My better half has been wanting to try detecting, so we went out yesterday for an hour. This would be her second time out. She swung the nox because of the weight. I was swinging a new 12x10 on the Etrac, beta testing a new program Elmy was kind enough to share. Another tester calls it the Magic Program; I've been calling it the Beep n Dig-- if it beeps, you better dig. I'm loving it: my trash collection is down 95% with it.
Some of you might remember I have been having some frustrating problems with the Nox-- silver in some situations is invisible to it, and not other machines, so I was looking forward to today's outing.
We go to a usual haunt, working towards a large open area, and Annette starts digging a plug. I wasn't really paying attention-- I was looking at some old pics of the area, trying to make a plan, when she says, "Oh, this is shiny! What did I find?" First plug and she pulls out a 1919 Merc.
After that we would compare readings before digging. She wasn't wearing headphones, so I could hear what was going on. The Nox was slow for her, she was getting bogged down with high tones-- I have to go slow with it too. I'd hear her pinpoint, then I'd go over it and say dig/don't dig, so she didn't have to chase iron. Gotta keep it fun.
Long story short-- the nox likes trash, but it found everything the etrac found except the token-- it rang up a 16, which I normally don't dig. The etrac, it rang up as a penny 12-37. The token says: "1910 Moscow Population 10,000". On the other hand, the nox found an 8" wheat penny that the etrac couldn't touch, on any setting. The nox was iffy, but there was a fair chance from the beeps it was a coin. Replaced the wheat with the Merc-- the etrac hit it fine, but the nox was still a so so signal. Easily missed if not paying attention, diggable if you were. The Rosie rang up 12 46/ 28; the half 12 48/ 32. I called a silver quarter-- let Annette cut the plug and what a surprise! Also found is what I think is watch key, plus clad and some wheats.
I think EarthlyP will agree with me when I say that with the nox, you have to go slow. If you aren't, you are missing goodies. I also want to give a shout-out to Elmy: I think he solved iron falsing on the Etrac.
A great 3 silver day... don't get many of these anymore.
Some of you might remember I have been having some frustrating problems with the Nox-- silver in some situations is invisible to it, and not other machines, so I was looking forward to today's outing.
We go to a usual haunt, working towards a large open area, and Annette starts digging a plug. I wasn't really paying attention-- I was looking at some old pics of the area, trying to make a plan, when she says, "Oh, this is shiny! What did I find?" First plug and she pulls out a 1919 Merc.
After that we would compare readings before digging. She wasn't wearing headphones, so I could hear what was going on. The Nox was slow for her, she was getting bogged down with high tones-- I have to go slow with it too. I'd hear her pinpoint, then I'd go over it and say dig/don't dig, so she didn't have to chase iron. Gotta keep it fun.
Long story short-- the nox likes trash, but it found everything the etrac found except the token-- it rang up a 16, which I normally don't dig. The etrac, it rang up as a penny 12-37. The token says: "1910 Moscow Population 10,000". On the other hand, the nox found an 8" wheat penny that the etrac couldn't touch, on any setting. The nox was iffy, but there was a fair chance from the beeps it was a coin. Replaced the wheat with the Merc-- the etrac hit it fine, but the nox was still a so so signal. Easily missed if not paying attention, diggable if you were. The Rosie rang up 12 46/ 28; the half 12 48/ 32. I called a silver quarter-- let Annette cut the plug and what a surprise! Also found is what I think is watch key, plus clad and some wheats.
I think EarthlyP will agree with me when I say that with the nox, you have to go slow. If you aren't, you are missing goodies. I also want to give a shout-out to Elmy: I think he solved iron falsing on the Etrac.
A great 3 silver day... don't get many of these anymore.
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