Second Run With The Nox In The Iron Patch

[Skate]

I got out to my old rancho permission with the nox this afternoon and I went to a spot that I had felt reasonably sure I had cleaned it out with my deus in the last month. The Old rancho had approximately 70 small homes spread out over 50-60 acres. It's now a nursery and my spots to hunt are predicated on when the owner moves his trees. Sometimes I literally hunt in between the rows in a 2-3 foot wide by 100 feet lane between trees. I've used Historic aerials to help out but the way I find a house that's been wiped from the face of the earth is to find the big iron left behind in the ground and then start to hunt in between it. The spot I hunted today was cleared about 2 months ago and it's about 60 feet wide by 100 feet deep. I was pretty secure in the fact that I had cleaned the area pretty well as I had taken out clad from the 60's and 70's, 4 mercs and about 20 or so wheaties. In addition I've found some pretty cool relics. I had hunted some of the same ground in the past 3-4 years with the CTX and ATpro just not all of it like I did with the deus. 

Unlike yesterday when I felt like I had an 80% guess rate in the park, the iron knocked me down to between 50-60% as evidenced by all the junk I dug that fooled me. The fooling came in the beginning though and here's what I learned.

- all that junk sounded good, clear and strong however the VDI would move + or - 4 numbers. I'd get a great high tone, and then check the VDI and it would show 23, I'd move around it and then it was 27 or 24 or 25. In order to learn if this was true most of the time I dug all that junk and the tone with the jumpy VDI was the same every time so remember, good tone, jumpy VDI is probably junk.

- the nox sounds way different in the iron homesteads than in a park. That may sound stupid or "duh" but my Deus sounded the same no matter if i was at the beach, park or the old rancho. To me, the fact that my deus responds the same isn't good. It means it's not AS ADAPTABLE as the Nox. I don't know if this is the reason but one is a single frequency and one is multi-frequency. I'm not trying to knock the deus but it has more limits than the Equinox and I suspect this is going to be the same for most other detectors.

- when you hear the chirp you have to investigate further, don't walk on. One of the wheats only sounded off on one side in one direction only. Every time I got a chirp today it was mixed in with another signal. You could hear the iron and the barber each give a repeatable tone. I didn't have a single target that was by itself, everything was mixed together but the amazing thing was the equinox gave me the info I needed to dig. 

So back to the hunt in the hunted out iron patch. 

6 coppers   1 zinc   3 wheats (46, 37 and one too hard to read)   1 1912 Barber Dime   1 palmolive token that's rotting and the Good Roads bell. 

All this from a place I'd "cleaned" out over the course of the last month. The barber was in between an iron nail and aluminum. The token had iron in the hole which is why I think it's rotting because the iron seemed to rest on the token. 

It's probably cliche now but the Equinox is a game changer and today proved it for me as did yesterday in the park. 2 hunted out locations, 3 silvers, 3 wheats and a bunch of clad. Keep in mind that I really don't even understand the Equinox yet. Every park, old home or place is now back open for business no matter who has come before to it. 

I can't wait for all of you to get yours. You're going to have a lot of fun.

Best to all you,

Skate

[Guest Tnsharpshooter]

Another good well written report.

Thanks for sharing,

[strick]

Your reports are very helpful, encouraging and well appreciated. Cant wait to get my hands on this fast deep little banger. 

strick

[Steve Herschbach]

Looking good!! Thanks again Skate. I can’t wait to get out again myself but man the weather has sucked lately.

[Jackpine]

Thanks Skate, will definitely be keying on those chirps in the trash.

Tom

[Mountain Mike]

Thanks for the tips.

[Gerry in Idaho]

Skate,  Good to hear and see reports from you, as some of us know you are pretty good with other detectors and not Brand Loyal.  It is nice to hear (early reports) the NOX can do things our other machines can't and are finding targets our others miss.  I'm not saying the NOX is the Holy Grail, but it is new technology and those who get on sites sooner with it, learn the tricks...will be rewarded for their efforts.  I never expected a "wow look how deep" detector, but more of a "wow, how did I miss that" and "holy crap that is cool for it to be able to do that".  In the long run I feel the NOX will eventually be used by more hunters than many other machines of all brands.  Not saying the #1, but certainly better than most.  Keep it up my friend.

[Steve Herschbach]

The difference is in the difference!

[bado1]

Awesome, Skate!

I'm headed out shortly to my iron infested Calvary Camp that has been detected to death by many different detectors. Can't wait to get the Nox on it.

Dean

[Skate]

2 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Skate,  Good to hear and see reports from you, as some of us know you are pretty good with other detectors and not Brand Loyal.  It is nice to hear (early reports) the NOX can do things our other machines can't and are finding targets our others miss.  I'm not saying the NOX is the Holy Grail, but it is new technology and those who get on sites sooner with it, learn the tricks...will be rewarded for their efforts.  I never expected a "wow look how deep" detector, but more of a "wow, how did I miss that" and "holy crap that is cool for it to be able to do that".  In the long run I feel the NOX will eventually be used by more hunters than many other machines of all brands.  Not saying the #1, but certainly better than most.  Keep it up my friend.

I’m in complete agreement with your observations. All the concerns about depth are irrelevant to me. It’s about what I’ve missed over the years that still sits in the ground. I’m tickled I found three nice silvers I had previously missed and that’s the point, the Equinox is giving me and others the chance to go back and get them out of the ground. 

Also I think it’s important to say that I’m not anti XP Deus or anti CTX but rather I’ve come to be “for” the Equinox. It’s not a zero sum game, it’s not black and white. I had zero intentions of selling my other two detectors before this Monday but to be honest I really can’t see myself using them anymore given the type of hunting I do. That doesn’t mean anyone else should and I’m not saying your XYZ machine is not as good as the Equinox either. 

Anyone interested in a couple of used detectors ??