My Nox 800 pin points on the left heel of the 11" coil. It does it every time. I've tried pulling the coil back to center over the pin pointed area and get nothing. I'm to the point of digging my plug back a couple of inches from the left heel. Anyone else experiencing this anomaly ? This seems to have occurred since I up loaded the of the. I've tried to go back to the old version but the screen on my laptop only shows the top three quarters of the update screen.
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Pin Pointing with the Nox 800 ?
- Thread starter Grunter
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Piedmontartifacts
Active member
I’ve noticed something similar when iron is close by or falsing.
Well I finally figured out how to go back to the old version. My Nox now pin points right on the money where the manual says it is suppose to. I would like to hear from other Nox users that have experienced this issue and would really appreciate an explanation from a ML tech.
Jason in Enid
Active member
D&P-OR said:
Open the updater and connect your EQX. look on the right side of the page for three dots ( ... ) and click it. There it will allow you to change the software to an earlier version.
RayinAlaska
New member
I updated my 800 to the latest, and it pinpoints exactly in the center where it's supposed to. However, I bought this detector last weekend, and updated it before using it. I believe that the update corrects a problem with detecting a coin on edge.
Jason in Enid
Active member
Grunter said:
a FP is pointless if you are going to then change the software. Just do the update.
Trailduster
Active member
Grunter said:
See my detailed post in the "Equinox Software Update Not So Good" thread.
My 600 was not a happy camper with the update. Switched back and she's back to slaying targets like a champ again.
Before the update, when I would pinpoint, the target would be center of the coil but just in front of the stem bolt. My hot spot was in front of the detector stem, right where a little dimple is from the coil molding process.
After the update, I noticed I was missing the targets by several inches, and the target almost always ended up in the sidewall of my hole...always in the same spot. I figured out the pinpoint center had shifted somehow...now, the reference point on the coil would actually be BEHIND the detector stem, where the white bar code label thing is on the coil. If I understand your post correctly, that would be very similar to where your detector is pinpointing as well.
I have water hunted with my Nox all summer long and had gotten use to scooping targets without being able to see a reference spot on the coil or on the ground. I got quite good at scooping but immediately after the update, I was missing targets. I really saw what was happening when I did a water hunt one morning and a land hunt later in the day. I first thought it was due to the wireless headphones...since I don't use them in the water, I thought there must be some kind of lag with them that was causing it...in fact, the last time I went, I started using the wired waterproof headphones just to see if there was a difference...and there wasn't. SO, your post kinda helps me lay that one to rest with it being the update that caused the problem. I dunno why it did but that seems to be the RC in where it all started.
After the update, I noticed I was missing the targets by several inches, and the target almost always ended up in the sidewall of my hole...always in the same spot. I figured out the pinpoint center had shifted somehow...now, the reference point on the coil would actually be BEHIND the detector stem, where the white bar code label thing is on the coil. If I understand your post correctly, that would be very similar to where your detector is pinpointing as well.
I have water hunted with my Nox all summer long and had gotten use to scooping targets without being able to see a reference spot on the coil or on the ground. I got quite good at scooping but immediately after the update, I was missing targets. I really saw what was happening when I did a water hunt one morning and a land hunt later in the day. I first thought it was due to the wireless headphones...since I don't use them in the water, I thought there must be some kind of lag with them that was causing it...in fact, the last time I went, I started using the wired waterproof headphones just to see if there was a difference...and there wasn't. SO, your post kinda helps me lay that one to rest with it being the update that caused the problem. I dunno why it did but that seems to be the RC in where it all started.
HanoverDigger
Well-known member
Did the update on my 600...Pinpoints in the center also.
sniffitout
Member
My 800 pinpoints right at the dimple, after the update. No problem here.
Matt
Matt
Always Curious
New member
Pinpointing is not the Nox's best feature, or, maybe it's the coil. It works,but seems more affected by other nearby objects than most.