I had a brass belt buckle like that when I was in the BB some 39 years ago. Brassoed it every week for inspection. "We have an anchor that keeps the soul, steadfast and sure whilst the billows roll..." one of my favourite hymns at the time. 👍👍😉
I just recently got the simplex with the 2.78 and I must say that so far , if I have any questions, your videos have the answers. Great video again. Thank you. Be blessed and stay safe.
thank you Laurie for spending so much time in the field with the nokta makro. Because of its high sensitivity it can be a very frustrating and trying machine to use. Luckily for me I have 40 years experience metal detecting. So I can handle these highly sensitive machines. I grew up metal detecting in the highly mineralized red clay soils of northern California near the gold fields. I know how hard it can be to keep a machine stable over certain ground conditions. Your videos are very much needed. Again thank you Lori.May you and your husband be safe in all your adventures.
What a wonderful post, thank you so much Danny. That is a lovely comment. I love hearing from 'Old school' detectorists, as you have skills I never will (as I didn't learn on the audio based earlier machines). The real knowledge base of our hobby comes from you guys and gals, and we need to listen to your experience more than the flash youtubers who just hoick up find after find with no knowledge passed on (Aquachigger excluded, as he is, well, Aquachigger!). Thank you for getting in touch and please stay in touch!
(Reasons to buy a quality rechargeable ( Stihl ), strimmer, spare battery and brash cutter disc. Part 1. ...Stress free swinging and it also helps keep the farmer happy! Jokin Lori.) Your videos are sound out, and will bring blessed relief to many folk that are trying to 'run' too soon, and in the wrong places!. Nothing much better than good info, with lashings of commonsense. Great work.
Funnily enough, I got my strimmer out of the shed today, for the first time in 2 years- and tuned up the 2 stroke engine. Runs like a dream. Definitely going with me when I return to the croft on Monday ;D
Very good video and very useful for people who are starting out with the Simplex to help figure out this machine. Using a Simplex myself for the past 5 months. Definitely does help not to go full bars on the sensitivity alot of the time. Way to sensitive with loads of chatter and can still read plenty deep when dropped down a notch or two. Keep the vids coming. Good work.👍
Hello I love your videos, yesterday when I came out for the first time, he did that to me, although it is summer and there is no grass, but if there is a lot of garbage, it started well, I chatter a little at first, and it was going well, because I was taking things out in where he had been, before with other machines. but I entered an area where there was ore and it started to chatter more, I lowered a sensitivity bar, and it was fine, anyway, when you take a good puff, it does not leave it. people buy this machine and not understanding it, they sell them running. thanks to you, many will not, greetings, even if it is this video from two years ago.
just a advice from another simlex user ,u really need to swing that simplex much slower and listen to all the signals that will stop the falsing! and if u discrim out any metal u cant hear the good stuff either. nice vids
Hi Lori, i am finding your videos very interesting i like your quiet manner of speech.Interestingly i have the other half to that Boys Life Brigade belt buckle, found 2 months ago in the field next to my house here in hampshire it seems that camps might have been held in the field for several years up until the mid sixties . Hoping to find the other half to the buckle soon then get it made back into a belt .
Thanks Fedup, I hadn't considered a camp trip. That's a good idea. i love your picture on facebook, and wish you luck on your search for its mate. I tried again to find my other half, but no joy yet. I will try in winter, when the grass is lower, plus strim the reeds down too. Fingers crossed! Thanks for you compliments on the videos, I hope they are helpful to newer users of the Simplex. :D
Hey Lori I find the Simplex really frustrating mine is just so chatty I never know what to dig, I get so many false signals it drives me crazy. This is the second Simplex the first had a faulty coil but, to be honest, so far I'm, not a fan of this machine. I will persevere with the help of your blogs so keep up the good work .....Thanks
Hi Gene, I'm not sure if you are on Facebook, but there is a wonderdul group on there of 'new to Simplex' owners, and they are wonderfully helpful. The link is facebook.com/groups/286630469068377/?ref=share I've also got another video on simplex basics, the one with the dog in the thumbnail, and it may help more with adjusting the chatter of your machine. I've come across one person whose land/area was just not suitable for the Simplex, so they do exist, but thankfully only the one so far. Hopefully the group and the videos will help you adjust her, but if you need any specific information just message me! :D
I've been detecting for nearly 40 years, so I've done quite a bit of ground balancing in my time and am quite paranoid about doing it right to get the best performance out of any machine but, as a result of testing the GB of the 'plex , I have noticed something very odd ........ Balancing as per the manual and using either Field (my preferred mode) or Park, in order to get a "quiet" machine I need to drop Sens to 6 or even 5 (using firmware v2.78). However, if I don't GB and just use the preset (90) the 'plex is completely quiet at Sens 7. Now, I know from years of experience that running a detector too "hot" can negatively affect depth and sensitivity and that dropping it a bit can be a good thing, making signals clearer and going deeper. BUT I've tested the 'plex using in-ground as-found signals and checked with a specially buried hammered and running at Sens 7 with GB at the preset, the signals are always clearer (and detection depths greater) than if I balance it! This is completely counter-intuitive to me but I've tried it on several sites and the result is always the same! Does anyone have an explanation? FYI, I know the 'plex is working well (with better depth than my V3i) - and I've already hooked 4 hammies and numerous other small interesting targets using my unbalanced setup. The only downside seems to be jumpy VDIs which I am happy to accept as I dig everything that doesn't sound like iron (which has taken me a while to get my head around) but I have now sorted this as I have discovered that checking in All Metal stabilises the VDIs nicely - now if only I could find a way to reliably ID coke It'd save me a lot of wasted digging ..... Cheers.
Now that is a really interesting observation 🤔. I certainly don't have an explanation, but I'll get a few of my metal detecting Gurus on the query and see what Tim and Terry have to say on it. Regarding coke, after extensive discussion (for another viewer) with multiple gurus including Andy Sabisch and his extended network, the best solution we could devise is to try ground balancing over a piece of coke and see if it knocks out the signals. It could however mask desirable ones, but you would know that anyway 😃 Thank you for watching and a great question!
Hahahaha! I think it was the main thoroughfare between the Castle and the summer shielings, and the peat cuttings, plus it runs alongside the field. I reckon they threw all the plough bits over the wall onto the path, as the field is unnaturally quiet! A lot of the signals the Simplex was chattering about were falsing on the long grass, but there was a lot of iron that I will be digging out over the next year, so i can hear the good stuff! :D
As always a great video with lots of info My friend, thats an awsome find in the end, let me ask this to get it right so park 1 is getting deeper then park 2 and field gets deeper then park 1?
bleeping fun Yup- field is deepest, but cannot separate signals well. So two signals next to each other can cause one signal to mask the other. Iron can drown out silver, for example. Park 1 is next deepest, with faster recovery. It can see separate items better than field, but isn’t as deep. Park 2 is the fastest. It is the absolute best at separating signals from each other, and you should swing your detector quicker when using this mode, than you would in field, or park 1. But the cost is some depth. Think about how likely your targets are to be deep, vs how many signals are in the soil. I think beaches call for park 2, as depth isn’t necessary, but separation/ recovery speed, is. Deep ploughed soil probably need field, unless trashy. Then maybe park 1 is best bet, as a happy medium. Hope this helps!
Yes, you are absolutely correct, it would be deeper in field. I chose park because there is so much iron on the path, field would have been too 'slow'. It is deeper, but slower, it doesn't 'see' objects near to each other well. Park 2 is the 'fastest' but shallowest. Park 1 is a well balanced mode, giving up a bit of field's depth, and a bit of park 2's speed. The path was a mess of iron, so depth wouldn't do much good. I needed separation, speed to hear the difference between the good stuff and the iron. :)
The Simplex Guru 👍 can I ask one more thing which would be best in field mode 2.77 or 2.78 ? Watching a lot of vids saying very unstable the 2.77 version, what’s your views ( I’m a beginner) Thanks
I had a brass belt buckle like that when I was in the BB some 39 years ago. Brassoed it every week for inspection. "We have an anchor that keeps the soul, steadfast and sure whilst the billows roll..." one of my favourite hymns at the time. 👍👍😉
I just recently got the simplex with the 2.78 and I must say that so far , if I have any questions, your videos have the answers. Great video again. Thank you.
Be blessed and stay safe.
Great work lori. you are doing all simplex users a great turn from your tutorials.
Thank Paul, it is the information I wish I had when I started. I hope it helps folks out! :)
thank you Laurie for spending so much time in the field with the nokta makro. Because of its high sensitivity it can be a very frustrating and trying machine to use. Luckily for me I have 40 years experience metal detecting. So I can handle these highly sensitive machines. I grew up metal detecting in the highly mineralized red clay soils of northern California near the gold fields. I know how hard it can be to keep a machine stable over certain ground conditions. Your videos are very much needed. Again thank you Lori.May you and your husband be safe in all your adventures.
What a wonderful post, thank you so much Danny. That is a lovely comment. I love hearing from 'Old school' detectorists, as you have skills I never will (as I didn't learn on the audio based earlier machines). The real knowledge base of our hobby comes from you guys and gals, and we need to listen to your experience more than the flash youtubers who just hoick up find after find with no knowledge passed on (Aquachigger excluded, as he is, well, Aquachigger!). Thank you for getting in touch and please stay in touch!
Awesome video, Thanks!
I’m brand new to detecting and just got a simplex. Thank you for your videos. They are by far the most helpful videos I’ve found.
(Reasons to buy a quality rechargeable ( Stihl ), strimmer, spare battery and brash cutter disc. Part 1. ...Stress free swinging and it also helps keep the farmer happy! Jokin Lori.) Your videos are sound out, and will bring blessed relief to many folk that are trying to 'run' too soon, and in the wrong places!. Nothing much better than good info, with lashings of commonsense. Great work.
Funnily enough, I got my strimmer out of the shed today, for the first time in 2 years- and tuned up the 2 stroke engine. Runs like a dream. Definitely going with me when I return to the croft on Monday ;D
Very good video and very useful for people who are starting out with the Simplex to help figure out this machine. Using a Simplex myself for the past 5 months. Definitely does help not to go full bars on the sensitivity alot of the time. Way to sensitive with loads of chatter and can still read plenty deep when dropped down a notch or two. Keep the vids coming. Good work.👍
Hello I love your videos, yesterday when I came out for the first time, he did that to me, although it is summer and there is no grass, but if there is a lot of garbage, it started well, I chatter a little at first, and it was going well, because I was taking things out in where he had been, before with other machines. but I entered an area where there was ore and it started to chatter more, I lowered a sensitivity bar, and it was fine, anyway, when you take a good puff, it does not leave it. people buy this machine and not understanding it, they sell them running. thanks to you, many will not, greetings, even if it is this video from two years ago.
just a advice from another simlex user ,u really need to swing that simplex much slower and listen to all the signals that will stop the falsing! and if u discrim out any metal u cant hear the good stuff either. nice vids
Hi Lori, i am finding your videos very interesting i like your quiet manner of speech.Interestingly i have the other half to that Boys Life Brigade belt buckle, found 2 months ago in the field next to my house here in hampshire it seems that camps might have been held in the field for several years up until the mid sixties . Hoping to find the other half to the buckle soon then get it made back into a belt .
Thanks Fedup, I hadn't considered a camp trip. That's a good idea. i love your picture on facebook, and wish you luck on your search for its mate. I tried again to find my other half, but no joy yet. I will try in winter, when the grass is lower, plus strim the reeds down too. Fingers crossed! Thanks for you compliments on the videos, I hope they are helpful to newer users of the Simplex. :D
Hey Lori I find the Simplex really frustrating mine is just so chatty I never know what to dig, I get so many false signals it drives me crazy. This is the second Simplex the first had a faulty coil but, to be honest, so far I'm, not a fan of this machine. I will persevere with the help of your blogs so keep up the good work .....Thanks
Hi Gene, I'm not sure if you are on Facebook, but there is a wonderdul group on there of 'new to Simplex' owners, and they are wonderfully helpful. The link is facebook.com/groups/286630469068377/?ref=share
I've also got another video on simplex basics, the one with the dog in the thumbnail, and it may help more with adjusting the chatter of your machine. I've come across one person whose land/area was just not suitable for the Simplex, so they do exist, but thankfully only the one so far. Hopefully the group and the videos will help you adjust her, but if you need any specific information just message me! :D
great video
I've been detecting for nearly 40 years, so I've done quite a bit of ground balancing in my time and am quite paranoid about doing it right to get the best performance out of any machine but, as a result of testing the GB of the 'plex , I have noticed something very odd ........
Balancing as per the manual and using either Field (my preferred mode) or Park, in order to get a "quiet" machine I need to drop Sens to 6 or even 5 (using firmware v2.78). However, if I don't GB and just use the preset (90) the 'plex is completely quiet at Sens 7. Now, I know from years of experience that running a detector too "hot" can negatively affect depth and sensitivity and that dropping it a bit can be a good thing, making signals clearer and going deeper. BUT I've tested the 'plex using in-ground as-found signals and checked with a specially buried hammered and running at Sens 7 with GB at the preset, the signals are always clearer (and detection depths greater) than if I balance it! This is completely counter-intuitive to me but I've tried it on several sites and the result is always the same!
Does anyone have an explanation? FYI, I know the 'plex is working well (with better depth than my V3i) - and I've already hooked 4 hammies and numerous other small interesting targets using my unbalanced setup. The only downside seems to be jumpy VDIs which I am happy to accept as I dig everything that doesn't sound like iron (which has taken me a while to get my head around) but I have now sorted this as I have discovered that checking in All Metal stabilises the VDIs nicely - now if only I could find a way to reliably ID coke It'd save me a lot of wasted digging .....
Cheers.
Now that is a really interesting observation 🤔. I certainly don't have an explanation, but I'll get a few of my metal detecting Gurus on the query and see what Tim and Terry have to say on it. Regarding coke, after extensive discussion (for another viewer) with multiple gurus including Andy Sabisch and his extended network, the best solution we could devise is to try ground balancing over a piece of coke and see if it knocks out the signals. It could however mask desirable ones, but you would know that anyway 😃 Thank you for watching and a great question!
@@thesimplexguru1263 Did you by any chance get any feedback on my observations?
Regards.
Colin.
Wow, that's a lot of iron on that little pathway... Is it a old iron mine?
Just kidding, again a great video.
Keep on hunting...
Hahahaha! I think it was the main thoroughfare between the Castle and the summer shielings, and the peat cuttings, plus it runs alongside the field. I reckon they threw all the plough bits over the wall onto the path, as the field is unnaturally quiet!
A lot of the signals the Simplex was chattering about were falsing on the long grass, but there was a lot of iron that I will be digging out over the next year, so i can hear the good stuff! :D
As always a great video with lots of info My friend, thats an awsome find in the end, let me ask this to get it right so park 1 is getting deeper then park 2 and field gets deeper then park 1?
bleeping fun
Yup-
field is deepest, but cannot separate signals well. So two signals next to each other can cause one signal to mask the other. Iron can drown out silver, for example.
Park 1 is next deepest, with faster recovery. It can see separate items better than field, but isn’t as deep. Park 2 is the fastest. It is the absolute best at separating signals from each other, and you should swing your detector quicker when using this mode, than you would in field, or park 1. But the cost is some depth.
Think about how likely your targets are to be deep, vs how many signals are in the soil. I think beaches call for park 2, as depth isn’t necessary, but separation/ recovery speed, is. Deep ploughed soil probably need field, unless trashy. Then maybe park 1 is best bet, as a happy medium.
Hope this helps!
@@thesimplexguru1263 thanks for the extra info My friend, it will be very helpfull
Hi How would it of fared on field mode and reducing the sensitivity reduced 2/3 bars wouldn’t that of still been deeper than the park modes ?
Yes, you are absolutely correct, it would be deeper in field. I chose park because there is so much iron on the path, field would have been too 'slow'. It is deeper, but slower, it doesn't 'see' objects near to each other well. Park 2 is the 'fastest' but shallowest. Park 1 is a well balanced mode, giving up a bit of field's depth, and a bit of park 2's speed. The path was a mess of iron, so depth wouldn't do much good. I needed separation, speed to hear the difference between the good stuff and the iron. :)
The Simplex Guru 👍 can I ask one more thing which would be best in field mode 2.77 or 2.78 ? Watching a lot of vids saying very unstable the 2.77 version, what’s your views ( I’m a beginner)
Thanks
That seems like a tremendous amount of iron for an old roadway like that.
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I like to run it hot, otherwise it looses a lot of depth