I took the plunge on a Nox after considering a Deus and gave it a four hour workout yesterday. I believe it is a mistake to take any new detector to a "worked out" site, but I did just that. Off I go to the place where one wheat penny and five clad coins is considered a good day for me.
I started in park one, sens 22, iron bias 1, recovery 1, and 5 tones. It took almost 45 minutes before I got a signal that might be a coin and that signal was a soft, repeatable 12. It showed four bars on the depth gauge, but in reality, I had no idea of how deep it was. 1954 Jefferson nickle from 8 inches. I was hunting a sled riding hill that I thought was pretty cleaned out, but the next ten minutes showed that to not be the case. I found four more deep Jeff nickles and one 8 inch deep wheat. The funny thing was how clean the nickle signals were and how scratchy the wheat was. I was cross checking in all metal and there was no iron near any of the coins. I was scratching my head on the clarity of the wheat. The hill coughed up a no date Buffalo and and an 8 inch deep silver war nickle that was a classic war nicklel signal. Jumped from 12 to 21, but showed deep so I dug it. It took another hour and a half before I got another perfect soft sounding 12 from a spot that has not produced any coins but clad. Another no date Buffalo.
I wish I could have found a more silver coin than the war nickle, but I should have known about how scarce they are in this particular park. My wife gave me an early Christmas present(Miccus wireless phones) and they paired right up and worked great with the 600. I have used Explorers of some kind since they came out and the Nox certainly is a different animal. Unfortunately, I will have to wait months to get a true feel for the 600. It's going to be a long winter.
I started in park one, sens 22, iron bias 1, recovery 1, and 5 tones. It took almost 45 minutes before I got a signal that might be a coin and that signal was a soft, repeatable 12. It showed four bars on the depth gauge, but in reality, I had no idea of how deep it was. 1954 Jefferson nickle from 8 inches. I was hunting a sled riding hill that I thought was pretty cleaned out, but the next ten minutes showed that to not be the case. I found four more deep Jeff nickles and one 8 inch deep wheat. The funny thing was how clean the nickle signals were and how scratchy the wheat was. I was cross checking in all metal and there was no iron near any of the coins. I was scratching my head on the clarity of the wheat. The hill coughed up a no date Buffalo and and an 8 inch deep silver war nickle that was a classic war nicklel signal. Jumped from 12 to 21, but showed deep so I dug it. It took another hour and a half before I got another perfect soft sounding 12 from a spot that has not produced any coins but clad. Another no date Buffalo.
I wish I could have found a more silver coin than the war nickle, but I should have known about how scarce they are in this particular park. My wife gave me an early Christmas present(Miccus wireless phones) and they paired right up and worked great with the 600. I have used Explorers of some kind since they came out and the Nox certainly is a different animal. Unfortunately, I will have to wait months to get a true feel for the 600. It's going to be a long winter.
. Bought my 600 late in the season (for Ohio). I have had some days here recently with temps in the 40s that I was able to get out and hunt but yes, it will be a long winter. Love my Equinox and still very happy that I bought it.
