CCadrin Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On my beaches in Long Island Sound the D2 is definitely deeper than the Nox on wet sand. I've gotten 7 gold rings using the 11" coil and one gold chain. My D2 is now paid for based upon melt value (I did this in less than 2 months). These two months were one of my best months back-to-back I every had AND I did not hunt as often as I use to. Of those rings, 5 IMO were out of range of the Nox's 11" coil. I did not do side by side comparisons but I have score over 60 gold rings with the Nox so I know where my limits are on the Nox on my beaches. Also I want to say, I've dug my deepest penny, dime, nickel and quarter, and silver coins in the wet sand compared to the Nox and at times nearly as deep as my AQ. In the water, I am very skeptical. I don't have enough time to come to a conclusion. Dive mode doesn't seem as deep and Beach mode is chatty. As the water warms this summer I'll have a better feel. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Oostra Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 18 hours ago, rvpopeye said: The boat ride sounds like I wish I was there ... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmnz Posted June 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2022 Hi all - thanks for the advice above. I decided to give one a blast - namely as I sold my spare CTX and nox (keeping a CTX always!). Went out twice now, yesterday at the beach trying to learn the menu! Today, in the water. It’s winter here in NZ and pretty chilly, but, with a new machine to test was somewhat determined! The jury is out but from my first 3 hours in the water: - very stable / ran at 97 - 99 sensitivity. not chatty here in calm water - tried Dive Mode and the various beach modes - bone conduction phones are great for diving, with a hood. I made similar for my CTX. They are a little uncomfortable, but not bad. Apparently covered by the 5 year warranty here in NZ, will be interesting to see how they hold up Very few targets at this beach and then a deep, faint tone in DIVE mode - the 8gram ring was pretty deep - I don’t think the CTX or EXCAL would have found it? I setup a ‘copy’ of the DIVE mode, saved as a custom program but with pitch tones - popped the ring back in the hole (seemed 1 foot deep!) and and ran the coil over it - no way to miss it, blew my ears off! The jury is out at the moment but at least the detector is 1/10 paid off ? more updates to come 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Wow, nice ring! It looks like you're off to a great start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 11:00 PM, CCadrin said: Also I want to say, I've dug my deepest penny, dime, nickel and quarter, and silver coins in the wet sand compared to the Nox and at times nearly as deep as my AQ. In the water, I am very skeptical. I don't have enough time to come to a conclusion. Dive mode doesn't seem as deep and Beach mode is chatty. As the water warms this summer I'll have a better feel. From air test the AQ is weak on silver coins? Seems gold and nickels are it's stronger point, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwcracker Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Would love to see a test that I could believe. So much BS and smoke has been spread and blown that I believe none of it. What I do know is the EMI is horrible in my area. I refuse to subject myself to that sort of punishment until it is remedied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmnz Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 Can't really comment on the EMI as I was underwater the whole time ? Wonder if the noise cancel / or freq shift would help out above? I will give it a decent test today, they (D2) are fairly hard to come by in NZ (No stock at moment) - so if the trial ends badly will move it on to a coin hunter. I was only interested in the dive ability really. The unit does seem pretty waterproof, and the dive headphones are decent. I like the ability to alter the tones, so they are easily heard over the typical scuba bubbles (will see). I really hate the YouTube videos that don't give honest info, they seem to pump each machine up, beyond reality. There should be a 'paid content' disclaimer from some of those guys. Off for a dive today with the nemo, its a 0.3 tide, but a very pounded (aka, basically empty) beach, hoping for one last target! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmnz Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said: From air test the AQ is weak on silver coins? Seems gold and nickels are it's stronger point, for me. D2 missing the 5gram 14 - or did the D2 not pick it up at depth? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmnz Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 53 minutes ago, Gwcracker said: Would love to see a test that I could believe. So much BS and smoke has been spread and blown that I believe none of it. What I do know is the EMI is horrible in my area. I refuse to subject myself to that sort of punishment until it is remedied. did the freq shift work? or the noise cancel / channel search? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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