First outing with new 800

[saanich2018]

As many of you know I recently purchased a new Nox 800. This is my first detector
Other than playing with it for about twenty minutes at a local school, today was my first time out with it. I am at the beach - Destin Florida
I am very impressed with the unit and also realize there is so much I need to learn, such as how to use it so after three or four hours my arm is not killing me like it is right now!

I have several questions, but the main one concerns beach usage. I was going down the beach and suddenly it started going crazy. Numbers jumping all over the scale. The VDI was showing numbers bouncing from low to high. And the chatter was constant. Not a signal like when you detect something but chatter like Morse code. I thought something was seriously wrong. I did a factory reset and set it all back up but still had the same issues. Then after walking about 100 yards further down the beach everything cleared up. When I walked back through the area again it did the same thing. Could I have just hit an area with high minerals or what would have caused it?

As for my finds, I had pretty good luck. Coins. Bottle caps. A key to a condo. And I guess you would call it beginners luck, but I found a good and platinum men’s wedding band. I figure some guy is in big trouble. The interesting thing is the ring hit between 8 and 9. Is this normal for a gold ring? Normally when I was hitting 8’s and 9’s I was finding pull tabs.

Thanks

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[Whyme]

Nice finds! Congrats! All depends on karat and size.

 

[HighVDI]

Nice job! Yep, gold will ring up low. Also your machine acting up I suspect is from an area where Emi is present. Is there a bunch of buildings close to this spot or over hanging wires nearby? Thats a sweet ring!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice ring. Congrats!! I have the same problem at my beach. Runs fine except for a 100’ section. Been that way with multiple detectors, I think EMI is the problem. Try lowering sensitivity in this area.

 

[vferrari]

As many of you know I recently purchased a new Nox 800. This is my first detector
Other than playing with it for about twenty minutes at a local school, today was my first time out with it. I am at the beach - Destin Florida
I am very impressed with the unit and also realize there is so much I need to learn, such as how to use it so after three or four hours my arm is not killing me like it is right now!

I have several questions, but the main one concerns beach usage. I was going down the beach and suddenly it started going crazy. Numbers jumping all over the scale. The VDI was showing numbers bouncing from low to high. And the chatter was constant. Not a signal like when you detect something but chatter like Morse code. I thought something was seriously wrong. I did a factory reset and set it all back up but still had the same issues. Then after walking about 100 yards further down the beach everything cleared up. When I walked back through the area again it did the same thing. Could I have just hit an area with high minerals or what would have caused it?

As for my finds, I had pretty good luck. Coins. Bottle caps. A key to a condo. And I guess you would call it beginners luck, but I found a good and platinum men’s wedding band. I figure some guy is in big trouble. The interesting thing is the ring hit between 8 and 9. Is this normal for a gold ring? Normally when I was hitting 8’s and 9’s I was finding pull tabs.

Thanks

Regarding the chatter, you probably hit was a heavy EMI area - buried cable, wifi from a nearby beach shop, or a cell tower or public service transmitter/repeater.

Regarding the ring ID - gold rings can come in just about anywhere from the low single digits up to the 20's depending on the purity of the ring, its size, and even its shape. Mix some other metal in there (not an alloy, but a separate solid band of metal) like platinum (which is less conductive than iron) or a high conductor like silver and you can make the numbers go even lower or higher. It's a crap shoot and the reason why you should dig pull tab numbers regardless. You will recover a lot of pull tabs but one of them is going to be a ring. Your pull tab numbers seem low though they are usually 14 or 15 or sometimes as low as 11 or 12. Single digits are usually reserved for foil, small can slaw, or freshness seals (the round foil seals that you peel of plastic juice containers) which sound awesome by the way.

Nevertheless, great find!

 

[CarsonChris]

Thanks for posting those pictures! I’ve found pull tabs to ring up higher if they are fully intact but if it’s a broken pull tab they hit like a nickel. (Using AT Pro) Nox comes in a couple days.

 

[CarsonChris]

As far as arm fatigue, trade hands periodically , and shorten the shaft.

 

[saanich2018]

As far as arm fatigue, trade hands periodically , and shorten the shaft.

I will try to shorten the shaft. Good suggestion. Switching arms is not an option at the moment due to surgery shoulder recovery.

It was also the nteresting the beer and soda cans buried 18” deep hit at about 29. Is this about right.

 

[CarsonChris]

I will try to shorten the shaft. Good suggestion. Switching arms is not an option at the moment due to surgery shoulder recovery.

It was also the nteresting the beer and soda cans buried 18” deep hit at about 29. Is this about right.

I’ve only swung an AT Pro. The only way it reads 18” is by digging 9” off the top. My Nox comes Friday.

 

[RustyGold]

Nice finds saanich! Congratulations on the gold!

 

[sandmartin]

Great first hunt buddy! I have a new 600, they are awesome machines for sure. I made a sling for mine, I can swing it for hours now.

 

[boxxxer]

Gold and Platinum togeather will read lower than gold and higher than platnium it depends on the mix and size of the piece and whether it's 9 10 14 18 k or 900 950 plat its like hitting a coin spill numbers could be spread over 1-2 numbers like the ring because its two metals but touching and one is part of the other so it averaged number or picked the major weight or cover several numbers, and a crazy mixed signal. not any one tone. They're a lot of variables, "SO DIG IT ALL" to be safe.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice finds for your first outing with the equinox. Love the ring. Congrats

 

[RustyGold]

I had shoulder surgery on both shoulders and have to use a metal detector strap like this one sold on amazon.
See my post about it here:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/beach-shallow-water/598010-love-my-new-strap.html

Good luck!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds!

 

[FloridaSon]

Yes, the numbers going crazy happened to me and other MD'ers knew about this one area on the beach. Did some research and found it was where undersea cables ran into the ocean. And we all did the same thing first time. We stopped; and tried all sorts of changes as you did, had we walked on a few hundred feet it would have fixed itself, haha

 

[saanich2018]

Yes, the numbers going crazy happened to me and other MD'ers knew about this one area on the beach. Did some research and found it was where undersea cables ran into the ocean. And we all did the same thing first time. We stopped; and tried all sorts of changes as you did, had we walked on a few hundred feet it would have fixed itself, haha

The area I was in did not have any power lines nearby. No cell towers nearby. The homes were at least 75 yards away.
It has to be something buried, as this si the only thing that makes any sense.

the interesting thing is when I used a friends cheap detector in this area, it did not pick anything up.