Goldpick's 2020 Deus & Equinox 600 finds

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Goldpick

Chris Johnson
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Thought it was time to start a new topic for the new year, this time covering finds from both the Deus and Equinox to see how they compare over the course of the year.

First trip was brief thanks to howling winds down at the beach with the Equinox in tow, unfortunately our local beaches aren't the best for decent finds, though thought it be a good idea to try the new detector. Depth performance was certainly good, picking up a few very deep sinkers, only coins I managed to find were a couple of 20c and very thin 5c pieces. The software up-date has made the screen brightness on the 600 much more acceptable at night over the previous single setting, definitely need to get some wireless headphones as the wired ones are a real pain and are hard to hear over the noise of the surf.

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The next couple of locations I took the Equinox to try out were an early 1900's site and a Victorian era site. The first site only provided one coin, a 1916 penny, though I did unearth plenty of junk left in the ground from previous trips with the Deus. The Victorian site was a bit more telling, I couldn't locate a single non-ferrous item other than a brass rivet after gridding from different orientations, and even that was a marginal target. If anything it does highlight how thorough the Deus is over such sites.

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The latest trip was back over the border to the silver honey hole, and yet again it paid off handsomely using the Deus with the 11" coil. It is such a large area that you can spend hours of either walking over plenty of targets, or possibly missing good targets by a few feet. Even working areas that I previously detected from different angles has provided more coin targets. Once again I dipped into the 1800's with an 1883 shiling and a Vic penny, and after a few previous junker rings I got my first solid silver ring.

Did real well on the silver tally with 17 all up, though was offset with plenty of BB's to help wear out the knees. :argh: Next trip I'll probably give the Equinox a run once I have replaced the wired headphones, a least the Equinox gets along fine with the MI-6 pinpointer. ;)

Offloading the finds at 5.00am!
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62 coins all up = one pair of sore legs!
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Non silver crucifix.
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Pick of the bunch, still requires a bit more cleaning.
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Impressive and very inspiring :Y:
As good as the equinox has proven to be .... did you expect it to out do the deus?
Or simply just another tool in the shed and giving it a good run ?
 
Nice Haul Goldpick. It is a pity that gem in the ring is missing, but I guess it's also a great opportunity to mount your own gem in the middle. I could see that looking smart with a Ruby, Garnet or Sapphire sitting in the middle, or even a big Amethyst. :Y:
 
That's a coin you don't often see collected nowadays. It was quite common when in use. I do remember reading once on Trove about inflation and the cost of various food items going up over the years and how different world events affected the price of things for all weird reasons. They specifically said that the night Queen Victoria and Prince Albert got married, the meat went up a Sovereign.
 
Eldorado said:
Lots of silver and the ring looks interesting,how old do you think it is?Nice hunt.

I'd say early 1900's as the "Silver" hallmark seems to more common from around then.

Would be a ring worthy of repair and stone replacement I reckon, just depends on ring sizing for the missus.
 
Sandta said:
Impressive and very inspiring :Y:
As good as the equinox has proven to be .... did you expect it to out do the deus?
Or simply just another tool in the shed and giving it a good run ?

It was more curiosity than anything putting it up against the Deus, it is always nice know that you are not leaving targets in the ground with your main detector. The additional reasons for having the 600 was for a more capable beach detector, for inland lakes and having something I can use during inclement weather.

In some respects they are two similar machines whilst in other areas they differ greatly. Probably the biggest difference is when comparing on how they report the audio/tones, and at this stage I believe the Deus carries much more usable target info, though you do have to remember the Deus costs nearly 3 times as much in my current configuration. I think on mineralised ground you will see the Equinox pull away on depth ability and more reliable target ID's, though fortunately my ground is pretty inert around here.

So yes in a way it is another tool in the shed that favours some sites over the Deus, and as always another toy to have a play with to keep me out of trouble. ;)
 
For something different I took the Deus out detecting a Lake shore due to constantly receding levels. Everytime the level drops, several more metres of shoreline is exposed along with the finds washed out of the sand/soil. Despite only getting two silvers, the first one was an unexpected beauty, an 1879 Victorian shilling! Further on a double beep from coil revealed a surface find of an old silver ring with horse head and shoe motif, it has hallmarks though they are so small that I might need a microscope to ID them.

The coppers were all Roos apart from one Commonwealth penny.

Also had a good assortment of lures and sinkers, including a couple of early 1900's examples (spinner lure), I do enjoy finding them when the coins aren't biting. ;)

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Nice finds Goldpick. That shilling is in great condition considering it's age. It will look good cleaned up as will the silver ring (I assume the dull grey colour is tarnish).
 
Great score on the shilling, most of the brit silvers of that age seem to be worn almost flat in circulation but that one looks like it was dropped fresh off the boat.
 
Seems like forever since I was last out, so the opportunity arose for another lake hunt with the pleasant conditions for a detect (aside from the killer mozzies). The water levels had dropped even further since last trip, so just a case of gridding up the same areas to see what goodies surfaced.

Turned out to be tons of lead (community service lead removal!) and BB's with a lone silver flower ring, watch, pocket knife, and a few toasty roo pennies/hp's. The silvers included a 1944 threepence, 1961 Ramshead shilling, and yet another 1883 Victorian shillng, though a little more worn than the previous one. Despite the insect repellant, my elbows were munched on all night and had literally dozens of bites lumped all over them by the time I finished - ended up scratching myself raw on the way home. :argh:

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Nice work Goldpick. I love the young Vicky shilling. I've had the same problem with mozzies lately. I suppose it's even worse by a lake!
 
Clodmaster said:
Nice work Goldpick. I love the young Vicky shilling. I've had the same problem with mozzies lately. I suppose it's even worse by a lake!

I thought that I had sprayed enough mozzie repellant on my jumper, obviously the mozzies honed in on the one part I forgot to spray - my elbows. Maybe I should invest in one of those repellant impregnated tops for such locations.
 
Nice lot of finds GP and good to see Pandora makes it to the Lakes as well. Well I believe that ring is Pandora but I could be corrected on that. :Y:
 
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