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Went out the past three days with my new Nox 800 and have 20 hours on the machine. I have well over 500 hours on my White's Spectra V3i and I am able to only contrast these two machines from experience. I hunted the same woods I have been repeatedly searching for sparse colonial remains.
I can't come out and say the Nox 800 was sweeping up all kinds of finds the Spectra missed. Overall I like many aspects of the Nox, especially weight and compactness. But on this forum I often read something to the effect that many believe White's is becoming dated or obsolete. I really do think this is not true at all. Granted, the Spectra with headphones costs nearly double the Nox 800 with headphones and isn't even weatherproof let alone waterproof. I looked at the White's MX Sport, but feel that for a little more money the Nox 800 has it beat. As of right now, if you gave me the choice, on a rain-free day I would take the Spectra with me into the field. I have been very successful with it.
I do like the recovery speed of the Nox. It seems to process faster and differentiate multiple targets better. But the Nox loves those square nails, even the deep ones. I was digging up a lot of these nails the Spectra previously indicated I should pass over. The Spectra has a three color screen with red, blue, and green bar graphs of plots for each of it's frequencies. So I have a color and number to think over. Being used to the Spectra's VDI target scale where a quarter reads around 83, it was confusing to have the Nox scale top at 40. Some square nails registered low 20's whereas the gilt flat button shown here pegged a 20. The spoon only registered a ten, about the same as some old shot gun shell bases. The pinpoint on the Nox sounds like an air raid siren but otherwise the flutey tones don't bother me. One thing driving me crazy is having to switch the pinpoint mode off. I forget to turn it off. On the Spectra, it's a squeeze trigger. Good targets on the Spectra have a clearer ring to them. I do think the Nox is giving me better depth, but that greater depth so far is yielding more iron. I thought the White's Bullseye TRX was acting quirky, but the Minelab Pro-Find 35 acts much the same plus is almost too loud. Not sure if the ferrous tone on the 35 is worth it. If I decide to stop and dig I'm going to dig.
I still have plenty more tests to do and days to put in. No buyer's remorse but it easy to see how each machine has its own strengths for different types of hunting. I bought the Nox for rain and surf. Am curious as to how it performs in the woods. The past three days I found the items pictured here and the small depression in the woods photo is all that remains of this homestead. This is typical for my area, meager homesteads with minimal debris fields. Today I found the remnants of another sheep bell which is emblematic of these early farms. Finding the flat button is always a good sign for me. It lets me know they were there and gives me a time frame. I do like the larger hand-forged spikes.
I can't come out and say the Nox 800 was sweeping up all kinds of finds the Spectra missed. Overall I like many aspects of the Nox, especially weight and compactness. But on this forum I often read something to the effect that many believe White's is becoming dated or obsolete. I really do think this is not true at all. Granted, the Spectra with headphones costs nearly double the Nox 800 with headphones and isn't even weatherproof let alone waterproof. I looked at the White's MX Sport, but feel that for a little more money the Nox 800 has it beat. As of right now, if you gave me the choice, on a rain-free day I would take the Spectra with me into the field. I have been very successful with it.
I do like the recovery speed of the Nox. It seems to process faster and differentiate multiple targets better. But the Nox loves those square nails, even the deep ones. I was digging up a lot of these nails the Spectra previously indicated I should pass over. The Spectra has a three color screen with red, blue, and green bar graphs of plots for each of it's frequencies. So I have a color and number to think over. Being used to the Spectra's VDI target scale where a quarter reads around 83, it was confusing to have the Nox scale top at 40. Some square nails registered low 20's whereas the gilt flat button shown here pegged a 20. The spoon only registered a ten, about the same as some old shot gun shell bases. The pinpoint on the Nox sounds like an air raid siren but otherwise the flutey tones don't bother me. One thing driving me crazy is having to switch the pinpoint mode off. I forget to turn it off. On the Spectra, it's a squeeze trigger. Good targets on the Spectra have a clearer ring to them. I do think the Nox is giving me better depth, but that greater depth so far is yielding more iron. I thought the White's Bullseye TRX was acting quirky, but the Minelab Pro-Find 35 acts much the same plus is almost too loud. Not sure if the ferrous tone on the 35 is worth it. If I decide to stop and dig I'm going to dig.
I still have plenty more tests to do and days to put in. No buyer's remorse but it easy to see how each machine has its own strengths for different types of hunting. I bought the Nox for rain and surf. Am curious as to how it performs in the woods. The past three days I found the items pictured here and the small depression in the woods photo is all that remains of this homestead. This is typical for my area, meager homesteads with minimal debris fields. Today I found the remnants of another sheep bell which is emblematic of these early farms. Finding the flat button is always a good sign for me. It lets me know they were there and gives me a time frame. I do like the larger hand-forged spikes.
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