pulse pin pointer not being able to hear it at the loudest setting also the vibration mode is very weak on it so I was just curious if this is common with the F Pulse
  8. Well it's not often there is something new from Fisher to post about , even if it is just a video manual at least it's something. Fisher have put a bit of effort into making an online video manual for the F-pulse, for people like me that like video instructions I think it's pretty cool. They also have it broken down into categories which you can get to on their Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/FisherResearchLabs/videos
  9. I bought a TRX that showed up on ebay with a buy it now of $100 that was listed for about 10 mins, seemed lightly used. Then saw that Centreville Electronics NW had a brand new one for $150, so I scooped that one up as well on an impulse buy. Previously, I had been using my Sun Ray DX-1 probe religiously with both my DFX and my new (used) V3i. I didn't like how the the V3i operated with the DX-1. Every time I found a target, I'd lay the detector down, then pull off the DX-1 probe and have it close to the ground, then do the funky pin-pointer lock step on the V3i (toggle and enter button combo). Too many steps on the V3i for my liking. It was so much simpler on the DFX. Also, using the DX-1 probe on the V3i felt heavier and unbalanced whereas on my DFX it felt tolerable to swing around. Decided to use the TRX with the V3i and boy what a joy it was to use. I took it to Carter Lake Reservoir on Sunday with the family. Found some clad and pennies, no silver. And a ton of lead fishing weights, probably a couple pounds of that stuff. Just thought I'd share my experience. Gabe
  10. I took my probe water hunting yesterday. I noticed it wasn't floating got out of the water which was about 6' deep. Took the cap off and a small amount of water came out. The cap was secure not sure where it could have gotten in from any ideas? Died it out and seems to work just fine. Is there a way to turn off the light when it's turned off? Also any suggestions on what to lubricate the seals with? Anyone have this happen and were you able to resolve the water issue? Thanks, Mike
  11. Hi, is it possible to mute Whites TRX pinpointer? I mean turn on and off sounds. I don't want to break piezo buzzer.
  12. Auriferous: In my case contains 20388 grams/ton Au (20.4kg/ton) Introduction: I found a single extremely high grade gold rock specimen and I am unable to locate more. Lode and Placer mining equipment would not find these other than a lode process crushing everything in the area. Specimens at these grades are worth more than the gold they contain. I do not own a metal detector but have spent a good hundred hours learning what I can about the technology and systems. Cold Rock: I believe I need a metal detector system that is optimized to locate cold rocks (non-ferrous negative hot rocks, opposite to ferrous hot rocks). I cannot obtain a resistance reading with a multimeter that is capable of reading millions of ohms even though the gold concentration is extremely high in both the assay results and with the naked eye. To me this means it cannot be metal detected as a solid metal object (nugget) of any size. However it might hopefully be detected as a cold rock of some size. Ground Conditions: Dry and no salt. Size: Shale (loose rock) slope with a little vegetation on top of it. The size of the rocks are mostly 2 inches to 12 inches with a few larger rocks going up to about 4 feet. There is very little "gravel" size rocks (under 3/4in). This specimen is about the size of a baseball (3in/75mm diameter) that I cut in half. The other half went to the assay lab (had I known I would have sent a MUCH smaller sample size). This half of the specimen weighs 146grams. The other half that got fire assayed weighed 180grams. So the original specimen before I cut it in half weighed at least 326grams. Mineralization: The location contains very little mineralization (as in very little iron). The only sign of "iron" is decaying/oxidizing pyrite. Some of the rocks have a lot of pyrite in them. I suspect some of the "pyrite" is arsenic based (Arsenopyrite) but I have not had an assay on those to confirm. Even some of the Au found in this specimen may be rare gold pyrite (Aurostibite). Trash: There is very little "trash" (as in manmade metal objects). I would even go so far as to say no trash whatsoever but I'm sure there is something in there. Certainly no aluminum wrappers that have been shredded thru a lawn mower. ASSAY RESULTS: Au = 20388.2 gm/t Ag = >100 ppm Mo = 23 ppm Cu = 435 ppm Pb = 1471 ppm Zn = 1032 ppm Mn = 1446 ppm As = 34 ppm Sr = 89 ppm Cd = 9.2 ppm Sb = 39 ppm Bi = 891 ppm Fe = 5.57% S = 5.79% What Metal Detector system to use for Auriferous rocks (cold rocks)? If I had not made this post to get feedback, my research/learning points me to purchasing a IB/VLF system like the White's GMT with a few different search coils for the first 12 inches of depth. However I do not feel confident in that decision because maybe it should be a Fisher Gold Bug Pro instead, or something else. Can a deep large object metal detector (relics) work for detecting "large" cold rocks like this beyond a few feet of depth in the ground conditions described above? High rez pictures of this specimen that I need to find more of are attached!
  13. Well, I'm on my number 3 Whites TRX now, the first one was a dud and seemed to really lack sensitivity so I bought a second one from Centerville Electronics in the USA, cost me a fortune to get here but it worked a lot better although it had a habit of going off in the air just holding it and seemed very unstable so I had to run it in sensitivity 2 to keep it stable but then the performance was worse than most other pinpointers I owned. I've just always wondered if number 2 was faulty as well as if a stable TRX was ever made that could be run in sensitivity setting 4 it'd be a killer gold prospecting pinpointer as in sensitivity setting 4 it is easily the most sensitive pinpointer I've tried and I've tried a lot of them. So when one popped up for sale in NZ I couldn't believe my luck, these things are rare as hens teeth in NZ and I thought it was quite possible I was the only owner of one in NZ, the guy who owned it bought it in the US and rarely used it so it was a killer buy, to add to that was the price he wanted for it. Yes, $80 New Zealand dollars! That's right $49 USD! I'd seen these things selling for around $400 USD not long ago as they've become quite the collectors item. It arrived this morning and I've had a tinker with it already of course, it's performance is the exact same as the one I bought from Centerville Electronics in the US, so at least it puts it to rest for me if my second one was a lemon or not, the 3rd one runs the same as the 2nd one with the same problem of it going off if swung around in the air, especially in higher sensitivities and also the same falsing on the ground randomly but overall, still the most sensitive pinpointer I've ever used. So, I'm happy, got a deal on another one for a spare and even with it's falsing issues it's still a very good pinpointer and a shame it's no longer made, it is the only pinpointer I own that will hit on a number 9 lead pellet. My first one that I'm confident is faulty I gave to my daughter and shes lost it, probably buried in a box of lego somewhere but I'm going to try find it as I may as well get it back and use it for a spare cover for my other two. At the time I didn't realise you can remove the guts of them easily and replace the cover.
  14. Has anyone seen this "combined-pinpointer and digger or something similar. https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t27544-combined-pinpointer-and-digging-tool
  15. All Deus 2 compatible accessories are selling like hot cakes, going out of stock everywhere, and the Mi-6 is no different. It is either sold out at major dealers like KellyCo, Serious Detecting, and Big Boys Hobbies or seeing a price increase from where it has retailed at $159.95 to as high as $199.95 on eBay and Amazon.
  16. Watching this review really made me want one. It seems to accomplish what Minelab kind of missed, and that is the ability to discriminate at a good distance from the object. This is what the ProFind 35 should’ve been. With Boost engaged this beast will easily hit a coin at 4”. The LCD seems super helpful in many ways, from determining what settings are what, and adding a visual dimension to discrimination. The price also seems very reasonable relative to what it does. Sooner or later I’m going to have to have one. But I already have 4 pinponters here and a Mi6 on the way to make 5. What justification can I come up with to own this too? 😊 but anyway, what do you guys think…does this represent the ideal pinpointer? Will it lead to a new era in pinpointer design? Will an LCD and ever advancing discrimination become standard after this?
  17. On paper this appears to be a fairly impressive unit with the depth or range that the ProFind 35 lacks to be able to make an iron tone more effective. What feedback I’ve seen on it indicates this would equal the depth of pinpointers like TRX and Tek-Point, but with more features as depicted below. Has anyone here used one? What do you think so far? Personally the only thing that would make me think twice is that I already have powerhouse pinpointers and I’m not really looking to take on any new pinpointers that aren’t part of an ecosystem. While I’m impressed with this pinpointer on paper, I haven’t seen a full sized Quest machine that really floats my boat, particularly in light of the latest machines from the big players.
  18. Does the Deus 11 support any wireless pointers? I am old and hard of hearing and with gloves I can barely feel the vibration on my Garrett. Stick
  19. Here's an example of what happens when egos (and/or ignorance) get involved. Bidding opened at $87.40. The second to highest bid by a person with more than 1(!) Ebay transaction occurred at $113.00. The third highest bidder and last experienced Ebay bidder at present (786 transaction) was still in at $201. Since then the final two (one with zero experience and the other with just 1) have bid it up to $250.00 as I write this, and still 3 days remaining! It remains to be seen if the winner reneges after 'winning' this childish battle.... I wonder what the seller is thinking ("too good to be true...?"). https://www.ebay.com/itm/185306146671?_trksid=p2471758.m4703 Post-auction update: one of the two boxers landed the final punch very late (last 8 minutes) and won the bidding war at $255.00 plus an additional $10.70 shipping and possibly (not shown) additional charge in the form of state sales tax.
  20. I should be getting my new deus II by next weekend. I’ve been using a Whites TRX for the past four years and I really like it. The thing I don’t like is that it’s not very loud and I have to pull one side of my headphones off to hear it. The MI6 connects wirelessly to the deus II so I’ll be able to hear it through the headphones which would be really nice (at least I think so). How does the MI6 stack up to the TRX in performance though? The only other pinpointer I have is a deteknix (Quest) Xpointer which works well, but isn’t quite as deep as the TRX and not nearly as sensitive to small items as the TRX. So with my limited experience with pinpointers should I spend the money on the MI6?
  21. Thanks to @GB_Amateur, I am now the proud owner of a TRX and I compared it to my trusty F-Pulse. A picture is worth 1,000 words. Also, I have beautiful penmanship and I'm just looking for a way to show it off, so please enjoy the following pic. Legend: F-Pulse B = When the F-Pulse "bottomed out" or "overloaded." This means the pinpointer vibrated and beeped at its maximum level and stayed that way even if the pinpointer was brought closer to the 9V battery. This is the point when your pinpointer can't tell you if you're any closer to your target. TRX B = When the TRX bottomed out or overloaded. #F-Pulse = When the F-Pulse consistently first started going off on the 9V battery target. *TRX = The closest point when the TRX first started going off on the 9V battery target. !TRX = The furthest point when the TRX first started going off on the 9V battery target. A few notes: The dead 9V battery was used as a target. The TRX was on #3 sensitivity level and the F-Pulse was on medium sensitivity. Both were on virbrate + beep. The TRX smoked the F-Pulse, but I'm still not sure which I'll keep. The F-Pulse feels a lot more substantial and robust. Plus, that gasket on the TRX seems...untrustworthy. The TRX's max range varied a bit. The max ranage varied b/w the *TRX and ! TRX tick marks. The distance b/w TRX B and *TRX or !TRX is its closing or ratcheting range, and quite the range it has! I knew it was good in this respect and it did not disappoint.
  22. Hi there, is it normal that on air and on the ground my nokta pulse dive can't find my 18k wedding ring???
  23. Since I can't snorkel, I modified the metal detector. I lengthened the Nokta Makro Pulse, changed the vibration motor to a handlebar position, and added spring wires to the tube for easy storage! I think it's pretty good
  24. I understand that the Nokta Pulse Dive uses pulse induction. I imagine that precludes discrimination? Also, there are 2 coils for it: 14 and 20 cm. Do the coil size on PI detectors have similar meaning as in VLF ones? Could anyone briefly comment on how this detector behaves in reality? Cheers.
  25. I'm contemplating modifying a standard size (discriminating) IB/VLF detector into a compact form factor to search inside old structures. Thinking small concentric, but how small? Tesoro has a 5 3/4" concentric. Other manufacturers have 6" diameter concentrics. Both Fisher and Bounty Hunter (well, First Texas now) have made 4" concentrics. (Note: I've decided to go with a concentric instead of a DD because of the freedom of motion symmetry they offer.) Any thoughts/opinions are welcome.
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