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Recent content by Sand Sifter

  1. Sand Sifter

    HELP Find this Please: The Gigmaster will buy vol 55 Oct 2021 Eastern & Western Treasures magazine

    I did a search on Google and eBay, but no luck finding the Oct 2021 edition. Will probably have to keep an eye on eBay, maybe an Oct 2021 issue will surface.
  2. Sand Sifter

    PATRIOT METER

    I think I know why he might have gone out of business. If it's the guy I'm thinking of, his name is Joe Patrick. I saved copies of a lot of Sovereign mod threads posted on forums back around 2010 - 2012. I'm looking at a post I saved from 2/7/2010, from a guy that posted that there was a company...
  3. Sand Sifter

    Xterra Pro Beach Mode - is Minelab hiding its Dual Frequency?

    FWIW, I recently picked up an X-Terra Elite to augment my Sovereign Elite. On my Sovereign, the distance between the grip and arm cuff is fixed, so can't adjust. But on the X-Terra Elite, I can flip a little toggle and move the hand grip/control box either closer or further away, thereby giving...
  4. Sand Sifter

    I think I saw a Minelab X-Terra Elite on The Curse of Oak Island

    Update: Looks like Gary Drayton has been swinging a Manticore in the last several episodes, haven't seen the CTX 3030 at all, so he must have relegated it to backup status.
  5. Sand Sifter

    Don’t make this (my) mistake with your new Minelab

    Many years ago, I bought a waterproof Garrett ATPro. Found a man's silver wedding ring in the dry first time out, worked well in shallow water but the first time I submerged the control box, the screen flickered, and it was dead. Garret was great, I spoke with a tech, they paid for shipping...
  6. Sand Sifter

    Anything new from Minelab for 2025?

    I've heard that they are but it's going to be on the gold detector side of things, those multi, multi-thousand $ machines used for gold prospecting. They just recently, in the last year or two, came out with the Manticore, NOX 900/700, and X-Terra Elite & Pro models, so they have the hobbyist...
  7. Sand Sifter

    Building my own headphones

    Those look really nice Charles! Did you have to get a special plug for the Manticores? I can use any wired headphones on my Sovereign Elite, but I just picked up an X-Terra Elite, and I understand the X-Terra's, NOX's, and probably the Manticores are using some type of Minelab proprietary...
  8. Sand Sifter

    Need a Pointer ...

    I have a Garrett pinpointer that I've used for many years, but just got a new Minelab Pro-Find 40. The Pro-Find 40 retails for $149.00 but I got it free as part of a deal when I bought the X-Terra Elite Expedition Pack as a 2nd/backup detector for my Sovereign Elite. I haven't used the...
  9. Sand Sifter

    Some of my beach finds from back in the day

    Memories are becoming more and more important as I get older and older, lol. I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, but I remember my detecting adventures, events in my childhood, my military service, it's kinda crazy how I can vividly remember details of events long ago but can't...
  10. Sand Sifter

    Some of my beach finds from back in the day

    I see a lot of guys posting pics of their finds and realized I never posted any, well, except for that scientific fish detection thing I found that belonged to the University of Delaware, which I returned. I know I had pics on the hard drive of my old PC that I’m about to replace. I’ll be...
  11. Sand Sifter

    What’s the Craziest Weather or Situation you’ve ever been in while Detecting?

    The irony of life never ceases to amaze me. I’m sure all you beach hunters can relate so thought I’d share a funny situation that just happened. I’m not out detecting, I’m not on the beach. I’m at home helping my wife plant some new flowers in front of the house. She asked me if I could dig a...
  12. Sand Sifter

    What’s the Craziest Weather or Situation you’ve ever been in while Detecting?

    Damn BigTony, that's pretty wild. Getting hit in the head by a 4ft long snake could definitely lead to a "code brown" moment, lol.
  13. Sand Sifter

    What’s the Craziest Weather or Situation you’ve ever been in while Detecting?

    Well, in our defense, we've all heard how great detecting can be after a serious storm, hurricane, nor' easter, etc. I guess in my mind, I was thinking how great could detecting be if I detected while the hurricane was still in process and passing by. Of course, you and I got beat up pretty good...
  14. Sand Sifter

    What’s the Craziest Weather or Situation you’ve ever been in while Detecting?

    This questions for us diehard (and possibly crazy) detectorists; the ones who go out detecting no matter what. What’s the Craziest Weather or Situation you’ve ever been in while Detecting? For me, it was detecting on a beach in Ocean City as a hurricane was passing by off the coast. Back then...
  15. Sand Sifter

    PATRIOT METER

    Thanks Rick. Yeah, the original resistors look to be 5% carbon films, but I’d probably use 1% metal films and then would use my digital multi meter to measure each and cherry pick the ones with the tightest tolerances. I might also swap out the other resisters while I was at it (keeping their...
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