Nox 800 arriving today

cooper1841

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Armstrong

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The id for coins doesn't take long to figure out. They usually vary by 1 number or so. For a nickel its a 13 or 12 for me. A quarter 29 or 30. For rings and jewelry with a uniform shape I get solid numbers with no variance. Combined with the tones it eliminates most guess work.
 

pepperj

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Best of luck with the new 800.
Having 1/2 the weight it will be a noticeable difference on swinging it over the 3030.
Minelab should include all rotator cuff repairs under the warranty program. :laughing7:
 

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cooper1841

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Best of luck with the new 800.
Having 1/2 the weight it will be a noticeable difference on swinging it over the 3030.
Minelab should include all rotator cuff repairs under the warranty program. :laughing7:
Used a harness for the last year to help, just a pain with heavy cloths sometimes....digging and recovery
 

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cooper1841

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The id for coins doesn't take long to figure out. They usually vary by 1 number or so. For a nickel its a 13 or 12 for me. A quarter 29 or 30. For rings and jewelry with a uniform shape I get solid numbers with no variance. Combined with the tones it eliminates most guess work.
Watched a few videos....pennies seem to be all over the place
 

pepperj

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Used a harness for the last year to help, just a pain with heavy cloths sometimes....digging and recovery
I really found the explorers were ok when there was lots of target digging.
But the harness/swing cord set up was a need to have when it was a quiet field.
Even with the set ups swinging 10-12 hrs a day for 10-14 days on a tour was a hurting experience.
Either it was the arm-or that knot in the back-either way it was a pain.
Oh to be young again.....
 

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You should be digging anything non-ferrous anyway, so, who cares what the actual TID is? Oh, I see you're nowhere near a salt water beach, so, if you're park hunting, yeah, it will take a bit to figure out which numbers to dig and which to ignore. Good Luck!
 

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On the Knox run 50 tones. All metal. Then tones are more important then the VDIs
 

treasureguy56

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Watched a few videos....pennies seem to be all over the place
Many coins , especially small cents ( wheat and especially Indians ) will have many different value's on the ID read-out . There are many copper/nickel etc variations as well as thicknesses of the coins due to wear - all of this will be ID'd slightly differently by the ID read-out .
 

67GTA

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Watched a few videos....pennies seem to be all over the place
The crusty zinc pennies are the worst. I've seen them from 16-21 depending on how degraded they are. Fresh zinc drops are tighter at 19-20-21. Copper pennies and wheaties are generally 24-25 unless they are deeper. They tend to bounce up to 30 if around 8+ inches. I've seen a wheatie ring up 22-23 once and almost didn't dig it because that is where a lot of aluminum screw caps come in. I think a lot of the ID spread has to do with the angle of the coin in the ground.
 

treasureguy56

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The crusty zinc pennies are the worst. I've seen them from 16-21 depending on how degraded they are. Fresh zinc drops are tighter at 19-20-21. Copper pennies and wheaties are generally 24-25 unless they are deeper. They tend to bounce up to 30 if around 8+ inches. I've seen a wheatie ring up 22-23 once and almost didn't dig it because that is where a lot of aluminum screw caps come in. I think a lot of the ID spread has to do with the angle of the coin in the ground.
I would have to agree with what you've said as well - all these little quirks add to the ID differences . Leading me to surmise that the Equinox technology can be quite the advantage once you put the time into learning what its telling us .
 

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The crusty zinc pennies are the worst. I've seen them from 16-21 depending on how degraded they are. Fresh zinc drops are tighter at 19-20-21. Copper pennies and wheaties are generally 24-25 unless they are deeper. They tend to bounce up to 30 if around 8+ inches. I've seen a wheatie ring up 22-23 once and almost didn't dig it because that is where a lot of aluminum screw caps come in. I think a lot of the ID spread has to do with the angle of the coin in the ground.
I find this post to be VERY accurate, based on my own experiences...

Steve
 

cudamark

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The crusty zinc pennies are the worst. I've seen them from 16-21 depending on how degraded they are. Fresh zinc drops are tighter at 19-20-21. Copper pennies and wheaties are generally 24-25 unless they are deeper. They tend to bounce up to 30 if around 8+ inches. I've seen a wheatie ring up 22-23 once and almost didn't dig it because that is where a lot of aluminum screw caps come in. I think a lot of the ID spread has to do with the angle of the coin in the ground.
At salt water beaches, I find degraded zinc cents reading all the way down to mid single digits. They're real crusty, and usually have holes in them or they're missing chunks.
 

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