Nuke em

Do i sense a factory recall ? Here in the UK i have not heard of a delivery for around 3 weeks , certainly not at my dealer i am getting my second machine from . My dealer has had 3 returned for various reasons out of 75 i think they have had , i am at 119. And Minelab said they would have all back orders cleared by when ??

Use 10 khts for tops or dry sometimes. My beach have all the types of trash available and more.

I think the deepest target apart from large Aluminium has been about 9 inches.

There are lots of Students in the area , big University nearby.

This morning the tide was in early so i went to the beach for an 8am start , the tides are a bit short right now and much of the beaches are built up . I used the Nox today and i decided to have a go on the dry tops and try to solve the EMI issues . First though i got my feet wet looking for goodies low down and came across a few coins and a knackered strange looking Silver ring with its band broken . When i got to the area that has the worst EMI i went up to the tops and did a noise cancel , this time it worked . Though only for 15 minutes or so then i had to do it all over again and then again ...... . By the end of the search i had found £22.72p and the Silver ring . I wish the Gold would show up , maybe it will on the longer tides when i can get onto sand but then i am working the next long tides so might have to wait till later . I saw 2 other detectorists , 1 with an E.Trac and the other with a cheapie machine , dont know which machine . My next day out is in the weekend . Working tomorrow .

Tuesday evening after work i went to the beach again , even though it was a bit cooler and misty i thought maybe there would be something to be had. I got to the beach at around the same time as the last time at 7.15pm and used my Terra , i took the Nox with me in case the lower beach looked suitable to detect . But it didn't , using the Terra is easier on my beaches on the dry tops. I searched the same beach as last time plus another East and by 10.30 i was almost finished when a couple with a torch appeared and were looking for something . They said the Girl had lost a Silver ring , they seearched one area but i thought after looking that they must have lost it slightly further away . And i was right , within a few minutes i had found it . So thats 19 i have had this year , though i dont have a picture of it . My total finds for this search were 2 Junk rings , a junk ear ring , the Silver ring (returned) and £30.69p and also 2 Pencil sharpeners ! My next search will be with the Nox further West on Thursday morning for low tide . Time to find Gold , if its there . I know fresh coinage might be boring to some but to me its what pays for my machines and thankfully it does. It will be a sad time when it all finally goes cashless , finding coins will be very nostalgic .

My sister works in the hospital that our mum has been going to . she has looked at the computer and found mum has a 3 inch lump on her right lung. Maybe the CT scan will shed more light on it all.

After i finished work late because of very warm weather getting the crowds out and onto the beach i took my Nox and Terra to the beach . I was thinking work the tide out with the Nox then do the dry tops with the 705 which is better for that , is ! I got there at around 7.15pm , when i saw the beach it looked quite busy and the lower beach looked worth doing . I found within an hour that it wasn't so i got my Terra set up and as the crowds left as it started to get darker i started to find some fresh losses . Not as much as in the past but not bad and hopefully it will get better as the Summer comes. I found a wallet , it had no money in it and only had 2 i.d. cards for clubs and a National Health card and a Visa card ( i sense a cloning could happen!) , i called the numbers on the clubs but had to leave a message . I could not find a Copper to hand it in too so i took it back to my Bus Depot and put it into lost property and left a message saying that . Anyway before that and upto around 11pm i had found £37.12p and a flashy Lighter which i have refilled with Gas . I didn't see anyone else detecting so i had all the beach to myself . I would go to the beach on monday and the weather is going to be warm again but i have an early start on Tuesday . I have other things to do on Wednesday including going to Hospital with Mum to get her a CT scan for her suspected lung Cancer so i think maybe Thursday will be my next day out .

About 2 and half hours. Plus breaks.

In the UK we do day / month then year . The £5.11p is a very small total for me most times , in the past and sometimes now i can make that look small change. It doesn't matter how you go on the tops on my beaches the Nox wont have it . If you lower the sensitivity then you miss targets or have to go so slow that it takes an age to find anything and cover the area . For me thats when the Terra 705 or ET comes out to play . They can get interference but it is much more manageable and they have better target info than the Nox i think . My beaches are also some of the trashiest beaches in the UK and riddled with Iron and Aluminium , sometimes it amazes me that in the past i have got so much off the beaches in those places i search . Any how the Nox has its places to search and with an Anderson shaft i can switch to the Terra anytime and cover what the Nox cant and vise versa .

Nothing deeper and its the same area but lower longer tide . At least i know its good in the salt wet in the water .

Over the last couple of days the weather has been wet and a bit windy , looking at a nearby beach i pass every day when working that usually looks like my local beaches i search it didn't look good . Anyway i decided to go this morning at 5am for a while and work the tide out . I was also wondering which machine to use , either the Nox or the ET . In the end i went with the Nox . When i started i searched along the lower beach above low tide but above the sand but the finds were quite sparse so gave up after a couple of hours . At that time the sand was showing and so i put the Nox in Beach 2 and got my feet wet , my settings are different to the ones on the Beach 2 but when i went into the water the Nox stayed completely stable and no falsing . I only found 3 coins but then i didn't expect them . By the end of the search i had found £5.11p . Unfortunately no gems this time. Beach 2 works far better than Beach 1 . Unfortunately the Nox wont work on the top parts of my beaches due to huge amounts of EMI but at least i have found where its best suited. My next hunt is either tomorrow or next Monday , that will be with the Nox too.

It is possible but it doesn't effect the ET lower on the beach like the Nox and the Terra on the tops either like the Nox . Will have to test it on another beach when i can .

I will wait till i get my second machine i think and compare . But i have heard depth issues by some others from a mate so i dont know whats going on . Anyway my beaches are the worst beaches for searching , too much Iron and nails and mineralisation to the hilt and some black sand and shingle and tons of non ferrous trash of all kinds . Going to have to look for other beaches to search soon i think , and land too.

I'm not getting that depth at all.

Its not so much air tests its the in ground depth . Just not getting the depth . Maybe i will buy the second unit to compare to the first . If only Minelab could get their finger out ! As for the Cross , not sure on metal . It did come in at a low tone . I have set a high tone for Silver so anybodies guess till tested .

I need to get somebody else's settings for beaches so i can see what else it could be . Air tests are better but not great and 12 to 14 inches are no way on coins here . Even air testing a Pound coin wouldn't get that . Even on the ET it would be around 11 inches with the 11 inch coil.

This morning i went to the beach at 3am so i could work out the tide and would have been there at 1am but overslept . I only went on a small section of beach as the rest was not really that good after giving it a check . Gladly i found a good spot and pulled a number of coins out , i found a Cross too but cant see a hallmark so cannot say if its Silver or not . My total was 1.20 Euro's , the Cross , 2 other foreign coins and £18.53p . In the picture one of the Pound coins in the second row turned out to be the Euro coin after cleaning . I am still not getting more than 6 maybe 7 inches of depth from the Nox but still cannot say if its the machine or the beach . My next search will be early on Wednesday but i will use the ET as the Nox wont work on the dry tops due to serious EMI from the clubs along the seafront or something . The ET and Terra can handle it and i know their tones but the Nox is very different . The only best place for the Nox on my beaches is between the low and high tide points . I have another 800 ordered and have found a buyer for my Explorer 11 but i dont know whether to buy the second Nox or not or keep the E 11 ? Its a pity there are so few of the machines out there in a way , i could do with another person using the Nox on my beaches to see if they have the same issues . As it happens i might have to postpone my second machine anyway due to something else , might have a Holiday to book for Mum and i to Oz at some point . I will take the Nox to Oz for a hunt on their beaches . Not sure when that will be .

I prefer the straight shaft to the s stem . always thought the s stem was is unbalanced . Anyway its the machines capability that matters more . Every time i use it the Nox convinces me that it is a replacement for the Terra more and more . On my beaches i only wish it worked as well !! Its useless on the dry tops on my beaches "EMI" and for some reason i cannot stop it falsing in the water "beach 1 and 2 " . But it works well between the tide points but not deep . I will have to visit another beach , all these Youtube videos of it in the water pulling out coins and rings but i still dont see depth over 8 inches .

Have in the past but prefer the Pro. Waterproof. The old coil goes with my Explorer 11 .

Been to the beach for around 3 hours . I found a George V Penny of 1919 and £11.79p and another silver ring and a junk ring.

A lot in that year were fresh losses , but also a lot were dirty old losses . I cleaned it all up and banked it . It has paid for my detectors and things since. The hobby has to pay for itself . I am on the way out in a short time for another search with the Nox . Its a bit overcast and i am expecting rain , will also have to work the tide out till around 1pm . Thats my lot for today , it could be over way before that if i see the beach has built up.

Yes. I am not kidding . And the following year it was £3236 and 11 Gold rings , more gems than the year before . But since it has been a lot less in coinage but gems have held to average .

Almost all of this years total is old losses , the cashless society is killing coin hunting now. In the past i have had a lot and my best year was £3411 plus gems. But those totals are a dream now.

My coin take with the Nox is just over £140 but overall for the year its £629 from all detectors. Summer isn't here yet.