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This is an Open Forum to discuss any metal detecting questions or subjects. Please feel free to discuss any metal detecting subject, in good taste and with due respect to all users. Thomas Dankowski frequents this forum and is happy to share his knowledge and experience about metal detecting to answer questions along with many other metal detecting experts who frequent this forum.
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Please note that Dankowski Detectors now has Terms of Use provisions. Nothing has really changed, its just now everything is written down for the sake of those who in the past liked to argue. To view, CLICK HERE. If anybody sees anything unreasonable or disagreeable in the Terms of Use, please let me know.
Re: Dilek just dropped the gauntlet - 2 months ago
Anyone who thinks thin skinned Stevie represents Minelab is an ignorant fool. Typical of the gutless types that hide behind fake screen names and a keyboard though, thinking they are oh so brave as they attempt smear others from their own anonymous ivory towers.by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Dilek just dropped the gauntlet - 2 months ago
There is a difference between customer engagement and combativeness, that extends to and bleeds over into the customer engagement.by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: FMDF down - 4 months ago
tnsharpshooter Re: FMDF down "Just an FYI= no loss." Wow, talk about biting the hand that feeds you. OK David (TNSharpshooter), since you decided to air your dirty laundry here, let’s get at least one thing straight. You were and are banned from my forum, for various reasons. Not least is the fact you don’t like that I have opinions and express them. There is no rule that saysby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Tarsacci Cookbook and best ideas - 1 year ago
Well, I was not trying to start anything. I thought you just tried to get your idea going with this thread, and kind of got told reasons why it was not hoping to happen. So I offered an alternative, but kind of regret it now, as it looks like I'm trying to steal away something from this forum. It's the internet, you can have your cake and at it too, so I don't understand the commenby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Tarsacci Cookbook and best ideas - 1 year ago
Beroxy, I get it, you just want the core info, without the fluff. Start the same thread on the Tarsacci Forum at the link below, and I will be more than happy to moderate/delete superfluous posts. Tarsacci Forumby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Minelab GPX 6000 - 2 years ago
dewcon4414 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Your comment about it picking up tiny ferr .... it > will do the same on the beach. Here in the Gulf t > here is a lot of rusted iron flakes.... ive notice > d them even with the MDT. BUT... as you said for > those micro gold hunting willing to learn ....and > who has that kind of cash it couldby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Minelab GPX 6000 - 2 years ago
The GPX 5000 was the last Minelab PI with a discrimination control. It is more a surface blanking effect that does not work at depth, but is better than nothing. Ironstone is not a discrimination issue, but a ground balance/hot rock rejection issue. GeoSense may just tune them out. The GPZ 7000 and now GPX 6000 have no discrimination control. You still get the tones in reference to the groundby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Minelab GPX 6000 - 2 years ago
I used to do ounce plus days. Then half ounce. Then quarter ounce. Now I tend to average about 2 grams a day, half ounce a week. That’s an average per day, but close per week. Any new good find can change things, but I find that shooting for a half ounce a week is realistic for me at this stage of the game. It’s kind of leveled off as there are always small nuggets to find, but the big ones thatby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Minelab GPX 6000 - 2 years ago
I rarely post outside home base these days, but this is a equipment forum, and this is a new detector. The GPX 6000 is not aimed at you all, but there are some of you that should know about what it offers. For what it was worth, I worked on SDC 2300, Gold Monster, GPZ 7000, Equinox, Vanquish, and now the 6K. The GPX 6000 is a PI that simplifies and automates the settings to the largest degreeby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Using Salinity Balance to Eliminate Foil - 2 years ago
No worries Aaron, I'm plenty relaxed. I stand 100% by what I'm saying.... increasing the salinity setting will cause many small gold items to lose depth or be lost entirely. That's it, nothing more to say or prove. Do continue on, and thank you for the effort and time you put into your videos and in educating people about the MDT. I'll let some of the intrepid testers on thby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Using Salinity Balance to Eliminate Foil - 2 years ago
That proves nothing. I can tune any VLF to drop some aluminum and still find gold all day long. It's often beneficial to eliminate small foil to concentrate on the gold that is unaffected. OK, so you can do that - I get it. I never said you can't find small gold with the Tarsacci. I said that increasing the salinity to eliminate aluminum is not without risks for losing gold. I am notby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Using Salinity Balance to Eliminate Foil - 2 years ago
Yeah in my tests I as I increased salinity I had gold items drop out both during and even before the aluminum drops out, so no, I'm not buying it. The MDT does not know the difference between gold and aluminum. It only sees phase and/or decay, and the overlap between aluminum and gold is completely continuous in both domains. Any idea that you can eliminate aluminum with no risk of eliminatiby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Fisher Impulse AQ Limited - 2 years ago
dewcon4414 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We will see what comes out of how easy it is to co > me up with a battery system. Not everyone wants > to drop cash on two machines when the only issue s > eems to be battery. A beach machine for my purpo > se has to be waterproof that’s half the beach to m > e especially for a PI. Rememberby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Fisher Impulse AQ Limited - 2 years ago
Since the idea is being floated that anyone interested in this Limited version model is a sheep being lead to slaughter, I thought I'd weigh in. I'm an experienced user of ground balancing pulse induction technology for quite some time now. I'm quite familiar with the tech and what it can and can't do. I'm familiar with the lineage of this detector and therefore the poby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Equinox 800 (Long) Depth & Discrimination Test With The 15 & 11 Inch Coils! - 3 years ago
D-Tone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I always hunt on Rcvy Spd 2 because of what Tom said. So is it your opinion the recovery speed setting serves no function? That Minelab should have left the control off the Equinox? Why did they not just preset the machine at 2 since that is always the best setting no matter what?by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Equinox 800 (Long) Depth & Discrimination Test With The 15 & 11 Inch Coils! - 3 years ago
Mccrorysjewelry2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tom D. always said recovery at 2 or 3 work best for depth. On all targets under all ground conditions? No. Global application of out of context information.by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Whites Elecetronics - 3 years ago
I agree with Paul that the MX Sport is a very good detector - now. But if you buy used I would stay away from anything made in the first year (2016-2017). The introduction was a disaster, software was a mess, pod leak issues, and battery case breakage issues. Not kidding, the worst intro I have witnessed in my 45 years in the industry. All issues were covered under warranty and have since been fiby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Whites Elecetronics - 3 years ago
The new Goldmaster 24K is arguably the best new VLF gold nugget detector on the market. They may have issues but White’s is not dead yet.by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Darwin Award - Covid Version - don’t do this - 3 years ago
It was not that long ago that we accepted that we all live in a democracy where people have different views. The idea was that while we may disagree, we are all citizens of a great country who want what we each think is best for the country. Our system of government assumes that when a majority takes one view, that the minority will accept that in a democracy that is how things work. Now bothby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Stay Safe - 3 years ago
Many of you have already had a corona virus. There are already four variants endemic in the United States that cause around 1/4 of the colds we catch every year. It’s likely many people who think they have had the flu have instead had a corona virus. Like this latest version they can cause pneumonia and then death. So no, this is not some brand new never been seen before thing like it’s being madby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Testing a new prototype - 3 years ago
Return of the Pulse Devilby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: multi IQ does it have advantages ?over slingle ? - 3 years ago
diggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > we were wondering if it has any proven advantages > over a deus? proven in the field against each mach > ine in shoot outs ? Yes. Better target id at depth, less upscaling, better saltwater performance, to name a few.by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: The new White’s GMX sport detector intro (Video) - 3 years ago
calabash digger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > WOW! Ground breaking a rebadged MX Soprt…….. The GMX Sport is a rebadged 48 kHz Goldmaster 24K - a 24K stuffed in the MX Sport housing. All controls and performance are identical to the 24K and coils are interchangeable between the 24K and GMX. The Goldmaster 24K has so far had two coils available, a 6"by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: FindMall Under Construction - 3 years ago
silverfiend Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tnsharpshooter Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > Btw new site look resembles heavily detector pro > sp > > ector site. > > > Well, if they are using the same software, I would > expect them to look the same or at leasby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: FindMall Under Construction - 3 years ago
double post - deleteby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Tom D. have you signed an NDA for the Impulse AQ??? - 3 years ago
Just an FYI to some who sometimes don't know the ramifications of what they are asking. Some NDAs include stipulations that specifically state that you will not disclose that you have signed an NDA or anything else to reveal a project even exists or that you are involved in it. You might consider that declining to answer questions sometimes is an answer, and also consider that nobody owes yoby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: New detector is coming to market...CYGNUS-1X - 3 years ago
Johnnyanglo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps the notion of creating a new platform base > d on revolutionary untested principles of physics > within the framework of a mass-produced handheld d > etector that will provide every possible solicited > wiz-bang gadgetry desired at an exceedingly afford > able price point, which also workby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Rick... - 3 years ago
tnsharpshooter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > lytle78 Wrote: > I get along with Steve just fine. > Post there too. > Challenge questionable info there too if I see it. > Production unit to me means unit is complete. Ful > ly operational and meets all manufacturer’s desire > s they care to obtain or can obtain. > That’s all. >by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Rick... - 3 years ago
I am certain I already know the answer for my high mineral beach locations. Low mineral white sand will be a more complex equation however as VLF type detectors perform at their best and no matter how good the Impulse is the VLF type units will have better discrimination. It will come down to a judgement call of just how much extra depth is worth digging how much extra trash. I suspect as alwaysby Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Rick... - 3 years ago
dewcon4414 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You say the AQ will eclipse...... or even obsolete > previous BEACH machines.... like the Nox since its > the newest and greatest. That’s the cut to the chase assessment I have been waiting for from somebody with extensive use of both the Equinox and Tarsacci. Thanks!by Steve Herschbach - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
