RF1
Senior Member
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2018
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- 465
Well, I held off as long as I could, but finally broke down last week and bought a Nox 800. Big thanks to Bart at Big Boys Hobbies for the professional service, again.
Took it out for the first time and hit a colonial site that I thought I wore out with my AT Pro. Ran the Nox mostly in Park 1, did the noise cancel, ground balance and took off. Took about an hour to learn the tones a bit, then started finding stuff. Ended up with five tombac buttons, musket balls, thimble and some other do dads.
Initial impression: I was impressed. Thought for sure I had cleaned the site out with ATP, but the Nox found new stuff. I was digging deeper stuff, some surprisingly deep. The thimble came from a spot were I had kicked the duff layer away and skipped with the ATP thinking it was a nail. Gave a decent signal on the Nox. The musket balls and some miscellaneous lead was deep and in an area I had written off with the ATP.
Did not have an interference with my cell phone. Had to turn sensitivity down to the 15-18 range in the nail bed to help stop falsing on the nails. Could crank it up to 20-22 outside of the nail bed. This was in typical red clay, mineralized soil of central NC. Can't wait to put more hours on it and really learn it!
Took it out for the first time and hit a colonial site that I thought I wore out with my AT Pro. Ran the Nox mostly in Park 1, did the noise cancel, ground balance and took off. Took about an hour to learn the tones a bit, then started finding stuff. Ended up with five tombac buttons, musket balls, thimble and some other do dads.
Initial impression: I was impressed. Thought for sure I had cleaned the site out with ATP, but the Nox found new stuff. I was digging deeper stuff, some surprisingly deep. The thimble came from a spot were I had kicked the duff layer away and skipped with the ATP thinking it was a nail. Gave a decent signal on the Nox. The musket balls and some miscellaneous lead was deep and in an area I had written off with the ATP.
Did not have an interference with my cell phone. Had to turn sensitivity down to the 15-18 range in the nail bed to help stop falsing on the nails. Could crank it up to 20-22 outside of the nail bed. This was in typical red clay, mineralized soil of central NC. Can't wait to put more hours on it and really learn it!
