Menu
What's new
Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!

Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

Search results

  1. Sand Sifter

    Where did all the metal detectors go.

    Update: Guess I spoke a bit too soon in that comment. I finally took the plunge into the world of PI's, as I recently acquired a "new to me" Dual Field PI, just used it yesterday & night before to start getting acquainted. Yeah, it's gonna work out well IMO, my Sovereign Elite has prepared me...
  2. Sand Sifter

    Made my own Coil “Cover” for the Dual Field’s 12” Spider Coil

    Just put the last finishing touch on my Dual Field's coil before heading to the beach. Trying to find a coil cover for the Dual Field’s 12” Spider Coil has become Mission Impossible. They’re rare and hard to find, and I just didn’t have the time to wait and hope I’d stumble upon one for sale...
  3. Sand Sifter

    New Nokta PI

    I don't follow Nokta or have a Nokta detector, I guess I'm just the messenger in this case. I've seen a ton of posts on all the forums from guys wondering about this upcoming PI, so I just post info that I come across to try to keep them updated. But I agree with you. Basically, we won't know...
  4. Sand Sifter

    New Nokta PI

    Here’s the latest info I’ve heard. I'm not a Nokta guy so don't have a dog in this hunt, but on a recent (Aug) Treasure Talk Digging Report, Karen from the 2Sisters YouTube channel was on. She looked excited & after being introduced, she quickly said “Phil “I do have a scoop for you”, then said...
  5. Sand Sifter

    Beach Sweeper

    Hi Donna. Yeah, I'm sure some of them may indeed leave their good stuff at home, or in the safe of their hotel room. I'm not rich but I always do the same. I always take off my wedding ring & leave it at home before heading out to the beach to hunt. But as a detectorist, I know when I'm on the...
  6. Sand Sifter

    Beach Sweeper

    Beach sweepers are designed to clean recent/daily drops of surface trash. If they happen to pick up any coins, rings, etc, that's a bonus for them but that's not the intent of the sweeper. It's a lot easier for the local town to have that motorized sweeper out there cleaning & smoothing out the...
  7. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    That jumper wire mod must have been for the older Sovereigns (original The Sovereign, Sovereign XS (eXtra Sensitive), and Sovereign XS-2 & XS-2 Pros). Those could be converted to Single Tone, but it had to be done by a dealer, probably since the dealer would need to open up the control box to...
  8. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    I'll second that, and "very generous" is actually an understatement!!
  9. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    In my profile pic, I'm wearing my Sovereign Elite in a Minelab pouch high up on my chest, so really didn't feel the weight, but it was a tad on the bulky side. Inside the pouch, I have the Sov inside a long plastic bag and used a twist tie at the bottom of the bag and sealed the bag by wrapping...
  10. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    A lot of the "mods" back then didn't involve electronics, i.e., making changes to the circuit, they were more like "improvements" or "customizations", like adding rubber "boots" over the switches to keep sand out, wiring up the search coil with a waterproof connector to the control box, to keep...
  11. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    Man OC, I went through my file cabinet downstairs yesterday and found all sorts of treasure hunting treasures. I had a couple stacks of treasure mags, Western & Eastern, American Digger, etc. I had subscriptions so I'd get hard copy mags via snail mail. About a dozen of the Western & Eastern...
  12. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    Can't say for sure, but I think the mod was done to the processor, so I'd have no idea how to put it back to factory. It's not something that can be adjusted by a trim pot. I've been using it that way for the last 14 years, so if I changed it, it would probably mess me up, lol.
  13. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    Well Joe, I guess I'm officially "old" lol. I haven't worn glasses since I had radial keratotomy done to my eyes like 25 or 30 years ago. But in July, I had to renew my driver's license so I had to look at the letters through the viewer. I saw them all except 1 small letter in the lower...
  14. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    Quick Update: Got some additional parts coming, almost there! Got an email from Tony Eisenhower last night, he’s shipping my waterproof headphones today (Monday) and provided tracking number. I custom ordered a set of his waterproof Blue Divers headphones, cups are bigger/wider than his white...
  15. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    Yeah, I've dug quite a few targets that started to null then sounded off. Turned out to be a coin or other decent target close to iron or maybe on top of iron. The recovery speed of the Sov's is SLOW, like taking a horse covered wagon compared to the super speed train recovery speed of my...
  16. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    I've never run a PI before, but I've run my Minelab Sovereign Elite in all metal using my 12x10 & 15x12 SEF Butterfly coils, so I'm used to digging deep. I'll only be using the PI in the wet & shallow ocean water. My Sovereign has great iron rejection built into the discrim mode. I'll use that...
  17. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    I did a full post about my "PTSD" incident on another forum, when I was a senior in high school, and we went to Ocean City for several days. The movie "JAWS" had just come out, and we stood in a long line that stretched around the theater to get in. After that, the guys convinced me to get in...
  18. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    I know they're not actually looking for or are interested in us, but it seems that sometimes, they'll mistake humans for something else, like someone wearing a black wetsuit while surfing might look like a seal to their eyes. They might decide to take a "test bite" to check things out, then it's...
  19. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    Thank You!! Yes, I need the lower rod with clevis that fits into the coil ears, to mount the coil to the shaft. I have 2 pieces; S shaft & middle rod, the lower rod would make this a 3-piece shaft. OBN said that the shaft he gave me is the original White's S shaft for a White's PI DF, which I...
  20. Sand Sifter

    My “new” Dual Field PI & hanging out with OldBeechnut (OBN)

    For me, I'm not so worried about the waves, I'm more worried about toothy critters that might be swimming around. Can't really even see my feet on the beaches of DE & MD once I wade into the water about a foot or so. If I can't see my feet, then I can't see anything swimming in my vicinity, so I...
View older results
Top