civil_war22
Relic Recovery Specialist
- Dec 5, 2008
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- Fisher F75 SE/LTD2, minelab Etrac, whites classic id, spectrum xlt, fisher f7, fisher 1266, king of all Tesoro Cibola, Tesoro Vaquero, Fisher 1280-X, minelab equinox, Fisher F75+ Garrett AT MAX
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- Relic Hunting
Ok as most of my friends on here know Iāve medically retired from law enforcement due to back injuries and knee injuries. So after a long hiatus, longest Iāve had in 31 years of detecting Iām finally able to get back out and detect. Iāve now had 5 back surgeries and have a ripped Deltoid in my left shoulder, so Iām fairly limited and this is the main reason why Iām asking for some help here. Iām digging a lot of nails, and I mean A LOT. Iāve got a fairly Virgin 1839 home Iām trying to help get it on the register by finding dateable evidence as well as the structure of the home which Iāve made livable.
So my dilemma, Iāve got the Nox 900, and I use the standard modes at the home thatās littered with square nails and other things lost to time in all those years but the Nox 900 is so chattery even turning it down to 14-15 on sensitivity. I know the 800 was easier to knock out the nails on the iron bias, but on ours it goes all the way to 9 and still hits the nail repeatable. I turn on the All Metal Mode and hear all the iron chatter, but I get good repeatable signals and dig them and itās a nail, Iāll go to the next and all metal on, and I hear a hint of iron at the end of the swing so I pass it up and turn around and my brothers found a silver dime there. In that swing it came up with on all metal, 69-70, and then on the iron end it would come up with a repeatable -17, -19. So whatās that mean? That it somehow fell into that spectrum, my brother bought the Notka not even sure of the model, but Iāve had him come over to targets to check for me and he wonāt get a signal one, I knowing Iāve spend 2 and a half times more than him digs it and itās a more modern nail. Also, why is it that once the target is out of the hole it wonāt go off where itās at? All my other detectors have done it. Everyone says to ālistenā and not look at VDI, dad was a Tesoro dealer for years so Iāve learned to never look at it unless Iām changing the modes, because I donāt know where some of this crap comes in at. The 800 had an update, does anyone know if the 900 is? I know Calabashdigger did a video on the 900, and him and I detect the same stuff, and our grounds are very similar as Iāve hunted in the same state and county as him. So I wish he could help on some of the setups here. Iām to the point now, my back canāt handle keeping on digging these targets that are good repeatable signals and only at the end does it have a iron grunt and itās a nail. My back, knee, and shoulder are going out and I just need some help from some of my old time followers on setups they use. I donāt care about ground balance because I can always manually change it, also to note, Iāve even used the 6ā coil over at that house and canāt get past the nails. Then I join a Facebook group for this detector and everyone acts like Iām a jackass and new so I donāt know what Iām doing or talking about. Iāve owned almost every Whites made, I know Iāve used every Tesoro made, and owned the AT Max before this and then got the 900. Iām regretting getting rid of the Max
So my dilemma, Iāve got the Nox 900, and I use the standard modes at the home thatās littered with square nails and other things lost to time in all those years but the Nox 900 is so chattery even turning it down to 14-15 on sensitivity. I know the 800 was easier to knock out the nails on the iron bias, but on ours it goes all the way to 9 and still hits the nail repeatable. I turn on the All Metal Mode and hear all the iron chatter, but I get good repeatable signals and dig them and itās a nail, Iāll go to the next and all metal on, and I hear a hint of iron at the end of the swing so I pass it up and turn around and my brothers found a silver dime there. In that swing it came up with on all metal, 69-70, and then on the iron end it would come up with a repeatable -17, -19. So whatās that mean? That it somehow fell into that spectrum, my brother bought the Notka not even sure of the model, but Iāve had him come over to targets to check for me and he wonāt get a signal one, I knowing Iāve spend 2 and a half times more than him digs it and itās a more modern nail. Also, why is it that once the target is out of the hole it wonāt go off where itās at? All my other detectors have done it. Everyone says to ālistenā and not look at VDI, dad was a Tesoro dealer for years so Iāve learned to never look at it unless Iām changing the modes, because I donāt know where some of this crap comes in at. The 800 had an update, does anyone know if the 900 is? I know Calabashdigger did a video on the 900, and him and I detect the same stuff, and our grounds are very similar as Iāve hunted in the same state and county as him. So I wish he could help on some of the setups here. Iām to the point now, my back canāt handle keeping on digging these targets that are good repeatable signals and only at the end does it have a iron grunt and itās a nail. My back, knee, and shoulder are going out and I just need some help from some of my old time followers on setups they use. I donāt care about ground balance because I can always manually change it, also to note, Iāve even used the 6ā coil over at that house and canāt get past the nails. Then I join a Facebook group for this detector and everyone acts like Iām a jackass and new so I donāt know what Iām doing or talking about. Iāve owned almost every Whites made, I know Iāve used every Tesoro made, and owned the AT Max before this and then got the 900. Iām regretting getting rid of the Max
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