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First Beach Run With The Nox


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SO I took my NOX 800 to the beach for first time. Ran in Beach 1 and Beach 2 for about an hour each and found one quarter lol Couldnt believe there was not at least some trash since this is literally 50 yards from a casino and heavily trafficked.  Dead quiet the whole time, scanning my boots occasionally to make sure it was still detecting lol This beach is covered in leftover fire pits that are used by people on a weekly basis. I find it hard to believe there is not at least trash out there?

Out of curiosity switched to gold mode to see what it would do in the dry sand several feet up from the wet line. It was non stop sqeaking. tried noise cancel and ground balance, still non stop noises, manually put ground balance to zero and same thing. Is it impossible to use gold mode in the dry sand? Am I missing something?

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I assume we are talking saltwater? Was the sand wet a foot down? Dry has got to mean DRY when running Gold Mode on a saltwater beach. If conductive wet sand is within reach of the detector it will signal in Gold Mode. If I was there with my Equinox running in Gold Mode Multi, I would start at sensitivity 1 and work my way up or if you wish, start higher and work your way down. There should be a point where the sensitivity is low enough you can get the machine to behave. You could also try 20 kHz to mellow the machine out because Multi is turbocharged in Gold Mode.

The only reason I would ever run Gold Mode on a saltwater beach would be to hunt micro jewelry. I would want to be high up the beach, and even then I would back it down until the machine behaved. Nobody detects micro jewelry a foot deep, so all you are really trying to do is hunt the top few inches for that tiny stuff. If the targets you are hunting have any size at all, most any mode will be more applicable on the beach than Gold Mode.

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Field 2 is a better choice in the DRY sand for depth/sensitivity than Gold mode unless you are working volley balls courts.   Once the sand gets damp...... even from the mist it gets chatty..... beach 1 works best at that point down to the waters edge.   You can use beach 1 in the water.... but by time you reduce the sensitivity i just switch to beach 2.   There i use AM to help adjust the sensitivity........if you hear a lot of iron chatter back it off.   Its a very sensitive machine..... especially if you are running any mode but beach and the sands damp..... really lights it up.   For the most part im not digging a foot or two for a tin can......i know golds not there.   Most of the gold will be recent drops on active beaches.   Is there a beach tractor at your location?   I hunt a very busy beach ...... that tractor can make it pretty quiet.   DONT overlook hunting in the water........ fewer targets and the majority of them are worth investigating.

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9 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I assume we are talking saltwater? Was the sand wet a foot down? Dry has got to mean DRY when running Gold Mode on a saltwater beach. If conductive wet sand is within reach of the detector it will signal in Gold Mode. If I was there with my Equinox running in Gold Mode Multi, I would start at sensitivity 1 and work my way up or if you wish, start higher and work your way down. There should be a point where the sensitivity is low enough you can get the machine to behave. You could also try 20 kHz to mellow the machine out because Multi is turbocharged in Gold Mode.

The only reason I would ever run Gold Mode on a saltwater beach would be to hunt micro jewelry. I would want to be high up the beach, and even then I would back it down until the machine behaved. Nobody detects micro jewelry a foot deep, so all you are really trying to do is hunt the top few inches for that tiny stuff. If the targets you are hunting have any size at all, most any mode will be more applicable on the beach than Gold Mode.

Yup, I 100% agree on that, Steve.

Matt

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Sound's strange but not impossible. There are beaches or passages, which can be very quiet.

Did you change any settings on the detector?! My advice would be: Full reset to factory presets. Try beach1 with default sens of 20, maybe noise cancel and go from there. Lift the coil from the ground while noise canceling. I do not ground balance at the beach and only noise cancel, if i encounter any problems to be honest.

If you don't find anything - bury some test-targets!

 

 

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