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  1. John-Edmonton

    I Got Yet Another Ring After Prospecting For Gold Today

    Headed out to a different spot today to use my highbanker and get some more flour gold. This place is also a popular fishing hole. Here's all the stuff I pulled out of the river. The pennies are new. The ring is quite old and I also got an old car wash token. Here's a close-up of the better...
  2. John-Edmonton

    Bang! Got A Ring....Bang! Got Another (Gold) Ring-Testing My New 5" x 8" DD Vortex Ripper Searchcoil On The VORTEX VX-9

    I think the lowest numerical number ring I got was in the middle 40's.....small gold thin ring. Most read a bit higher. There are so many factors that affect a rings reading on a detector. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a detector which would read gold with a 100% accuracy.
  3. John-Edmonton

    Bang! Got A Ring....Bang! Got Another (Gold) Ring-Testing My New 5" x 8" DD Vortex Ripper Searchcoil On The VORTEX VX-9

    And what a nice welcomed serchcoil it is for my needs. I ran it with zero discrimination, multi-frquency. And it performed well. You see, I was metal detecting a river, which has a base of mixed gravels and cobles. So, I had to compete with hot rocks, minerals and multiple pieces of rusted...
  4. John-Edmonton

    Did Some River Gold Prospecting And Brought Along The Garrett Vortex. Check Out The River Relics.

    I used the Viper coil. There were so many signals that I turned my iron audio down to one. I used my same set-up. Single Frequency at 25K and sensitivity just below maximum. I am going out again this week, and am going to swtch to the 5 x 8 coil, as there is so much iron junk in the river that I...
  5. John-Edmonton

    Check This Out... Jan. to July 2025 Totals - So Far Pretty Well All Found With The Vortex - VX9

    Garret detectors, especially the AT Pro/Max And The Vortex are really superior to any other manufacturers in regard to reading our Canadian coinage. I twice sent a set of our coinage to Garrett going back to the days of the imaging detector lines. I think the engineers must have looked at them...
  6. John-Edmonton

    Check This Out... Jan. to July 2025 Totals - So Far Pretty Well All Found With The Vortex - VX9

    Thanks Mike! It means a lot.
  7. John-Edmonton

    Check This Out... Jan. to July 2025 Totals - So Far Pretty Well All Found With The Vortex - VX9

    The 6" x 11" viper search coil works very well. I nice compromise between the 5" x 8" and 14" x 11" Reaper coil. It gets great depth, nice accurate ID readings and is OK for working in the woods due to it's size. I might like to add that I have the 5" x 8" coil, which I haven't used yet. I am...
  8. John-Edmonton

    Check This Out... Jan. to July 2025 Totals - So Far Pretty Well All Found With The Vortex - VX9

    And, the latest version makes it even a better unit!
  9. John-Edmonton

    Back To The Woods Today With The Vortex VX-9....Pulled Out A Silver

    I got a miss-match of finds in my low mineralized soil today. I ran the Vortex at zero disc, 25K and dug most signals above 60. Depending on the type of oxide on silver coins (oxidized silver under conifer trees read different then silver coins found und coniferous trees) and their depth they...
  10. John-Edmonton

    First Hunt With The New Firmware Update V-9.11

    I think you will notice a difference. Good luck!
  11. John-Edmonton

    First Hunt With The New Firmware Update V-9.11

    I downloaded the new firmware and went to a place in the woods that has been very generous with old silver coins, jeweryy and relics. Now, that was 30-40 years ago. It's been pounded to death by myself and many others, that even hitting on an old rusty bottle cap was rare. So, I started on the...
  12. John-Edmonton

    New Feature With The New VORTEX Firmware Updates V-9.11 "Adjustable Break Point 2 Tone Mode."

    You are most welcome!
  13. John-Edmonton

    The VORTEX VX-9 Has Again Pulled Out A Fantastic Amount Of Coins For August!

    Here's the clad I got. Using the audio combined with the pixals shown on the horizontal bar graph makes picking up clad coins a simple task. I was hunting with zero discrimination with a single frequency of 25K. I got 4 rings in August, my best month. Those one and two dollar coins sure add...
  14. John-Edmonton

    New Feature With The New VORTEX Firmware Updates V-9.11 "Adjustable Break Point 2 Tone Mode."

    Aside from many new improvements with this update, it has added a adjustable break point 2 tone mode. This is for those who like to cherry pick a target amongst trash. Thanks Garrett for even making a great metal detector even better.
  15. John-Edmonton

    Fantastic New Feature With The New VORTEX Firmware Updates V-9.11 "Adjustable Break Point 2 Tone Mode."

    Aside from many new improvements with this update, it has added a adjustable break point 2 tone mode. This is for those who like to cherry pick a target amongst trash. Thanks Garrett for even making a great metal detector even better.(y)
  16. John-Edmonton

    Does the Jarir ATX reach a depth of one meter easily?

    I think that the Treasurehound Eagleeye would also be a usefull tool, as it measures larger targets in feet instead of inches. However, I believe that it is discontinued, as is the 2500 which is needed to pair with it. A used one might be found on Ebay.
  17. John-Edmonton

    Just a heads up

    Thanks for the "heads up!"
  18. John-Edmonton

    "BINGO" Got Ring #20 This Week!

    Yes those are drop riffles. I started using drop riffles several years ago. When set up properly (right angle and water flow) they are capable of getting the tiniest bets of gold. They also require less water flow, allowing me to use a boat bilge pump with a lithium ion battery. I can run it for...
  19. John-Edmonton

    "BINGO" Got Ring #20 This Week!

    It's been another good week using the Vortex. I'm still using the zero-disc/25-Khz set up as it will read my cheap nickel plate over steel coins, no matter how much rust they have accumulated. Ring number 20 looked like a cheap chain held together with some wire or elastic string. Not so as I...
  20. John-Edmonton

    HELP FROM ACE 250 USERS

    This was posted 11 years ago.:coffee:
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