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dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> The M8 is waterproof. It’s the same as the one o
> n the phones that came with your MDT. You can bu
> y them on line....4 pin solderless MALE M8 connect
> or.
Have they been changed? Mine came with a pig tail which connects to a standard 1/8”. Monoprice phones, which work great, but I pull them l
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dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> Aaron....it might just be a matter of target posit
> ion on your coil. As I move into a target it cha
> nges....like you said in the 2os maybe up scaling
> ....but the more the target is centered the better
> the ID. I had a tendency to wiggle targets to th
> e front of the coils which didn’t
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tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> Dew I am tickled to death to have Alexandre postin
> g on this forum. What more could we ask for here?
Playing catchup - and totally agree TN SS! It's awesome to have the engineers and designers give us first hand information on the Impulse AQ. I found it really difficult and non-productive
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Carolina Wrote:
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> Gary in Daytona Wrote:
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> > Carolina Wrote:
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> > > I have a new pair ( never outside my living ro
> om
> > )
> > > of Tony Eisenh
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Carolina Wrote:
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> I have a new pair ( never outside my living room )
> of Tony Eisenhower MSA waterproof phones for the T
> arsacci. Only tested in my living room. I am not a
> fan of the piezo’s. I prefer speakers.
> They are identicle to the ones Dew posted earlier.
> PM me if interested. Paid $190 asking $170 ship
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Badger in NH Wrote:
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> NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> > Badger...… I'm a little confused. You 'were' doi
> ng
> > well under the rocks...….. now you say you are n
> ot
> > ? IF you have time...… can you clarify?
>
>
> Yes, w
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> The Tarsacci is not my first choice... in carpets
> of nails. The XP GMP is first-choice. Then the F75
> with 5" DD coil is second-choice. BUT..... the Tar
> sacci is well above-average in iron.
> There's something that I've been 'holding up my sl
> eeve' with the Tarsacci (
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steveg Wrote:
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> Just FYI, for anyone interested...
>
> I did some MAJOR upgrading/updating to my website
> over this past weekend, with a bunch of informatio
> n and pictures added. Anyone interested in comple
> te shafts for the Equinox, the counterbalance syst
> em, OR lower rods for either the Equinox or CTX
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Badger in NH Wrote:
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> Hopefully it won't be too cost prohibitive for a l
> ot of us to buy. That would be disappointing.
>
> I'm pretty happy with the Tarsacci for the moment.
> I just wish some sand would move. It has been a po
> or winter for storms. Hopefully we'll get a few of
> fshore hurrica
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Gary in Daytona
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Badger & JR ….. really good reports! By giving a p
> hoto of all the finds........ really paints a pict
> ure of the 'conductivity spectrum' of the unit. Th
> is helps in many regards.
>
> So far...….. (my skill-set level) on the wet-salt
> slope...…… I am up to a Sens of '9&
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Pasttom Wrote:
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> As I said before one really needs to try various c
> ombinations. Dimitar strongly recommended, for re
> lic/in land hunting, leaving on the Salt and dropp
> ing Black Sand to see if that worked better. As I
> recall NASA Tom explained the BS was a toggle filt
> er and Salt was like a fine tune in
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Gary in Daytona
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Thanks Avencent, that’s good and useful information. Sounds like you’re getting the results too. What made you decide on mixed mode?
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Gary in Daytona
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dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> Gary....... why mixed mode if you are relic huntin
> g? Seems AM and the screen would be a better cho
> ice. Tom also mentioned the advantage of various
> iron readings/digits....... for say nails or shall
> ow iron over deeper more desirable targets.
Wasn’t really referring to relic hunting to
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Gary in Daytona
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Thanks for the recap info Tom and others. I’ve been trying to save all your info posts as an ‘addendum’ to the manual. As has been said, the Tarsacci is a different breed of cat so we continue to discover new way to set it up and refine the use every time we go out. For me, I am working on using the mixed mode more as it’s more useful in determining nonferrous targets than using all metal which h
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Gary in Daytona
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I’m kind of surprised after catching up on this thread of the conversation / results of not finding ‘small or tiny’ targets with the 8000. I have had no trouble picking up tiny pieces of lead split shot, swivels and even tiny aluminum punch outs from beach chairs. I really don’t see much of a difference between my Equinox and my Tarsacci and if someone asked me to find a stud earring I would be
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Gary in Daytona
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dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> Gary have u talked to Tony about making one
No sure haven’t.
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Gary in Daytona
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Pasttom Wrote:
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> Nicely done on the photos Gary! Is it possible to
> order a connection from NASA-Tom for the headphone
> of our choice? I'd love (pay) for one that was a
> 1/4 inch standard jack or even maybe a Equinox or
> ?
> If it was not too high priced I'd do it in a heart
> beat!
I asked ab
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Gary in Daytona
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Here you go. Hope this helps. As you can see, the pins lineup so that the pigtail goes down and out of your way when it’s connected. Nice feature by design. I can’t Help with the pin configuration maybe Tom would be able to help you there.
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Gary in Daytona
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How’s the project coming Steve? I know everything ships fairly slow around the holidays, and figured you were still waiting on parts but thought I’d check. TIA.
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Gary in Daytona
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dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> I get a ton of those tiny targets that can make yo
> u blind...... but gold isnt a high conductor so i
> wouldnt assume micro gold. But i am waiting to s
> ee just how small it will find. Hopefully PastTom
> will find some on his trip.
Except the chain in my photos, all the tiny targets were low
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Gary in Daytona
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pinpointa Wrote:
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> Hi Gary in Daytona.
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> How does the 8000 go on fine gold chains.
>
> Regards Pinpointa.
Don’t know yet, I haven’t had a chance to test that as yet. Don’t have one around anywhere right now. Maybe one of the others will chime in on that.
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Gary in Daytona
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Totally can echo almost everything you said in your post. It took me until the third day before I found a spot where there are some targets in it, but when I did… Wow !
I also thought my battery indicator was broken until on the fourth day and 12 hours later, it finally dropped a bar. Seems logical because you don’t have to adjust the settings very often unless you are testing. T’sacci sure i
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Gary in Daytona
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Here’s the ring I mentioned yesterday and the days finds, small (see group photo) and certainly not in the same category as that platinum beauty above, but it’s gold. Note all the gray matter. You know the detectors functioning well in the mid range when you’re digging these at several inches. The silver chain was at least 8-9 inches and probably was a complete chain before I dug it out. It was
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Gary in Daytona
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Congratulations Shovelnose, awesome recovery, yeah I’m trying to figure out the pictures on this site too. I think some use tiny pics. Hopefully we can continue to compare notes on the Tarsacci as we learn. Yesterday was silver day. Along with the usual crusty coins and flotsam and jetsam, found a couple of silver ‘rings’ and a silver chain at 10+” - all in 18khz! I think I sliced the chain in
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Gary in Daytona
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goodmore Wrote:
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> I think every detector manufacturer is only one re
> lease away from being competitive with all the cur
> rent hot and fancy units. It is all about what ha
> ve you done for me lately.
That’s why it’s so fun to watch these head-to-head, mine is deeper than yours videos all the while thinking to yourse
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Gary in Daytona
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Found my first gold ring on beach yesterday with the Tarsacci. ID was 3-4. Very small 14k gold perhaps baby ring approx. 1 gr. at 6-7”. Beaches have been bad lately, but I found a little spot with numerous targets, fun digging for a while.
I was running 18khz, threshold -1 and sens. 7. Yup, it is a little chatty at those settings, but can be kept to a minimum with smooth, even coil control. For
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Gary in Daytona
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Badger in NH Wrote:
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> SN, thanks for the tip. I must have skipped over p
> age 21 where is says to set the salinity at 27. Th
> at is very helpful.
>
> .
Just for fun, I’ve tried to manually balance salt right at the waters edge, and it’s still settled at 25.
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Gary in Daytona
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Badger in NH Wrote:
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> My beaches are wet salt. I didn't think it necessa
> ry to specify because 99% of the time, wet sand me
> ans wet salt to most people.
>
> My question now is where/how do I ground balance i
> f the beach has no dry sand?
>
> This video shows one of the beaches we detect in N
> H. In the summer the sand is three or four f
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Gary in Daytona
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Pasttom Wrote:
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> Mode wise I usually do All M. I will go Mix if I
> get bored at the monotony of ferrous targets and D
> isc when I get brain fried and just don't want to
> hear anything but happy sounds.
Thank Tom, appreciate the info.
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Gary in Daytona
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