XP DEUS 2 versus MINELAB EQUINOX 800. Who will prevail? Coins and relics galore!

[@HillCatPc]

John, your commentary is hilarious 😂. Between your knowledge of history, excitement and love for your hobby and funny comments I could listen to you all day long. So enjoyable ❤. Thank you for brightening our days!

[@steveshepherd2712]

Good to see your amigo Simon out on the fields so don't be to hard on him we want to see him back 😆🇨🇦

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Don’t worry Steve it’s only sarcasm. We love the banter together and he’ll be back 😆

[@steveshepherd2712]

@@thescottishdetectorist Yes I get it John no worries ( am from U.K. ) has Simon figured out the U.K. sense of humor ? He seems to have so hope he is good , I am in Canada and mostly they get it too but U.S. I think not so much but maybe that is changing😉

[@terryt.1643]

Glad you all are ridding the fields of lead, making crops safer for consumption and worms better able to be gold guardians, it’s amazing how much lead you boys find.

[@Chris66JTM45]

Found the twins of your medal find on a few websites John. The better survivors read Good For Two Years Good Luck. The cross has a vine pattern running within it. The backs are always plain. Most view these as charms from the early 30's.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Amazing Chris!! You’re a star. Thanks so much and I’m glad it’s pre-Nazi!! Many thanks again

[@Chris66JTM45]

@thescottishdetectorist You're welcome John. I did originally include links to web pages so you could view a couple, but YT suppressed the comment (presumably because it included links), so you'll have to search google for yourself if you're interested in seeing more minty looking versions.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

@@Chris66JTM45 amazing thanks Chris! I’ll go have a look. Thanks again

[@erikthewonderdog6522]

@@thescottishdetectoristif you Google “swastika jeton usa” and look for images you’ll find one.

[@dixienormus7452]

Simon is awesome

[@kimberlymolitor354]

Great variety of finds today!! My cat soared off my lap when you sneezed!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@robertwallings3762]

Hi John your wheel looks like a toy train wheel ? (possible) always great to watch your videos

[@quietspacearts]

i thought same as you

[@mikepetrucha2774]

The swastika pendant says "Good For Two Years Good Luck" I found one online that said it was circa 1930. One of the items in the plastic box at the end looks like something to melt metal to pour into a mold.

[@tanjamorris5647]

👍 found the same listing. Learned something new today. Didn’t know the symbol was so popular until us German jackasses hijacked it for an unspeakable horror. I much prefer it’s original meaning. (Googled hexagon swastika badge)

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Amazing thanks!!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Brilliant info! Thanks so much Mike you’re a star ⭐️

[@oldplucker1]

I found one of those Swastikas years ago and they were common in the UK apparently before WW2. My father said they were indeed good luck symbols. The Swastika took on a whole negative meaning after the Nazis took it as their emblem. Also the Nazi salute was a hail as in ‘hailing’ a taxi.

[@Lucius1958]

The decoration inside the swastika certainly does not look German. I think, besides the word FOR, I can see GOOD (and possibly LUCK).

[@willemketelaars]

​@@Lucius1958yes 👍 it says "good for two years good luck" pre ww2 Lucky charm

[@dougsmith9080]

I thought it was interesting that the writing on the nazi pin seems to be English.

[@dthomp06]

Possibly it was from a sympathizer

[@Lucius1958]

@@dthomp06 From what I see, it is most likely a good luck charm, having nothing to do with the Third Reich. Remember (as mentioned in the video), the swastika was a well known symbol for thousands of years, before those b*****ds hijacked and spoiled it for everybody...

[@Allegory_of_Wolves]

Oof! For a second there I thought, Simon had found a small ancient vase! That would have been epic!! What's with all the knobs recently?! 😅 Just before you showed Simon's door knob find, I was about to comment, that your marble-sized "thing" with a hole going only half way through, could possibly also be the knob of a small drawer or something. Maybe? Or, like you said, indeed a hat pin. I guess, I'm just seeing door and drawer knobs everywhere now...🤔 As a German, I always get the creeps, when someone finds a swastika. 😱I wish, your find looked older, because I know that way before the damn nazis, the Norse people also used this symbol (in a much more positive way), and it is or was also popular in India and Hinduism. However, this doesn't look exactly Viking or Indian, and if it did, that would probably be a very unusual find on Scottish fields. You're probably right in that it could be from prisoner of war field workers. Although, would they have been allowed to keep their nazi jewelry, if this was a pendant? Naaaah, I hope next time you rather find some nice gold or hammered coins again instead! Fingers crossed! 🤞

[@ceej100]

Since the writing on it is not in the German Language, perhaps that means its provenance is not Nazi?

[@laurencehastings7473]

It's a copper alloy good luck charm ca.1930. Inscription says "Good for two years good luck"

[@tonyat8663]

I enjoyed your video. I liked seeing more of the landscape and your friend Simon was great. Thanks for sharing.

[@bretthess6376]

The Misery of Simon.... The blockbuster new play by William Shakespeare.

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

22:43 copper ball may be a lamp pull from the end of a chain, if it is threaded

[@dgb56bgd]

Blessings boys…Simon included…ya gotta love him. Looking forward to another brilliant day of metal detecting finds. By The Way, my Scottish Detectorist friend…my lovely wife and I are building our homestead on our 2 acre piece of property, here in northeast Tennessee…and I’m saving our permission, for you, John, to come over and metal detect it. Just sayin…we’re here, and the permission belongs to you. Blessings.

[@johnwarren1445]

Good to see you have trained Simon in the ancient art of dropping things John!!! Loved your live dig video yesterday. Keep up the good work my friend.

[@cassopsnoxdigger614]

Hi John...at 38.18...the piece of Bronze looks like a small pot leg... another good outing & well hunted, all the best Gordon.

[@gracejohnston7561]

Thanks for a great Sunday morning!! What a treat.👍🇨🇦

[@bdewar6837]

Great to see Simon again! Some interesting finds. I hope you found a home for the grenades!

[@ouzalghost8411]

Another enjoyable video John, nice to see Simon out with you again, I reckon you'll have to sit him down and read the detector instructions out to him 😊. The German coin/medallion is a curious one it'll be interesting to learn more about that. Cheers John.

[@maureenhovey4305]

That was a fun watch. 😊 Nice to see Simon out with you. Interesting bits and pieces. Wondering what happened with the hand grenades. Take care.

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

My grand mother had a Navajo rug while working as a Nurse in a TB san at ft Defiance on NM/Arizona border. It was covered in right and left swasticas. After WWll Navajo rug weavers stopped using swasticas. Their men were Code Talkers all over the world for the Marines. They had an easy life in the military compared to raising sheep in the desert

[@judithsands2737]

Except when in battle. I have heard they were very courageous.

[@Tseringlhatso]

That's so interesting! Had no idea the swastika appeared in native American art. I'm familiar with it from Asia, in Hinduism and Buddhism.

[@eileencarroll6418]

Swastikas before WWII were common symbols of good luck. Independently used by native Americans, very early use by Scandinavians to represent the Hammer of Thor. Also bronze age sun cross. Also appears in iron age artifacts. Also used in Hindu and Buddhist traditions. This version probably made in US late 19th century or before WWII . Many US tokens sold as pendants or watch fobs as good luck charms.

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

Exactly. They outperformed regular marines due to the harsh environment in the desert. They didn't eat the sheep they cared for, they raised them for wool. Women own the sheep, young men were horsemen, hunters, and sheep herders in the desert in the 40s. Afterward many came to Albuquerque or nearby Pueblo land as well.

[@fishfear4030]

Simon is like a fishing buddy of mine. Me, "come on we gotta go", Him, "no just one more cast". Thank you for the drops today. :)

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha 😂 anytime!! He’s a hoot!!

[@davidstrother496]

Lots of interesting things still makes a nice outing. Nice to see Simon back, but we didn't see him eat your hat. Cheers from Texas, and hoping to see you again soon.

[@sheila3845]

Great finds today and love the sun going down with the yellow and orange

[@paulsamfreya785]

As a former Deus 1 owner, now a Nox 800 user, I'll watch this with interest!

[@guyhummel2847]

What a beautiful sunset!!😮😮

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks, we get some crackers here!

[@logans2092]

Merely because of the orientation of the swastika, I'd assume it's not Nazi, as well as the decoration inside of it, though I could be wrong! If there is history in that area of POW, it could be from wartime. Unfortunately Google was quite limited with the results, and I fear I'm now on a list for searching too much...! Great video as always John, I thought the big chimney looking things were Panzerfaust warheads at a first glance, but maybe just agricultural.

[@lesthomas2717]

I also searched for hexagonal swastika images which wouldn't show images. I'm probably on a terrorist watchlist for doing too many searches :-)

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

I heard 25:05 that many of the european monarchs, including Ireland and England, have monarchies dating back to the Jewish diaspora. The rampant lion is a symbol of the king David, Lion of the tribe of Judah, and Irelands harp is the harp of King David. Never researched it but a good story. In the middle of New Mexico there is a place on the Las Lunas pueblo Indian land (ask Simon what a pueblo is) called the Mt. Of Mystery. At the foot of the mt. is a VW size rock with a dressed surface with the 19 commandments written in Paleo Hebrew. One artifact on top of the Mountain worship cènter is attributed to an astronomical event from 123 BC.

[@invisiblegypsy1328]

Hola! It is sunny here in Alberta as well. And no snow...which is unusual. I will thoroughly enjoy this episode of 'Faulty Furrows'. Ken you dig it!

[@sergehorion7155]

Believe it is a lead stylus. Inside you should find a core of steel all along to keep it rigid ( a blacker dot at the top should be visible).

[@tanithmessenger3581]

Always fun to see Simòn! He is definitely addicted lol. Great finds guys. I real mix of history.

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

18:43 we have hope for Simon, he's 😊learning from the master

[@happymack6605]

Simon and his devil-may-care attitude kill me! 🤣Always so nice to see him. 😊👋🏽

[@richardscott2040]

hello Simon and John,that find Albert found with the face on ,it could be one of a pair I've seen something in an old church with a wooden pole across and hanging off the pole was tapestry,you were on an old church site

[@wmarian5027]

Thanks for sharing the day!

[@Chris17198]

Hi John …very interesting finds especially the swastika possible medallion … always wondered if Scotland housed any of the German POW’S .. now I have the answer … Nice to see Simon / DD back in the field with you .. his comical antics have been missed …I’m guessing he was jealous of you finding Gold and all the Hammered coins …and so he should .. this outing wasn’t a total waste ..some nice finds 👏🏻

[@jackfischbach2560]

The round ball is possable a draw nob. Can I come over to Scotland to have a few digs together with you John? I certainly would like to

[@chezaspup]

Olé!! Hola Guapo!! Hello to you too John! 😂😂😂 Much love to you both, I'll definitely sleep better after hearing Simon's dulcet tones 😂 ❤ 😘😘😘

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha 😆 his Galician charm shines through

[@micah06v8]

I don't know why but your mystery lead find screams stylus to me. If it is, then it would be an early one being that it's made of lead because they quickly switched to bronze. But it's about the right size and shape.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Amazing. That would be fantastic. Let’s see what the museum say!

[@anthonykavanagh1510]

I love this channel John presents the program brilliantly his enthusiasm makes me want to go out and dig holes however I would not like to go out detecting with him I couldn't face being ridiculed for all my short comings like poor old Simon.

[@charlesbuist4433]

It’s called banter ,lovely Scottish trait, that’s mild banter it gets better lol

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Don’t worry Anthony. We Scots call it banter and trust me Simòn may be Spanish but he gives as good as he gets and then some off camera so he looks like an Angel 👼 and me like a villain 🦹🏻‍♂️ 😂 best wishes

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Amen 🙏

[@Tseringlhatso]

Love a Simon video! Was starting to think you'd bumped him off 🤣

[@WthrLdy]

Amazing how we all handle temperatures differently. I'm still in short sleeves and shorts at 6C (42F). I'll toss a vest on if they're is wind though. (I'm on a ranch, working outside.) 8C now and I've got the house windows open. Looks like a lovely day in Perthshire.

[@terryt.1643]

🥶I’m still harvesting summer squash, tomatoes and sweet peppers from my garden here. We expect 78°F today, almost 26°C, 42°F is our low. I guess ifs why we’re used to…

[@smoggysearcher3852]

Great video as always John and always nice to see a friedly face in mr dominguez really funny character some nice finds thanks for sharing keep up the hard work mate 👍

[@angelaiorlano8488]

Loved your video, and the banter with Simon, and once again you've found some wonderful finds Coins are grest but personal tactile objects like the possible stylus and hat are what i love to see. To think someone may have been writing with it msybe a thousand years ago, the mind boggles. Can't wait for the next. Cheers from Wilson's promontory

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks for the kind words!! Simon and I love the banter…. He’s adopted it well 😆 best wishes

[@bonnerdebbie]

Fun video, thanks John! Hi Simon.

[@Letstalkgaming]

Something you could aways try to get detail out is put it under a piece of paper and lightly color on the piece of paper while the item is under it. Or with a crayon or something. We used to do that way back when I was a kid

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks! I’ll give it a try!!

[@JenniferSmith-fc7sw]

John this is Jenny from South Australia Australia, suggesting maybe a jewlers eye magnifying glass or up close work . Haha.

[@MagD5]

Before the use of the swastika in Germany (turned pointing up), it was a symbol used in Hindu and Buddhism. Depending on the swastika facing right or left gave different meaning "Sun" or "Night" and also was a symbol of Good Luck. What you found has a hole in it at the top, and shows the right facing swastika, meaning Surya (SUN).....very likely was a pendant.

[@donaldrutter1738]

Thanks for sharing and a Hello to Simon from Ohio always enjoy the videos. Have a good rest of your evening .

[@paulinesalinas9443]

What a really enjoyable video! Good to see you both out together again and competing for the best treasure 😊. That German metal item is interesting - please update us if you find out more? Have to say the wild deer were definitely the highlight of the video though - so beautiful out there and to see them 😍😍😍

[@paulinesalinas9443]

Just a question - I wouldn’t normally ask but we’re out detecting in a friends grounds near Badminton again and I found a really unusual lead item?? Could I send you a pic to see if you could identify? Many thanks 🙏

[@theRhinsRanger]

Same thing happened down this area in regards to P.O.W they worked the field's. Tell Simon to buy the book "The Equinox series handbook by Andy Sabisch" I have a nox 800, this book is excellent and will change how he thinks with his machine 👍

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thanks for the info I’ll pass that on! Best wishes

[@MacLeannain]

I believe the swastika piece is a good luck charm. I think it says “Good for two years of good luck”. I don’t think it is related to Naziism.

[@oldplucker1]

I agree yep

[@tonilauge5786]

Towards Live digs it would be really nice to get a 24h notifikation. 700 Years since WW give us a chance🙏 Spanish Conquistador steeling time Painfull to see his skille with a spade. How about a weeks training off camera 😜🔝❤️

[@adrianadams832]

Brilliant yet again young man. You know what? Your machine does not matter. As long as you are out the house, detecting, and finding things, the brand of the machine is utterly surplus. Just enjoy the hobby- I know you are just doing a comparison. ( and I think your Deus will win 😂😂) but just enjoy how privileged you are to be on that land 👍

[@thedoppelganger2665]

Well done you 2 but I just wanted to jump in the phone and help Simon but he's getting better bless him 💪💪

[@dougsmith557]

I think the item with swastika type symbol is a religious charm or pendant because of the way symbol is oriented. The German swastika is turned 45 degrees, where as a bent cross religious symbol is oriented with the flat side down. There appears to be hole in the item which would be the top orienting the symbol as a bent cross.

[@ralphcossairt1476]

Pure AWESOMENESS!!!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks Ralph

[@CCM2361-]

at 21:20 that could be a lead stylus. The Romans used them (the Greeks too) for writing

[@thescottishdetectorist]

That would be amazing. Let’s see what the museum say!

[@erinmcgrathejm4985]

I’m sure you would know if any Polish troops were in the area during WWII. You had shown the bear statue, but darned if I can remember if that was in the Perthshire area.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

The bear is in Edinburgh but in Perthshire there was an armoured tank division of Polish troops based here!!

[@garysmith1178]

Great video John, good yo see Simon out on the field with you. "I think it's metal" lol 😂😂😂. I thought I noticed a year date opposite the "for" on the swastika badge button not sure.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks Gary. We love ‘the banter’ as we say in Scotland 😂 although I think a few people think I’m too hard on him but we love our sarcasm in Scotland 😆

[@garysmith1178]

@thescottishdetectorist yeah John, you've got to have banter mate.... its all good fun 😉👍

[@Southcoastsilver]

More of the Spanish Spaniard 👍 love the contrast of pro and novice. Also the banter between Scot and Spanish 😂

[@thescottishdetectorist]

We love the banter though I think a few think I’m too hard on him but we love sarcasm and humour 😆

[@thomasbauerle2366]

Hey John 👋🏻 Very nice Video again and funny Simon was there again 😅 That Swastika Thing ist most probably not related to German POW's. It's either earlier, or later. Looks like the Letters and words aren't German either. Btw, a lot of German Afrika Korps POW's have been there in the UK

[@johneb6084]

Lots of lead today…I was hoping for some Spanish gold or silver since Simon is back, lol… nice other coins though!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha 😆 maybe next time

[@vickieoquin7498]

Hello John and Simon 👋

[@billadams9986]

My heart stopped on the hand grenade. I thought we were all done for.

[@alanlucas2886]

hi john and simone

[@largesmallgarden7648]

So glad Simon's back on the field's.

[@TexasCache]

The octogon with celtic imagery could be NORSE VIKING SWASTIKA BROKEN SUN CROSS

[@jonnyueland7790]

I had plans to go out searching today, but had to do some work at home. But this kept my spirits up!

[@peggybaxter8480]

That sunset was so pretty!

[@willemketelaars]

the swastika is a good luck charm from the thirties. the legend should read "good for two years good luck"

[@jasonmaccoul]

Loved the commentary mood change once the soil was removed from the German pendant…”Uhoh… that’s not good.” 😅

[@Fred-tr8zg]

Nicely done guys, love me some Simon. 🇺🇸

[@markvpinkham]

Is Simon using a Nokta pinpointer. It looks similar to mine. Nice video!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

He is indeed. He bought it at Detectival in April

[@jaynehorn151]

Good job!

[@terricollins8450]

That could be a religious token as the German symbol that I can't say is the same as something in Indian culture I believe,or I'm completely wrong.lol

[@tricial4330]

You've been missed Simon! Welcome back!

[@andy1056]

I vote your lead nail as a very old pencil, or stylus, for writing on paper

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Brilliant. Thanks Andy

[@geoffreyseymour9303]

Can you show a bit more of your light box. Cheers!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Hi Geoffrey. Do you mean show more finds in it or you’d like to see the box itself and how it works? Thanks

[@geoffreyseymour9303]

@@thescottishdetectorist A quick look on how your lightbox is constructed would be interesting and maybe helpful for others wishing to take photo's. Enjoy your channel, Geoff from Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

[@somebeachdetecting]

John.. you're pulling out my heart ❣️ Chains here... I own two Equinox 800's and Equinox 900.. I know the XP Deus 2 is a badass machine.. and goes deeper than the knox 800.. but don't underestimate it 😁 A lot of treasures is found within the first 11 inches so the Equinox is a formidable competitor when it comes to finding treasure.. honestly though I always say.. "treasure is where you find it" and if you're the lucky one to walk across the better find doesn't always make your machine better 🙂 but no one can deny the finds that you've gotten so far with the XP. I sense g🪙ld is coming soon 🤺

[@patty4091]

Hi Simon, good to see you!

[@stuartdobson5048]

The lead item at 10.19 could be the cap of a lead head nail used for roofing. The nail has just dropped out.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Good shout Stuart. Many thanks

[@thedeeperbleeper]

Oy oy 👍😎 the mad spaniard!! 🤣

[@robinsmith5442]

Wondering what you did with the hand grenades?

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Turns out they are big lumps of iron that look like hand grenades!! Phew 😮‍💨

[@longkeithdiablo8812]

When you found "a little stud" i thought you meant Simon 😎😂

[@loucenn.4267]

Jon I am so upset with you! I'm 54 years old and I don't have much time left. I can never get the time wasted watching Simon dig his holes back!!! Ha Ha. He is priceless. Keep making videos, I'll keep watching. God Bless you.

[@regu1849]

Is Simon related to Manwell from Faulty Towers? Ive gots to know :)

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Haha 😂 not that I know of

[@alanlucas2886]

yay im here

[@paulteasdale1094]

Think George had a mint up there

[@grahamroberts3278]

The swastika was also used as a symbol by the national savings committee pre war and as was originally a religious symbol by the church it could be a communion token

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks. Great info Graham! Best wishes

[@Quirka666]

Toy wheel with the flange on one side may be from a toy train possibly, rather than a car? Maybe?

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Well spotted! A train seems to be a popular choice! Many thanks

[@Quirka666]

@thescottishdetectorist thanks for the reply John. Happy hunting mate 😉

[@williamhiller3988]

In comparing machines it would be useful record depths of the finds.

[@mattj6676]

The farmer probably knows what those big pipe things are, they're way too big to be grenades of course, grenades are made to be thrown a distance, those things looked to be pretty heavy.

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Water pipe apparently Matt. Thankfully 😆

[@samueljames9342]

That swastika use to symbolize good luck until Hitler took it as a symbol.

[@patty4091]

Some good finds, you have gorgeous George so your dig is complete! Lol

[@calvinottewell-lh4hj]

Hope Simon enjoyed his woolly lunch 😅 so funny 😁

[@davidlewis9068]

Deus ii vs equinox 800? A very good set of detectors both will find a lot.

[@josephdunivan9432]

You got some nice stuff over rhere