fredmason Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I have found some very small nuglets with the extreme...an enhancer and mono coil are a good combo...there is certainly some info somewhere from Jonathan Porter regarding the best settings... fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget65 Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Deathray here's the pic of the spur... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvchris Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Deep, sensitive and enhance (E) was a popular setting. Its also critical to understand how the level adjust affects ground balance. If you don't have it down load the manual here. This model was seen as a major upgrade (from the SD's) and ushered in the GP series. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I have used the Extreme since 2003. Only this last winter did I buy a SDC. Below are the pictures of two nuggets (a nugget and a big flake) I found with the extreme using a platypus coil tek double d in 2007 in the chicken area. The first one weighed 2 grams at about 5 inches. I went real slow over the area and found the second one which weighed in at .2 grams at probably not more than an inch and a half. The signal was faint and almost quit looking for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Chris Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 The extreme is an excellent detector, I found plenty of gold with mine. It should have no problem with a 6 grain nugget unless it is a quartz specimen piece. Another thing is that a vial of little bits weighing a DWT sounds off like one of the little bits individually, not like a solid piece weighing a DWT - this is true of ALL metal detectors. Its the same reason a delicate 14K woman's jewelry chain weighing 5 grams may not respond at all on a detector while a 14K wedding band ring weighing 5 grams will scream - in spite of the fact that both are 5 grams of 14K gold. Shape of the target does make a huge difference. Steve has written about this a number of times. So not hitting the little bits is the norm because they do not add up. Not hitting the 6 grain piece is something wrong unless its a quartz specimen piece and not a solid nugget. Which stock coil were you running? the extreme came with 2 stock coils. Make sure you are not running a mono coil in cancel mode - that will greatly reduce sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Two tenths of a gram is about 3 grains so nothing wrong with the sensitivity..sometimes the orientation of the nugget changes the signal. A flat piece on edge will give less signal than a flat piece laying flat...there are so many factors it would be impossible to describe them all... fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nugget65 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Thnx Reno Chris.... After reading ur comment we examined the nugget and yes it does have quartz in it and is kinda hollow... As for the Lil ones in the vial one of them is 4 grains... Thnx for the help.... That's why I like this forum... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer@wy Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Thanks everyone for helping to fill us in on these machines. anyone use sd v1 vs the same sd v2? Is/are v2 machines any better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I had both the original green SD2200 and a SD2200v2 and I can't say one was better than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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