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I use Killer Bee Wasps and they seem to pick up a tiny whisper of a target with my Sov. I use Troy's as well and they work great on tiny, deep target sounds as well. They are harder to find, but they, like the Sunray Pro Golds have a deeper inset earpiece so they're more comfortable after you've them on for several hours.
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Gary in Daytona
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Never know. Since Gary Storm of Detectorpro was instrumental in designing the original Minelab Excalibur detector, maybe he's been working on something for a while to compete with it. Wasn't the wader or diver, that's for sure. Been there, sold those...
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Gary in Daytona
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Easy - my Troy X3. Maybe not quite as old as some of the others, but she still stays up with any of the big boys I've tried. Ease of use and flexibility of hunting areas except on the wet salt sand. I never cared for a silent search detector because I like to use my ears for target ID and discrimination, but the X3 still does a whale of a job when I take it out especially for dry beach sand
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Gary in Daytona
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No trouble with my FX1. That is, when I don't forget to switch it back to detector when I'm done pinpointing. ;-) Seriously though, it seems to work just fine along with the F75 LTD and I'm using the F75 and FX1, that's one less thing (Garrett Pinpointer) to take with me in the field
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Gary in Daytona
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Since we're on the subject, check out this video. Funny stuff, but if you find Nazis offensive in any form, then don't watch it. It was done months ago, so doesn't reference 'Dig Wars'.
Nector. Roundness. Civ. Rev. (and the worst one) Boom Baby! Leads viewers to believe we're a bunch of idiots that run and jump in a pond or climb up a tree at our first good find.
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Gary in Daytona
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love2detect - thanks. I have watched most all of them, especially on the Vista Gold, but Tom and I share very similar beach conditions and I value his recommendations. If it's not hot on small gold earrings, it wouldn't do a good job on gold chains either, or at least it's highly doubtful. Dry sand ... of course....I wouldn't even try any of these high frequency detectors on t
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Gary in Daytona
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Thanks for the useful information on micro jewelry hunting, Tom. That's obviously what I had in mind when I heard reports and watched videos on the VG. Your results are....at best.....disappointing to those of us who were thinking about pulling the trigger on a newer technology higher-freq detectors soon. I was watching this thread with just that type of hunting in mind. Most of the time, it
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Gary in Daytona
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The Aquasound's ID is so spot on, I've never dug iron unless I was curious to see what it was. Sounds off on targets with a 'bing' (accept) on non-ferrous, and a very distinctive 'bong' (reject) on ferrous objects. It's built around a custom circuit board designed by one of the original Nautius detector engineers I think. Very deep on targets, especially gold. A
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Gary in Daytona
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Whoo, weird. As seldom as V nickles come out, I too found one today at an old home site. 1900. Not in the greatest of shape, what do you use to clean up the 'environmentally damaged' ones?
Gary
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Gary in Daytona
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Gunnar -
Know very little about this detector at this point so pardon the ignorance. Just going on the buzz on the forums. Is this a totally analog detector? Where is it made? Seem sturdy and well made to you?
At this point - do you think it's worth the price, and would you buy again?
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Gary in Daytona
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That's my number 1. The ferromagnetic, diamagnetic and paramagnetic was new information for me. It's fun experimenting with a new ear trying to determine what's down there prior to digging.
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Gary in Daytona
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Tom - thanks for the reply. I guess if I had tackled the question logically, I would have assumed that might be the answer. Just found it strange a 30 or 40 KHz was never released. I think I will start looking around for a good used GB II and keep it around for the right opportunities. My Troy X3 has been my weapon of choice in the dry sand as I have a found a couple of chains and numerous small
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Gary in Daytona
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I'm nowhere near finished watching the entire DVD yet, but what I've seen so far is really interesting and it's teaching this old dog a few new tricks. I can't believe how fast you can scrub that beach Tom, my back would be toast using that wide and fast of a sweep for a few hours...
I have a question for you about the GB II vs. Fisher F75 LTD. How do you think they would com
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Gary in Daytona
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I agree. Your outtakes are probably better than most 'expert' advice (read my share of bad beach hunting books). Received mine yesterday, but haven't had a chance to view it yet, so will comment later. Should find it of especially interesting since our conditions are so similar to Tom's.
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Gary in Daytona
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Looks good and accurate to me. Same experience I have with my GT, and I've played with it a LOT both inland and on the beach. I've actually pulled silver dimes out STUCK in rust to a nail just like the one you are using. I love my GT on the beach.
(I found a picture of one I took a snapshot of. I think this turned to to be a silver dime, as you can see, you can't tell until the
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Gary in Daytona
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Last set of storms, I saw two or three guys swinging a foot off the ground with their COIL FACING BACKWARDS, and most of them don't want your help. I've pulled a lot of spoons from beaches over the years, and they've never looked that good coming out until you get a chance to clean them up with electrolysis. There's no shortage of good 'stories' of finds after the s
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Gary in Daytona
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>>>Most of the coins (old era) that I wish to find.... are at depths of 11" - 27" here in sand-bar Florida....
That's sad because even if we had the detectors to go over a foot (and yes, I know there are some small exceptions in both detectors and targets), in most place we wouldn't be willing to chase the targets that deep. I know for the wet sand on the beach, yo
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Gary in Daytona
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Is it just me, or do European detector companies seem to come and go like summer fashions. From what I can tell, there's been very few companies to hang around to a second or third generation of machines. Who are the big players across the pond?
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Gary in Daytona
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Very cool Tom. Now, where did I put that extra grand or two.... ;-) Seriously, I can't think of anyone that could 'tweak' one better for our conditions than you could. I may take you up on that sometime soon...
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Gary in Daytona
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Let's see, there are around 8 or maybe 9 if you count one that is disassembled for repair. The oldest is an OLD Garrett BFO, and my latest a F75 LTD. Some others in the herd are a Troy X3, two Garrett Groundhogs,2 Minelab GT Sovs, and an Aquasound (custom TR) for water work. Total owned is somewhere around 40 since the 70s when I started hunting. Ironically most of those were Whites, but ri
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Gary in Daytona
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I've found a few stud earrings, charms, etc., but not as much as I'd hoped, but it's mainly my fault. I just don't prefer that type of hunting in the summer when it's more lucrative (can you say hot, hot, hot) and unless the tide is way up, I find myself back down in the wet sand after a short run. I am really impressed with how well my F75 LTD works in the dry sand - alm
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Gary in Daytona
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Never underestimate kitchen utilities. A couple of years ago, I picked up a small 6" hand held noodle strainer (I'm assume that's what it's for) at the flea market from one of those dollar vendors. It will hold even the tiniest bits of tin foil, etc.. It's been my micro-gold 'scoop' ever since. I still use my beach hand scoop first, then after determining it
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Gary in Daytona
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That type of event reminds me that if the soil is 'disturbed' then all bets are off. It can easily explain both IH pennies on the surface and 80s pennies at 10".
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Gary in Daytona
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Clay strata seems to represent the 'bedrock' on our beach which we would have never know but for the hurricanes of 04. We found hundreds of early and TOC coins, gold rings and lead toys on the top 1-2 inches of a yellow clay materia for weeks after the storm, until the tides came in enough times to deposit sand back over it until it became too deep to detect that level anymore. Best con
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Gary in Daytona
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My pick would be Eric Foster latest design PI - whatever it is, if he was still working. Guess I'd 'settle' for last Goldscan model (5)? That would be one sweet machine!
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Gary in Daytona
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