Pulse Star II (first analog version)

[algan]

The PS2 has a really interesting concept. A lot would be gained by adding GEB

Adding GEB to Pulse Star 2 is not a problem, the easiest way is with an external board without adjusting this one, but I still don't like the depth of mine and so I haven't decided to do a ground balance based on comments from colleagues. The original Pulse Star 2 has a completely different depth and I still can't figure out why my board doesn't work like the original, but this is a hobby and I experiment with whatever and whenever I can think of.

[kt315]

https://youtube.com/shorts/4aLsPUmg2...71gUckFHS-C4F3. https://youtube.com/shorts/m2DYWhcvv...po9bp0jrc_TV3i

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can not look....

[ivconic]

AKA Intronik belongs to that group of detectors where the user must dedicate himself to learning and understanding all the options.
Any small change in trim can make a big difference.
Someone will say; so it is with most modern high-end detectors.
Ok, I agree.
But while most "Western" high-end detectors follow a certain "standardization" in options, it's easier to navigate.
With AKA, some things are quite unclear (at least for me).
I realized that I would be wasting my time with it if I was trying to get instant results and it wasn't my detector that would stay with me long enough.
That's why I didn't make a special effort to learn even basic usage.
When (and if) I ever buy one of the better AKA models; I will make a special effort to learn it.
Although I did not know how to handle it; many years of experience give me the right to "feel" that this is a very powerful machine with extraordinary capabilities.
I am rarely wrong in such assessments.
Before my post #60, a couple of posts behind is a post with a link to a Youtube video.
Watching the video, it is very clear to me that even the colleagues on the video did not get to know the detector well enough and that they do not know how to adjust it properly.
Because in those days I watched a lot of other videos and in some of them I saw people who know very well how to adjust the detector and then the detector shows incredible results.
I think things are clear.
It's the same story with XP Deus 2 and ML Manticore.
There is a lot of "controversy" about the quality and capabilities of these machines.
I think it's too many options to adjust, one has to really commit to learning the machine.
I am someone who has been overtaken by time, the older I get the more I prefer detectors with as few "buttons" as possible.
And modern manufacturers exaggerate the number of "buttons" on new models...
But... the devil is in the details. From super performance to zero performance, these days it's just one or two slightly wrong parameters.
My friend has an ML Equinox 800.
He is constantly playing with the "buttons" in the field.
At one point Equ works perfectly for him, a real beast, and a few minutes later my friend is furious and asks for the first piece of wood to smash the detector against it.
The lesson: once you set up the detector to work well; remember that setting!

[ivconic]

Post #60, here: https://www.geotech1.com/forums/foru...onik-stf/page4

[ivconic]

Hi Ivconic,
If this detector isn't true VLF and isn't conventional PI, what beаst is it? Maybe this solution is from third, unknown kind (or not popular yet hybrid type)?

As I said; I have no basis for any claims. But it draws too much current for a regular VLF I/B.
And the "depths" in the air delighted me.
On some coins the "depth" in air was double the "depth" of XP Deus1.
In addition, it has a unique threshold behavior.
I'm pretty impressed with what little I've seen.
I'd say it's some kind of "hybrid-mixed-mode" detector (whatever that means!)
...
Ah yes, I must mention this; the coil that came with it... it said 7.5kHz on a sticker.
A friend told me that there are various coils for that detector, each with a specific frequency.
(this excludes the multi-frequency operation of the detector as we usually think of it)

[Xtrem]

Hello Detectorist
We are not looking at archaeological sites, we don't want to get involved.
Now about the other thing you write, I will disagree because I believe it is the most likely, there may be few coins, but they are there.
Turks, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, of those who hid them, and even Bulgarians come from time to time.
and they asked in remote villages about taps, churches, mosques, wells, and I know cases where they found them with the help of the Greeks here. Personally, I believe that they are the best cases, they are just a little difficult.
There is natural gold here and in many places that are not recorded as gold-bearing, there you need a pan and a good pinpointer.

[leopard70]

akamd.ru You can enter the site and check for yourself.The site has a translator so you can read it in english in case you don't know russian.

[Detectorist#1]

Hi leopard70,
Ivconic mention in # 534 "I wouldn't say it's a true VLF I/B". This opinion is interesting for me.

[nejdet]

Hello, what is the length of the probe cable? Apparently it has something to do with the good operation of the device. Thanks!

[leopard70]

Aka Signum is a russian detector.According to their official site it's a multifrequency detector,which means VLF.1 euro coin 36 cm dept,but it's not pointed in the ground or in the air.

[Detectorist#1]

Hi Ivconic,
If this detector isn't true VLF and isn't conventional PI, what beаst is it? Maybe this solution is from third, unknown kind (or not popular yet hybrid type)?

[ivconic]

There is a detector that I had with me, it was in the closet for a couple of months.
A friend left it and "forgot" it. He only brought it me to make an extra battery pack for it.
It is AKA Singum MFD.
I wouldn't say it's a true VLF I/B and it's not a conventional PI either.
I would say something in between.
I did not analyze, I did not open, I did not measure anything.
The weather conditions were constantly bad, I couldn't take it outside in nature and test it.
I only did a couple of cursory tests in the room.
I got the impression that it could be an extremely deep and very accurate detector, with great immunity to mineralization.
But that's just a mere guess, I have no basis for any claims.
And as per Murphy, as soon as the weather started to get better; a friend came and took the detector away!

[Detectorist#1]

Hello Xtrem,
According to the 2021 year legal situation in Greece, searching in archaeological sites in Greece is punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison. The likelihood of finding a jar of gold coins in some yard is unlikely. What about places with natural gold sources in Greece?

[ivconic]

I absolutely agree with you as well as your entire story.
Yes, that is the "third case" that I failed to analyze.
There are such cases here in my region as well.
What to do about it?
Certainly, such a finding will be found by any better PI with a larger coil. But!
We know all the disadvantages of PI detectors.
And you yourself mentioned that such soils are generally inhomogeneous and heavily polluted with various ferrous materials.
VLF I/B has no chance here.
PI has a chance.
But those chances are directly conditioned by "luck"!
By "luck" I mean the whole sum of various factors.
Yes, since I've had an XP Deus 1 since 2012 I know it fails miserably in such tests.
Not with "Youtube" tests, which are 90% rigged... but with real tests.
I can't say anything about XP Deus 2, I have almost no experience with that model.
ML Manticore same, no experience.
CTX3030 won't find anything, checked.
Equnox 800 too.
GPX5000... I don't know, I only had the opportunity to work with it for a few hours, I didn't do such tests.
Delta Pulse is too "slow" and inert, I don't believe it will find anything under the conditions you mention.
Pulse Star 2... 45cm coil... ok, if there are no minerals in the soil and no small pieces of iron, maybe there is a chance.
But these are already very strict conditions.
Most "treasures" are not in such conditions.
Greece as a country is one big ancient site.
Serbia is slightly weaker than Greece.
But there is also a lot of "history" here.
Serbia and Greece are very close, so the soils are not too different.
I guess we have pretty similar prospecting problems.
If added GEB to PS2, maybe that would improve the chances?
But there's no need to bother with the PS2.
Golden Mask from Bulgaria has already done this with their PI series.
I don't have any personal experience, but I occasionally hear stories from other colleagues.

[Xtrem]

Ivica, I agree with most of what you write, but I disagree with some basic points.
Specifically this....

""there are very few cases (if any) that valuables are buried at great depths by themselves without additional material that surrounds them (metal boxes, cash registers, ceramic containers, smaller spaces walled with ceramic materials, etc.).In the past 40 years, I have heard of many cases of finding valuables. But I don't remember ever hearing that those valuables were found alone, as such, in the ground.""

Because yes, treasures like the ones you describe have been found, but there are many more, which are smaller, consisting of jewelry and coins,and are in clay, leather and fabric containers. We are talking about quantities of a handful or two.

I have personal experience with this, specifically I'm looking for a case like this, where the person who hid it, before leaving here, with the population exchange, believed that he would return, and that the situation was temporary,When things calm down and the war is over, he will return to his home. He did not take them with him because he was afraid of the looting that might take place on the way, since they would go by road, on foot. So what did he do? He planted some trees in his garden (poplar, cottonwood) and in one of them, at the root, he hid his wallet.If he were to return in a few months, he would uproot the tree and take them; if he were to delay and take years, then it would be increasingly difficult for anyone to find them.

Coming to today, with what machine could I find them?My own ambition is to make a machine that can work in the wild environment, in "dirty" soil, and to be able to detect a 10x10cm jar full of coins at level 80cm would be ideal. You know very well that it is not that easy to find coins with a 10x10 piece of solide copper.
We have such a test site and although it is located on easy ground (homogeneous),it is a difficult target, the GPX barely manages it. The DEUS?there Is a video where they test it in an environment like our test site,using the XTREM, but they have buried a jar with iron coins (red euro cents), so I doubt the test because it is a very easy target.
If anyone knows of such a video with a test on YouTube, please show it .