Nox 800 sensitivity

[dts52]

Greetings, all. I’ve been experiencing some user-related problems with my 800. Not uncommon to get constant overload of tones regardless of the position of the coil in relation to the ground. How low can the sensitivity be set before the machine is ineffective? Internet videos show setting of 20. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. I’ve got to get out a few times before we go into total lockdown.
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[gunsil]

Depending on where you hunt 20 may be way too high. Too many people think you have to run max sensitivity to find anything and that is total bunk. Even with sense at 10 you will find plenty of good targets. On many areas I run down around 16 to get rid of the chatter and I can still hit a dime over 8". Depth is very overrated unless you are cache hunting. Most coins I have found in fifty years of detecting have been in the top 6" of soil in undisturbed soil (no landscaping or silting in from floods). The problem with high sensitivity and chatter is that although you may get a small bit more depth you will be more likely to miss a good signal in all the chatter. Turn the sense down until the chatter disappears and all the good signals stand out which will result in a better recovery ratio. In the woods where there is little trash in the ground I can run pretty high, but in most parks and public areas, even private houses I have to turn it down to 16-18. Don't forget to noise cancel. Ground balance should not be necessary if you have mild soil but most do it anyways.

 

[Toecutter]

I run 18 all the time anymore....

 

[relicmeister]

I only run highest Sens in woods and fields where the signals are infrequent.

 

[digger27]

Once I accidentally sent hunting with mine set on 13...still went deep enough and it actually helped me notice a Zippo that was sitting in an area with massive iron signals surrounding and under it.
Serendipity...hunted this exact area a ton with the Nox and many other detectors and coils and missed this thing every time so those low settings actually might have helped on that one.

 

[67GTA]

Manually set mine to 10 while testing in the house and still got 2 pennies at 4-5 inches the next day before I remembered what I'd done. Sensitivity has more to do with how sensitive the detector is to smaller targets than it does the depth, although both are impacted at lower sensitivity settings.