Sinclair Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Congrats! I think part of the success lies in digging targets, which we probably wouldn‘t have with our old machine. At least for me some targets IDs are very close together on the NOX, so I dig it just to be sure.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 I think now when looking at a larger piece of man made gold and the sensitivity of the Nox we need to be concerned with the other metals in the mix. The number for this chain is 13. I know most of my nickels come in at 15. Copper/zinc pennies come in at 20-22 it seems. Silver is higher and gold is lower. This is the makeup of 14K White Gold: 58.5% fine gold, 12%copper, 8% nickel, 6% zinc, and 4.5% silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontAmmie Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Congrats on the nice chunk of 14k. How do you tear yourself away from all that cuteness to even go metal detecting? Does he need an extra grandma? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmox Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Mitchel, as a hard core California beach detector, what scoop do you like? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSC Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Wow 20g of 14k is a great find congrats to you and the little rockstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Tmox said: Mitchel, as a hard core California beach detector, what scoop do you like? Tim I have used several scoops over the years. The one I use now is stainless steel and heavier than the detector. It is one of the Eastern European makes that I can use with one foot and one arm while holding the detector in the other. It is more like a shovel. The other type I use if there are shallow targets is the basket scoop that you pull towards you. Both types now have a long handle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 I went back out this afternoon and nothing much on the beach. I took the chain with me to test. When in the dry sand I found a target. It was a 13 and when I dug it up it was a rusty bottle cap. I took the chain and put it near and it was also a 13 but solid and not popping. I put them close to each other with the chain in a ball and stretched out long and it sounded the same. I pumped on both targets. There was no negative number or low sound with the gold but there was with the cap. It's too bad the numbers are so close together. I wonder what I missed with the 3030 by not digging caps. Mitchel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 7 hours ago, mn90403 said: It's too bad the numbers are so close together. I wonder what I missed with the 3030 by not digging caps. Mitchel Nice chain Mitchel..I don’t think you missed anything with the 3030 it it disks out caps better then the 800. Remember these are robots telling you what to dig and not to dig. Strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaldetectingisfun Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Wow! Congrats on find & family! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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