Hunting in trashy places with a 600.

[Happa54]

I don't have a NOX but......in a really messy area I would spend less time trying to pick everything out in one run than going over the same ground multiple times with different settings. First I would run your highest recovery speed in say park 1 or two. Clean out all the shallow stuff first. Maybe even keep your sensitivity on the stock setting the first time around. Then lower your recovery, bump your sensitivity up a bit and go over the same ground again from a different direction and clean it out a bit more. Then do a final run again with the lowest recovery and highest sensitivity in a field mode, again from another angle.

I know it sounds like a lot of work but if you just concentrate on one small section of your site per day(draw a map to remember) it's not so bad. I find this layer cleaning technique works really well for me, instead of just trying to fumble every target out of multiple layers of trash which is difficult, just break it down into baby steps. Obviously in cleaner spots you can relax due to there being less noise but when in multiple layers of heavy trash, no single mode is going to be as effective as just cleaning the place out. The machines get confused and so does your brain. Make sure you clean out some of the large targets too, they can block out a lot of smaller stuff near or under them.

Bottlecap... you are spot on with your response to this. This is the foundation or basics to working a trashy site, so I've read numerous times. Take off the first layers, which may be masking other targets below, then work through the next levels. These are the basics that although I am aware of, but do not apply due to "too much info" in my brain re this hobby. I will remember this the next time I'm hunting at my new go-to site. I am confident that my bucketlister Barber Quarter is there, but I have to work for it in a smart and diligent way.

 

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[Bottlecapbill]

It's there. You must believe! lol. Also, when using this method you'll pull up a lot of other cool stuff you may have otherwise passed on. I've found a lot of cool things by just digging sketchier targets. Good luck!

 

[Racso]

For trashy sites I like using 50 tones and for some reason I have used all metal since the first day out with the Equinox. Once you get used to 50 tones, silver coin signals just pop in your ears without having to look at the screen.

 

[Bottlecapbill]

layers

More audio feedback is always better. I run my machines wide open.......I want to hear everything.

That being said, if you have multiple layers of targets near that silver it can still distort the tones. Removing layers gives you the best chance of finding it all. Or course just digging every thing gives you the best chance, but takes a toll on the body.

I have very very few productive sites where I live so when I do find one I don't want to let go! LOL. I'll grid it until it's quiet clean soil. Mother nature loves me.