This might seem like a noob question, but I am confused. Maybe you NOX users can help me out.
The default settings for Park 1 state that common aluminium foil-like targets are discriminated against. Seeing as a lot of gold falls in this foil region.....wouldn't this default Park 1 setting be a bad choice if you want to find rings?
Am I just reading this wrong? Thanks for the help
Alright I will answer based on pure use and testing of the detector.
First none of the following detect modes notch out gold rings. Factory disc settings used.
Park1
Park 2
Field 1
Field 2.
All will find gold rings.
Some of the detect modes somethings better than the others.
For higher conductive coin hunting in modern trash.
Both park 1 and field 1 have big time advantage over the other 2 detect modes I've listed here.
Park 2 from may accounts and even folks with milder ground suggest it is deepest mode of the 4 listed on both low and higher conductors.
Airtest may show different though.
Field 2 seems to thrive in polluted ferrous sites.
Now if you review factory disc settings on a few of the detect modes above, you will notice a small bit of disc is added vs the other detect modes, hence these detect modes with factory disc could indeed miss a gold chain, or a piece of micro jewelry, and even a higher/mid or lower conductive at fringe depth detectable depths. You can change the disc settings if you like. Coke in sites seem was the real driver for how field 2 was set up with factory disc levels.
Park 1 is set up like it is so real small foil is not picked up (nuisance targets with sound).
Now field 2 and park 2 have higher odds of picking up deeper smaller gold or other smaller lower conductors. Because they are weighted freq wise to the high side vs park 1 and field 1.
Soil mineralization can affect, and cause a higher weighted freq wise detect mode to be better for performance depending on target's size, conductivity levels. And this assumes no ferrous object or nonferrous object masking going on with a desirable target.
