Dan(NM)

I'm not a big water hunter, although I do own a Nemo by Blu3 and will go into a lake or a river if it looks like a popular swimming hole. I'd rather hunt exposed dirt next to water because it's so much easier to retrieve the targets. These are the worst looking coins Ive dug since I've been in Texas. I think some farm lands drain into the creek and it could be the chemicals. This is not a place I'd go into the water lol. I do plan on keeping tabs on the water level for obvious reasons.

Thank you. the worst part is the mud, it's a sticky gooey mess lol, clings to everything.

We are in semi drought conditions here in Central Texas. I went back to the park that's been producing quite well. Today I focused on where the water would normally be under normal conditions. I ran my tone break right at 21 because the trash was almost unbearable. I may have left some nickels but I was able to pick up a few keepers. When I have more time and patience I'll go back and investigate the mid to lower tones.

Park 1 works great in fresh water.

Sorry to hear that. I started the new year off with covid, I was very fortunate that it was the mild version.

I showed the ring to my wife and sister in law, both of them said it gave them some weird vibes. I told them I was compelled to pick it up lol..

Thank you very much. I'm not sure Steve, it looks like it's made out of bone or somethinglike that. It was laying on top of the ground in an area where I have dug v nickels

Beautiful day here in Central Texas. I drove over to a park about an hour from my house and had a very productive day. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

I did spend a few days in my hometown in Northern Texas, dug 35 silver coins in 3 days of hunting. I would hunt 8-10 hours per day. I have a feeling I may have to do some door knocking back in some of the towns that produced. I hope the yards produce like the parks Being a married man, I'm used to hearing no ; )

Thank you Steve. A few spots I would pull up and think to myself, no way is anything left, it's way too obvious of a place. You have no idea how many times I would shake my head in disbelief at what was coming out of the ground, I was stunned and that helped fuel the fire even more. I will add, not everything was deep, I dug a lot of shallow good targets and a boatload of crappy iffy signals that turned out to be keepers.

I appreciate the kind words. I've been hunting on and off since 1988, so after awhile you learn to recognize potential producing areas. It helps having used the Nox exclusively for 100's of hours chasing deep iffy targets for almost 4 years. When I approach a new site, my thought is, if there is anything within the detecting range of the Nox, I'm going to find it, the machine was built for the kind of places I hunt. Now, I wish I could say that I spent hours in the library searching over old newspapers and microfiche for spots. But, what I did was look at a paper map, pick a couple of towns close to each other, call the parks dept or city office and ask them where the oldest parks were 🙂 If I found a wheat or a 5-6" deep coin, I knew the spot would have potential and I would beat the place into submission lol. I did meet a few hunters out on the trail, none were interested in digging deep targets, just shallow clad, that was very encouraging. I was very lucky to happen upon a few parks that had some great coins and stuff left. As far a time spent, If I drove an hour or more to a site, I'd spend 7-9 hours hunting. I would do that a couple times a week when I could, so, maybe 40-60 hours some months. If I were to guess, I'd say 300-400 hours. I missed almost 3 months of hunting this past year due to a move in the spring and only got out 1 time in Dec. As far as the warnicks go, several rang up in the zinc or low 20s. If a spot quit producing high conductors, I would break down a start looking for nickles lol, didn't happen often. Most of the parks I hit weren't that old, 1920's or 30's. I did hit a couple of parks where I grew up that produced very well, 35 silvers in 3 days, that was a big advantage, but surprising that I found so many after all these years. Everything clicked for me, I happened upon some poorly hunted sites, had a great machine and put in the time and effort and the rest is history.

Thank you sir!!!!

Thanks, one of my best silver years in a while.

Thank you. It's very satisfying to see some keepers at the end of the year.

Here's a few pics of last years finds. All were found in public places, mainly parks in Texas. I did hunt 1 school and 1 baseball field. My specialty is, hard hit, given up on places. I love the challenge of finding what was left behind. I use the Nox 800 and have it set up to cherry pick copper and silver 90% of the time. If I get into a really old place or around water, I'll open it up a bit. I use my tones as a discrimination , I run wide open . Total silver coin take was 117 and a 287 wheaties, total silver finds 144. Not sure how much clad I found, I cashed it in 3 different times during the year. I'm going on my 4th year with the Nox and have done very well relic, coin and water hunting during that time. Here's my settings. Park 1 Iron Bias F2-0 Ground balance 0 Recovery speed 3 2 tones... pitch on -9 to 17 at 3 from 18 and up at 25 Tone break at 18, unless in older places or around water. No discrimination Sensitivity as high as the site allows. Coil scrubbing the ground and a slow sweep. I know what a lot of people are thinking, just think of all the stuff you left behind. I was having to drive 1 to 2 hours one way to get to some of these places. I have to maximize my time because of the time factor.

Looks like February or March before I have one in hand. That's too bad because the weather's great out here in Central Texas.

I have the same issue with hearing the Nox while using my Blu3.

After buying the Nox and a Whites top of the line and not using either, why waste more money on another machine your not going to use.

I use the Nox and glare has never been an issue for me. These screen protectors aren't advertised as anti-glare.

I use these on every machine I get. I cut a template and place it over as much of the screen as possible. They're almost indestructible, plus The price is right too. "Zagg InvisibleShield for Amazon Kindle Fire Screen". I buy them off eBay for 5 bucks. I am more concerned about the screen getting scratched then I am about the housing getting scuffed up.

I see my name on one 🙂

I'm more concerned about durability. I hunt in rivers around rock and boulder outcroppings. Seems like knocking the clip loose from the coil could be an issue. I'm assuming the cable clamps to coil.

According to Dilek, the pinpointer they were working on is being redesigned to pair to the Legend. The Pulse dive will not pair up to the Legend.

I have one on pre-order, I'm rooting for it to out do my 800, but, I have my doubts. If it performs decent, then it'll be my water hunting machine. I also am on a pre-order list for the Deus 2 to use as a relic machine. Not to keen on the skinny cable to hunt in the water.

Thank you very much, I was able to clean it up enough to getting ID, looks like I got myself a slick shield nickel.