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Re: FMDF down - 2 years ago
GTer Wrote: Vlad still working on forum, progress being made.. Here is a link explaining what happened.. Good to hear as I only visit here, DP, FMDF, and my Forums at AHRPS. And there are several individuals not approved or banned to help keep things clean and not annoying. Monteby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Deep Nickel VDI numbers. - 4 years ago
Dan(NM) Wrote: I hunt really trashy parks and hardly ever go after nickels because my time is limited. I'm going to notch in 12-13 on my next hunt due to amount of wheats and silver I've been taking out of 2 places I've hit this past month. Have you found the Nox the hit nickels in this range at depth, I'm talking 7-9" depth, that's where most of the keepers areby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: APEX issue... - 5 years ago
QuoteShelton Very good reply Monty. Thank you. With your nail board test I was find also one more issue. Overall performance effect depends from kind of coin... with silver will be different than with copper. Some YouTube showman’s use 3D tests. But for me I prefers your.Shelton, 'Thank You' for the kind words. I do several different Good-Target / Trash-Target testing when I am evalby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: APEX issue... - 5 years ago
QuoteD&P-OR Monte-----How did you find the Apex with the "Viper" coil to do on your nail board test in comparison to the F-19 with the FT 5X10" coil? (both coils being comparatively close to same size)----- Looked to me like the F-19 literally "ate the Apex for lunch" on the test I seen.---------DelHummm, let me address this question this way: 1.. I own, use and liby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: APEX issue... - 5 years ago
Let me jump in here just a little bit, if you don't mind. One thing I have always noticed on many of the posts here on Tom's site is that there are a lot of bellyachers who are quick to offer all their negative thoughts because something new or different isn't what they consider to be the right pick for them and their needs. The percentage of complainers who do so tend to be thosby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Garrett Ace Apex box opening - 5 years ago
QuoteNASA-Tom: Monte....... just a thought: The Nokta Impact (and all of it's succedent siblin gs) had a fairly large 11" x 7" coil size....... and performed phenomenally well in iron. The EQX with an even larger (11" x 11") coil .... also performs stupendously well in iron..... for its coil size. The Microprocessor/electronics are (now) performing additional duties inby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Garrett Ace Apex box opening - 5 years ago
By this time next week I'll know how the new Apex performs for a variety of applications, but I won't know for sure how it will handle really challenging places with dense brush, building rubble and abundant close-proximity ferrous debris until they bring out a smaller-size coil for it. It might be a narrow-shaped coil, but it is still a mid-big coils, being more of a mid-size to biggeby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: OK Calabash here's your video of the Tarsacci - 5 years ago
QuoteGeoW: This is the oldtimer coming out in me but I can’t make myself stand over a good sounding target trying to get some numbers to agree. I dig the target after Xing it’s location then onto the next. Time is relics G I'm with you on this one, George. Way too many years of success using non-display detectors and relying on a decent, dig-worthy' audio response. If I'by Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Simplex optional search coils now in production - 5 years ago
Sven1 Wrote: Yeah Monte, at least we got partly what were asking for. I have been posting that everyone who wants a 5" coil to ask for one. Hopefully enough people will give that push and actually want to buy one. Back on the UK forum to get some info on an older detector......they have a Simplex sub-forum. Mentioned about the 5", might some extra push there as well. As they hby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: To those Manufacturers who produce more then one machine a year. - 5 years ago
tnsharpshooter Wrote: Or help put White’s out of business. White's put their self out of business. No senior, skilled electronics engineer since Carl M. left. Went through a few CEO's who were there briefly, then that task was handled by the main Accountant. Already had a few rush-to-market mistakes before the MX Sport, then really made things worse when it hadn't been evaluby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Impact - - 5 years ago
Gonebeepin' George, I think the Impact has proved itself as very capable. I wasn't a fan of the Impact ergonomics. A friend brought over his pre-production model for me to have a look at and test in the back yard. Uncomfortable in hand. Lots of 'modes' to experiment with. Excellent performer. But I would have been looking at ways to make it more comfortable to use from thby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Simplex optional search coils now in production - 5 years ago
D&P-OR: That isn't what Monte wanted! Del, it is partly what I wanted. I have WANTED or ASKED FOR or nearly BEGGED FOR a 5" DD for the nasty iron contaminated sites, and a good mid-size coil such as a 7" Concentric or 5X9½ DD open-frame. They already said they can't make a Concentric for the Simplex + (although I don't know why not) so the 5X9½ DD is definitelyby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: George Payne’s Masterpiece The Mark 1 LTD - 5 years ago
Aaron, 'Thank You' for a nice walk down 'memory lane' and I was glad to know that choice-condition Mark I Ltd. was going to a home of a caring individual. Too many 'newcomers' don't know about, thus don't have an appreciation for, some of the really nice detectors we have enjoyed through the decades-past. It was nice seeing and hearing it again. Monteby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Relic detectors - 5 years ago
"Relic Hunting" can mean different thing to different people. My primary-use Relic Hunting detectors and coils for very challenging sites that have a very dense amount of iron nails and other ferrous-based junk are the: Nokta FORS CoRe w/'OOR' DD coil and FORS Relic w/5" DD coil • the XP ORX w/5X9½ DD HF coil • and a DeepTech Vista 'X' w/5.7 DD coil. Sitesby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Tesoro 120 disc. setting in iron? - 6 years ago
QuoteHarold,ILLMonte, Is the Pantera also a ED-165 Disc.?Harold, good question and a simple answer ... NO. The Pantera is NOT an ED-165 range of Acceptance and is considered one of the Tesoro models labeled as having the ED-120 Disc. circuitry. The Pantera essentially does have the ED-120 circuitry and the performance like most of the other ED-120 Disc. models, but technically, it is just veryby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
My preference with an ED-120 Disc. range Tesoro. - 6 years ago
Harold, for the benefit of those readers who don't understand what the ED-120 and ED-180 or other references relate to with the Tesoro metal detector line, let me make a quick explanation: Early-on, after we got Discriminating detectors in the early '70s, the use was to ignore or Discriminate the more annoying pieces of trash Coin Hunters encountered. The bulk of that common urban tby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
The SIMPLEX+ features, frequency and reality. - 6 years ago
Sorry, but I can't believe how many readers are so quick to question or get picky about this new (coming soon) device. Most of the information was right there in the available ads by clicking on Specifications and other attached info. Operating Frequency: It states 12 kHz. This is different from all the other more recent and popular models Nokta and/or Makro have offered the past fivby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Quest Metal Detectors Answer to the Go-Find and Simplex - 6 years ago
Nice orange color, but I'm with you, Sven .... I'll be glad when the Simplex is released. I believe it will be one more shock to the metal detector industry, especially here in the USA. In the last year we've seen one ship sunk, one is listing, and another seems to have been adrift for quite a while. FTP is about the only US detector maker who seems to at least keep offering uby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: the tired old T2 - 6 years ago
A very successful couple of hunts! I have a selection of very good units, and have owned a half-dozen different T2 versions, then last month I bought a new T2+ that I am also quite satisfied with. Half the cost, or less, than most of those newer entries that have a wide-array of adjustment features ... most of which I don't need. It looks like we have a short break coming in from our retuby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: White’s products can be bought online via their site. - 6 years ago
Quotejmarytthey attempted to compete with garrett by offering the mx-5,but they "screwed up" because it wasn't waterproof,and the at-pro is! The MX-5 wasn't an attempt to compete with the waterproof AT Pro. The MX-5 was, and is, a very decent performing model, and a bit hotter than the M-6. I used to keep it and another brand/model with me for Coin Hunting as I liked them moby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Another nice adventure to watch.
- 6 years ago
A bit windy but successful all-the-same. Sure wish we could venture out around here. Remember the WTHO's in May and June, and I hope to see you there. Monteby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: White’s products can be bought online via their site. - 6 years ago
Quotejmarytyup! i remember those days when whitey, i believe, gave 40% discount to dealers if they bought in "bulk" i don't remember the exact number, but think it was 10..40% was a tremendous incentive both to dealers, and customers.I started as a Dealer w/Garrett in '77 and their discount back then was 25%. That increased and about 1981 to '83 most Dealers were gettingby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: “Monte's my hero kinda thread” - 6 years ago
Well, maybe if I jump in here I can answer a few of the questions I've read, satisfy some curiosities, and perhaps bring this thread to an end. Some of the responders I have met and known for quite some years, others I have had interesting phone calls and e-mails with related to this fantastic hobby we enjoy, and others I have followed on a regular bases as I do a lot more forum reading thaby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Question for Monte - 6 years ago
QuoteD&P-ORMonte------Have you tried the XP Deus?Tried it? Kind of, but really just used one a very short while a friend uses to check out a few targets. I never got into studying it or borrow one to use for any extended period of time. QuoteD&P-ORIf so, what did you think of it in mineralized/iron plaqued sites? Did it pass your nail board test with say the 9" coil on board?by Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: PANTERA question for Monte - 6 years ago
QuoteAaron... hard to see w these 50 yr eyes in candle light! I wish my eyes, either of them, could still see like when I was 50. That many years back triggers a few memories for me. That year included my '04' day at a Central Oregon small town highway renovation. They started tearing up the highway through town on a Monday that summer, as well as the sidewalks from building-front acby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Tesoro Pantera Notch-Disc. answers - 6 years ago
QuoteAaronHey Monte, Way back in 2010 on Finds you responded to a PANTERA question with the following comment: QuoteMonte “You can opt to use the Notch Accept or Notch Reject to accept ONLY those targets within the notched range, or IGNORE (Reject or Discriminate) targets in that 'window.' Better still, you can just rely on the Primary Discriminate control (which I left at the miby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: White's Sierra Super Trac, known as the SST. - 6 years ago
QuotecoinspaderThanks for the input Monte, the fact that it will sound off on everything might be hard on the ears without a way to reduce the sound of the iron grunts. Might not be an ideal machine for coin shooting in a trashy park. Nope, not a pleasant model for the majority of Coin Hunters, or many other folks for that matter. If a site is pretty much iron debris free, it would ease the auby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
White's Sierra Super Trac, known as the SST. - 6 years ago
QuotecoinspaderAnybody here ever use one? I guess they were a limited edition from what I have read about them. There is one for sale, I was thinking about trying it out.If you want to try out a Sierra Super Trac, aka SST, before you invest any $$$, just get a White's Matrix 6, better known as the M6, and do the following: • You will only have use of the Sensitivity or Gain control to turby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: What makes a machine a great thick iron hunter? - 6 years ago
You have a lot of useful information from responders. QuoteJunk and DisorderlyI would have said it was more about the coil size than the detector, some specific detector are better than others, but for me when i hunt in thick iron or trashy sites then only a small coil will do the job and i mean small in the 4-6'' size. If i suspect that decent targets are around then i will cleanby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F-19 and G2+ price cuts - 6 years ago
QuotetabmanI've used numerous Teknetics and haven't had any problems with them whatsoever. I love the T-grip.I've only encountered a couple of glitches, but nothing major as I have from some other manufacturers here in the USA. The T-2 grip is one of the best out there and I have enjoyed in on the T2's, Omega's and G2's I have or have had in the past. Very comfortaby Monte - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum