Greenhorn Incoming

[rvpopeye]

Quite the pile of finds ! Looks like the kids approve !

(translated for Joe)?

 

[Passin Thru]

On 4/8/2021 at 12:45 PM, F350Platinum said:

Welcome Passin Thru,

Here's my 2c...

? Seriously, seems to me if you want to upgrade to more tones cheap, and maybe join in some water hunting, the Nokta Makro Simplex+ will give you 99 tones if you want. I was going to get one to replace my non-ground balancing Garrett Ace 400. It's around $250.

However, the local dealer pointed me at the Minelab Equinox 600, and told me I would never regret it. I haven't other than it's not an 800. ? It's about $650.

I've used a Simplex and liked it but love the symphony the Equinox plays. If you're technically and musically inclined and have no problem with Bluetooth, the Equinox is it.

I've been stomping farmland for 7 months now, and the beach for 6 days. It's a heckuva hobby. Since I'm retired and can get out almost every day I think people are getting bored with me, but this forum is the place for advice and tips. There is no free ride, no magic settings or machine, but the folks here are top notch.

You're doing great with the Bounty Hunter, learning a new machine can be trifling but the "modes" each one has will get you off and running. Come back with photos and for fine tuning!

Meantime have some trash. We all dig it. ?

 

I love the 600,and such as yourself,i bleve t could love the 800 harder? definitely can see the advantages in settings. I,ll see your trash and raise some trash?,i wonder why i havent found any junk silver coins or ihp or buffalos amongst all the other "Treasure"?

[Passin Thru]

On 4/8/2021 at 3:03 PM, kac said:

One thing that helps me is learning the size of a target by sound. That means sticking with one machine for a bit and learn good coil control where you have the coil nice and close to the ground and FLAT at all times with a consistant speed. Without good consitent speed you can't judge how long a tone is or how short and you will forever dig a lot of trash. Basically try to remove as many variable as possible.

Then when you feel the need to get another machine with more bells and whistles you will know more what you may want in your area to meet your hunting needs.

Some real basics is if the machine is too chattery then up the disc a little to take out some of the small iron bits and ground noise. Try to run sensitivity up if you can when you need depth but that may not always be possible if there is power lines and just a lot of dense trash.

Thanks for that advice. I ended up getting the nox 600 and have had a blast attempting to learn more about it,hands on. I really do appreciate the advice on "tones" . In my ignorance i assumed at 1st the tones were more of personal preference but,since ive read that they do have their own purpose in more completely or at least attempting to define the target for you by spreading the sig out an not jus cramming them into 2 sections or bins as ive seen steve say. That makes sense. Ill admit the 50 tones is somewhat confusing to me,and ive been stickin to 2-5 on the 600 but ive been using to 50 to attempt to understand it,in yard air tests. Target recovery and depth tests. Jus to familiarize myself somewhat more in my mind what the machine is doing. I can only guess at the many diff variables. Speaking of that,last nite i saw quite a bit of fairly deep clad coins while huntin low tide,the top 4-6" of sand was wet but,the dadgum coins were in a sumwhat dryer layer beneath. Quite a few had a dry layer of sand,crud encapsulating them. I was huntin the lil cuts an gullys that still had lil water in em. Soft sand packed sand,gravel and oyster shell as well as dry sand all seem to act lil diff and in diff areas. As well as how once i open a hole the pinpoint goes loopy. Then also havin several targets an diggin 1 to flip out on top of other? ima workn on learnin. Thanks to all of you who share your knowledge ??

[Joe D.]

    Ok, so was all that trash from ONE hunt?? I sure hope not, for your back's sake?!! I'm gonna borrow that pic (with your permission) for my local politicians!! Next time I show them all the "damage" we do to the environment, metal detecting!!? Here's my "inferior" pile from this morning!??

[Passin Thru]

 

    

43 minutes ago, Joe D. said:

    Ok, so was all that trash from ONE hunt?? I sure hope not, for your back's sake?!! I'm gonna borrow that pic (with your permission) for my local politicians!! Next time I show them all the "damage" we do to the environment, metal detecting!!? Here's my "inferior" pile from this morning!??

Lol thanfully No,thats from last 2 hunts on a particular part of beach,there was actually cupla more bag fulls that i dumped in their trashcans as my pouch was full. Im not sure what if anything the trash may b masking but,it was helluva diff in signals from 1 nite to next?. I do tend to dig all,except when im cherrypickin ?. I see it as incentive as well as just seems good karma to balance Give/Take. So i told myself. Since theres so much trash,i will remove whatever tricks me into digging it,fair enuff? Its a wonder there isnt more folks life flighted out with gushin arterial leakages. No way id go barefoot anymore. Everywhere ive been on creeks rivers beaches has had lotta trash lately. This is kinda surprising as i really havent been playin on them for quite a while,yet i have seen all the public advertising and promotion concernin their Green Blue ways and talks of trash pickups and removal. I can understand storm debris,and im not a greenpeace activist fer shur but it seems many for whatever reason,will jus walk away from an obvious mess. The broken bottle glass on creeks an rivers,feel free to use pics. Ive mentioned to several of my sometimes companions that have children,we oughta all get 2gether an make an effort to remove as much as possible in way of garbage. They all agreed,actually Doing it,remains to b seen?Maybe? Im ready for sum more creek,we been havin so much rain its hard to catch water levels down in creeks. Looks as if we have baby monsoon comin over this wknd. Mebbe itl rearrange some beaches.