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No sign of a Version 3 manual on the Minelab web site yet, like the Version 2 manual they provided for download. Anybody know of an updated manual for Version 3 that might shed some light on the new “various” features?

See ColonelDan's “V3 Update Report; My First Impressions” on this Equinox forum. Recent post with a good wrtieup.

Have you tried your pinpointer to see if it “sees” the target in the plug as well as scanning the hole? Seems like an obvious question, but you didn't mention this.

Do they plan to sell a 6” coil for it? 😎

Great service. I hope the pod stays waterproof 😀 GL & HH

A lot depends on how deep in the water you plan to go. Speakers won't do well below the surface as the water may dampen the speaker movement and thus the sound. Piezos will perform better under water. If you don't plan on diving I'd go with the Pelsos. I have a pair and the sound is decent. They will sound better than the piezos out of the water.

Why would you do that?

The initial charge usually takes several hours so a full charge in one hour the first time out sounds very suspicious. Even after using the detector for 3 or 4 hours requires several hours to recharge the battery. Try a Factory Reset like 2Valen suggests and see if that fixes the problem. Like the others above, my guess is the detector is at fault and it's time for a warranty repair or dealer replacement. Good luck, hope you're back in the game soon.

Jeff pretty much hit it with his posting. Ground balance & noise cancel are a must. I don't use 50 tones - too much for my brain to handle. 5 tones for P1, P2, F1, F2 & B1. 2 tones for B2. I turn the iron tone down to 4 so it's less annoying. I move the T3 tone break up to 20 and the T4 tone break up to 31 so I don't get the tone bounce between tone breaks on zincolns (19/20) and quarters (29/30) when coin shooting. I'll play with recovery speed and iron bias depending on site conditions, using the F2 settings for iron bias to get more range. It all comes down to where you are detecting - parks, fields or the woods and what the ground conditions are. I detect fresh and saltwater beaches. P1 setting for fresh, B1 for salt in the dry and wet & B2 in the saltwater. No gold to hunt around here. Nice write-up, Jeff.

Some obvious questions: Earbuds are charged up? Nox volume is turned up? Earbuds volume turned up? Did you use a quick charger to charge the earbuds? I believe they recommend not using a quick charger and using a charger rated at 1 amp or less. Have you tried pairing the earbuds to a phone or other device to make sure they are OK? Do you have a friend who owns an 800 who will let you try pairing his ML wireless headphones for testing? If you've had the same problem with other BT earbuds or headphones even after factory reseting your 600 I'm guessing you may have a problem in your Nox control pod. Try calling ML service depot in PA and maybe they suggest something to try. Good luck.

Have you tried moving to different locations to eliminate interference sources such as buried dog fences, electric fences, underground power lines, overhead power lines, cell towers, wifi signals, etc.? Find some “quiet”, isolated place and give that a try. If that fails, do as Tom Slick says in the previous response, call Minelab Customer Service and send it in. Their Customer Service is great.

Responses above are correct. That happens for “surface” (close to coil) targets. Bury your target several inches or simply raise your coil about 6” above the surface target and you will find you get one beep.

I made the “forgot to come out of pinpoint mode” a couple of times when I first got my 800. Easy mistake to make coming from an ATPro where you have to hold the button down. After hunting for 20 minutes without a target and discovering my mistake I've since learned to check the display. I don't see a need for any lock buttons. Looking at your display from time to time should keep even the novices out of trouble.

I could make my own in the time it takes to wade through all the contest rules & regs.

Nice job! Came out looking good. Tnx for the photos & details Micro.

Great job, John. As suspected, from the photos it looks like these headphones are throwaways once the battery is shot. At least there are some decent replacement headphones out there for reasonable prices when replacement time comes. Thanks for the photos!

Pretty clever! Maybe a photo of how the cuff is attached / adapted to the triangular tripod shaft?

Have you checked the user manual pages 40 and 41? You can download it via the Minelab web site. I would highly recommend reading it while you wait for your new Nox to arrive if you haven't already done so. The manual states Tracking GB is the default and recommended mode for the Gold Modes due to mineralization (page 41). Auto GB is typically used for the other modes and there's a small section on page 40 describing a method to try if Auto GB doesn't reduce noise in highly mineralized ground or high salt levels. So, it comes down to how mineralized or salty, in your case, your CC beach is. I'd definitely start out with Auto GB and see how the Nox performs. If your beaches are highly mineralized you may want to give Tracking GB a try. I hunt some Gulf of Mexico beaches in Auto GB, but they have very low to non-existent salt mineralization. Do as the manual states, use Beach 1 for the dry and the wet and Beach 2 in the saltwater. You may even try Park 1 in the high and dry sand. GL & HH

Super day! Once again the “dig it all” axiom is proven.

FWIW, I was detecting a park in early 2018 in the early days with my Nox. I had pinpointed a target and forgot to exit the pinpoint mode. I detected in pinpoint mode for about 20 minutes before realizing my error. All I got was noise and strange beeps. When I realized the error I exited pinpoint mode and went back over the same area and found coins I had missed while detecting in pinpoint mode. Years of using my AT Pro where you held down the pinpoint button to pinpoint and released the button to exit pinpoint mode was my problem. The AT Pro differs from the Nox where a pinpoint button push enters and another button push exits pinpoint mode. Bottom line, detecting in pinpoint mode cost me a lot of wasted detecting time and yielded no targets. Just sayin'.

I agree, Peg. They're renourishing Anna Maria Island on the Gulf side starting in a few weeks. Millions of taxpayer dollars to pump sand onto the beach so it can wash away again in a few weeks to a few months or following one good storm. Repeat in 2 or 3 years. Sad.

Note that the Minelab battery has 3 leads and the 26650 has 2 leads. The third wire may, possibly, be used for temperature sensing to protect the battery. My guess is it would be wise to purchase the replacement battery from Minelab and get the right number of leads and the connector already installed.

Clever, Dew. Gotta Dew what ya gotta Dew to make it work! Sorry 😐 I received and installed the ear stiffener on the factory lower shaft. No problem with coil and lower shaft clearance so no mod needed. The coil bolt is plenty long enough so no issues there either. It was difficult to feed the coil bolt through all of the stiffener, shaft and coil ears. That took a few tries. I might try slightly beveling the end of the coil bolt if I take it out again. Other than that, the cost and shipping were both good. Wish it came in black though, but the red isn't objectionable.

Following up on my previous comment and Dew's above. I emailed Don at Detecting Doodads and he said no glue is required, just slip the coil ear stiffener over the existing ears. My stiffener should be here 11/18. Some may have to glue if they have broken ears. I've also heard ABS type glue is the way to go, as Dew mentions, in that case.

Anybody tried these yet? Looks like a good device. When installing over unbroken coil ears would the coil ear stiffener be glued to the top of the coil and to the ears or just dry fitted? If glued, what glue would be best for the 3D printed plastic?