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  1. J

    Getting The Right Advice..!

    A lot of the "Best Detectors" internet sites are out of date (before the Equinox, Vanquish and Simplex were introduced). My best advice to your friend is to ask him to completely ignore those sites. They are either biased, not even done by experienced detector users or as I said....out of date...
  2. J

    Getting The Right Advice..!

    Not trying to start a detector war here. I have owned an AT Pro and still own an AT Gold along with a Deus, Equinox (two 800s) a Teknetics G2+ and a Vanquish 440 (which my son in the Navy is borrowing). I also tried out the Simplex (liked it) and many others. I really like my AT Gold or I...
  3. J

    Need Threshold Help.

    Off/On and volume level are adjustable on the 600. Pitch in addition, is adjustable on the 800.
  4. J

    Need Threshold Help.

    I sometimes use the threshold in the Park, Field and Beach modes IF I am tired of listening to iron responses. In Park, Field and Beach modes the threshold tone is a reference tone which means it will give you a steady tone in the background that will go silent over any target that responds with...
  5. J

    g2+ compared to XP Orx

    The only advantages the G2+ (make sure you buy the G2+ it has some features that are not on the older G2) has over the Equinox is the same advantage it has over just about any VLF metal detector.........one of the best threshold based All Metal modes on the market, period and very immune to EMI...
  6. J

    Simplex for prospecting? What do ya all think?

    Between the Super Traq, Scorpion and the Simplex..........I would pick the Simplex but with the 9.5X5" coil. Just realize the All Metal mode on the Simplex is just OK. To me it is the weakest part about the Simplex and yes I have owned one. I owned a Super Traq for a long time too. Iowa Relic...
  7. J

    Vanquish 540

    I really like all of the Vanquish models. Do they detect as well as an Equinox.........? I too own both. If I setup my Equinox in Park 1 or Beach 1 with recovery speed on 2 (Nox 800 or 1 Nox 600) and iron bias set really high, I get just about the same performance as the Vanquish 540. Depth on...
  8. J

    Sometimes Park-1 Won't Work..!

    I can't remember if you have an Equinox 600 or 800. If you are using the 800 and have so much iron in the area you are hunting that you are having trouble with default Park 2, default Park 1 is not going to help much for two reasons. The default recovery speeds for these two modes are different...
  9. J

    Made up my mind.... going with the 800

    You are buying a fantastic detector for sure. I have two 800s, a Deus and an AT Gold. All three have their uses and all three were or are milestones in modern detecting history. Keeping your AT Gold for its time proven all terrain abilities and for its excellent threshold based All Metal mode is...
  10. J

    Nickel TID on the ORX

    That is some great information about low/mid conductor numerical target IDs on the ORX drifting upward a bit when changing frequencies on shallow targets. I believe the ORX with the HF and X-35 coils has ID normalized for target readings at 18 kHz and ID norm is always ON. Using the Deus with ID...
  11. J

    Gold Numbers

    I totally get not digging a lot of possible trash targets in the gold ring range numbers which for me have been +7 to +22. Yes, that is where most of the can slaw, pull tabs, aluminum screw caps and falsing steel bottle caps, nuts, bolts and a few other items ring up. My experience is that the...
  12. J

    Help with a programming issue

    For the Deus, I would use the 2 tone default Pitch program. Set the frequency (depending on what coil you are using) on the quietest frequency which may require using the Expert settings. If EMI is so bad on the lower frequencies that you have to lower the sensitivity a lot, you will not hit...
  13. J

    Getting back into detecting - which machine?

    Hi LeslieTX, I totally forgot to say welcome to this forum and keep asking questions. Do you still have your Excal? If you think about getting a Simplex, Nel Coils is just about to release a full line of aftermarket coils for the Simplex. In my opinion, the stock coils and the stock lower rod...
  14. J

    Getting back into detecting - which machine?

    For relics, parks and fresh water beaches for coins and jewelry with some submerged fresh water thrown in, you have several choices in VLFs. Nokta Makro Anfibio, Nokta Makro Multi Kruzer, Nokta Makro Simplex, Garrett AT Pro or Max, Whites MX Sport and the Equinox 600 and 800. All of these are...
  15. J

    Looking for a good place to sell some of my gold and silver that I have accumulated over the years.

    Ma Betty your are so right. Midwest Refineries in Waterford Michigan usually has good prices, should be in your 10 to 15% range, are very fast with paying and have always treated me fairly. I'll be using them again in the near future.
  16. J

    Best machine for jewelry on land

    Any decent detector will find recently dropped quality gold and silver jewelry in normal hunting conditions where targets aren't too thick and the ground is mild. Like many have said here, location is everything. Hunting a park, school or home in a less affluent neighborhood for gold jewelry may...
  17. J

    Noise Cancel... It Always Changes..?

    I forgot to mention that the relationship between EMI and sensitivity levels definitely matters. Audible EMI even after doing a noise cancel means turning down the sensitivity and maybe doing another noise cancel until actual targets are easy to hear. Iowa Relic, I read this paragraph...
  18. J

    Noise Cancel... It Always Changes..?

    How do you do a noise cancel? Are you holding the coil away from the ground and pointing at a known source of EMI like distant power lines, cell towers, airport or town? Are you holding it with the coil pointing in the same direction when you get different numbers? In the manual Minelab says...
  19. J

    How good is the Simplex+

    You are very welcome.
  20. J

    How good is the Simplex+

    I like both of these detectors very much first of all. If you are not detecting in thick shallow iron trash, they will both do fine otherwise. The Simplex and Vanquish are both excellent coin and jewelry detectors and can do well on low, mid and high conductors. I have owned the Makro Racer 2...
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