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Tom Slick Wrote:
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> In my part of the world "Cherry Picking" is settin
> g the discrimination high so you only get coins ab
> ove zinc and silver jewelry.
That's what it means to me as well. As in cherry-picking the silver coins while ignoring most of the junk.
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It would be a dirty tactic but I could imagine Minelab only agreeing to approval under the stipulation that after-market coils only attain a certain level of performance so as not to make the Minelab coils look bad.
Would I be correct in assuming that before Minelab came out with their smart coils, approval to create an after-market coil was not needed?
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basstrackerman Wrote:
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> Love those bottles. That one with the bottom brok
> en out , the blue design, how old is that ? Mid 1800's?
My guess would be mid-1700's, possibly earlier.
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I solved it by simply removing the knob. The metal post is knurled so it turns just as easily as the knob did but doesn't stick out as much so it can't get turned by accident.
Removing the knob won't damage it. If you can't pull it off with your fingers, you can pry it off with a small screwdriver or knife. It goes back on just as easily.
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kevinnc Wrote:
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> Nice. I got one yesterday too.
> pic
Wow, that's pretty amazing, two forum members getting almost identical cut Spanish on the same day. Have you found those before?
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I think what Kevin is asking is whether or not there is a difference between Park mode at 15 kHz and Field mode at 15 kHz.
My guess is that the modes affect the single frequencies the same as they do with Multi. It's a good question. Someone here should know.
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I've always thought that the cc is pronounced ch and the i at the end is pronounced as a long e. Just like Gucci.
Arron says Tar-sa-chee in his MDT videos. He talks to Dimitar a lot so that is probably the correct pronunciation. The accent is on the second syllable.
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I've always thought it matters but I don't really know. I rarely leave Field 1 anyway. Occasionally Field 2 in Iron or bad ground. I've never tried Park mode.
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> The CZ-20/21 was designed to be hip-mounted for th
> e wet-slope. Pole mounted for water/underwater. Ye
> s...... it is a big, bulky, HEAVY tank!
If we're comparing detectors designed for wet sand hunting back in those days, the Minelab Explorer was far superior. Now the Explorer is considered a tank
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Was the CZ line discontinued when FT bought Fisher? What year was that?
I've always wondered why they chose to drop the best beach detectors that Fisher was making at the time. They could have easily competed with Minelab for the multi-frequency market and still could today.
Right now, I'm liking my CZ20 more than my Equinox at the beach. Yesterday I got three Mercs, a Washingt
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Badger...... The CZ-platform "Salt" Mode genuinely
> makes the CZ a beach hunter. All of the CZ's. CZ-5
> , CZ-6, CZ-6a, CZ-7, CZ-7a, CZ-7a Pro, CZ-70, CZ-2
> 0, CZ-21. And IN all of these options....... some
> are waterproof......some are rain/splashproof.....
> .and some are not wat
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Sounds similar to the way the T2 SE reacts to Garrett pinpointers. It would pick it up no matter where it was on my body. It only happened when the pinpointer was off. I Made a special holster out of aluminum foil to carry the pinpointer in and that solved the problem.
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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"The Tarsacci has turned out to be the World's top ID relic detector."
That is quite a claim.
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kevinnc Wrote:
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> Hunted with it today and found some very deep thin
> gs. Liking it better each time.
It took me a year to really like the Equinox.
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ozzie Wrote:
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> Splitting clam hairs, are we. I think you are wron
> g that FT doesn't have a beach detector, I named 2
> .
> All others can hunt the dry salt beach especially
> the cz3d, w/ 5kh + 15kh simul-multi's.
To most people on this forum, a beach detector is one that is designed to be used on the we
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CZ21 is not a beach detector. It's a water hunting and diving detector. I've owned a CZ20 since 1998 and still use it occasionally for detecting mineralized rocky beaches. I bought it with the intention of water hunting and possibly diving but discovered that diving was too expensive and there aren't many places around coastal NH worth water hunting.
The depth performance of the
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gman Wrote:
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As for a
> vlf I think that platform has reached its limit. S
> o unless they have something truly new. It would b
> e more of a recycling of existing units.
That could be the reason why FT doesn't make a beach detector. Minelab has cornered the beach market for the past two decades and FT probably feels t
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jmaryt Wrote:
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> don't count 'em out! they got plenty of financial
> wallop, and their crew of engineers are second to
> none!
> bet their ''stuff' has been in "skunk works" for a
> while, and will be out sometime this spring.
>
> (h.h.!)
> j.t.
Seems to me like they
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Badger in NH
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This recent post from Alexandre near the end of that thread says different.
I think the guy in the video was just saying anything he could think of to get people interested in the new products and scare everyone with a high price on the AQ so that they will be relieved when they hear the real price and be more willing to buy.
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Tom_in_CA Wrote:
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> Badger, the way I'm reading this thread, is not-so
> -much a test of depth. It seems to be more of a d
> ebate about iron-see-through ghost-townsy things.
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> If it were strictly a question of raw depth (on un
> -obstructed targets), then there's plenty of machi
> nes that are a ste
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ozzie Wrote:
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> Badger, is their soil in the plastic pipes? If not
> , wouldn't that be similar to an air test?... ..
> Just a thought.
Yes, the pipes are filled to the top with soil and are buried flush with the surrounding ground. Having the metal of the coins in contact with the soil is very important.
The pipes
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Accurate depth testing is the key to knowing the depth capability of any machine. I'm surprised how few people actually take the time to build one.
The first place I go with every new detector is the test garden where I have four silver dimes buried at 10, 11,12, and 13 inches and four silver quarters buried at 13, 14, 15, and 16 inches. Each coin is at the bottom of a 6" perforated
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In the iron, I would be using Field 1 or 2, Recovery Speed maxed, Iron Bias F2-0, Sensitivity maxed if possible, and trying all the single frequencies as well as Multi.
Away from the iron, in mild soil, the single frequencies will go considerably deeper than Multi. Each one has its own advantage. 15 kHz and 4 kHz get awesome depth on certain targets in some situations.
The 800 has Gold mode
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