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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: Old tech VS New Tech - 4 days ago
The CZ 3D was the unit for old tech that set the benchmark for air test a silver dime. I loved my F75 LTD. It was sparky and fast. I pulled lots of silver out of iron with the 5" coil. My Makro Racer 2 with 5 1/4" oval coil blew my socks off. Super fast for the time and had the right setting for a cherry picker like me. But still the most beloved to me for old is the E Trac. Still addicby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Deus 2 update 0.71 available - 9 days ago
I jumped from .6 to .71. It didn't change the WS6 from 6 and stranger is all my custom programs but 1 were deleted. It left the x-y program which is program 13. lol It was easy enough to upgrade the WS6 and pair it back up.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: This experienced detectorist called Paystreak Superfreak has a lot of problems with Deus II recent software updates - 5 weeks ago
Burt Reynolds shaved half of his mustache off on Johnny Carson's show many moons ago. Think it was a bet. Got a lot of press.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Deus 2 silver program - 2 months ago
Check out Calabash Diggers fast program for iron. I used it with my 11" coil and while a bit of a handicap it pulled a 1906 barber dime and a 1912 V Nickel from a spot where a building burned down decades ago. Lots of trash. 4 or 5 reactivity and 1 iron volume square pwm audio. HH JRby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Deus 2 just arrived - 2 months ago
Tons of videos on You Tube that cover a variety of ground conditions. Have about 6 custom ones that I just tweak if needed from x-y to Goldfield and a couple beach ones. Flexible as it gets so far.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: ON THE HORIZON = MDT-8000 - 2 months ago
I'm a mixed mode guy. Haven't been digging many bottle caps with mixed and hearing the iron grunt as coil comes off the target.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Equinox 800 & iron falsing - 3 months ago
Reminds me of the love for square nails that the CZ 3D had. Found that it would disappear when you circled the target. Nails would also move when pin pointed and end up in the side of the plug. Old school when there was no iron bias setting lolby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Xp Deus 2 product improvement data. Additional info sent 12 Feb 2022 9:18 pm CST - 3 months ago
The TID time out is waaaay too short. Better be quick and have to stay focus on that to hard.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Deus 2 owners who own or are buying the full headphones offered by vendor serious detecting for use with their WS6 module... Some useful info here - 3 months ago
I have seen that Grey Ghost Platinum list they work with the Deus 2 but have a much higher price.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Calabash brings home the gold from beach using Deus 2 - 4 months ago
It seems from the audio it saw the ring attached to the chain. What do you guys think? Nice find for sure. Friend was in same area last week and got a nice gold ring. Still if it had only been 14" lolby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Here it is.. ..Video showing Deus 2 with 9" coil on 14" deep nickel wet salt sand - 4 months ago
My comment on CD beach hunting was not meant to be derogatory but to show he may not be aware of these factors. I never stated he was trying to pass himself off as an expert. Only other time he goes is if the wife wants to go. He states that on one of his earlier video's. I will try to run up to Sunset Beach this Sunday with my Tarsacci and stick a nickel in the sand the same way. I will aby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Here it is.. ..Video showing Deus 2 with 9" coil on 14" deep nickel wet salt sand - 4 months ago
I know the beach he was at and I hunt it occasionally(rarely). Sanded in and flat. For the most part if you find anything it would be a fishing weight or tourist trash. CD only goes on the beach when he is doing a test. Not a beach hunter. lolby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: CHECKING IN - 5 months ago
With target ID being from 01-60 what part of that is Iron?by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: OPTIONAL COILS - 6 months ago
Oval coils seem to be more sensitive to gold so 5x10 for the dry sand areas.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Is the Legend just a cloned Equinox? - 6 months ago
Owned the Racer 2 and the Gold and while they have some neat usable options, with the stock coil I was not impressed with the depth. The Racer 2 with the 51/4" oval coil was the ticket in heavy iron. Pulled a lot of silver in spots that needed the fast response separation and descrimination. Light weight and balanced with no issues of build quality.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: NOKTA MAKRO LEGEND VS EQUINOX... - 6 months ago
Guys we are talking about Friendly's! Who cares? Banned or just don't go there like myself. Guys I have met CD several times and I find him to be a soft-spoken southern gentleman and the way I see it doesn't need to waste his time with your opinion. If he says he believes he's been banned you are wasting your breath so let's talk MDing!by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: DEUS II - 6 months ago
Taking orders but is there a release time?by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: NOKTA MAKRO LEGEND VS EQUINOX... - 6 months ago
I paid 800 for the EQ800 when it came out so price is close and seems like a value at that price. Performance will tell. Chinese aren't the only ones who can back engineer a MD. I guess in some ways it would come down to the algorithm used. I will let you know when I get mine. Is it possible the designing was done in Turkey and built somewhere else cheaper? I have been greatly disappointed iby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: LTB Legend ProPack - 6 months ago
I have spoke to my local dealer and got in line. I need a good yard hunter as I already have one deep ass md for the beach. I have had the Racer 2 and the Gold when they came out and they were super fast for the time and when the Racer 2 was paired with the 5" oval coil it would pull coins out of trash where the E Trac couldn't. I was never a fan for the feel of the EQ being nose heavyby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: NOKTA MAKRO SMF LIVE LAUNCH! - 6 months ago
Seems your exception to the rule but there are other ML models as well and they all leaked from the start, but old worn discussion.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Another XP Deus Teaser Video - 6 months ago
Isn't going to be the price point that competes with the Equinox that's for sure and from what I've read it seems the Nokia either.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: NOKTA MAKRO SMF LIVE LAUNCH! - 6 months ago
Looking forward to it as well. One thing we can be sure of with Minelab it will leak. lolby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Like to Have the Old Site Back - 10 months ago
I have to join the choir and say without this forum I would have moved on down the road. What you get here is not only technical info but the insight into it so layman like me can understand and use it to help increase quality of finds. I feel most can take a md and go to a virgin or lightly hunted site and get a nice find. Its finding the one that got missed because of masking, a hard hunted sitby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: My Tarsacci salt review - 1 year ago
I'm 6' and like coil closer to me so I don't hyper extend my shoulder. I like the 12" balance. It doesn't feel as nose heavy like I get with the Equinox with its 11" coil. Its my understanding that Black Sand on doesn't effect depth but canby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: ON THE HORIZON = MDT-8000 - 1 year ago
With the beach looking better than it has in a couple years I have taken the plunge and ordered the 12" Beast. I used the 13" Ultimate on my E Trac and the benifits of the coverage and added depth was worth the cost. Only it was not waterproof and if not careful moisture would ruin it. Enjoyed taking to you Arron and look forward to trying the Beast out.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Took The Calabash Digger Treasure Ark Out - 1 year ago
Keep the best auction the rest!by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Bottles and Jugs kinda day! D &p this is for you.. - 1 year ago
Some cold water you are in. Got to be in the 50's. Just wondering what you do with your bottles. When I was doing that type of diving I had to dust it when on display at home so I sold my brass port holes and musket parts because of that. Nice finds.by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Working on my new relic machine.. - 1 year ago
Nice toy. Had a 70 Evinrude just like it on my 1980 16' bow rider. Carry a spare spark plugs as they are prone to foul. Balance the tanks on both sides. Surprised since your diving under 30ft you haven't got the new tank system that is out for shallow diving. Tank half the size and last as long as you can stay in the cold water. Lots of islands in Georgetown/Charleston area that had loby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: TARSACCI stunning paradigm-shift performance - 1 year ago
I'm attending a club hunt next weekend and putting it to the test on a 400 acre farm with a boat load of CW history. This site has produce some great finds and hunted a great deal by a small group of people. Sandy soil and I imagine lots of minerals from fertilizers made of manure and iron in the upper Pee Dee. Should be a good crowd and sure some finds still left to be had so I am trying anby ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: TARSACCI 12" COIL FIELD-TEST - 1 year ago
Maybe I missed it somewhere but what is the cost?by ShovelNose - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
