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This was the first one of these rings ive found. Its an Ouraring.com its some sort of a health info RING that can connect to an app on your Iphone. Doesnt appear to be like the Apple Phone where once you connect it .... if you loose it no one can use it and there isnt a monthly fee. Made out of ceramics and mostly used for sleep monitoring it appears. Im tempted to buy the charger...... $59
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Well what ever ML produces..... lets not see it watered down. Lets get the impossible dream..... depth and sensitivity. Id sure like to see a salt setting become standard practice ....anything that allows single freq to work this well in the salt water is worth taking a serious look at.
I like the direction the MDT is taking. Ive been a user of the machine for a couple of years now wit
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I noted its a modified version with the upgraded battery box. So now warranty...... is this unit FULLY waterproof then? Are there two versions now or was this unit modified from the beginning?
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I believe Steve has all those machines... but I never saw him do a comparison. But in reality it’s a PI and it allegedly one of the deepest.... even with minimum disc guys like Joe likes it as a pure depth machine. I’d expect it to out perform .... depth wise ... about any beach machine. Most of the guys I know don’t use a lot of PIs because they can be to time consuming..... BUT wouldn’t you
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Odd Rick is having trouble with connecting to the forum.... especially with 3 browsers. I had an issue when changing computers, but there was something i had to change in my browser i reset.
Ill be surprised if Steve doesnt have a production model by now. Joe showed his the other day..... a gift im sure for the marketing and upgraded battery. He's one dang good hunter and can find g
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Think positive guys.... I sure don’t want to loose a good American company. Personally I thin Carl could have given us a kicken disc PI while at Whites. You have to have a passion to design detectors.
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Pretty simple to answer.... a detector that could exceed Eric Fosters machine in depth, its ability to us a very low uS, good warranty, and supposedly $1K cheaper than the production model that would be exactly the same machine..... but the big draw was it was a disc PI. Some users still feel even thou the machine isnt quit as promised.... thats it a darn good buy. The kicker .... im not sure a
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Ummm if Joe has one ya don’t think maybe he does? Several improvements in the production model... but at a price. Hopefully it also has that warranty restoration lifted on resale. Most hunters if they had the chance to jump on say an Eric Foster machine would.... so I suspect this will be worth having. Not so much as a daily hunt but as a great cleanup machine... much like a PI is used for
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I did this separate thread so id get more response from others on this or any 12" coil. Currently on the standard coil the connector is to the rear of the coil..... will these be moved to the middle and the cable connectors moved as well. Is the design with two cross overs the same? Whats the weight of the coil compared to the standard. Im assuming we are talking ROUND coil? Has it
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Wow this appears to be Steves Hs machine. That non-transferrable warranty is a pretty big deal. Hope he sales it i know he takes care of his equipment so it should be like new. He mentioned hes not able to spend much time salt water beach hunting. OR is it possible .... like Joe he got to try out the new production model? Should be a quick sale.
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Its been one of those years for sure. This isolation stuff stinks. My counts way down, but ive just not went for various reason. Hopefully by summer time we can get back to a NEW normal.
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Let me add..... the current Fisher AQ does have a 2 year warranty, BUT it isnt transferable. Aaron ive had a couple of pretty minor issues..... ya i broke the unbreakable coil ears lol. Over all this thing is built really well. Cant tell you how many times Joe repaired the issues i couldnt on my Xcal. The Nox..... cuff, shaft, cracks where the bolts connect the battery pod, 2 coils, battery
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The Xcal has a 1 year warranty..... and its about the same price.... more once you do mods like shaft, headphones, and PP switch. I can tell you during that warranty time i broke a lot of stuff and ML told me "i hunt to much". In other words it wasnt made to hunt with every day without something giving. With him offering that warranty .... its a good deal, although i doubt you will
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To have you tested the Nox and Explorer here in Fl? I’d dare say there’s a difference in mineralization... and performance. I like finding small gold.... why because there is likely more of it lost. If you aren’t finding larger gold rings .... these add up... and yes some have stones. In the salt water .... yes there will be reduced sensitivity... ya get the explorer wet ya reduced it down
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dewcon4414
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I prefer the Nox. It has a much faster recovery. When running the Explorer North to South you really notice that your are running against "grain" of black sand that settle in layers. Also.... when you talk sensitivity to gold especially smaller gold the Nox wins there as well. The Explorers also arent water proof.... so you need to take some preclusions from over spray and salt ai
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Is that the same size as the standard. Friend here had to have his replaced and he opted for a Nel coil they had. He’s not a fan... he said he thought it was even chattier in the water.than the ML. I’ve owned a couple on other machines.... personally I liked them..... especially for separation. I’m glad to see an after market company do this.
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You know my situation.... throw company, the holidays, and the crazy projects I’m staying way busier than I want to be. This whole year has been stressful.... and busy. Hoping fo a better next year. Been one of those years I’ve not seen anyone killing it out there. I’d really be grumbling if they were. Right now .... it yes dear what ever you want lol
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Rat... it will click.... its pretty normal for your finds to fall back a bit with any new machine. Ive always been one who NEVER sales a machine until its paid for its self..... by then i figure ive got a pretty good handle on it. I use mine just like my Xcal in PP mode. I get a bit more sensitivity out of it.... along with the advantage of a TID screen. It seems to make the machine more s
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This month has really gotten away from me .... to busy i guess being retired lol. Started out it was 49 degrees and a pretty good breeze. Water temp must be mid 60s.....and a little cool to someone who hasnt been in it for awhile. Parents amaze me..... here we are with a virus and i see tiny kids rolling around in the water with not much on...... burrrrr. I got 3 rings today..... but only
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Interesting.... seems a challenge with park and field 1 weighted being low freq.... and park and field 2 being high freq weighted. Field apparently handles coke better. Are they considering being able to turn salt on or off for all freqs?
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I think another aspect of this is ...... people hunt in popular sites. Just like on the beach .... everyone is chasing recent drops so they hit up the main beach. That leaves a lot of sites not untouched.... but more like not touched as often. Trash still seems to be a big factor too. Getting beyond it without the machine picking it up and you moving on just because we cherry pick more in
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I liked the ability the FBS had with its screen to easily make patterns and it seemed very effective at knocking out unwanted trash.... obviously to a point like bottle caps. Targets did move around..... i believe old nickles sometimes jumped to the lower right corner. Big silver could down scale. But iron seemed to stay in its place for the most part. What hurt these machines was the NULL/re
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Steve that was the gain which was adjustable allowing you to modulate sound. Working in trash that 10 gain worked well .... in the open 7 was nice to tell deeper targets. In the water the Nox has a pretty good screen .... unlike the CTX that some put a hood on. I just feel I’m loosing something in AM compared to a true AM. Power that isn’t as added by EMI creating noise
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When talking a machine that can go in the water.... we also have to talk audio. IMO the Xcal is still very hard to beat. The Sov..... well what made it so good was the various coils you could get. I think the MDT proved you dont need a pricy battery as well. In the water .... AM just works..... especially if it runs in true AM like the Xcal or MDT. For me its the NOISE you get from the ha
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I remember when the 10" coil on say an Explorer II was king.....no one let go of those coils. Then came the 11" which really proved its self and suddenly more companies produced them. Now... it appears the 12" has been tweaked to gain its place ...maybe as an industry standard coil. 15" doesnt seem to gain us much..... so there does seem to come a point that the weight an
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Those are crazy deep numbers for flat surface targets..... im assuming its mostly being covered as opposed to sinking. That old question.
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Hey Tom, Felix one of the guys I know who hunts Miami area said he run into a guy with his MDT there who let him have a go at it. Turned out to be Demitar. He was very impressed with the build, weight .... AND performance. He said they buried a nickel a good 11” in the wet sand and that thing BANGED hard on it. Have heard back to see if that was the 12” coil. But hey.... the machine WILL i
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