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I’ve got two “bigfeet” for the older whites machines - they typically go for about $200. Works great with an IDX pro with the GB mod - you need that because the conductivity scale gets screwed up unless you adjust the GB to suit the BF coil.
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lytle78
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I keep looking in usual and unusual places for a used DFX - not just any used one, mind you, but an ad for a used one for about $300 - and which includes that funny looking long skinny coil....
The Bigfoot coils for the DFX and V3i regularly bring $500 on ebay..
Not lucky so far, but I keep trying.
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lytle78
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Free speech only exists in the public sphere, you can print what you want (if you have the means) you can say what you want - but these rights have limits. For example, shouting “Fire” in a crowded theater is an example of the sort of thing that is not free speech. In fact, if you do this you will be breaking the law.
Other limits are imposed by the fact that certain actions leave you open to
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lytle78
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If you have the dimensions and weight of the package and the origin and destination, the FedEx or UPS websites will quote you a ground shipping cost.
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I expect we are pretty bored picking on CBash and each other - let’s have some fun looking at the mayhem Kemper is spreading over on Findmall. Here’s his latest - captured before it is XXX’d
]While I share no joy in presenting this I think it rises to a level where the members here should be aware of it.
I received the following message and threat from a mod here . While I understand he h
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lytle78
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I suspect Keith has better things to do than to “wrassle” with someone who runs to blinding flashes of run-away ego and gratuitous insults of folks with solid forum reputations - folks who he has never met or engaged with on the forums.
No, we have had our ups and downs on this forum over the years - hopefully this too shall pass (I think I know a bit about passing after recent urinary episode
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lytle78
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It’s funny how some folks post here and on Steve H’s forum and their content is SO different here than there. Wish I could figure out why.
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Dew, read Tom’s post again - it is abundantly clear that this is not an AQ.
“This unit is a relic hunter...”
“Mid tones”
“Below average adjacent target separation”
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lytle78
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If you have permissions on suitable ground - almost anything will do.
VDI readout are pretty much useless, since even iron artifacts are interesting - Viking sword anybody?
The Deus is a local favorite and any higher frequency machine such as an F19/G2 or a T2 would be fine.
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lytle78
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Used ones go for about $100 - I have one I’d sell for that - shipped.
Here’s what DetectingMO - a dealer posted about F19 coil compatibility in 2016
“11"DD is the largest factory coil and its great.
the NEL Hunter, Tornado, and Attack work great on it.
Detech Ultimate coil is a great option as well.
Any Gold Bug Pro, F5, Greek, G2, ETP coil in DD configuration will work on it
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lytle78
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Asking a well focused question - always a good idea
Getting a well-organized and categorized answer - one of the best things about a good forum.
Nice one TN
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CB - thanks for the good wishes. I am doing about as well as I was before I took my grand tour of Banner Baywood Hospital - my two problems were critical but not likely to recur.
As to your other comments - you state your case with vigor! But here are a couple of thoughts of my own.
I fail to see how Alexandre’s documentation of his test set up qualifies as marketing fluff. Likewise LE.JAG’
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lytle78
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And folks wonder why lots of solid data on the AQ is posted on Steve H’s forum and not posted here. On Steve’s forum there have been (by my count) 18 threads started on the AQ since the first of December - two months time. Lots of them with contributions by Alexandre Tartar the designer and LE.JAG the chief development tester.
Here’s one example with a long post by Alexandre Tartar illustratin
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Mike said the “batch on hand” are all the latest rev.
About the discount code. All Tek dealers have one as do the “Special Representatives” who were appointed when the Ameritek line was lunched. To get a code, just click on the “code” in red letters and you will be able to search for one or display all of them. If that’s not convenient, just use mine - A1485
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Both of my “emergegencies” have resolved themselves - I back to being a 73 year old with the usual and a few less usual signs that getting older ain’t all “beer and skittles”!
I have no new news on the AQ. They are busy nailing down what are likely dozens of niggling issues which have to be 100% right before release. I do have one tidbit however - Tom Walsh - the CEO took one of the first prod
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Aaron,
Over on Steve H’s forum, Alexandre Tartar, the chief designer and LE.JAG the chief development tester are posting detailed information on the capabilities and operation of the AQ, including some thoughtful discussion of what capabilities the AQ would have in highly mineralized inland sites.
Whether they will post more information here is pretty much up to them.
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lytle78
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It has become “table stakes” for the upper mid to pro range. Problem is it needs new case design (a few hundred thousand $) and as Carl Moreland explained long ago about doing a waterproof TDI, there are serious issues of heat disappation with cramming an existing platform in a new tight case.
Lots of work for detector engineers!
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lytle78
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It could be an interesting relic machine as well as a freshwater jewelry hunter! It is a classic example of an established company taking a legacy platform and re-packaging it in such a way that it opens to new applications.
Sometimes evolution beats revolution.
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From a post above: “ I think it is simply the result of shareholders dictating to the CEO's on who, what, when and how their products are produced to ensure maximum profits - ”
Funny, there are 3 significant US detector makers, Garrett, Whites and First Texas. All are closely held corporations - they have NO SHAREHOLDERS outside the ownership - the CEO in each case is the majority shareho
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For us it is a hobby - of for some something more - perhaps an obsession. We need to remember that for the companies involved it is a business. They would happily sell patio furniture if the margins were similar. We “punters” have long been agreeable to pay a “tax on treasure” and fork over many hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a box of components worth a few dozens of dollars.
Time h
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You dodged a bullet on that one Rick! Mine resolved itself well enough, but the old insult - “up your nose with a rubber hose” has a whole new meaning for me now!
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I doubt that they are “done with” the serious hobbiest market. It is clear that the lack of the buzz created by a new and exciting top of the line machine is limiting sales to some degree, but the T2 and F75 are still steady sellers along with the rest of their hobbiest/treasure line.
They seem to be doing all right otherwise, Time Mallory and Mike Scott just got back for a couple of weeks vi
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Follow up to my above post - and the rest of the story.
You are probably wondering why I haven’t been sharing experiences of using the AQ here in Gold Canyon. Good question.
After New Years, it became clear that some relatively minor modifications to the production configuration of the AQ were going to be made in order for it to meet all the certification tests required to meet the requirem
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Thanks for the good wishes. It was a huge bellyache (literally) but it seems to be fine now. Long walks in the sunny mornings and relaxing evenings watching the fire warm the living room, burning the dead palo verde, mesquite and Ironwood that I gather in the desert. Most of it was cut years ago by the power company when they removed trees from under their transmission lines.
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It’s quite simple. A market for a certain product finds a certain balance between cost of product and price of product. If that balance is sufficiently positive in favor of the producer, they prosper, if it isn’t they disappear.
With the radical IMBALANCE in the hobbiest/treasure detector market, you can expect sharp re-adjustment in the pricing strategy of those who hope to continue to prospe
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