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Nokta Relic rising...
Posted by ncwayne
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Nokta Relic rising... May 23, 2016 06:06PM |
In a previous post, admitting I had limited time afield with the Nokta Relic, I suggested that the Relic might not have the intelligible audio that the Racer, in my experience, has. "Am I wrong," I asked.
Well, now that I have been out at least four more times, or approximately 12 more hours of use, I can answer my own question, at least in my own mind. Yes, I was wrong. I now believe the Nokta Relic conveys just as much information in its audio, and possibly even more in its TID (target ID numbers) as my original Racer (can't speak for the R2). The Relic, to my ears, seems to have its own dialect, not quite the same tonal shapes and blends as my Racer, but just as conveying of target information.
There are others here on this forum who can give better technical explanations and devise more productive set-ups to coax marginal targets out of the ground, no doubt, but my only purpose in this thread is to say that the more I use the Relic, the more I like it. It's fun! And it produces. My relic fields are pretty much off limits til harvest time. If I need a relic fix, I will try to hit some home sites, or seek out some open woods (hard to find around here). For the finds below, I hunted the dirt road (driveway) that borders one of my fields, and a couple small fields that have yet to be planted. The driveway was virgin (to me) but both small fields have been gone over numerous times with the Racer and Deus. Hunt time was roughly 3.5 hours.
The good, the bad, and the ugly. What a relic machine should find.
Notice the leather piece with the two rivets. Probably leads/reins for the plow horse or mule, often looped behind the person working the plow. A few buck balls, too.
I love finding Indian Heads, but don't find them very often. This one (1895) came out of the driveway, wheat field on one side, house and yard on the other side. It was about 3 inches deep.
Thanks for looking.
Wayne
Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)
Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?
Well, now that I have been out at least four more times, or approximately 12 more hours of use, I can answer my own question, at least in my own mind. Yes, I was wrong. I now believe the Nokta Relic conveys just as much information in its audio, and possibly even more in its TID (target ID numbers) as my original Racer (can't speak for the R2). The Relic, to my ears, seems to have its own dialect, not quite the same tonal shapes and blends as my Racer, but just as conveying of target information.
There are others here on this forum who can give better technical explanations and devise more productive set-ups to coax marginal targets out of the ground, no doubt, but my only purpose in this thread is to say that the more I use the Relic, the more I like it. It's fun! And it produces. My relic fields are pretty much off limits til harvest time. If I need a relic fix, I will try to hit some home sites, or seek out some open woods (hard to find around here). For the finds below, I hunted the dirt road (driveway) that borders one of my fields, and a couple small fields that have yet to be planted. The driveway was virgin (to me) but both small fields have been gone over numerous times with the Racer and Deus. Hunt time was roughly 3.5 hours.
The good, the bad, and the ugly. What a relic machine should find.
Notice the leather piece with the two rivets. Probably leads/reins for the plow horse or mule, often looped behind the person working the plow. A few buck balls, too.
I love finding Indian Heads, but don't find them very often. This one (1895) came out of the driveway, wheat field on one side, house and yard on the other side. It was about 3 inches deep.
Thanks for looking.
Wayne
Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)
Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?
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Re: Nokta Relic rising... May 23, 2016 08:02PM |
Nice work NcWayne
and glad to hear another person jumping on board with the relic as a great little tool in the right kind of site/s
You're definitely correct in that the audio holds the key AND that it speaks a language all it's own.
Definitely takes a bit of getting used to and a while to master it too. They don't act/work like so many others you can just turn on and go and in a few hrs have the audio/language down -- so to speak.
I'm loving mine so far - pairs well with the CTX as a polar opposite but great team
Keep at it and keep us updated!
HH
and glad to hear another person jumping on board with the relic as a great little tool in the right kind of site/s
You're definitely correct in that the audio holds the key AND that it speaks a language all it's own.
Definitely takes a bit of getting used to and a while to master it too. They don't act/work like so many others you can just turn on and go and in a few hrs have the audio/language down -- so to speak.
I'm loving mine so far - pairs well with the CTX as a polar opposite but great team
Keep at it and keep us updated!
HH