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Grabbed detectors and my wife with her new Vanquish 540 and headed back to the gold rush site. We spent a nice day together digging up some serious history. I had never dug a gold rush era buckle 3 weeks ago now, I have a collection. She found the seated dime and something older but almost wiped clean. It’s slightly larger than the dime and I can see a shield so if you guys could help with ID that would be great. She also found the old key but I was the buckle master. I also found a few beads while digging targets and some buttons.

I totaly agree with what you say about range of motion. This is the point I was trying to make earlier in the discussion. Over the years I have noticed that all good operators have mastered this skill. I solely focused on teaching my Wife Amber this skill in 2019 as she had never detected before. With careful guidence she was able to do very well, she found enough gold to make a decent living. By the end of season she ended up averaging 5g per day! this is very good for someone who had never touched a metal detector before. Credit to her though, she is very easy to teach and by the end of season she knew all the settings and was coming up with spots to go have a look at from my geology teachings. Im so greatful to have her😀 I focused on this because it is the core skill required to sucessfully use any metal detector. This really is what seperates the good operator from the average! Do you use Manual Ground Balance much Jp? I use it a fair bit, I've found in the right conditions that I can get a better target response on both long and short time constance targets using it. Here is a nice long time constance bit I carfully massaged out of 900mm hard packed cemented alluvium... nasty stuff as it has a ferrous upper layer and calcium rich lower layer.

So I'm still trying to milk the same cow 😄 I figured until it stops spitting silver on me, I will continue to ask for it. Long day at the beach 8:30-5:00, but the weather was decent, as I dress well for the cold. I'm getting to be a delicate flower in my advancing years 🤔 I'm using the GPX all day for this hunt and digging select areas and removing all iron so I can hear the deep targets.I hit a patch that started producing exclusively wheat pennies, so I knew that the chance for silver was very possible. It did produce some silver but the ratio was mostly pennies. Moving over just a bit, the wheats turned into memorials and the clad followed as well. Not a bad day with 8 silvers, but I worked harder than usual for it.The beach is slowly sanding in and the easy stuff is gone. No gold again, but switching the timings on the GPX did start getting me a lot of nickels, including a handful of Buffalo. Jewelry was missing as usual, but the spoons sure weren't lacking 🙄 So here is everything I dug. Lots of junk too. It was great to get out and enjoy the hobby.

I have one phrase in answer to all this, “Range of Motion”. Every target has its optimal coil movement which is coil height, coil windings orientation and coil speed relative to Ground Zero. You can call the speed “speed dependant” if you like as we are almost always talking about ‘Motion’ detectors. The range of Motion is dictated by the ‘lead in and tail out’, swing speed is dictated by ‘Range of Motion” distance, ground conditions and size of target relative to depth. Once you get the “Range of Motion” worked out (that’s the distance measured between the start of the ‘lead in’ through GZ and out to the very end of the ‘Tail out”) then its just a case of massaging the swing speed and coil orientation to get the target signal to manifest properly compared to localised ground signal responses. These things are all being performed by all detector operators even inexperienced ones, it’s part and parcel to the use of a modern gold hunting motion metal detector. I find it’s best to be aware of them but not try to force things because gravity is your best friend when it comes to control, kinetic energy is an amazing control once something is in motion. In the case of the GPZ there’s a few factors to take into consideration when performing these tasks, first there is the visualisation and locking into memory information first experienced when the potential target was discovered, then there is the information pertaining to the Semi-Auto GB and how it interacts with said potential target, then there is the comparative information based on a locked or Manual GB pertaining to the target. All the while attention is being paid to swing speed, coil orientation, direction of sweep ect. The whole time this is going on I am doing my best to pendulum the coil in a smooth and controlled fashion over GZ, I let our beautiful world do the controlling part because she’s so much better at it than me. 😊 2 1/2 foot 2 ounce speci I massaged in with the help of planet earth and a good “Range of Motion”

You can't say yes it works or not it doesn't work for all PIs, it's very complex. It depends on many parameters of the PI detector, here is a small exhaustive list: - Number of PPS - Coil size - Pulse delay - Recovery speed (Internal integration) - Power (Eddy curent inside target When all the parameters are good, it becomes very easy to recognize them even at 95% of the maximum detection depth. For example with audio sampling that follows the 10,000 PPS of the coil, it even becomes easy to recognize the pulltab of the gold ring of the same conductivity. Those who have had a 14V SSV3 goldquest know it from experience but do not understand why. I just gave the answer in part in this same sentence. The impulse doesn't tick all the boxes, as it needs to be versatile on wet sand. In ALL METAL mode it validates 80% of the settings which allows it to recognize ferrous metals in all situations and at all depths. There will of course always be target exeptions. A later digital version will largely erase its faults.

I know this is going to come back and bite me in the Axx for sharing ........ Those Fisher Boys don't miss a trick!

Ok. Now this is getting funny. I can tell you're holding back way too much , chomping at the bit , wanting to spill the beans ...but you are scared...well , THE KOB is here to tell you......YOU OWN FISHER !🤣🤣🤣

pretty sure the worn coin is a capped bust dime, the 1 dw is a gold scale weight, 1 dry weight (1pennyweight)

Why you ask ? Because that would make too much sense ! 🤣🤣🤣

Another day out in the farm. I am grid searching about 100 acres, only going about 36 feet at a time per day laterally. Every day doing this I have dug interesting relics. Today was no exception, this stuff is as old as America, in some cases older. I wish I could regale everyone with fabulous coin finds and gold, but I find very few coins here. Some are cool though, and again very old. I'm hoping I can piece together some kind of picture as to what was going on here, it will take some historical research. Usually button finds dominate the day. Today I found only one, a two-piece 1800s-ish round button with the shank still intact. It blasted in at a very loud and solid 23 on my Equinox. It is the third such button of it's kind I dug out here. From the top left: Shoe buckle, found in two different places. These are very rare to find in one piece on a farm. Some sort of pin with a hook on it, a spoon handle - weighs 7.1 grams (quite heavy for its size), and rings when dropped. It was a 25. No identifying marks. I don't think it's silver, but it is mildly magnetic. I test most everything with a really strong neodymium magnet. The small object was a very strong and solid 15, but it really doesn't have any identifying characteristics. Next is a leaf shaped piece of metal that decorated something, again mildly magnetic. 2 buckle fragments, one may be silverplated. Bottom row is a piece of non magnetic metal that is not lead but is very heavy, and what I believe is a modern black powder slug. All in all nothing really exciting, but it does make digging all the pull tabs, can slaw, shotgun shells, tacks and buckshot more tolerable. Unfortunately I can't notch anything out because I wouldn't find what I keep. It's going to rain for the next 3 days so that's it for a bit! Ya get a break. 😀

Welcome to the forum! There is no information confirming or denying that the GPX 6000 is software upgradable, just statements from people who really do not know. Since every machine Minelab has released for years does have such a feature, it would be odd to decide to leave it out now. However, 99% of the detectors ever sold have had no update facility, and the world got on just fine. In this day and age an ability to update if need be is an extra layer of assurance for early buyers, not so much for people late to the game. Some companies still do not have this feature on any of their detectors, so it is far from a necessity, but it is something I prefer on any new detector. As far as weight of 4.6 lbs and dimensions, you know as much as anyone here. The bottom line is all known information is already published, and anything else is the realm of speculation at this point. You will always find the latest information at the link below, and if the information is not there.... it is not available yet. I check daily for anything new and update the page as appropriate. Minelab GPX 6000 Data & Reviews

Wowsers nice chunk!! Knowing the country you work that piece could go anywhere from 8 to 16 ounces? I use Manual a lot if the conditions allow or call for it. Outright depth is always achieved by using a fixed or manual ground balance, in the case of the GPZ and its stupidly linked Quick-Trak to the ferrite calibration this means going in and out of Manual and Semi-Auto modes via the menu. If your lucky enough to work in an area where X signal is not an issue then obviously you could use the QT button and speed things up. So yes in homogeneous ground where the GB is not altering much over a larger footprint I will definitely operate in Manual GB mode especially when using the larger coils. A prime example is the gully washes up in FNQ and the Kimberlies in WA and also some areas over in the Pilbara in WA. JP

Funny the manual is being quoted to me for a change when I am usually the one doing the quoting. Lol. I like it when people do their homework. So that is refreshing. But that is a given, because I know you really know your way around the Equinox and have provided great insights and tips on this forum as well as the field success to prove it. So my statement is not meant as a knock but as an acknowledgment of your detecting and, especially Equinox, expertise. In other words, respect. Anyway, I am familiar with what the manual says and believe the Equinox noise cancel algorithm is indeed picking the channel it thinks has the least interference at that time. But when the site is quiet, like I said, many channels may indeed vie for the "least" interference channel crown. But it is not that the channels are "identically" or "equivalently" least noisy. In fact, it is unlikely that is ever really the case. The reason being twofold. First, when noise levels are low, it only takes small field perturbations to cause channels to pop out of the muck and be considered noisy (this depends on the sensitivity of the EMI signal detection circuit (basically a radio receiver) the Equinox uses - I have no idea how they have implemented that.) Second, since these perturbations vary with both TIME and FREQUENCY (think Equinox "channel") and since the Equinox is not scanning all the channels simultaneously, it stands to reason that on the first pass, Channel X will win the "least interference" crown and on the second pass, Channel Y will win the "least interference" crown, etc. Run it 20 times under quiet conditions and you may get most of the available channels to pop up as the selected "least" channel simply due to the randomness not of the Equinox, but of the low level EMI noise signal present. If it is truly a random selection from a "normal" distriubtion of noise frequencies, then you might see specific channels repeatedly picking up over others. But in the end, when the EMI is low, it probably really doesn't matter what channel is chosen. As a matter of fact, you can probably be lazy and not even do a noise cancel with minimal chance of affecting your detecting session. GB Amateur did a series of tests with noise cancel and documented them in his EMI Frustration thread here to try to determine the likely channel outcome distribution here. I think he may have been picking up on the phenomenon I describe above, where any of several channels can be chosen as the quietest channel but the only a few consistently show up as the quietest channel upon repeated scans. However, under heavy EMI conditions, especially if the EMI is broadband (i.e., affecting multiple Equinox channels) or is coming from multiple sources (think of multiple of WiFi routers), then the number of possible quiet channels may be significantly reduced. But if you are moving around under those conditions the quiet channel solution CAN change drastically as you move nearer or further from the source or if the source signal changes in intensity or frequency or with time, or as is frequently the case, there are multiple significant EMI sources. Hence, frequent noise cancelling during the hunt is called for. This is especially true when two Equinoxes are in close proximity because they tend to pick up each other (and why some clubs are banning Equinox's from being run in Multi during croweded contest hunts because they zap everyone else around them with broadband noise. )

Exactly! Chuck you are barking up two very niche detector trees here with the Tarsacci and AQ Impulse - they are designed for hard core niche relic or jewelry hunting under extreme conditions of mineralization and/or salt water environments. Don't expect Dilek of Nokta responsiveness here or Minelab versatility or value. IMO its really a waste of your time and dollars if you have an Equinox, Deus or similar you've got all you need, trust me (and I own a Tarsacci). These detectors fill a very narrow gap and are very expensive as a result. They are not magic wands and do some things very poorly compared to versatile detectors like the Nox or Nokta offerings, they are also notoriously finicky/unintuitive and need to be dialed in appropriately to achieve the desired results. If you know their narrow strengths and need that capability, then you will pay for them, but their cost is driven mainly by their narrow appeal than their capability.

Now that is instant gratification at it's best! Problem solved!😂👍👍

Need to clean these up some more but here are my finds from two trips to your detecting paradise, Bob.

Some years ago I asked the same questions... ............. I often wondered why Minelab never kept the same CTX M-12 8 pin fitting for the Nox? It worked fine on the CTX and everyone who had the most used water proof fitting on after market head phones could have had them for the Nox. Instead everyone was forced to purchase the yellows or aftermarket phones with the new 1/8 WP plug. And this is 2 water proof detectors from the same company that could have used the same fitting.

I’d hate to meet the owner of that ring in a dark alley. Wrestled that ring from 5 feet of moving saltwater and took me close to an hour due to being pushed off target continuously by the swell and waves. I nearly gave up a number of times but my stubbornness got me the loot. That’s a sword/scimitar engraved into the ring.......looks like something Jack Sparrow would have lost 🏴‍☠️ I had no need for my weight belt after putting that thing in my finds pouch.

This is the first gold detector release in 20 years that I’ve been heavily involved in helping to develop were I’ve had NO contact with marketing on any level. Right now I feel like a dinosaur that’s gone well past its used by date, I keep looking up for the comet strike!!! 😅🚫 In some ways it’s refreshing but in others it feels akin to driving in traffic with a blindfold on. 😬 😱

To add to my post above so someone doesn't decide to fire me. Those little contests do generate replies and buzz. But Minelab is missing their age group that is purchasing the GPX-6000. How many teens/20's/30ish year old folks are dropping $6000 on a detector. Yes those are the majority of folks playing the contest games. They need to understand price of a detector has a lot to do with an individuals income, which usually correlates to age. I'm on Facebook and the majority of folks who actually purchase a detector from me on their is spending less than $500. Sure I get a good % of them that I can get to step up to an Equinox, but that is still less than $1000. As I stated, thank god Minelab has fantastic engineering and detectors.

There’s enough user controls on the 6000 to keep us all busy, finding out whats going on under the hood and then using that to good effect is half the fun.

I met up with a local forum member at 1 of my secret spots he has never been to. Conditions were bad , heavily sanded in. We were down in the wet , no mineralization to speak of , hard sand the first 3" then gravel mixture. The hole filled in fast. Keep in mind , my EDC for 30 years has been a PI. Also I used this for only 15 MINUTES. Here is what I found : I buried a small size 4 ladies 14k , 2 gram diamond ring about 12" in the hole and filled it. Myself being tall , the shaft was fully extended. Immediately I knew it was not long enough and it had a bit of a wobble. Did not feel steady because of that. Ergonomics seemed good and the coil felt light , so that was great. Now... the only settings I messed with were changing the modes. I didn't even look or ask what my buddy had those other settings on. I just wanted to get a feel for the machine and see if it had any discrimination. I tried 3 different modes when I swept over the hole : all metal , tone , mute. All 3 picked up the ring loud and clear. Then we threw a small piece of iron and a piece of lobster trap wire on top , which was probably about 4" above the ring. In all metal and tone mode , I could barely noticed the difference between all 3 targets. But I could seperate them from different directions. In the mute mode I couldn't. I thought I would only hear the ring , but I still heard all 3 targets. This really isn't any different than my DF. BUT , I do have a sense that this AQ can go a few more inches deeper. 6-8" ? I doubt it. Overall , it's not a bad machine , definitely needs a few tweaks. But I feel what needs more tweeks would be me...🤣 As accustomed as I am with a PI , I know this would take me MONTHS to get down. Let alone probably a good year or so to master. Kinda my short 15 minute hands on review of the AQ. Anyway...our hunt together was fun , even though we only found a few coins and trash. And I got to meet a great guy.

Update on my Quest. I spend a few hours this morning at the old school grounds, and after finding a few more Wheats (50's), I was fortunate enough to make a Quest find. I pulled two bent nails on my way down, but finally made it about 10" down to the target... Pretty crusty, not able to make out a date... but a buffalo. ~Tim

The hook pin thing is interesting. What is on the other side?

Open Letter to Alexandre and Fisher - That statement, as a relic hunter who frequents hot dirt sites, makes me salivate at the prospect of what you could do with the Impulse design for terrestrial artifact hunting (mostly mid-conductors) and gold prospecting. A huge and fiercely dedicated contingent in the US, perhaps several times more detectorists than the super-hard-core water/beach gold jewelry detectorists in Europe and the US that the Impulse AQ is presently targeted for. You will see several hundred detectorists in the fields at a single event applying their relic hunting skills at the several annual group hunt events. 90 percent are swinging GPX and lesser PI detectors because VLF induction balance detectors are practically worthless in those conditions. Same goes for terrestrial gold detectorists. If you remove the salt cancel constraint (or simply make it a switchable feature) and submersion constraint (to lower unit cost) and focus solely on mineralization and existing Impulse analog precision disc/target reject breakpoints scheme, using the Impulse form factor with light weatherproofing, you and Fisher could make a killing, especially amongst the relic detectorists with aging, unreliable GPX's (just had to send mine into the shop for an expensive repair) who were basically abandoned by ML with the forthcoming release of the GPX 6000 which is devoid of any ferrous rejection feature and steep cost (not a knock, just truth likely resulting from a conscious business decision while maintaining the objective of simplified use in 3rd world gold fields, I don't like it but I get it). The gold prospectors, however, are ecstatic at the new lightweight and user friendly package with the promise of high mineral and EMI environment performance. Relic detectorists presently put up with the GPX cost, lack of weather proof integrity, battery cable claptrap, and weight because they have to, not because they want to, as it is the only detector that checks all the boxes, especially in regard to an excellent ferrous rejection scheme. Now that ML has shown its hand with the 6000, please don't squander the brief window of opportunity you will have to fill this void with an Impulse variant that doesn't need to be waterproof at depth in salt water, but simply needs to work without a harness in the pouring rain and in the high magnetite fields of history across the US. Relic detectorists, of modest means, have already demonstrated their willingness to pay the same GPX-level prices for a capable, ferrous-rejecting terrestrial Impulse that have been rightfully or wrongfully attributed to the AQ in this thread. Even if you could somehow simply modify the AQ enable switching off salt compensation to accommodate relic hunting in magnetite soils that woukd be something. Hoepwever, if the terrestrial prospecting or relic Impulse takes another 2 years to rear it's head, ML will probably figure out a way to add iron rejection to the GPX 6000 via firmware update or release a relic friendly variant in that time frame and that will be the end of that opportunity for you and Fisher. Think about it...

Hey Trent... I woke up one morning and Paul hadnt put his socks on yet so I saw them first thing🤢 ruined my whole day! Some things just scar you for life🤣

Thanks Gerry and Steve for really narrowing down the best options for gold detectors for myself and hopefully for many other prospectors. Sounds like all a person needs nowadays is a select few detectors, mainly due the great technological advancements made from Minelab. Wow! You can now have one multi frequency VLF detector that can handle relics, coins, shallow gold and disc. trash out fairly well- the Nox and a disc. PI that can handle deeper gold in moderate trash areas if using caution due to false signals- the GPX 5000 and in areas with very little trash one will most likely get by well using only one detector for all types of gold- the GPX 6000.😎 😁

Laughter keeps you healthy and alive longer to hunt for more gold!👍👍

Yeah, that looks like it might work, as long as a standard 1/8th inch jack will work with it.

They are waiting for all the gold in Africa to be found so they can show it and hype up our release.🥱

So a simple headphone jack adapter makes it all worth $2800? Um, ok. [Quite a turnaround from your first post in this thread...]

Doubtful. The existing stock coil is sized pretty well for both coverage and depth and with about 100 detectors out there and 4 guys, it hardly seems like a worthwhile investment for the company.

That's it! A simple adapter to connect to the AQ would solve the whole problem. The adapter would have the same connection as the waterproof headphones but it would allow you to plug any non-waterproof headphones or bluetooth transmitter into it. It should come with the AQ.

Well , I'm not ready for another coil yet. And I've hunted the standard one hard since mid January. I can tell you this, the standard is so dead on I only pinpoint the deeper coins or one that escaped a hole. My salt water times are over this year. But Dirt & lake hunting till next year. Small coil shoot, I got one on old trusty. But that's my situation. If I'm still liking this machine in a couple of months I'll go big in time for next winter. A guy gotta have an edge.

Any 1/8th inch headphone jack will plug into the Equinox. I plug in my waterproof ear buds when it rains or when it's too hot for big headphones. No special connector required. If the AQ had this type of connector, I could use any headphones or even use the Trond Bluetooth transmitter and go wireless.

Never had it happen on any of my devices. A color pdf brochure for U.S. and Australian customers, as a bare minimum, is way overdue.

Only question I have left is are we going to have to just talk about the weather once the 6000 makes settings discussions redundant?

Dealers can only do what they are enabled to do, and what customers are willing to pay for. As a dealer I can open up a new detector box, take it out, and swap parts as much as I want. So you want a different coil. I can do that, but what do I do with the stock coil I now have in stock? That nobody wants since it comes on the detector? I may have to sell it at half price, and take a loss. Who should pay for that loss? Correct, the person that just bought the detector. So I can do the coil swap, but I have to charge you for doing the swap, both for the labor involved, but also for the probable hit I'm going to take on this future coil sale.... assuming I can even sell it. Or I can just sell you the detector, and also sell you the accessory coil. If you put yourself in the dealers place, figuring they have to buy things the same way you do (in the box, as accessories, etc.), and then figure the logistics of sales and inventory losses, add in the fact that customers never want to pay for anything, and you will see why this does not happen with products sold in boxes. Walk into Best Buy, point at any item you want, and tell them you want them to take it out of the box, swap some parts for you, and keep the parts you do not want. The only way this sort of thing works is if the manufacturer supports it by offering multiple package options. Which they prefer not to, to make things simpler for them also. Ultimately it all comes down to there being a cost, and in the end that cost must be paid by the consumer. In my experience selling detectors for decades, it's actually not an issue. People generally buy detectors as sold in the box, plus maybe an accessory or two. The current system works, with little or no demand that it change. Some companies are very close to custom packages. Look at XP for instance. You can get their detectors in just about any package you want. So it can be done if companies want to do it.

KOB, thanks for that report and thanks for not making a YouTube video.......... I have also been a longtime PI user and there just aren't any easy ones. They take tons of hours to get used to and especially to optimize for different conditions. Even the Minelab SDC 2300 is not that easy to get the hang of especially if you are like me and absolutely hated the unstable threshold.

Welcome aboard . If you've found any gold , would you mind sending me a map with an X marking the spot ? Arrrrrrrrrrrr , just kiddin'! Just postin' a pic or tellin' the tale will do ..... May all yer beeps be yellow...

I have detected the gold rush site two more times since my last post. I bought my wife a Vanquish 540 Pro Pack after the first hunt because she wanted to be part of the action. She is doing good at digging iron but we will work on that and maybe she can find the good stuff. I have dug 4 coins total and all are a first for me. My pictures are using a phone under the garage lights so please forgive me. I appreciate your feedback on the finds and the copper is a Swedish coin from 1822 I do believe. The ring and the gold coin were found right next to each other at the chimney pile. The buckle parts are spread out around the area. I am using the Equinox 800 in park 1 and 50 tones. Beyond happy with this awesome site.

I don't think it's necessary to think about the frequency shift in Equinox, it's important that this function works quite well ..., Finally, the main advantage of using this function is a more stable operation of the detector ... - which also means the ability to effectively use the highest possible sensitivity setting with stable operation of the detector. With Equinox as a digital detector ... I would not look for any significant differences in performance when using the same firmware and also the detector settings ... When comparing detectors, in my opinion it is important to keep a sufficient distance of the tested detector from other switched-on detectors, sometimes such a situation can affect the range of the tested detector or the accuracy of the target identification .. also - without any visible interference with the detector ....

The pandemic creates a lack of confidence in forecasts which is why we have no firm product launch date from Minelab - who are waiting to have all their ducks in a row before announcing a date. Looking at Plexus Malaysia financial report for actual quarter ending December 2020 and their forecast for 1st quarter 2021 they appear not to be affected too much by the pandemic but you only need one vital component shortage to slow things down for a particular product - like the current chip shortage out of Taiwan. An option to make up for lost time is airfreight which is viable when you have high value product. For me whether its a March, April or May launch i can wait - have been waiting many years for this type of gold detector - a few months either way is no big deal.

I wish to correct your statement here a wee bit JP, a prime example is some gully washes in FNQ, certainly not all, perhaps that was just a typo on your part. I find with patience, persistence and when I`m in the mood manual GB is the way at times, auto or semi auto at other times but manual GB almost all the times in those quiet gullies for max depth no doubt. Actually I have never found areas in any of the OZ states I worked where manual GB can not be used to find gold, maybe this is because I started detecting long before auto GB capable detectors come on the scene but I doubt it. Manual GB to me is simply a setting on the Z that allows it to be more productive at times, tis a most powerful gold detector. PIs I almost always operated in Manual GB, the Z not always as its auto GB settings to me are so much more productive then the PIs that allow the selection of auto or manual GB. If we disagree here then I am happy to agree to disagree but if you are up this way and you have written property owner permission to detect in my "backyard" I can take you to many such noisy FNQ gullies as I am sure other long term FNQ operators can.

You’re probably right, GB. Based on your experimentation on this subject and Chase’s reliable, insightful contributions, even though there are only 19 noise channels, and the Nox will choose one of those 19 noise channels as “the quietest” channel after completion of an auto noise cancel, that doesn’t necessarily mean there’s gonna be a 1/19 probability that your machine will select the same channel as your hunt buddy’s, who’s hunting with you...because of the particular/specific sources of EMI, and also “when“ each person chooses to do an auto noise cancel when hunting together. In addition, because noise cancel is a local setting, the Nox stores many different noise cancel values in memory (one for each mode, I believe ??...someone correct me if I’m wrong here)

I had a look, it seems American? OK for the US guys. Sorry, I feel like I’m picking on your posts. I’m not meaning to 👍

Wow, that is a great place you're hunting! Incredible finds. Thanks for sharing!

I don't think it's taboo here, as we have been very vocal on our dislikes about the machine. I hope you are not holding back on your issues with it as someone may have an answer that may help. You must have a very different type of beach than I am used to here in New England. There were some issues with the coil wire not being tight against the shaft that produced a lot of falsing, especially in the water. I don't think Carolina meant any disrespect to you in his comments. I find that I generally run on or near the presets for most time, but do run the ATS at 3 in all metal, when I want to get the most out of it. I do have to change my sweep speed to settle the machine down at that low of a ATS setting. Just some thoughts. I know you are a seasoned detectorists, so no disrespect meant by my comments on how I run it.

Drag. I hunted with the coil one day. Salt surf / Sand. Didn't take long, started feeling more weigh. Coil filled up with sand. This isn't just a Tarascci thing either. Now the covers on land, not nearly as bad. Prices ? Like I told my wife. It's why they call them checks. Stimulus

Wondered who this guy was with his back to the dump looking down at a detector in his hand! 🤣 JK... ok, here’s my camfire while out at Hauser geode beds looking for geodes and other minerals: that was a great trip!