Seaking406
Elite Member
I went out this afternoon and gave the Nox600 another go in a new park but using new settings and a few changes and finally, the Canadian coins are now much easier to find!
Using Park2 and Iron Bias 1, the Canadian coins (I believe are clad steel coins) that were previously hidden from the Nox600 are now jumping up on the dial. But there's a trick to it..
I'm not sure why but this park required quite a few ground balancing at different spots when the coil would pick up a signal but would not pin point it unless I re-ground balanced it.. THEN it would zero in like a blood hound..
For other Canadians who might have trouble locating coins with the Nox 600, here's how I managed to get it to find them... I would say I had a 75% accuracy today, meaning I would hit a target and decide if it's a coin or a maybe coin.. and 75% of the time I would be correct. I also dug up a lot of trash as well just to confirm what I think I am detecting...
Example: in Park2, Iron Bias 1, sweep 3, I would find a target that registered between 1-13 when sweeping the coil over it, and if I went to full metal, it might or might not give a negative signal.. To me, this says "Loonie" and in 2 of 3 holes dug, that's what I ended up with.. The false hole ended up with a lead weight with eyelet.. weird?!
Same settings, I hit a target that bounced between 7-13 when I swept across it, same thing when sweeping again at 90'.. This tells me it's a dime and about every time, I pulled up a dime... interesting.
My previous test had shown me that 14K gold ring would show up as a solid 12 on the meter but so did a whole bunch of pull tabs; those come in at so many various numbers.
In the photo, the small medallion at the upper right hand corner rang in as a solid 28, 4 inches deep.. I can't really tells what it is, but suspect it's a curling medal of some sorts. I misplaced my jeweler's loupe...
Not bad for two hours of dirt fishing cut short by rain.. my most productive day ever with the Nox 600.. I'm slowly but surely starting to get the hang of it.. but FAR from being a master at it.. At least we're on first name basis...
These new settings certainly make it more interesting going out with the Nox 600 in Canadian grounds.
Using Park2 and Iron Bias 1, the Canadian coins (I believe are clad steel coins) that were previously hidden from the Nox600 are now jumping up on the dial. But there's a trick to it..
I'm not sure why but this park required quite a few ground balancing at different spots when the coil would pick up a signal but would not pin point it unless I re-ground balanced it.. THEN it would zero in like a blood hound..
For other Canadians who might have trouble locating coins with the Nox 600, here's how I managed to get it to find them... I would say I had a 75% accuracy today, meaning I would hit a target and decide if it's a coin or a maybe coin.. and 75% of the time I would be correct. I also dug up a lot of trash as well just to confirm what I think I am detecting...
Example: in Park2, Iron Bias 1, sweep 3, I would find a target that registered between 1-13 when sweeping the coil over it, and if I went to full metal, it might or might not give a negative signal.. To me, this says "Loonie" and in 2 of 3 holes dug, that's what I ended up with.. The false hole ended up with a lead weight with eyelet.. weird?!
Same settings, I hit a target that bounced between 7-13 when I swept across it, same thing when sweeping again at 90'.. This tells me it's a dime and about every time, I pulled up a dime... interesting.
My previous test had shown me that 14K gold ring would show up as a solid 12 on the meter but so did a whole bunch of pull tabs; those come in at so many various numbers.
In the photo, the small medallion at the upper right hand corner rang in as a solid 28, 4 inches deep.. I can't really tells what it is, but suspect it's a curling medal of some sorts. I misplaced my jeweler's loupe...
Not bad for two hours of dirt fishing cut short by rain.. my most productive day ever with the Nox 600.. I'm slowly but surely starting to get the hang of it.. but FAR from being a master at it.. At least we're on first name basis...
These new settings certainly make it more interesting going out with the Nox 600 in Canadian grounds.