Valley Ranger

Thanks so much for the advice. I'm sure you're in similar soil so I'll try your suggestions next time out and let you know. I have the 800. No, it's not been "hit hard" - at least not the area I'm in. I dig minie's with other machines every 3-4 feet at 6", so I know that where I'm hunting still has quite a few relics.

I searched first, but could not find what I'm looking for on this topic. I apologize if I've missed it. The Equinox has been very good to me on some "trashier" colonial and homesites here in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. But it's struggled on a Civil War battlefield site that I have access to. It seems to miss a lot of lead (Minie' balls) and just not performing well. The soil is slightly mineralized due to fertilzing, but not anything major and most other machines handle it very well. There is VERY little trash on this site. Over the last 10 years I've used many different machines and dug a ton of Minie' balls, shell fragments and some iron musket parts - but the brass has eluded me. There was intense hand to hand on this site and thousands of troops, so I KNOW the brass is there. What programs/settings might some of you recommend for this type of environment? Any suggestions would be appreciated. I know I'm not getting the potential out of the Nox and want to really give the unit a good shot at this site. Thanks!