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Re: Garrett Ace Apex box opening - 3 years ago

If the end product is the same as the one i saw in a test video where it failed in iron, Calabash is going to have a field day lol

Re: New Book! Skill-Building with the Minelab Equinox Series Metal Detectors - 3 years ago

There's Something about 3rd person style of writing that annoys me.

What happened to the Mak/Nok multi detector? - 3 years ago

About a year ago they were asking what they should call it, since then Garrett have the Apex ready to go, will there be any customers left for another multi detector?

Re: ON THE HORIZON = MDT-8000 - 3 years ago

Tnss, with salt mode on the audio sounds like it's being restricted,retarded, delayed or clipped, in a bad way, it sounds more alive and instantly reactive without salt mode. I'd be curious, if that shell was a couple of inches deep, would the MDT alert you to the target first sweep vs another detector?

Apex using high freqs? - 3 years ago

Spotted this while browsing. "During an interview I had with them, it was revealed exclusively that "they range from 5khz to significantly higher than 20khz as used in the single frequency modes" Thats all we currently know"

Vanquish coil xray - 3 years ago

Re: Question for F75 experts. Judging ground mineralization - 3 years ago

TNSS, I'm not sure if its possible, but could you come up with a cross reference guide for the F75 fe bar vs Deus. I think it would be very handy for comparisons on here. Eg F75 4 bars = 5 bars Deus etc etc

Re: Heres a video I did of the Vista X with 1/4 of a hammered coin buried - 3 years ago

Keith, I can't talk for those in England, I'm in Northern Ireland and it can vary greatly. My front field will fill the mineral scale on a Deus, some other areas will only register a couple of bars. The bigger issue is animal slurry, it's full of salt and minerals from concentrated winter feeds, then they pump it out over the pastures, it kills some detectors performance.

Re: Heres a video I did of the Vista X with 1/4 of a hammered coin buried - 3 years ago

Good vid Keith, them cut quarters are a tough target, i don't find them any deeper than that myself, there easily missed on busy ground.

Re: My main reason for not buying the Tarsacci.... - 3 years ago

Play the ball, not the player. There's no need to shame anyone over their appearance.

Re: Another Equionox vs Tarsacci video - 3 years ago

Tom, sure the Nox sees through 90% of coke in field 1 without notching it out, it also gives a much more accurate audio/ID number. In Aarons cut 1/4 with the coke above it, the Tarsacci was upscaling it into the 20's, when i tried the same test the Nox shifted 1 ID point. I suppose you have to balance up what you prefer, more accurate multi tone audio from the Nox, or beep and dig from the

Re: Another Equionox vs Tarsacci video - 3 years ago

Neither of those detectors would be my first choice for that type of detecting (plough, stubble, rolled etc), but the Nox and MDT are quite similar in results in this test in my eyes.

Re: OK Calabash here's your video of the Tarsacci - 3 years ago

Tnss, my old pastures are covered in animal slurry 2 or 3 times a year, it's full of minerals that they feed to pigs and cattle over the winter. I'm not sure if it's a thing in the US, but it defo effects how a detector runs.

Re: OK Calabash here's your video of the Tarsacci - 3 years ago

Good vid, thanks for showing it.

Re: Dave H. in England First Tarsacci User in U.K. - 3 years ago

I thought there was already Tarsacci's in the UK? I'm near sure I saw someone here in the UK selling headphones for them, so is there a UK dealer? . . To Quote Aaron from some weeks back. The MDT 8000, as mentioned earlier was developed by Dimatar, SPECIFICALLY for relic hunting Roman coins amid ancient decomposing (highly conductive) iron in Bulgaria. Their are TARSACCI users i

Re: A 7 Stars Flat Button.. - 3 years ago

Love the music Cal, a wee gift from us in Ulster. . .

Re: U.K. Dave Tests Tarsacci & Equinox in Iron - 3 years ago

It would have been nice to hear the nail being swept in ground on it's own, it looks like it's the one he dug on his first outing. I can only guess when it was in ground that it gave off enough high tone to make him dig it. Has manipulating the GB just taken the nail out of the iron zone and gave it a positive ID, i see it reads about +7 and would you not be doing the same to other iro

Re: Tarsacci Depth Test w 1/4 Cut Hammered w Coke Above.... - 3 years ago

It's defo a nice feature to see through coke, and allows us folks in the UK to compare it with our current detectors to see the difference. Can i ask about the salt balance, i guess it's a one time use. If you set it to see through coke you'll pick up foil, or if you need it to see through salty ground (ground slurred with animal waste) it will pick up both coke and foil?

Is this a new Nox update? - 3 years ago

Re: Ghound was kind enough to send me some Hammered coins.Here's some test on them - 3 years ago

Now we're smoking! that's defo better than i thought it was going to be on the nail above coin. It so sounds like the AKA Signum, especially the mixed mode, but the Signum would really struggle with iron above coin settings. Where do the cut half and quarter read on the MDT Keith, the quarters are a hard target at any more than an inch or two deep, the Nox loves them though. Thanks

Re: Little water hunting with the family.. - 3 years ago

That looks like lots of fun Cal, kids defo enjoying it.

Re: Sunday morning silver - 3 years ago

Yes it's a great feeling, there not found in abundance in my area, so you've got to enjoy it when you dig them. DFinTX Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Beautiful old coin on a beautiful day. That just > has to feel good.

Re: Sunday morning silver - 3 years ago

There a beautiful looking little coin.

Sunday morning silver - 3 years ago

After 700 odd years in the dirt it decided to come up for air. Love that 15 inch coil on the Nox, it's a killer on pasture.

Re: COLONIAL RELICS KINDA DAY!! KILLED IT! - 3 years ago

Nice finds Cal, your loving the water hunting.

Re: ON THE HORIZON = MDT-8000 - 3 years ago

Yes that's cool Keith, it's defo doing something magic. Is the salinity setting the key?

Re: Coke ? How do machines re-act to it or Any Other Similarities?? - 3 years ago

No Aaron, I'm not discriminating it out in Field 1, i run it wide open, the detector is ignoring it, this vid will help. Aaron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Your ignoring the coke, we get that. > > The point is....when you disc out that coke what h > appens if you have one of those tiny hammered coin > s under that coke?

Re: Coke ? How do machines re-act to it or Any Other Similarities?? - 3 years ago

No, not discriminating out any numbers in field 1, and you still can hit targets in that range. In field 2 you have to disc 1-2 or assign them a tone as it hits coke. . "From the Nox user manual Field 1 Multi-IQ, even with Target IDs 1 and 2 accepted, will reject more coke more than Field 2 using Multi-IQ."

Re: Coke ? How do machines re-act to it or Any Other Similarities?? - 3 years ago

In field 1 it all but ignores the largest of coke, and it doesn't give an ID, So you can can choose to dig ID 1 or 2 and be pretty confident it's not coke. Perhaps I'm looking at it from the wrong angle?

Re: Coke ? How do machines re-act to it or Any Other Similarities?? - 3 years ago

Where abouts on the MDT scale does coke read, and is it the same reading on the surface as in ground? Lots of detectors can ID it on the surface but when it's 6+ inch deep it starts to sound like a good target, the Nox is very good at keeping it in the 1-2 ID numbers and to be fair, in field 1 it all but ignores it even with ID 1 and 2 accepted, so you can still dig targets in that ID range