Tips for hunting iron.

[calabash digger]

Here are some tips from my findings. [video]https://youtu.be/vSSNx-Z1sIw[/video]

 

[Foreverteachable]

Good tips and thanks for sharing. I was one of those guys who felt the nox really like iron but I took out a comparable machine of a different company and dug just as much iron. I began with a classic ID which was really good in iron so that was all I had to go on but I have since used several different brands and they are the same or worse than the nox. I now use all of what was mentioned in the video and look for the vdi's to jump from the 30's to single digits to help telll me it is iron.

 

[calabash digger]

The machine will hunt. I see a lot of naysayers but the majority like it,

 

[dbado1]

The Nox is great in the iron. Once the machine trains the operator ( the operator has to be willing), the Nox is tough to beat.

Dean

 

[Iffysignals]

Thanks Calabash! I agree with you when it comes to the AT series. I had the Max for about a day and sold it.. the crackling audio drove me nuts. Im still getting used to hunting the iron with the Equinox but getting better. I gave you a shoutout in my last video. Your honest reviews are fun to watch. Like you im not a fanboy of any company i just want a detector that works for me. Thanks for the help!

Mike

Iffysignals

 

[calabash digger]

Thanks for the shoutout!

 

[maxxkatt]

The video was very helpful. I see your point how your test garden can help you. My small 1/3 acre has about 6" of good grey dirt/sand loam then GA red clay. Front yard is worse, about 2 inches of top fill and then GA red clay. So that would not be a good representation of where I dig in Civil War sites and parks. But the idea of burying a CW bullet about 8-10" inches down on the site I am hunting and checking the best 800 modes and settings to locate the bullet is an excellent idea and I tried it. Believe it or not, the gold1 and gold2 gave me the best audio and TID readings for the three ringer.

 

[Lost In Time]

That's a good video thanks for posting , I am still being fooled by deep like plough blades , in deep iron what settings are people using please

 

[calabash digger]

Deep iron is gonna get you some times with all machines. I really don't see any settings that will change that. One clue is when you dig a foot down and its screaming signal but be careful not to pass it might be a civil war belt plate at a foot. The shovel is the best discriminator... Iron bias 1 is what I use.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

The shovel is the best discriminator...

I agree. I wired up my shovel to my detector and it now is my best discriminator.