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Harold,ILL. Wrote:
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> What about Etrac as is seems faster yet but no dep
> th loss when compared to the Explorer II?
Harold, I never personally used the Etrac incarnation. But from those Etrac guys that I've hunted with (who had "come up through the ranks") the consensus seems to be that : The II and the Etrac
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Good job. I like how you showed the "before" sound, when trying to isolate it, and narrating your thoughts on the tones/sounds, etc..... Thanx for bringing us along.
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Yup. Great machine. Not the greatest in iron-ridden ghost-townsy conditions (to see through nails). But for every other task, they are great. I haven't seen any machine that can beat an Exp II in junky urban oldtown turf.
I didn't really care much for the SE pro incarnation though. On that one, Minelab tried to speed up the processing, in order to help with junky areas. W
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> ... They also can take ad
> vantage of an in-line probe......if you can find o
> ne they are worth every penny.
Good point and good reminder ! This is exactly why a bunch of people refused to update to the CTX and the Nox 800 : Their inability to utilize the in-line Sunray probe. After a few years
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Michael296 Wrote:
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> ... and 800 and
> they just plain didn't blow my skirt up !! ....
Michael, you have gotten good answers so far. And I would agree with those that say the old-school explorers are still very desirable today. The Nox 800 can, *at best* merely match the depth (IMHO) of an Explorer II. And the ability t
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
At one time, years ago, I fancied myself building a collection of vintage detectors. But then never pursued it, in the end. But I still have a collection of some vintage Whites and other odd-machines. If you want to talk about it, email me @ ttanner777@aol.com. Were you looking to buy or what ?
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
straker Wrote:
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> There's never a lack for any on ebay. Whites must
> 've made a boat load of them.
^ ^ this ^ ^
Yes, that was a very popular machine in its day. Totally obsoleted when Minelabs took over in popularity. But Whites sold a ton when they were all -the-rage. So you can perpetually find them now on
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
dewcon4414 Wrote:
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>... From all these coils....
> .regardless of coverage or sensitivity the 11" see
> med to gain us the most advantage in both depth an
> d sensitivity on the beach.
Since you're couching this in terms of the Explorer II (and Etrac, etc...) : I have to agree with you : I never had much use
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Cal_cobra Wrote:
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> alt
> hough I'm a Johnny come lately to them, ....
Yes, some of them, where all you got were "my leftovers". But *certain other* sites (albeit not necessarily mission era), you were indeed the first to swing a detector there . Pity the poor fellows who follow in your/our footsteps at other p
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Keith Southern Wrote:
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>
> And Religious item is intrigu
> ing.Whast on it?
>
I don't have it handy right now, to get a closer pix. But if you've ever seen the ones that the UK guys find (that are super worn down and crude) , that's how this one looks. So whenever we find those types, we figure th
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
mascard1 Wrote:
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> Met a guy yesterday....Said you used to follow him
> around ...when you where a kid....(mexican guy)...
> Forgot his name?
That would be "Jose". He lived in this area of CA (Monterey/Salinas) back @ 1979 to 1980-ish, d/t his job at the time. I was still in high school at the time, and had run
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
thanx El ! We just generically call them all "Indian pendants". Because of the notion that they were used as trinket Indian trade items. And these smallest type are called "bell-clapper" style . Thanx for the pix !
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
D&P-OR Wrote:
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> Nice finds Tom---but man---don't keep us in suspen
> se!!----Tell us what detectors you & your buddies
> were using, ground condition & depth of the target
> s.----Was Brian in on this hunt also?-----WTG!----
> -----Del
haha, yes, one of the 'partner's in crime'. His
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Got out with some good friends to one of our CA "back-pocket" sites yesterday. Over the years this site has given up 30-ish reales that I'm aware of (8 or 9 to me alone). And 2 gold coins (A $5 to me, and a $10 to a buddy). Various early seateds, a few busts, etc.... And scores of cool period relics and buttons. But in recent years, all the good zones have been hammered to the poin
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Badger in NH Wrote:
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> EMI is more of a problem with 4 kHz though.
In your opinion, would this ONLY be true, if someone were in the 4 kHz ? Or would it manifest itself even in the normal pre 3.0 options of usage ?
The 3.0 seems to have opened a bunch of interference even without availing oneself of the new features.
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
u2robert Wrote:
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> Loose lips sink ships
Then the solution is :
a) Just post the show & tell without saying the exact location (if you're afraid of poachers).
b) If you're afraid of the IRS, then you need-not-say when it's sold (because it's not taxable till turned into cash, if I'm not mistaken)
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Harold,ILL. Wrote:
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> Didn't Mel Fisher have to pay a lot of Taxes on on
> e them ship wreck finds? Didn't he have to fight i
> t in court or something? I am talkin' big finds li
> ke hoards dude like I mention on my first post not
> couple silver coins.
If you were talking the "mel fisher" cal
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Harold,ILL. Wrote:
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> Don't ever underestimate the IRS as you might thin
> k you are getting away with something ....
Harold, can you cite for us a SINGLE incident of when the IRS ever monitored any of our geeky md'ing forums, and came after any md'rs show-&-tell ? I'm sure that since it's imminen
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Arkansas Wrote:
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> Posting online is evidence. Be careful.....too man
> y searching to legally or illegally take your find
> s or hunting sites. Dont get me wrong, we should h
> unt legally. However, if I were to post that I fou
> nd $20 on 10th Street.....least 50 people would cl
> aim it. Does anyone here remember w
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Keith Southern Wrote:
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> They dont do forums and tell me I'm crazy for doin
> g them.LOL.
>
>
They might want you to *think* they are hermit-lone-rangers. But notice that they're more-than-willing to show their trophies and share their stories with Keith Southern. And perhaps (gasp), they might even h
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Harold,ILL. Wrote:
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> The way the Sov threshold changed tones according
> to the last target was always weird too me?
Yes. And also the "null" (for the rejected un-wanted targets) had a long "tail". And the beeps had a long "tail". To me that always indicated horrible masking. Since it reminded m
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Keith Southern Wrote:
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> .I remember
> once digging a 1820 large cent under a railroad sp
> ike with the Sovereign.I had just got it and was c
> ruising around house site and got a sweet hit.i ha
> d the old bar meter and it showed all the way to t
> he right.I dug down and saw that spike and said re
> ally ???No
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Arkansas Wrote:
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> When the 1266 came out, some actually went back to
> using the 1265 because the 1265 is smoother on hot
> ground....not as noisy and easier to hear the roun
> d sounds. ...
Ah, a trip down memory lane. Yes: When the 1266 got rolled out, the temptation to upgrade was enormous. Because in an air test,
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Thanx for the video Keith. The 1266 was certainly a deep seeking beast. But it lacked in any sort of reliable TID. Ie.: It wasn't good for cherry-picking in turf, for example. Because it seemed like everything after about 5" began to sound the same. And it wasn't very good in mineralized ground. But for certain applications, it was un-beatable.
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Arkansas Wrote:
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> 1266 very deep relic machine.
Yes, the 1266 was probably the deepest machine ever made. If you had the larger coil, I don't doubt it could get a quarter to 1.5 ft. deep !!
But the "devil was in the details". Even though it had a disc. knob, yet .... everything beyond 6" deep began to sou
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
coinspader Wrote:
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> The best one I have used in iron infestation is my
> Minelab Musketeer Advantage with the TS800 coil, y
> ou will get all the non ferrous and the large iron
> with it. But good luck finding one.
Ya know, there was a guy I once knew, with a musketeer. Since that model sold so few, I had never seen
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Cal_cobra Wrote:
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> Mike Walding, a legendary bay area detectorists ha
> s something that looks exactly the same, but it ma
> y be the Teknetics Condor. ....
Yes, this was something different. But in the same "ahead of its time" class.
I got a chance to correspond with George Payne personally, b
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Tom_in_CA
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum