Thank you. That was an epic undertaking, but what was needed to really get to know how the Simplex reacts to different coins. That is why you have The goto channel for real data. I bet your an awesome teacher.
I have watched these videos over and over again. They have been a big help and my understanding of this machine has grown over the past 2 years. Thank you so much. Im the only one that medal detects that i have found in my town and i have learned so much from you. Thank you!
I just want to take a moment to compliment you on your videos. I am brand spanking new to this hobby and I have found your videos to be the most helpful to date. I live in one of the oldest incorporated towns in Southern New England established in 1641, I also spend a good deal of time in South Carolina at Surfside Beach. I did my homework the best I could and bought a Nokta Simplex with wireless, and the Nokta pulse dive pin-pointer. Hopefully it will serve me well relic hunting in the colonial fields around my home, and on the beach next month in SC. Thanks again for your very informative and often humorous videos. Cheers from New England.
Very informative. Can't wait to see the next video. One thing to keep in mind... as the target gets deeper, the VDI number changes. It would be interesting to see you show some of this in your testing.
Wow that was very interesting and A LOT of work. Thank you for doing that, I just bought the Nokta Simplex and feel a little better about my purchase and very excited to try it out. THANK YOU!!❤
I just ordered a Simplex thanks to your recommendation. I am just getting started in this hobby. Thanks for the effort on your videos. Very informative. If I had setup the cardboard value board you setup I probably would have bumped the board half way through the video. Thanks again for the info.
thank you so much for your time with these two videos i just ordered my simplex with headphones and a free sp24 coil have been using a whites coinmaster for a few years and found some cool stuff was going to get the garret at pro but thought the simplex is pretty darn close plus i got the smaller coil for 200 dollars less
I’ve dug two barber dimes recently, near mint condition. Using equinox it was a 23. I thought bottle cap. Proves true that is between zinc and copper. Thanks for your videos!
Those must be the cutest toes I have seen today!! I got my first Quarter (2015) last week... 90/91 in the loose beach sand - in Beach Mode!! I dedicated it to you!! 😁👍 Thanks for taking the time to do this... I may follow suit for the Euro coins! 👍👍
This video was extremely helpful. I liken it to metal detecting science. I carefully took down all the ranges and put them into a spreadsheet, once done with that I'll watch the jewelry video and do the same. i noticed that you did not have this for download on your website as you refereed in the video, I'd be happy to send it to you once I complete the spreadsheet though it's in open office and not Excell. Waiting for my Simplex that i ordered on your advice from Amazon for an astounding 199.99! Have some experience with a Garett 2000 but i was very very unhappy with it for many reasons. ty for the great videos!!!
I just bought a gold kruzer for prospecting, and I took it out to try coin shooting and it doesn't pick up coins well at all. I tried buyring a quarter at 4 inches and it wouldn't hit it all. Even in all metal mode. Maybe it's place is gold hunting. Would you recommend this simplex for a beginner? It seems to hit deep and all the targets
Injoy your video. I tell to right up front, I don't think I'll buy another Simplex. I purchase mine Simplex+ around Christmas 2022. The problem is they still didn't have all the bugs out of it and was outdated within 4 months I purchase it. Nothing matches. The ultra has the Legends headphones, different coils. Don't get me wrong, I like the Simplex +, I think I'm just ready to taking it up a notch.
You know I love my Simplex-you talked me into buying it! But I spotted a boo boo-you said you were doing the test in Park 1 but I noticed at the Barber dimes and probably before on the screen you are in all metal ..so I rewatched and it appears you were in all metal from everything after the first silver dime. Also, which coil makes a difference. PS I’ve been using Boom chakka LAKKA boom for over a year 😂
You should try the SP24 coil. I find the VDI is purty much the same except for nickels. My standard coil was around 25. With the 24 coil, the VDI was 30 to 31.
With cents, the mint was consistently inconsistent with white metal portion of the alloy after the change to "bronze" in 1864. The tin was mixed with, and changed out for zinc variably over the years until they obviously became "brass." Then there was the steel experiment in 1943, and the recycled shell case alloys that came thereafter.
Now this may sounds off the wall a bit , but the local lake I hunt has there floats across the lake at the 5 foot mark and under certain portions of those floats are small concrete pads I'm assuming with rebar in them . I run the coil over them while in the water and every time they ring up like a good solid target and a reading of 88 to 91. same with large iron.????
Hey there, finally taking notes to keep from these VDI videos. Thanks for doing them. I get some different VDIs on things than you are getting and it's making me wonder what update you were running on your Simplex? I'm sure the updates change stuff slightly....
Just for scientific curiosity it would be interesting to see where assorted pull tabs and bottle crowns align up within the coin range that you have assembled on your ID/VDI template. If there's an overlap then it means we dig it all.
@@MetalDetectingNYC thank you that is the important part so you don't have to dig up so much trash or who knows LOL you never know for sure. But it might give you a better idea. Thank you Merrill
yours educational video we gona rate 99% good why not 100% ? because not part 1 or part 2 VDI testing covers GOLD COINS! and we are buying a detector in 1st place to find grandmas buried gold coins in garden :D (no joke)
@@MetalDetectingNYC Bit of a stoopid question, but are the numbers the same across all modes? I'm in Europe, and almost always use Park 1 mode on max sensitivity for depth (with iron on 1 bar) and only switch to all metal if a signal is there but fleeting. I don't bother to really to guess and get hopeful about a target unless it's sharp and/or above 90 (milled silver) as there's such a spectrum of old and thin coins down to 17/18. Romans can be 80 then again they can be much lower (30 to 40). It's interesting to see how you can get fixed on VDI when coin types have been very fixed for a long while, but here it's '...meeh'. I do however like the fact that they've given the Simplex VDIs up to 100, whereas the VDIs on most high end detectors seem to go up to 40/50.
Hey Merrill, I am planning on getting a detector this spring. Within my price range the Fisher F22 seems to be on the top of the list.. Any thoughts/ feedback from you or the viewers...
To be completely honest Fisher is the only major brand that I have never bought a detector from. Having that said I cannot accurately assess that machine. Personally I would stay away from older models of detectors because the ability to separate has come so far!
This is my DETECTOR... Swinging height included...Q are hitting 90 and 91.... Dimes sometimes are around 78.... BUT MOSTLY 79 IF FLAT..... SILVER ALWAYS READS A FEW HIGHER BTW.... Nickels are anywhere from 23-27..... Wheats while swinging in the field vary a bunch... Anywhere from Indian Head to almost high penny range...
Unsure of the answer of that. We can only speculate. Personally I think it was an uneven distribution of materials. Like a pancake that gets a little more egg than other pancakes.
Thank you for your great (and fun) video! I just started my metal detecting hobby by buying the Simplex- but since I'm so tiny and not that strong, I just got the carbon fiber lower shaft and the lighter SP24 (every ounce matters to me)... my question to you is, is there a difference in ID numbers with the SP24 as opposed to the stock coil? Thanks!
I've dug a lot of war nickels and about 10% of them have read higher. What I've heard speculated is there's some non-silver leeching out of the coin in the ground. Indeed, many war nickels have that black tar-like tarnish when dug. I suppose the answer would to test war nickels that have never been in the ground. If they vary the same way, then it must be a minting issue. If they don't, then it's interaction with the dirt.
I most generally alway seek deep coins, and I'm finding most deep coins with scratchy broken signals in 94 to 98 vdi range,,even nickles. 1928 11" Buffulo was a hitting into that range also. I buried a copper penny at pinpointer depth at 9" and same results. This is 2.78 version. It's a very jumpy target ID machine,,unless they are shallow. Curious if the Legend will have same behaviors? It's actually a time consuming machine,,still debating on keeping it for deep seeker machine though, been thinking it struggles on locking on deep higher conductors. It seems hit and miss and miss is winning. Hmmmmmm
Still all boils down to where you are detecting. In a park where there is a lot of parting, you could get flip tops instead of silver or clad coins for all that matters. And it depends on coil size as well as version. I use version 2.78 and the 24 inch elliptical coil which is supposed to have the same VDI's as the Nokta Makro Anfibio Multi. In conclusion, did them all.
The war nickels had a terrible reputation with regard to alloy consistency. The manganese did not play well with other admixtures. A common occurrence with war nickels is 'delamination,' whereby the metals form concentrations and the coin fissures and splits along these discontinuities. You can often see this in the color of the coins, where little bits of varying alloy yield a mottled running pattern. And, oh, yes - they are 35% silver, not 40%.
I love park 2.... Lower tones ring higher... Therefore I DIG MORE TARGETS.... AND STILL 2FT PLUS TARGETS.... FARM AND PARK 1 ARE DEEPER... BUT IDC....I LOVE PARK 2 SETTING THE BEST....JS
I am stuck on Park 1. I have the impression the faster recovery on park 2 doesn't catch stuff that I get on park 1, although I am often in pasture/ploughed fields and am rarely in iron polluted zones. Isn't Park 2 just the older setting before the recent updates?
@@joeslife3303 I don't believe it is, as the VDI numbers are replaced with concentric circles (the more, the deeper it is). Without being able to switch mine on right now, I seem to remember that as you get right over the target, the pitch and volume get higher according to the solidity and conductivity of the target.
Yeah, ok really very very good, but what about us in the rest of the world? Could you please spend a few days / weeks/ well, maybe a month doing all the coins of every country? For the sake of completeness, surely?
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It's about time someone finally gives us what we want. Thanks.
You're Welcome!
Thank you. That was an epic undertaking, but what was needed to really get to know how the Simplex reacts to different coins. That is why you have The goto channel for real data. I bet your an awesome teacher.
Thank you Dave!
I have watched these videos over and over again. They have been a big help and my understanding of this machine has grown over the past 2 years. Thank you so much. Im the only one that medal detects that i have found in my town and i have learned so much from you. Thank you!
Excellent informative video. Not to mention time consuming to do this for us. Thanks again
Wide variety showed of coins and their tones. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
I just want to take a moment to compliment you on your videos. I am brand spanking new to this hobby and I have found your videos to be the most helpful to date. I live in one of the oldest incorporated towns in Southern New England established in 1641, I also spend a good deal of time in South Carolina at Surfside Beach. I did my homework the best I could and bought a Nokta Simplex with wireless, and the Nokta pulse dive pin-pointer. Hopefully it will serve me well relic hunting in the colonial fields around my home, and on the beach next month in SC. Thanks again for your very informative and often humorous videos. Cheers from New England.
One year later???
Very informative. Can't wait to see the next video. One thing to keep in mind... as the target gets deeper, the VDI number changes. It would be interesting to see you show some of this in your testing.
Yes
This is my Daily hunting tool....I LOVE MY SIMPLEX SO MUCH
Wow that was very interesting and A LOT of work. Thank you for doing that, I just bought the Nokta Simplex and feel a little better about my purchase and very excited to try it out. THANK YOU!!❤
I just ordered a Simplex thanks to your recommendation. I am just getting started in this hobby. Thanks for the effort on your videos. Very informative. If I had setup the cardboard value board you setup I probably would have bumped the board half way through the video. Thanks again for the info.
thank you so much for your time with these two videos i just ordered my simplex with headphones and a free sp24 coil have been using a whites coinmaster for a few years and found some cool stuff was going to get the garret at pro but thought the simplex is pretty darn close plus i got the smaller coil for 200 dollars less
Just purchased the simplex after watching you're videos thank you for the advice
Awesome video Merrill👍 I’m newer to the hobby and right now I’m swinging the Simplex and this is very helpful. Best of luck with all your hunts!
thank you that help me under stand it when it to my readings.
I’ve dug two barber dimes recently, near mint condition. Using equinox it was a 23. I thought bottle cap. Proves true that is between zinc and copper. Thanks for your videos!
Older silver is so funny! It rings up like a memorial penny. Merc and Rosie silver at 27-28
Those must be the cutest toes I have seen today!!
I got my first Quarter (2015) last week... 90/91 in the loose beach sand - in Beach Mode!! I dedicated it to you!! 😁👍
Thanks for taking the time to do this... I may follow suit for the Euro coins! 👍👍
Thank you for all the work you did to make this video
This video was extremely helpful. I liken it to metal detecting science. I carefully took down all the ranges and put them into a spreadsheet, once done with that I'll watch the jewelry video and do the same. i noticed that you did not have this for download on your website as you refereed in the video, I'd be happy to send it to you once I complete the spreadsheet though it's in open office and not Excell. Waiting for my Simplex that i ordered on your advice from Amazon for an astounding 199.99! Have some experience with a Garett 2000 but i was very very unhappy with it for many reasons. ty for the great videos!!!
Seems like this experiment convinces me it is probably best to dig pretty much everything!
That's what I've found out.
It is definitely crazy how much variance there is with most coins. Great video as always. Happy Hunting and be well Merrill
Lots of WORK, WORK, WORK! Good job, Merrill.
Needed this to help ID some things but of course dig. everything cause ya never know!
Excellent info! My new Simplex should be here Dec 13th 2021.
This was fantastic Merrill. I swing the Simplex. Looking forward to Part 2
I just bought a gold kruzer for prospecting, and I took it out to try coin shooting and it doesn't pick up coins well at all. I tried buyring a quarter at 4 inches and it wouldn't hit it all. Even in all metal mode. Maybe it's place is gold hunting. Would you recommend this simplex for a beginner? It seems to hit deep and all the targets
Injoy your video.
I tell to right up front, I don't think I'll buy another Simplex. I purchase mine Simplex+ around Christmas 2022. The problem is they still didn't have all the bugs out of it and was outdated within 4 months I purchase it. Nothing matches. The ultra has the Legends headphones, different coils. Don't get me wrong, I like the Simplex +, I think I'm just ready to taking it up a notch.
Can't wait to download the booklet!! Thank you for making this!
Where can I download the booklet??
You know I love my Simplex-you talked me into buying it! But I spotted a boo boo-you said you were doing the test in Park 1 but I noticed at the Barber dimes and probably before on the screen you are in all metal ..so I rewatched and it appears you were in all metal from everything after the first silver dime.
Also, which coil makes a difference.
PS I’ve been using Boom chakka LAKKA boom for over a year 😂
You should try the SP24 coil. I find the VDI is purty much the same except for nickels. My standard coil was around 25. With the 24 coil, the VDI was 30 to 31.
I’m liking this info thanks so much
Wow very useful and informative, thanks
With cents, the mint was consistently inconsistent with white metal portion of the alloy after the change to "bronze" in 1864. The tin was mixed with, and changed out for zinc variably over the years until they obviously became "brass." Then there was the steel experiment in 1943, and the recycled shell case alloys that came thereafter.
Very good metal ditector Simplex+
Thank you so much for you time and insight
Now this may sounds off the wall a bit , but the local lake I hunt has there floats across the lake at the 5 foot mark and under certain portions of those floats are small concrete pads I'm assuming with rebar in them . I run the coil over them while in the water and every time they ring up like a good solid target and a reading of 88 to 91. same with large iron.????
Hey there, finally taking notes to keep from these VDI videos. Thanks for doing them. I get some different VDIs on things than you are getting and it's making me wonder what update you were running on your Simplex? I'm sure the updates change stuff slightly....
Just for scientific curiosity it would be interesting to see where assorted pull tabs and bottle crowns align up within the coin range that you have assembled on your ID/VDI template. If there's an overlap then it means we dig it all.
The junk is going to be in part 2
@@MetalDetectingNYC thank you that is the important part so you don't have to dig up so much trash or who knows LOL you never know for sure. But it might give you a better idea. Thank you Merrill
THE SIMPLEX IS BOSS!!!! 2FT PLUS HIGH HARMONIC TONES... ITS INSANE!!!! THE SIMPLEX IS REALLY INCREDIBLE!!!
Awesome video. Thanks 👍👍👍👌. Happy hunting and good luck 👍👍🙏
yours educational video we gona rate 99% good why not 100% ? because not part 1 or part 2 VDI testing covers GOLD COINS! and we are buying a detector in 1st place to find grandmas buried gold coins in garden :D (no joke)
Download Book: www.iratemetaldetectors.com/product-page/nokta-makro-simplex-target-id-bible
Awesome Video !!!
Just curious why you said you were going to scan them in Park 1 mode and scanned them all (except the 1st one) in All Metal mode?
Yep I see that now. I intended to scan them in park one. I probably hit the button and didn’t realize.
@@MetalDetectingNYC Bit of a stoopid question, but are the numbers the same across all modes? I'm in Europe, and almost always use Park 1 mode on max sensitivity for depth (with iron on 1 bar) and only switch to all metal if a signal is there but fleeting. I don't bother to really to guess and get hopeful about a target unless it's sharp and/or above 90 (milled silver) as there's such a spectrum of old and thin coins down to 17/18. Romans can be 80 then again they can be much lower (30 to 40). It's interesting to see how you can get fixed on VDI when coin types have been very fixed for a long while, but here it's '...meeh'. I do however like the fact that they've given the Simplex VDIs up to 100, whereas the VDIs on most high end detectors seem to go up to 40/50.
Nice job Merrill 👍
Thank you
Did the pics of the board ever get posted anywhere?
Adele may be the professor of mudlarking but you sire hold the degree in metal detecting!
Hey Merrill, I am planning on getting a detector this spring.
Within my price range the Fisher F22 seems to be on the top of the list..
Any thoughts/ feedback from you or the viewers...
To be completely honest Fisher is the only major brand that I have never bought a detector from. Having that said I cannot accurately assess that machine. Personally I would stay away from older models of detectors because the ability to separate has come so far!
I have both machines lol already got your Minelab 600/800 Bible. Now I must get the Nokta makro simplex Bible. My head is going to explode 😫
This is my DETECTOR... Swinging height included...Q are hitting 90 and 91.... Dimes sometimes are around 78.... BUT MOSTLY 79 IF FLAT..... SILVER ALWAYS READS A FEW HIGHER BTW.... Nickels are anywhere from 23-27..... Wheats while swinging in the field vary a bunch... Anywhere from Indian Head to almost high penny range...
Merrill, possibly where the silver, copper etc. Was mined causes a spike in the vdi#???
Unsure of the answer of that. We can only speculate. Personally I think it was an uneven distribution of materials. Like a pancake that gets a little more egg than other pancakes.
Thank you for your great (and fun) video! I just started my metal detecting hobby by buying the Simplex- but since I'm so tiny and not that strong, I just got the carbon fiber lower shaft and the lighter SP24 (every ounce matters to me)... my question to you is, is there a difference in ID numbers with the SP24 as opposed to the stock coil? Thanks!
I've dug a lot of war nickels and about 10% of them have read higher. What I've heard speculated is there's some non-silver leeching out of the coin in the ground. Indeed, many war nickels have that black tar-like tarnish when dug. I suppose the answer would to test war nickels that have never been in the ground. If they vary the same way, then it must be a minting issue. If they don't, then it's interaction with the dirt.
Brilliant video!!
I most generally alway seek deep coins, and I'm finding most deep coins with scratchy broken signals in 94 to 98 vdi range,,even nickles. 1928 11" Buffulo was a hitting into that range also. I buried a copper penny at pinpointer depth at 9" and same results. This is 2.78 version. It's a very jumpy target ID machine,,unless they are shallow. Curious if the Legend will have same behaviors? It's actually a time consuming machine,,still debating on keeping it for deep seeker machine though, been thinking it struggles on locking on deep higher conductors. It seems hit and miss and miss is winning. Hmmmmmm
I followed the link and the only VDI information seems to be the Minelab... Is there a link to the Nokta Simplex VDI data?
I never thought about coin deterioration changing the numbers 🤦♂️
IDC... MY SIMPLEX IS A BOSS!
Im new to detecting and the Simplex. Ive passed up so many 20-30s.
Maybe I shouldn't
How ya gonna fit that spreadsheet in your pocket.
Still all boils down to where you are detecting. In a park where there is a lot of parting, you could get flip tops instead of silver or clad coins for all that matters. And it depends on coil size as well as version. I use version 2.78 and the 24 inch elliptical coil which is supposed to have the same VDI's as the Nokta Makro Anfibio Multi. In conclusion, did them all.
The war nickels had a terrible reputation with regard to alloy consistency. The manganese did not play well with other admixtures. A common occurrence with war nickels is 'delamination,' whereby the metals form concentrations and the coin fissures and splits along these discontinuities. You can often see this in the color of the coins, where little bits of varying alloy yield a mottled running pattern. And, oh, yes - they are 35% silver, not 40%.
Holy fk man... You put alot of effort into this video.
Good work
Good test but when soil conditions change those numbers will change.
how do you clean your wheat cents?
I tumble for less than 30 minutes. Then rub with this th-cam.com/video/qKwhHBW1E-c/w-d-xo.html
How come u did this in all metal mode??
Unintended. Meant to do park 1
I've NEVER dug ANY BARBER DIME... UNDER A 78-79.... USUALLY AROUND 80
Simply the SIMPLEX IMO IS THE GREATEST DETECTOR...I CHALLENGE ANY OTHER DETECTORIST.... SWEAR
I love park 2.... Lower tones ring higher... Therefore I DIG MORE TARGETS.... AND STILL 2FT PLUS TARGETS.... FARM AND PARK 1 ARE DEEPER... BUT IDC....I LOVE PARK 2 SETTING THE BEST....JS
I am stuck on Park 1. I have the impression the faster recovery on park 2 doesn't catch stuff that I get on park 1, although I am often in pasture/ploughed fields and am rarely in iron polluted zones. Isn't Park 2 just the older setting before the recent updates?
Is the pinpointer function different between the park modes?
@@joeslife3303 I don't believe it is, as the VDI numbers are replaced with concentric circles (the more, the deeper it is). Without being able to switch mine on right now, I seem to remember that as you get right over the target, the pitch and volume get higher according to the solidity and conductivity of the target.
is a 1945 nickel steel?
I have a Simplex+
Yeah, ok really very very good, but what about us in the rest of the world? Could you please spend a few days / weeks/ well, maybe a month doing all the coins of every country? For the sake of completeness, surely?
Right now my American coin collection has grown because of metal detecting. My dream is to travel the world to do just that!
Ima aggressive swinger....= Higher numbers
Bottom line is dig everything.
My Vdi says silver dimes are solid 83
My OCD is triggered by your inconsistent gridding on those boards.
I LOVE MY SIMPLEX SO MUCH....IDK HOW'S THERE ANY BETTER...I??? I.... CHALLENGE ANYONE!!!! 2FT PLUS TARGETS.... INSANE
When I dig any SILVER dime even if worn af.... ALWAYS for me ring 79-82+
For me merks almost always ring just barely HIGHER then rosey's!!!
In the field and barely off the ground and targets deep.... Targets read higher....
Let me tell y'all this...I started with the ace 350... Then 400... This is a SILVER coin SLAYER... But the SIMPLEX is this TIMES 3.. JUST SAYING
Your in all metal mode,but you started out in park mode 1
I want some lemonade for .50 cents
War nickels for me go from a 25 to a 75-85 jump... JUST saying
thumbs up at abe is barfing
War nickel is 35%
Thank-you Merrill, best Simplex video ever
SILVER on the SIMPLEX is ALWAYS a little higher
No offense man...but 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you have way too much time on your hands.
Merrill says - in other videos - that he's working intensely on his YT channel whilst Covid is putting on hold his normal work life. :)
It's his job.
@@torchandhammer I don't think it is.
@@torchandhammer lol🤣🤣ok man👍
I don't like these test videos when they aren't done in different types of soil, so this is kind of pointless.
Yet here you are…..
Yeah once I saw what you were doing I shut the video off. So there I was...never watching this channel again....