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  1. M

    Tone question.

    I've just been reading through the E-Trac manual and was wondering about the tones. Where the E-Trac says you can set the tones to long, smooth and pitch hold, the explanation is very close to what is, audio 1, audio 2 and audio 3 on the Explorer. My question is, are these tone responses the...
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    I'm interested in comments on the Garrett sleeper coils.

    I'm interested in feed back about any of the Garrett detectors that are armed with DD coils. Personally, I have found that the 10in DD Scorcher coil on my 1500 is the most effective detector and coil combination at IDing coins that I've ever come across. After a target is acquired, you just whip...
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    Terra got terrorised today.:lol:

    While out with the Terra on the week-end, a detecting buddy dropped by and after a conversation we organised to go for a hunt together at the racecourse/showground of a neighbouring town today. He is 81 years young and I had an RDO. Despite early morning rain, we were able to hunt dry. He was...
  4. M

    Big Cat Daddy or John B.

    Have you been playing around with your graphics again John B. Just admiring your art work over on the other forum. I've lost my pass word so can't make comment there. Mick Evans.
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    There back.

    The locusts that is. I'd hoped to pull up a photo of them that I took of them 6 years back. They were unbelievable thick. From memory, about 2000 per square metre. They are only about a 100 per square metre at the moment, but they often flew up and smacked into my legs while detecting yesterday...
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    Went for a walk with the GTI today and was supposed to have teemed up with a local detectorist....

    who is 81 years young. He saw me swinging my detector on Saturday, on yet another very poor day for targets, only 2 coins. and we arranged to hunt the local showground together. Unfortunately he didn't show, so I hunted alone, mostly. I hadn't been going for more than 2 mins, when a group of...
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    The Red Baron!

    Perhaps that's what I should call my GTI. I don't normally assign names to things (my wife does) but while hunting yesterday ($11 found) I was looking at the GTI and thinking, yeah it's got 3 coils and it's green. The Red Baron's usual plane had 3 wings and was mostly green.:hot:Oh yeah. The...
  8. M

    TID numbers for Aussie coins.

    The following numbers are for Aussie coins for an X-Terra 70. They were down via air tests at 3 inches, in mode 1 and factory presets with the standard coil. 5 cents= 8 10 cents= 12 20 cents=20 50 cents=24 Silver round 50 cents=44 $1 = 32 $2 =30. They can on occasion bounce down to 28, but will...
  9. M

    Sydney hunts with a tip for those with the Pro Pointer.

    Got back from 10 days down in Sydney. That is one sweet place to be swinging a detector with rich pickings all over the place. I took the Ace and X-terra70 with me, with both detectors getting a good work out. I even got to hunt with werewolf who posts on a few other Findmall forums. I found...
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    Hunted the NEWS, broke a couple of records and enjoyed the extra depth out of the Pro pointer.

    I got home last night from Sydney with a record haul of $333.80. $211.05 with the Ace and $122.75 with the X-terra 70. I think it was ten days that I went out on, mostly pre-breakfast hunts as family stuff happened after that. One of the early hunts was with werewolf who posts here sometimes...
  11. M

    A question for Uncle Willy.

    Hi Bill. You've got my interest in regards to comments about the GTI's. While a really like my 1500, I seem to keep falling into the trap of treating it like it's just another detector. You've made the comment about not using it like other detectors and I'm wondering if you could clarify how...
  12. M

    Broke the Ace in..

    Took the Ace out for it's first spin yesterday. It was another lovely warmish 43'C (113'F) so the risk of frostbite from the snow was a bit lower.:poke: It was a bit warm for headphones, so I put a couple of layers of yellow electrical tape over the speaker, notched out pull tabs and I was off...
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    Just curious. Are there any after market coils for the GTP and GTI detectors?

    n/t
  14. M

    Finally been getting out lately with some neat finds.

    After finishing the extension, I've been able to get out a fair bit over the last couple of weeks. Shool holidays helped, as normal routines been relaxed. I've been using the Explorer, X-Terra and GTI 1500. Saturday week back, I snagged my first ever silver florin, plus other copper pre decimal...
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    Went fishing and caught some silver fish.

    Dirt fishing that is.:lol: I finally have had the chance over the last few weeks to get some detecting in with some good results. I've been taking out the Explorer, X-Terra and GTI with the goal of scoring some pre-decimal coins as well as the usual modern stuff. Saturday last week, I finally...
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    Had a good hunt today but the TID was giving some weird readings.:ausflag:

    After organising permission a week ago, I was able to hunt in my sons' former school today. The hunt ended well with 188 coins recovered for a total of $66.25 and one silver ring. What was concerning though, were the the numbers that were coming in on usual coins. Normally 5c reads as a 3, 10c...
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    Found a Aussie penny from the first year of minting.

    Took the XS out for a bit of a spin yesterday to a site that I haven't hit for a while. I tend to hunt modern coins and have quite a fetish for the $1 and $2 coins, but as this site is fairly old by Aussie standards (about a 120years from memory) I decided to keep an eye out for the pre...
  18. M

    Dusted off the XLT.

    After reading about the V3, I've been motivated to pull out the XLT that I bought last year. I've only had a few hunts with it for very few coins, but pulled it out yesterday and today for a couple of late afternoon hunts. I was surprised to come up empty yesterday, I was hunting just after a...
  19. M

    Frequency discrimination?

    Hi Mick and Jgedde. I think we're starting to get there. It's hard to communicate your thoughts into words sometimes so that the meaning is understood. You can't beat face to face. It's interesting Jgedde how after having the best visual cues on a detector, that it's the ears that work better...
  20. M

    Frequency discrimination?

    Thanks for your reply Mick. I realised that I didn't define what I'm asking very well. I meant, is a more reliable system than the numeric system? While it is a totally different form of discrimination than what is normally used, I'm curious as to how reliable it is in comparison to the numeric...
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