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calabash digger
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I use a silver dime at around 5 1/2 inchs to see if these detectors can hit it...[video]https://youtu.be/sF3xAvZVnTs[/video]
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Don in South Jersey
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Thank You for the video, hoping my Equinox gets here soon...
vlad
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The AT Gold has the smallest loop in the tests, 5x8" DD, which may only be the equal of a 3.5" concentric in depth. My AT pro with stock, or the 9X12" concentric do get more depth
than the smaller DD; and the concentric handles bottlecaps the best of all.
I know folks use larger DD's like Nel and Mars and say the depth is much increased (examples on youtube.)
than the smaller DD; and the concentric handles bottlecaps the best of all.
I know folks use larger DD's like Nel and Mars and say the depth is much increased (examples on youtube.)
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calabash digger
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I know but the 5 x8 is all I had. Also the 5 x8 is a VERY popular coil and used by many. I have seen many claims about its depth and separation abilities. Its not deep .... so those guys running around using it and thinking it is are leaving stuff.. That dime is 5 1/2/ inchs.
vlad
Well-known member
with a 7.5" loop would easily do 6" on a dime. (The 1260 with 8" at that time the deepest unit out and could at least hit 9".)
My (2-filter) 1984 Mk-1 with same loop size was very close to the (then) 1265X, the standard for pure depth.
The X-100 Challenger in 2 filer with 16" loop was a detector that in some ground could run with today's 2/3 frequency units.
(The PRG was the first TID and made by some NASA people in 1972 and was a hi-freq TR-IB, no ground balance--motion circuit years away--and in wet salt on mild ground would do about 11" on a quarter,
and was around $800 {in today's money. how much?} .)
In some ways features have changed, but results, not so much....
But to have had one of today's mid priced units in the 70's........
(and it was a silver mine with a VLF-TR as was-but much trash was recovered with the beep/dig) 
My (2-filter) 1984 Mk-1 with same loop size was very close to the (then) 1265X, the standard for pure depth.
The X-100 Challenger in 2 filer with 16" loop was a detector that in some ground could run with today's 2/3 frequency units.
(The PRG was the first TID and made by some NASA people in 1972 and was a hi-freq TR-IB, no ground balance--motion circuit years away--and in wet salt on mild ground would do about 11" on a quarter,
and was around $800 {in today's money. how much?} .)
In some ways features have changed, but results, not so much....
But to have had one of today's mid priced units in the 70's........
(and it was a silver mine with a VLF-TR as was-but much trash was recovered with the beep/dig) I'm getting more and more convinced with multi freq detectors, looks like this might be the future for metal detectors. What impresses me the most is being able to switch frequencies on a target, and also use all of them at once. Very convincing video, thanks for taking the time and effort to make it.
vlad
Well-known member
But I think a 5.5" perpendicular dime is a situation that is just beyond the envelope of expected performance. (the 5X8" concentric, maybe) I'm surprised the all metal mode did not get a hit,
so you did get some good info. Monte uses a Nokta with a 5.5 oval DD for ghost towns out west that are saturated with nails & tin--I doubt he finds many targets at a depth like this test.
He is trying to get between targets with the smallest sliver of a detection window.
so you did get some good info. Monte uses a Nokta with a 5.5 oval DD for ghost towns out west that are saturated with nails & tin--I doubt he finds many targets at a depth like this test.
He is trying to get between targets with the smallest sliver of a detection window.
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calabash digger
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Do you think the new f75 would do way better in the test I did?
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calabash digger
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You chalk all that up to user inexperience with the F75. I am a very capable user with the deus so those test are not flawed with it. I have only tested the f75 , XP Deus, and at gold. I know how to run the gold and Deus. I mean if your calling my test rigged or flawed send me your f75 .I will pay shipping both ways and give credit in the video to you for the machine. I sell and trade on here so you can go to review section ...I will also set it up how you want it setup.
Most people that have the Equinox are reporting that it is the best in trash that they have ever used. I believe it must be from all the reports. They also say it's not that deep. I believe that too. I don't hunt trashy parks. I hunt old colonial sites. I use deep machines because the targets are spread out. I hunt sites where good targets are far apart.
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calabash digger
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kevinnc said:
well that's not entirely correct... Its like the deus in that you can change the recovery speed high recovery speed loses some depth. In a recovery speed of 7 you can hunt the thickest iron you can imagine. In the garden it will hit 10 inch silver set up like this albeit you would have to be on your toes to get them. Now you get out away from the machine gun Iron and lower it to 5 or 6 and bam theres your deep seeking machine. It nails 10 and 12 inch silvers setup this way . Its deeper than the deus in my garden .... of course that's in my soil....I dug a 9 inch 2 piece civil war button in the iron at 9 inchs got it on tape too...
calabash digger said:
No one is calling your posts rigged.. No one better had either.. Let's keep it civil or some posts and posters are going to be missing... and it won't be limited either. I'm getting tired of the snipe posts. The snipe back answers too. I'm getting tired of having to delete them.. So if [size=medium]need be I will eliminate the source...[/size]
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calabash digger
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I would like to try one too. That multi freq is a beast though on this machine. Its gonna be a top notch relic hunter...
Always Curious
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kevinnc said:
There's a trade off between separation and depth with the Nox--higher speeds come at the expense of depth. I haven't done any scientific tests, but the Nox seems at least as deep as my Etrac.