I'm a therapist, and started detecting about a year ago. I can tell you that it is VERY therapeutic! It has everything; movement, mindfulness, grounding, even the back and forth movements of the eyes and body which are employed in a type of therapy called EMDR, which is effective for trauma and anxiety! It is definitely good for what ails you. Add to it that you meet the best people (other detectorists) and I could be out of a job. :)
I always think that metal detecting is like a reset button for your mind doesn’t matter what you find it’s just so good for you. Smashing video love the spectacle buckle gorgeous little one 😊
I agree totally Lesley, it's all about breathing in that fresh country air, hearing nature and feeling free from the world. Its a must have in my life now and I don't know what I would do without it 😁👍. I do love a good buckle, such a delicate little find. Now having a coat of wax as we speak 👌. Thank you for watching
Thank you very much, you will love the legend. It is a fantastic machine and well worth the upgrade. Feel free to join the Facebook group using the link in the description and ping me a message if you ever need any help at all mate 👍. Thanks for watching
Life is definitely so much better with a detector in your hand mate, couldn't agree more! Another great target fest my friend, and enjoyable to watch as always. The Star of David bag seal is cool, I've found a couple now & have numbers 711 & 2! I never used to bother with GB on the Simplex & it always worked well for me...have a good week mate
I was really pleased with that bag seal mate, not something I've ever really found and especially with any decent detail on anyway. Would be very cool to find and collect all of the numbers lol although I think from what I read, there are quite a few 🤣🤣. I've always been on the ground balance side of the fence with the simplex, but had used it in the past without and found there wasn't much difference on my permission. As for the legend its a totally different story, suddenly its now a whole new machine after reverting back to 0 👌. Already there is a huge beneficial difference. Thank you very much for watching mate, I really appreciate it 😁👍
Great video Dan, all those interesting finds and those Roman coins wow, really productive land there mate and congratulations on the 100,000 views great work mate 👍🏻
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting it’s always my pleasure watching mate , you’ve got such productive permissions. It’s all good to know when I get my legend in the future 👍🏻
great vid again Dan .. we have been using 0 ground balance since we started on the stubble it makes a massive difference ,, it the way to go ,, and you couldn't be more right about the mental heath ,
I've always been one for ground balancing but I just couldn't take the chatter anymore lol. What a difference the 0 ground balance makes 👌. Great to get away from the world for a bit mate, really helps me 👍. Thank you very much for watching 😁
No worries buddy 👍. Give it a go mate, I'm sure you will notice the difference. Its much more stable and quiet and let's you hear those smaller signals better 👌
another great video Dan looking forward to using 0 ground balance on Thursday hope it's as quiet as yours love the little spectacle buckle look forward to your next one and thanks again for your help👍I'm sure I can see 1730 on the bottom of that strange coin good luck identifying it.
You will love it mate, makes it so much more stable and quiet and really picks out the targets a lot better, especially the smaller targets 👌. I think you are right on that date mate, I believe its a Swedish öre. Thank you for watching
Hi mate, thank you very much. Yes they are reportable to the flo but do not fall under the treasure act. I have a lot of items with the flo including a heap of bronze roman coins lol. Thank you for watching mate 👍
Mental health for sure. 💯 Agree. Great video. And thanks for the info on the ground balance. I often wonder if I need to ground balance my Nokta legend. I didn't for the first couple of months using it and haven't noticed an increase in finds since I started ground balance
Thank you very much, I really appreciate the kind feedback 😊. I found the machine so much more quiet and stable after taking it back to 0 ground balance. I also noticed, as it was so much quieter, I could hear the smaller targets so much better like those small roman coins 👌. Thank you very much for watching
Nice to see you out Dan we all need to clear our heads now and then. I'm out tomorrow and looking forward to it. I don't ground balance and it seems to work well. The mount you found was interesting well saved. Wonder what the thick coin item is??. The little buckle was a beauty and with the pin. Well done on the Roman coins as well, one thing I don't find in North Devon. Nice hunt mate take care see you on the next one.
Thank you John, it's very good for clearing your mind of every day life. Not sure what I would do without metal detecting lol. That thick coin turned out to be a Swedish ore, something a little different 👍. Thank you very much for watching buddy 😁
Thank you buddy, I think every one has a certain level of mental health issues weather they realise it or not. I for one have had my fair share, and metal detecting is my saviour 🙌. It's OK not to be OK 👍
Hi Dan, so after you switched back to M2 (from M3) - did you see the same improvement in stability with the zero ground balance? Do you ever use auto ground tracking? Have you experimented with switching Ferocheck to Mineralization mode in 1.09? Love your Videos - Very Cinematic ❤️
Hi mate, OK so M3 I found to be very quiet and was giving me the feeling that it is very dulled down if you get what I mean ( I like a bit of chatter/ feedback from the machine. I have found that a zero ground balance vs an auto ground balance it much more stable, if your soil is not mineralised. Its not as quiet as M3 though. Ground tracking to me, seems to mask targets a little, as it Is constantly changing, and if you have irony ground, it can throw the numbers off. I've not tried the mineralisation mode as my ground is not mineralised. Would be interesting to see what it says on my soil though 👍. Thank you for watching mate, and for the kind feedback, much appreciated. Have a great Christmas 🎄
Дэн, я из Белоруссии , хочу поинтересоваться.Лицензия на поиски нужна у вас? И ходить по полям по всем можно ? Удачной охоты тебе и интересных находок!👍
Thank you for watching all the way from Belarus my friend and thank you for commenting 😊. No licence is needed here in the UK to detect, but you have to have the landowners permission to go on their fields. All land in the UK is owned, so nowhere apart from beaches is allowed without permission 👍
@Дмитрий Матюшенко it all depends on what the landowner is like. Usually it is a 50/50 split on any item of value. My farmer is very kind, and has never taken anything from me or asked for money. I just buy him a nice big hamper for Christmas each year 😉👌
Couldn't agree with you more, metal detecting has been a game changer for me. Life was getting in the way of living, now I looked forward to the weekends and focus on the positive things 😁 Absolutely going to try the 0 ground balance, especially on the stubble, been struggling big time. Maybe try the 6" coil as well. Great content as always. Many thanks Dan 😊 👍
Great to hear it buddy, its definitely the best way to get away from real life for a while. Gives you time to think about everything in your own time 👌. The 0 ground balance will quieten and stabilise the machine even with the 11" coil on in stubble, but yes the 6" would do even more so 👍. Thank you very much for watching buddy 👍
Great video. I'm going to try setting the ground balance to 0 to see if I get better stability. Regarding frequency, what differences do you find between the M1 and the M2? Thank you very much, greetings from Spain!
Do you think your soil is mineralised? If so you will need to ground balance, but if not then you will really benefit from taking it down to 0 👍. M1 is more weighted towards the higher frequencies so good at finding small gold etc. I find that M2 seems to be very good all round and I have certainly found a bit of everything with it including gold. It just feels right in M2 👌. Thank you very much for watching
Hi Kelvin, it states in the manual that leaving the simplex at 90 ground balance is fine when the ground is not mineralised, which is usually the case in most parts of the UK 👍. So yes you can pretty much turn on and go 👍
Hey Dan just tested my Legend with a Eddy Hammy. Frequency M2 is definitely best but on my test patch a ground balance of 50 gives me better depth than 0. getting a good 10 inches detection depth .
Thanks for watching mate, u find M2 just seems to work well in all situations 👍. Is it possible then, that you may have some mineralised? As a 0 ground balance should not affect depth unless there is mineralisation. 👍
Thank you mate 👍. Its a little different on the simplex as 0 is good for beach detecting in salty conditions. With the simplex you can just leave is at 90.0 in the UK. All this info is in the manual 👍 Thank you for watching mate
Hi mate, here are my settings for different situations 👍. I mainly hunt with my cultivated settings. DIGGER DAN RECENT LEGEND SETTINGS. ON CULTIVATED... . Set ground balance to 0 . noise cancel. .discrimination pattern A .field mode. .multi 2 .Recovery 4 .iron filter 3, stability 3 . audio gain 4 .sensitivity 25 .60 tone .First tone brake set to 8 DIGGER DAN THE LEGEND SETTINGS. DEEP PASTURE... . Set ground balance to 0 . noise cancel. .discrimination pattern A .field mode. .multi 1 .recovery 3 .iron filter 3, stability 3 . audio gain 4 .sensitivity between 24 and 27 depending on the ground and how chatty the machine is .60 tone .First tone break set to 8 DIGGER DAN LEGEND SETTINGS. ON STUBBLE... . Set ground balance to 0 . noise cancel. .discrimination pattern G .park mode. .multi 2 .Recovery 6/7 .iron filter 3, stability 3 . audio gain 3 .sensitivity 22 .60 tone .First tone brake set to 8
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting I hope so as had to tape the wire up for now so my son doesn't touch it been one of many things that's gone wrong and kinda guessed the speaker would go but then the coil wire just made my day and its probably not the best since harvest is here 😢
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting yeah it has but you've had the worse day van electrical appliances dam Dan I hope things get better for ya hate seeing good men get the worst of days
@@matthewwatters5870 thank you mate, but I think the detecting gods have my back 😉. Went out today with the intention of no filming as I just like to get out and chill sometimes. Needless to say I'm glad I had my phone with me because I found something special that I just had to film 👌. I will be adding the clip into next week's video 😁
I had my first attempt at 0 ground balance on Saturdays dig and pulled up 2 silver hammered and a lovely Vicky 4 pence. I think it's the way to go in the UK. Another great video. Keep at it 🙂 Cheers Kev
No worries buddy 👍. Give it a go mate, I'm sure you will notice the difference. Its much more stable and quiet and let's you hear those smaller signals better 👍👌
I'm a therapist, and started detecting about a year ago. I can tell you that it is VERY therapeutic! It has everything; movement, mindfulness, grounding, even the back and forth movements of the eyes and body which are employed in a type of therapy called EMDR, which is effective for trauma and anxiety! It is definitely good for what ails you. Add to it that you meet the best people (other detectorists) and I could be out of a job. :)
It is so relaxing when you get out there in the fresh air swinging away. Such a great way to de stress 😁.
Thank you for watching
I always think that metal detecting is like a reset button for your mind doesn’t matter what you find it’s just so good for you. Smashing video love the spectacle buckle gorgeous little one 😊
I agree totally Lesley, it's all about breathing in that fresh country air, hearing nature and feeling free from the world. Its a must have in my life now and I don't know what I would do without it 😁👍.
I do love a good buckle, such a delicate little find. Now having a coat of wax as we speak 👌.
Thank you for watching
Thanks for sharing another outstanding video my friend
That's very kind of you mate, thank you for watching. Much appreciated 🙏
Wow DD what a day! Congrats on the 100K views, brilliant! Cheers, John.
Thank you for watching John mate, really appreciate it 👍 😀
Greetings from Texas. Loved the video. I’m hoping to upgrade to the Legend from the Simplex and your tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks again.
Thank you very much, you will love the legend. It is a fantastic machine and well worth the upgrade.
Feel free to join the Facebook group using the link in the description and ping me a message if you ever need any help at all mate 👍.
Thanks for watching
Life is definitely so much better with a detector in your hand mate, couldn't agree more! Another great target fest my friend, and enjoyable to watch as always. The Star of David bag seal is cool, I've found a couple now & have numbers 711 & 2! I never used to bother with GB on the Simplex & it always worked well for me...have a good week mate
I was really pleased with that bag seal mate, not something I've ever really found and especially with any decent detail on anyway. Would be very cool to find and collect all of the numbers lol although I think from what I read, there are quite a few 🤣🤣.
I've always been on the ground balance side of the fence with the simplex, but had used it in the past without and found there wasn't much difference on my permission. As for the legend its a totally different story, suddenly its now a whole new machine after reverting back to 0 👌. Already there is a huge beneficial difference.
Thank you very much for watching mate, I really appreciate it 😁👍
Great video Dan, all those interesting finds and those Roman coins wow, really productive land there mate and congratulations on the 100,000 views great work mate 👍🏻
Thank you buddy, I really appreciate the time you spend watching my videos and always look forward to your comments 😁.
Thanks so much for watching 👍
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting it’s always my pleasure watching mate , you’ve got such productive permissions. It’s all good to know when I get my legend in the future 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing mate, some great finds 👍
Thank you very much for watching my friend, much appreciated 👍
great vid again Dan .. we have been using 0 ground balance since we started on the stubble it makes a massive difference ,, it the way to go ,, and you couldn't be more right about the mental heath ,
I've always been one for ground balancing but I just couldn't take the chatter anymore lol. What a difference the 0 ground balance makes 👌.
Great to get away from the world for a bit mate, really helps me 👍.
Thank you very much for watching 😁
Thanks mate for the plug and I will defo try the 0 ground balance. I always have 0 on the equinox! 😊
No worries buddy 👍. Give it a go mate, I'm sure you will notice the difference. Its much more stable and quiet and let's you hear those smaller signals better 👌
Great video Dan thanks for the tip on 0 ground balance will give it ago next time I'm out.
You're welcome mate 👍, you will love how quiet and stable the machine is afterwards.
Thank you very much for watching 👍
Nice video and finds you got a new subscriber thanks for sharing
Thank you very much mate, I really appreciate you coming along on this adventure and I hope to see you on the next one 👍😁
another great video Dan looking forward to using 0 ground balance on Thursday hope it's as quiet as yours love the little spectacle buckle look forward to your next one and thanks again for your help👍I'm sure I can see 1730 on the bottom of that strange coin good luck identifying it.
You will love it mate, makes it so much more stable and quiet and really picks out the targets a lot better, especially the smaller targets 👌. I think you are right on that date mate, I believe its a Swedish öre.
Thank you for watching
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting ❤
Great video Dan, just a quick question. Would you report the 4 roman coins to the flo or do you need to? Many thanks Alan
Hi mate, thank you very much. Yes they are reportable to the flo but do not fall under the treasure act. I have a lot of items with the flo including a heap of bronze roman coins lol.
Thank you for watching mate 👍
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting thanks for the reply Dan
Mental health for sure. 💯 Agree. Great video. And thanks for the info on the ground balance. I often wonder if I need to ground balance my Nokta legend. I didn't for the first couple of months using it and haven't noticed an increase in finds since I started ground balance
Thank you very much, I really appreciate the kind feedback 😊.
I found the machine so much more quiet and stable after taking it back to 0 ground balance. I also noticed, as it was so much quieter, I could hear the smaller targets so much better like those small roman coins 👌.
Thank you very much for watching
Nice to see you out Dan we all need to clear our heads now and then. I'm out tomorrow and looking forward to it. I don't ground balance and it seems to work well. The mount you found was interesting well saved. Wonder what the thick coin item is??. The little buckle was a beauty and with the pin. Well done on the Roman coins as well, one thing I don't find in North Devon. Nice hunt mate take care see you on the next one.
Thank you John, it's very good for clearing your mind of every day life. Not sure what I would do without metal detecting lol.
That thick coin turned out to be a Swedish ore, something a little different 👍.
Thank you very much for watching buddy 😁
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting Your welcome mate.
Brilliant video and dig Dan👏👏your spot on with the mental health aspect mate 👍 I know first hand 👍👍
Thank you buddy, I think every one has a certain level of mental health issues weather they realise it or not. I for one have had my fair share, and metal detecting is my saviour 🙌. It's OK not to be OK 👍
Hopefully my Simplex has the good speaker in it or a different one than the first Legends came with.
I've not heard of many problems with the speakers in the simplex mate, so you should be fine 👍.
Thank you for watching
Hi Dan, so after you switched back to M2 (from M3) - did you see the same improvement in stability with the zero ground balance?
Do you ever use auto ground tracking?
Have you experimented with switching Ferocheck to Mineralization mode in 1.09?
Love your Videos - Very Cinematic ❤️
Hi mate, OK so M3 I found to be very quiet and was giving me the feeling that it is very dulled down if you get what I mean ( I like a bit of chatter/ feedback from the machine. I have found that a zero ground balance vs an auto ground balance it much more stable, if your soil is not mineralised. Its not as quiet as M3 though.
Ground tracking to me, seems to mask targets a little, as it Is constantly changing, and if you have irony ground, it can throw the numbers off.
I've not tried the mineralisation mode as my ground is not mineralised. Would be interesting to see what it says on my soil though 👍.
Thank you for watching mate, and for the kind feedback, much appreciated. Have a great Christmas 🎄
Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽. Nice video bro
Thank you very much mate, glad you enjoyed it 😁 👍
Дэн, я из Белоруссии , хочу поинтересоваться.Лицензия на поиски нужна у вас? И ходить по полям по всем можно ?
Удачной охоты тебе и интересных находок!👍
Thank you for watching all the way from Belarus my friend and thank you for commenting 😊. No licence is needed here in the UK to detect, but you have to have the landowners permission to go on their fields. All land in the UK is owned, so nowhere apart from beaches is allowed without permission 👍
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting
Какой процент от находки может получить землевладелец?
Как договоритесь?
@Дмитрий Матюшенко it all depends on what the landowner is like. Usually it is a 50/50 split on any item of value. My farmer is very kind, and has never taken anything from me or asked for money. I just buy him a nice big hamper for Christmas each year 😉👌
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting Добрый фермер! В наше время это редкость)
Удачи тебе товарищ! Крепкого здоровья и интересных находок 👍🪙
Couldn't agree with you more, metal detecting has been a game changer for me. Life was getting in the way of living, now I looked forward to the weekends and focus on the positive things 😁 Absolutely going to try the 0 ground balance, especially on the stubble, been struggling big time. Maybe try the 6" coil as well. Great content as always.
Many thanks Dan 😊 👍
Great to hear it buddy, its definitely the best way to get away from real life for a while. Gives you time to think about everything in your own time 👌.
The 0 ground balance will quieten and stabilise the machine even with the 11" coil on in stubble, but yes the 6" would do even more so 👍.
Thank you very much for watching buddy 👍
Great video. I'm going to try setting the ground balance to 0 to see if I get better stability. Regarding frequency, what differences do you find between the M1 and the M2? Thank you very much, greetings from Spain!
Do you think your soil is mineralised? If so you will need to ground balance, but if not then you will really benefit from taking it down to 0 👍.
M1 is more weighted towards the higher frequencies so good at finding small gold etc. I find that M2 seems to be very good all round and I have certainly found a bit of everything with it including gold. It just feels right in M2 👌.
Thank you very much for watching
Hi mate, would not need to ground ballance apply also for simplex +?regards Kelvin
Hi Kelvin, it states in the manual that leaving the simplex at 90 ground balance is fine when the ground is not mineralised, which is usually the case in most parts of the UK 👍. So yes you can pretty much turn on and go 👍
Hey Dan just tested my Legend with a Eddy Hammy. Frequency M2 is definitely best but on my test patch a ground balance of 50 gives me better depth than 0. getting a good 10 inches detection depth .
Thanks for watching mate, u find M2 just seems to work well in all situations 👍. Is it possible then, that you may have some mineralised? As a 0 ground balance should not affect depth unless there is mineralisation. 👍
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting you could be right. Either way it's a great machine 😉
@@hectordetectorist6919 it certainly is mate 👌
Thanks for the video.
Thank you for watching Philip, much appreciated 👍
Nice finds again Dan. Do you think the zero ground balance would work on my simplex. Thanks for sharing 😁
Thank you mate 👍. Its a little different on the simplex as 0 is good for beach detecting in salty conditions. With the simplex you can just leave is at 90.0 in the UK. All this info is in the manual 👍
Thank you for watching mate
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting thank you 😊 loving the hobby & the videos you share #womenwhodig 😁
The note at the video end was correct the strange coin was a Swedish Ore.
Thank you very much for confirming that 👍, much appreciated and thank you for watching
Hi what settings are you using plz
Hi mate, here are my settings for different situations 👍. I mainly hunt with my cultivated settings.
DIGGER DAN RECENT LEGEND SETTINGS. ON CULTIVATED...
. Set ground balance to 0
. noise cancel.
.discrimination pattern A
.field mode.
.multi 2
.Recovery 4
.iron filter 3, stability 3
. audio gain 4
.sensitivity 25
.60 tone
.First tone brake set to 8
DIGGER DAN THE LEGEND SETTINGS. DEEP PASTURE...
. Set ground balance to 0
. noise cancel.
.discrimination pattern A
.field mode.
.multi 1
.recovery 3
.iron filter 3, stability 3
. audio gain 4
.sensitivity between 24 and 27 depending on the ground and how chatty the machine is
.60 tone
.First tone break set to 8
DIGGER DAN LEGEND SETTINGS. ON STUBBLE...
. Set ground balance to 0
. noise cancel.
.discrimination pattern G
.park mode.
.multi 2
.Recovery 6/7
.iron filter 3, stability 3
. audio gain 3
.sensitivity 22
.60 tone
.First tone brake set to 8
Thank you ps loves you videos its helped me alot with the legend as I've only had it a week
@jonathandyke4292 glad they help mate, there is lots of info spread across all of my legend videos 😁👍
hi are you detecting around nuneaton i am new and would like to go detecting with you.
Hi, sorry I detect in Norfolk.
Thank you for watching 👍
You'll never guess what happened to me stem broke and then the cable got caught in the boot and then the sake problem as you speaker went
Blimey mate, do you even have a detector left 🤦♂️. Nokta will sort that out for you mate 👍
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting I hope so as had to tape the wire up for now so my son doesn't touch it been one of many things that's gone wrong and kinda guessed the speaker would go but then the coil wire just made my day and its probably not the best since harvest is here 😢
Really hope you get it sorted buddy, its a nightmare when things go wrong and I've had my fair share of that lately. I really feel you pain mate
@@DiggerDanMetalDetecting yeah it has but you've had the worse day van electrical appliances dam Dan I hope things get better for ya hate seeing good men get the worst of days
@@matthewwatters5870 thank you mate, but I think the detecting gods have my back 😉. Went out today with the intention of no filming as I just like to get out and chill sometimes. Needless to say I'm glad I had my phone with me because I found something special that I just had to film 👌. I will be adding the clip into next week's video 😁
The token thing is a Swedish coin 1760 😉
Brilliant, thank you for the info mate 👍 much appreciated, and thank you for watching 😁
Unfortunately even with my speakers on full I could barely hear you and switched off after just a few minutes 😞
Sorry to hear that, I've not had anyone say that before. Could it be something in the settings on your device?
Thank you for watching
Perfectly fine for us.. How odd
I had my first attempt at 0 ground balance on Saturdays dig and pulled up 2 silver hammered and a lovely Vicky 4 pence. I think it's the way to go in the UK.
Another great video. Keep at it 🙂
Cheers
Kev
I totally agree mate, definitely the way forward 👌. I was just amazed at how stable and quiet it was after.
Thank you for watching mate 👍
Thanks mate for the plug and I will defo try the 0 ground balance. I always have 0 on the equinox! 😊
No worries buddy 👍. Give it a go mate, I'm sure you will notice the difference. Its much more stable and quiet and let's you hear those smaller signals better 👍👌