pulltabfelix
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- Jan 29, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Currently have CTX3030 and Vanquish 440.
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
I have owned my 800 since March 2018 and Vanquish 2 weeks. I had heard the TID’s were the same so I got out my extensive collection of junk and some CW bullets and silver coins to do some comparative air tests.
I was in the relic mode on the Vanquish 540 and the Field 2 mode on the Nox 800.
Jefferson nickels came in at 13 on both.
Buffalo nickels came in at 12-13 on both.
Beaver tail only came in at 9-12 on 540 and 9-11 on 800.
Small flat button came in at 11-11 on both.
Small square tab horizontal came in 13 on both.
Small square tab vertical came in at 14 on both.
Horizontal means hitting it from the broad side.
Vertical means hitting it from the narrow end.
Pull tab that is complete but with the beaver tail folded back over the ring came in at 16 on both.
Large square tab off a big monster drink can came in at 17 on both.
Zinc penny came in at 21 on both.
Flattened aluminum screw cap came in at 22 on both.
Wheat penny was 25 on both.
1980’s copper penny was 25 on both.
Clad dime 25 on both
Rosie dime 27 on both
Standing Liberty Quarter 30-31 on 540 and 29-31 on 800.
Silver qtr 1964 32 on 540 and 31-32 on 800. People have indicated that the Vanquish locks on to single digits better than the 800 with some targets. I believe that is because the Vanquish is not seeing as much small metal under the coil as the Equnox. But these are air tests so I don’t know what causes the difference in this case and a few other cases.
Silver half dollar was 35 on the 540 and 34 on the 800.
Morgan was 38 on the 540 and 37 on the 800.
This is where I came in with a problem setting my Civil War relic hunting Discrim pattern on the 800:
Pull tab that is complete but with the beaver tail folded back over the ring came in at 16 on both.
Pull tab ring only came in at 13-16 on both.
.59 cal 3 ringer was 18 on the 540 and 16-17 on the 800.
.69 cal 3 ringer was 19 on the 540 and 16-17 on the 800.
The .58 and .69 3 ringers caused me grief in setting up Discrim because to get rid of the nasty pull tab with folded over and pull tab ring only I would have to Discrim out 16 but that would take out the 3 ringers. Ran extensive test on the above problem and could not get a good Discrim pattern to solve that problem.
But on the Vanquish 54 it worked like a champ because the 3 ringers came in at 18 and 19 so there was not pull tab ring only conflict. Funny I thought it would be just the opposite problem with the 540 have 2 tid’s per Discrim block. But the fact is in terms of a useful Discrim pattern for my Civil War relic hunting, the 540 has an edge over the 800.
I was in the relic mode on the Vanquish 540 and the Field 2 mode on the Nox 800.
Jefferson nickels came in at 13 on both.
Buffalo nickels came in at 12-13 on both.
Beaver tail only came in at 9-12 on 540 and 9-11 on 800.
Small flat button came in at 11-11 on both.
Small square tab horizontal came in 13 on both.
Small square tab vertical came in at 14 on both.
Horizontal means hitting it from the broad side.
Vertical means hitting it from the narrow end.
Pull tab that is complete but with the beaver tail folded back over the ring came in at 16 on both.
Large square tab off a big monster drink can came in at 17 on both.
Zinc penny came in at 21 on both.
Flattened aluminum screw cap came in at 22 on both.
Wheat penny was 25 on both.
1980’s copper penny was 25 on both.
Clad dime 25 on both
Rosie dime 27 on both
Standing Liberty Quarter 30-31 on 540 and 29-31 on 800.
Silver qtr 1964 32 on 540 and 31-32 on 800. People have indicated that the Vanquish locks on to single digits better than the 800 with some targets. I believe that is because the Vanquish is not seeing as much small metal under the coil as the Equnox. But these are air tests so I don’t know what causes the difference in this case and a few other cases.
Silver half dollar was 35 on the 540 and 34 on the 800.
Morgan was 38 on the 540 and 37 on the 800.
This is where I came in with a problem setting my Civil War relic hunting Discrim pattern on the 800:
Pull tab that is complete but with the beaver tail folded back over the ring came in at 16 on both.
Pull tab ring only came in at 13-16 on both.
.59 cal 3 ringer was 18 on the 540 and 16-17 on the 800.
.69 cal 3 ringer was 19 on the 540 and 16-17 on the 800.
The .58 and .69 3 ringers caused me grief in setting up Discrim because to get rid of the nasty pull tab with folded over and pull tab ring only I would have to Discrim out 16 but that would take out the 3 ringers. Ran extensive test on the above problem and could not get a good Discrim pattern to solve that problem.
But on the Vanquish 54 it worked like a champ because the 3 ringers came in at 18 and 19 so there was not pull tab ring only conflict. Funny I thought it would be just the opposite problem with the 540 have 2 tid’s per Discrim block. But the fact is in terms of a useful Discrim pattern for my Civil War relic hunting, the 540 has an edge over the 800.
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