TREASURE VS TRASH #2 Minelab Vanquish 540. GOLD & SILVER found. Metal detecting Pittsburgh. 

Great video, but as others have said you somehow pushed the horse shoe button to low bias instead of high bias and it will now pick up all iron signals. You can see from your screen shots that the iron pick symbol below the sensitivity meter is activated showing you the low bias setting. Big difference. The high bias is the default setting when you turn the machine on in the 540 and makes a big difference.

What I like about this video is that you actually show the readings on the screen..... that's a plus......

Thanks, nice video.

Vanquish 540 is a great detector! I've been using mine since 2020 and have found some amazing relics and coins with it! The depth is incredible on it and the target separation is spot on. Minelab did well on the Vanquish series. Thanks for sharing 🤠

You make great videos. Boy, you sure had to explain yourself about the iron to all the critics. Yes, the 340 & 440 have the iron bias set on high. The 540 you can choose. You left them all scratching their heads. Vanquish is not a joke.

I agree that the 540 vanquish rocks!!! but your detecting skills are impressive thanks for all the content 👍

Thanks for the great local video - super cool seeing how the Vanquish handled real world hunting.

Thanks for the great video. I looked for info on the vanquish. Have to say the info and video were fantastic. Congratulations on the silver and especially the 18k Goldie! Cheers Doc

Great video mate.

Geeze, I'm getting myself a Vanquish 540 in a couple of weeks and this video made me quite excited to get started with metal detecting! Thanks for sharing. :) Awesome finds.

Great video, have just bought one and still getting used to it. I’m a newbie at this game but it’s fun. Thanks from Tasmanania,Australia. Good luck.

Reviewing machines brought me here. You have made my mind up

The little gold charm is a St. Anthony medal. Very nice.

I LOVE my 540

Brilliant video.....honest, straight forward detecting in a setting that's familiar to all. Perfect review of a great machine that's really cutting it against all those expensive, high-end monsters. Can't wait to place my order, thanks PCH!

Nice into

Thanks nice video. Looks like a great machine. HH&GL👍👍

Nice video. Well done. Thank you for sharing your honest opinion.

well done thanks for the review Vanquish is definitely a good machine for the price! and better then others in its price range!

Great review. Looks like a good machine. Congrats on the Buffalos.

That is the most awesome review in real-life situation I've been metal detecting over 30 years and had many variations of machines including Minelab Fisher Tesoro whites Garrett and ones I could even remember the name of I definitely want this machine the positive results definitely outweigh the negative awesome job

Hi Joe! Great job sifting out those gems! Well done 👍👍

Loved your video. Buying one as a backup to my 800. You have proved that it is a darn capable machine, entry level or not.

Nicely done!

Thanks for the video! I bought one of these machines, about a year ago, and haven't used it, gonna go down to the beach today or tomorrow to try it out for the first time, this video was informative and confidence boosting, 👍

Straight forward content thankyou 👊

Congrats on your finds! Nice hunt and a great video from you.👍 GL & HH

Good video Joe. A decent entry level machine.

Great video bud, congrats on all & that gold wow! if you turn the Iron Bias to high it will knock out or use as a check for that big iron. Take care, Mike

man old man that best find bye far with the vanquish 540 just bought me one still learning how it works

GREAT video!!! I've just bought my first ever MD and it's the 440/540 combo I guess. Will probably take it out after this steelers/browns game seeing how my batteries are just now powered up... Thanks Again for all the great tips!!!

Awesome video Joe!!! Very well put together!!! Incredible hunt n looks like an incredible machine!!! 👊🏻

That’s crazy joe nice review man

Great video Joe! I've heard good things about the Vanquish! -Mike

Thanks for the great video showing the finds with the Vanquish 540. I really needed to see a good hunt as I been thinking about buying it. I am still up in the air as what I should do as to either get this or go to the top and buy the Equinox 800. I feel the Vanquish is all I need as I do not plan on going in the water. I plan on being at the beach and the shore a lot this spring and summer. I guess I have to make a decision soon as I plan on making a purchase in next 3 to 4 days. Thanks again.

Very impressive brotha. Looove the gold I woulda crapped my pants. Very nice review I was interested in these machines that’s cool

just bought one of these it came with a quick start guide that's it no instructions glad to have someone who's actualy used one

Great content by the way. Keep up the good work

Awesome hunt great video

Well, I am a newbie gold prospector. I also wanted to have the option to look for some coins. My first choice was the minelab gold monster 1000 but it only finds gold. I also need to purchase a rock crusher and other gold mining equipment. I have watched several videos about the minelab vanquisher 540 because I can buy it for half the price. At 19:25 my mind was made up! That gold charm at 6 inches blew the top of my head off, like those old jet commercials. I know the gold monster is a great gold finder but the fact that the 540 can see gold a half a foot is amazing! The other benefit for the 540 is it can fit in a backpack. If I prospect a river or mine on a river I would need a 3rd hand with most detectors. I am glad that you put this video out and glad I found this video!! I also subbed and may leave ya some comment about gold only hunts. I found 4 ounces of gold last month and man was I tired!!!! Then I walked out of the store and drove home, haha! I got tired of paying $1900 for 1oz of gold so I decided to find my own, lol! Gold hunting a tough sport! I know how to build the rock crusher I need to get gold out of the rocks and I think I can do it much cheaper than buying one. I have figured that a home built rock crusher will set me back $2500. Thanks to this video I can save close to $500 on my metal detector and that will more than pay for the materials it will take to build that crusher! Thank you soo much, I love saving money so if I must I can buy more gold, lol! Oh btw, I call the 540 the vanquisher because this detector dusted more expensive defectors, 😆!!!

Ótimo vídeo!! me deu uma luz !!! um abraço do Brasil!!!

Very well done.....I use a ATPRO with a ACE250 as bkup......your video is tempting me to add the Vanquish to my arsenal

I was thinking about getting a Vanquish but I got a lot of iron in the park I hunt. Thanks for the video, I am going to think about it some more before i get one.

can't wait to get my Minelab Vanquish 540

Great video man. You found a lot of keepers for a field that's been pounded. Dug a ton of crap. But my next comment has an idea about that. Hope it helps.

The Vanquish is a good machine for the money.....it definitely has an advantage over the single frequency units especially in tough ground!

great video, it will really hit those low to mid conductors. Like iffy signals said use can adjust the iron bias and/or use the horseshoe button to check for iron whenever your 540 hits 20 to 40. On the Equinox, often 38 39 40 are almost always iron falsing high or iron wrap around. Hit the horseshoe button and you will hear the iron low grunt.

Nice video buddy!

Cracking video of the vanquish 540 loads of targets and coins ... happy day’s especially on the SILVER 💥💥 lovely depth for sure ..... i just got mine for my birthday last week ! First decent hunt will be this Saturday for me at 7am to 5 pm surely find some goodies at the beach ......... thanks for the movie 🎥 loved 🥰 it !! Very helpful indeed 🙌😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 wow 🤩 look at that GOLD charm 💥💥🤩 well done that’s amazing 🤩 18k looked like a monk on design ! ..... lovely eagle button too ..... having an amazing 🤩 hunt ! 1912 SILVER on fire 🔥...... 💥 it’s minted ! 🥰☝️......... wowzers mega finds ...... that’s a lot of trash .............but ........to find the goodies got to get through all the trash ! 👌👏😊😊😊👍 ..... 1905 Barbour dime 1912 Philadelphia and the beautiful 🤩 750 18kt gold charm ..... thanks so much for sharing ! 🤩 subbed 👍

Very nice buddy welldone gos to show you and nice silver buddy welldone

I'm getting my Vanquish 540 soon and can't wait to start detecting- detecting in an old country full of history,where no one has done any detecting with any machine. I hope soon I will be posting my finds :)

A thousand thumbs up!!! Thanks for the review. I can't wait to hunt with that beast!

Saludos desde México muy friends

I love the Minelab Vanquish 540. I got it 5 days ago and went out metal detecting for the first time and on my 2nd hole dug ever I found a gold ring with a big ruby (with 12 small rubies (11 cause 1 was missing) and 10 small diamonds). Was like 6 inches underground. Looked very old. It showed up at a 15 Target ID. I dug up some others around that Target ID. Got a bottle cap (15 ID), and can pull tab(14 ID). Even got a bottle cap at (20 ID)

Hi i have just watched your video,i am very impressed with the performance of the vanquish.I live in Malta, I have just ordered a vanquish from the UK, i should have it by next week.No metal detecting allowed here so i will be using it only on the beach and short distance into the water,The cost to me will be 429 p0unds which includes postage. conversion $586.

Thanks. The ground was wet, so you might get more depth.

I live in Australia and I recently bought a Vanquish 540 pro pack which has the 8 inch coil as well as the 12 inch one. It was on sale in a Store called Anaconda . Normally $699 Australian dollars down to $549 . Less than half the price of a Equinox which sells for $1299 here in Australia. So for me that's a good deal for a backup machine to my Equinox 800 that I already have. No I don't expect it to be as good as the Nox because as it has way more options !! One thing another guy said on here , turn your iron bias onto high and you should here more of an iron tone with those iron targets.

In my experience.. on the 540 High tones on Iron settings and jewelry settings... are due to the large size and mass of the Object...... if coin is on its edge rather that being flat.. that also changes the readout digitally...

That’s a pretty awesome hunt! Impressed with that vanquish. I’m kinda curious how it would do in areas with a lot of interference. My Minelab 305 could not hunt in some areas because interference. Like the spot you pulled the gold coin, I can’t hunt that well with the 305.

Nice finds with the vanquish 540 it was very interesting to watch you hunt with it in a place that you know has been hit before and who knows maybe it was a good thing you didn't turn on the iron biased? Who knows if that would have effected your depth on some of the good targets you found, I am not sure but will find out this spring, I am impressed with the machine and got one I can't wait to try it out, But personally I would not say that Minelab has outdone them self on the machine, I bought it from watching iffy signals use it and I like the fact you can change out the batteries that they provide if they lose there charge if that happens just simply put in a fresh set on the go, also the tones and back lite screen, collapsible for easy transportation and the performance watching others use it. In order for me personally to say that a company has outdone them self I would expect just a tiny bit more ie waterproof the machine so you do not have to use the rain cover that can distort the screen vision, have the unit up-gradable with online firmware updates, a built in flashlight is asking a bit much but nice to have, color options would be cool like solid black instead of the red, someone might thing you are swinging a stop sign. It's interesting to watch companies evolve there products and will be fun to see what they put out next. I sure like watching your videos and hunts, great job using the Vanquish and showing its capabilities.

Good realistic hunt video with some great finds! But wow, that's a lot of iron to be digging. Might require more patience than normal of someone new to the hobby.

I noticed you didn't have the iron discriminate on i can see the little screw icon is on so you searching all iron. Put it in coin mode and turn iron off

I tell you Bought an Ace 250 used a few years back just to get into detecting and was thinking about getting the apex or the at pro, but after watching several reviews and especially yours on the 540 sealed the deal for me. Iffy signals has several hunts with this detector as well. Thanks for your review. Great video!

Be nice to see this in a residential setting,on how it handles EMI. I know of some of some higher end machines that have to be turned down so low,that you may as well just have a bounty hunter in you're hand. So if this 540 does good to great in those conditions then i would say you have a high end detector.

Discrimination bar needs to be set two bars to the left in the red iron graph and you will hear the iron grunt telling you it's garbage,if you hear more grunts than high tones then it's garbage,if you hear more high tones than than the grunt I would dig it.

Well done Joe. You got a lot of iron, but good stuff was there too. Nice piece of gold and barbers. Are you still able to dig? We are frozen out here, plus the snow fall. May have to come down for a few days.

I'm not even through the video, but I think you just helped me decide to buy the 540. If it's really worth it, please tell me.

Gotta get me one

Can you do a comparison with the vanquish and the etrac or 3030 espically on the Deep nickel tones to see how the other machine hit

Great video, I am a total newbie about to buy one as i have a lot of locations i can use it on. Just curious, of the good items you found what do you think the approximate value, if any would be on those pieces. I love the history aspect of finding items but, i don't have a clue on values of items. Thanks in advance!

l wish ppl would stop saying the 540 is an entry level machine. lt might be price-wise - but that could be because the top-end detectors are over-priced. There are plenty of reviews where the 540 has out-performed so-called top brand detectors like Garrett, Simplex, Deus etc. The 340 and 440 might be entry level but the 540 certainly isn't. l really don't like the V12 coil. lt's bulky and uncomfortable and the depth difference isn't much better. The V8 is ideal for this machine and much better at target separation.

Thought I was dreaming digging 7-8 inch coins at my local park with my $400 vanquished ..

You sound JUST like my buddy Seth Wells💀🤣🤣🤣

i agree with you, i recently changed from a garrett euroace with which i found quite a few coins, now got the new 540 vanquish and like you all i'm finding now is old iron, ?

Didn't the vanquish come out after the Equinox and shares some of the same features as far as multi frequencies?

Your swinging a machine that has a Iron/all metal mode... you get one of those iffy's ... just switch to the iron... if it is Iron it will grunt.

The vanquish are made like that because of the iron found in coins next time try on relic mode and cancel iron slots -9to 0 , you would also find coins and low karat gold.

The iron problem might be because of the mode you're running. I'm very new to the 540 , but the other vids I'm watching to learn how to use this machine. They're running in coin mode. Not picking up iron. Again I'm just learning how to use it.

Freshly buried coins are lot harder to detect than one buried a hundred year, because there is no oxidation on freshly buried coins

Is the operator not to the machine if you get a good signal throw it into iron so it can pick iron up an wave it over your target and if it is more than 50% iron signal it usauly a nail or a bolt.

Great video! Glad you showed all the trash at the end for an honest look at the 540`s batting average. I just got one a week ago. Very impressed with your plugs, what are you digging with? I just have a handheld digger and dread the deep signals.

i always you say.. its 7, 8, 9 or else. depth.. how do you know the depth?... thanks..

Turn 90 degrees on those high tones....the signal should get crappy or go away when its iron

Were you operating in relic mode most of the time?

I've got one of these, how can you tell how deep the item is

Would the 440 goes same dept as the 450?

No way I'm digging so much iron with my Vanquish 540.

What park is this?

What settings are you running?

Yea 750 is 18 c gold

Use all metal and you will hear the iron mixed up whit the higher tones. Thats a red flag. I like to use my in old metal and only dig solid signals

You need to spin on your targets!!!

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I have All 3 vanquish machines and hate them all big mistake on my part all I find is Rusty nails. My nox 600& 800 are awesome.🤷🤷🤷🤷

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i am in pittsburgh too i bought my friend etrac can you help me to understand and go hunting together Please? Thank you in advance.

At 10:53 use iron bias you wouldn't have dug it.

You were hitting nickels because you were in jewelry mode .... had you tried your all metal mode ... you would have know those signals were iron

I have All 3 vanquish machines and hate them all big mistake on my part all I find is Rusty nails. My nox 600& 800 are awesome.🤷🤷🤷🤷