First of all, I really appreciate you for taking the time on this course. Second, it was one of the best courses that I've seen so far about the ground setting, iron bias, and recovery speed. I wish to see some more & more & more video about this amazing machine from you.
You got it my friend, here is a playlist of equinox videos for you. And you can also find my Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group as well ua-cam.com/play/PLjrtO2dCo3KHkjtqTrlcCWu4Q6OpFeyIL.html
Hi Larry, John "The Nuts" Gomez here to let you know that this video is great, I seen this a year age and I didn't reply and I should have:-). This is the best break down and explanation of how to recover deep targets. The low and slow recovery speed adjusted to 1 recovery and FE to 0 was spot on and not always for all locations, like you said parks as an example:-). Thank you again, The Nuts!
@Linno-z7l 22 minutes ago A very useful tip I was told by a friend, is when pinpointing with the Garrett handheld pin pointer (or any pin pointer) to save getting back on your feet to re-locate a target with your metal detector (target may be out of handheld pointer range) if you use your digging tool as an aerial by placing the tip of digger on the top of the pin pointer and sliding it down until pointer starts to 'chirp' then back it off to silence it you gain much more depth than by normal use - Very useful especially if you are getting on in years - Cheers Linno
Just finished reading my Minelab Equinox 800 manual, I can't wait to start hunting. One thing I noticed was when you were setting your iron Fe setting to zero you forgot to press the accept/ reject button which takes you to the F2 Iron setting which detects a wider range and some iron the the Fe iron setting doesn't per the Manual. Have to remember that the F2 settings work best when doing all metal mode with iron tone audible which you stated you would be doing. Also ground balance auto tracking is the default and recommended for when gold prospecting and manual ground balancing is not in the advanced settings. Sorry as I'm not trying to be critical because it is a lot to comprehend let alone explain which you did a great job but it's also important for new people to fully understand all of theses various settings and how to use them to our advantage. Very nice video.
Interesting video. Just curious if you have a test garden. I would recommend using the threshold at an just audio level. When a target gets beyond the “faint signal “ and the detector does not give you an audio response you still could catch it with a “ghost whisper” which you will hear as a break in your threshold. Just a friendly tip. I’ve been able to get silver with my nox 800 at 14 inches. Appreciate your video , thanks for sharing.
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting my congratulations for the good device and for the passion in your words ..very good tutorial for me the best in youtube . . good hunt sir
One of my nicest coins is a 1775 kg3 that was a one way beep that was around 12 inches .. it was just enough to say dig me and I’m glad I did because the condition was fantastic another one was iron grunt on the max with a high tone right next to it ..usually bigger iron can give these signals off to the side and because I dug a liberty cap nearby I dug everything and on edge was the most beautiful green Connecticut copper that I had gods blessing to reveal with my brother ! Thanks for the videos !!
Very informative video. Even tho I've been detecting for almost 10 years - over 2 of them with the 800, I learned a few few things and was reminded of others. Keep up the good work!
Larry I got that orange coil tab support yesterday and it came with two zip ties. I haven't installed it yet, but I was wondering where the zip ties are used when putting the support on the coil?
I just got my Nox 800 today, I was using a Garrett 400i. This video gave me better set up tips and info than the Manual. Thanks for the info I've just subscribed. Out tomorrow for the first time with it in Wales, U.K. Going to go over a field I've been over a dozen times and stripped it of Georgian coins, lets see if the Nox finds anything else
If you would fix your coil wire, it will help you a lot with the ground balancing and optimal performance! It will also help you save money due to not loosen the insulation within the packing of the cables / wiring circuit. Especially w/ a 15” coil but it’s recommended for all. You run the wire straight up the rod by using cable ties separating the wire from lower rod. Be sure u leave a little-slack to account for when laying machine down and coil lays flat. Then start wrapping your cable when reaching secondary rod and using the velcro strap to help with keeping the cable tight and out of the way. Just something I learned from the Sr. Engineer at Minelab. Not too many of them tell you this because they want to sell you more coils and for you to send machine in for service when you cannot figure out what’s wrong after warranty. They are great company but are just like every company, they wNt to make profits! Just like the Auto Makers do not give you ALL the best practices when selling you a new car! They are wanting the service work and parts revenue later down the road. 👁
Very please to here someone who explain the equinox 800 settings very well. It will be great to get out to try the settings you have explained.Carry on with the good work. From the UK.
hi. Question for you as I have trouble with small silver. It seems I have to be dead on top before I get the signal. I recently dug a lovely silver thimble 2 inches down. But testing those settings over 5 inches I get nothing 😳 we both know I should hit that on the nox easy at 15 inches. I’m running my settings on beach to land on the 15 inch coil. 😢Thanks alan.settings are ground balance 0. Volume adjust 25 t1 = 1 t2 = 20 threshold 2 pt 1. Target zone 50 t1 = 1 t2 = 25 accept reject t1= 2 recovery 4fe = 2 iron bias. Do get very deep with every else. But silver 🤷♂️
Is the ground highly mineralized? Is there a lot of iron in the ground? What is your sensitivity set at? Remember with the deeper settings you also need to slow down your sweep speed to give the detector time to process the signal.
Hello I do adjust if need to on ground conditions. I will try iron bias on 0 and drop recovery to 2. Sensitivity as high as I can get away with. Slight chatter but comfortable normally 23
I just got my box 800 last Friday and I love it so far . I’ve upgraded from the Garrett AT PRO and that machine was. It a deep digging machine as far as I was concerned.
Kindly,ground balance, you mentioned, 65&85 is same deeper go down ground or it has different higher amount of numbers go more down, please tell us...mr....🤔,also which store we can go for your product in New York City, because we live in NY,area....thanks sir 😀.
Great information. Thanks Larry. I've been using my 6 inch coil with my Nox 800 as of late. I guess I use it because it's lighter and I don't want to dig to deep and make a big hole in the parks I hunt. I will start using my 11 inch coil for deeper penetration in those same parks and try and be as neat as I can with the holes.
I would love to chime in but I still have not received my 800 back from being repaired at minelab repair shop. Not impressed with their speed on repairs. Will take this into serious consideration with next purchase of new detector.
Another great video! I started watching you when i got my Nox, you where a big help starting out, Thank you! lm pretty confident with it now,. Best find so far is a small cash of 7 dimes 1894-1907. Good call on the All Metal! BUT, for me i run 0 Iron Bias & ALMOST knock out the iron with the advanced volume, so you dont mask a good target. Im also a desert hunter so MOST targets aren't that deep. Another good one is to watch your cell phone!! It can make the Nox chatter!! Keep up the god video's!! Thanks again
Thanks for watching, I will run 0 IB most of the time as well but for beginners it isn't recommended until they learn tones. Good luck and congrats on the cashe
Sir, I am Jafar from Indonesia, please help how the settings in the metal detector equinox 800 to find special gold seeds only..please your instructions
Thank you so much for these training videos! I appreciate them so much! I've really learned a lot from you and I'm going to teach my grandkids as well. Just got my Nox 800 Saturday but I've found my first coin in my yard already. 😊
With manual ground balancing I tend to get inconsistent values that sometimes range a lot just like you experienced at 7:23 and 6:54 in the same quiet locations. Which value should I use?
Question for you, sometimes when I noise cancel it will display a number say 7 for example after the noise cancel is complete, if I noise cancel again right after the first time, it will display a number say -7 or -6 (negative numbers), why would the numerical display for noise cancel be different for each time even though I'm in the exact same spot and doing noise cancel twice in a row?
Thanks for your video, I use use field 2 on my 800, and I`ve found deep good targets found using 10khz & then tested the same good deep target using multi & on quite a few occassions the multi hasnt picked it up, I`ve tried this a number of times, I also told a fellow detectorist this & he said that shouldnt of happened.
I watch this video almost a year ago and it was helpful then... and I just rewatched it today and I picked up a couple things that I missed the first time ....and I'll tell you why.... I hear many equinox users pushing hard on that 4K... And I think single frequency is great and certain situations... they don't have that in Beach mode just multi so I've never really used it.... And to be honest I upgraded one of my 800s to the latest version.. and I really didn't like it so I took it back down to the previous version.... So multi is what I used cuz of the beach... But recently I've started doing some inland searching here in Florida so it will be helpful possibly some scenarios...great video..... I'm looking forward to the new release from minelab for the new equinox. Good luck and happy hunting.
Texas just proved existence in America for over 20,000 years. Think Idaho could have have had been occupied for a lot longer than petro think. Im not trying to be disrespectful, you’re great and videos has helped me a great deal Sir. Just letting you know about the find in Texas about 40 miles north of Austin Tx. Ty
Do you know the best optimal setting for the equinox? and also how do you decipher between a pull tab and a nickel? a ring or foil? and a coin or just junk?
If you're hunting in multi frequency and get an ID number that sounds good.. let's say between 10 and 15 or seventeen, (Wich would be gold ranges and foil ranges,) Change your frequency to 4 khz or 5 khz. If it really is a good target the ID number stays about the same. If it's a pull tab, foil or bottle cap, the ID numbers will jump really high over 20. This helps me a lot. I do this all the time. Try it next time you're out. Good luck.
@@seamontas What are your tips and tricks to find rings with the nox? My issue is that gold goes from 1 to 25. I feel really discouraged and hope you have some tips to dig less foil and junk and more rings. Silver rings seem easier to me because I will dig up anything solid from 20 to 40. I hope that I can finally find a ring and get some more hope in the hobby. Im sick of foil foil foil and pull tabs pull tabs pull tabs
@@debe8110 Here is an excellent video on gold rings that gives you a great idea on gold ring signals. It's on you tube. MINELAB EQUINOX 800 TEST ON OVER 130 RINGS AND JEWELRY.
Love the Bear 💪 another great tip on hunting that I use often is when I get a good tone I want to dig I lift my coil off the ground if the sound goes away I know that it is a deep target
I just got a used 800. It's chirping like crazy in my back yard, I did a factory reset, noise cancel and ground balance with no luck. I live in a rural area, so not a lot of power lines or interference. Tried in several parts of my 1 acre yard. Cable is wound tight and screwed in tight. I've removed the coil cover and thoroughly cleaned it and the coil. I've tried changing channels and none make it quiet. The only thing that helps is to lower the sensitivity to 7 or 8 and then it's quiet, but I've just lost a lot of depth. I've put my phone on airplane mode with no luck. I also updated the firmware which was really old, but that didn't help either. Thoughts?
James, try downgrading to 2.0 firmware and then do a factory preset. Join Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group so it is easier to communicate we will see if we can figure this out.
All metal has no discrimination as all of the graph is active. The Iron bias when set to one will still give a reading on iron but won't sound on the rejected numbers
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting Thank you for taking the time to answer.I have never had the chance to hunt relics,just old parks.Without trying bias one or all metal how would I know if I’m missing something.I find the contemporary alloys anyway on no iron.I will try bias 1 in spring.I believe in my situation that it will be about the same.Thanks again.for the help.
It really depends on your preference, I really don't like going higher than 3 or 4 but if it is really trashy, I recommend putting on the 6" coil so you have better target separation.
Hi mate good videos you explain stuff well I have got one question do you have to ground balance the machine every time you turn it on or once it’s balanced will it save for you to not do it again thanks
In most cases you don't even need to ground balance unless you are in a highly mineralized area. If you ground balance I recommend you ground balance every so often as the ground changes from one spot to another so you may need to gb throughout the day even.
How are you my friend?, I realized you forgotten to tell people about the iron biased F2 settings you got it on but anyways thank you for the video and you have a wonderful day
No my friend I mean F2, but it's not the big deal anyways everyone has to use different settings according to their own territory, thank you for your videos and you have a wonderful and blessed day my friend and happy hunting.
thanks for the great content . Nice to see and hear good it to learn from this with my 800 that I just get. I am new here in this scene but I learned a lot. Greetings from the Netherlands.
dose the 600 have the same setting options as the 800? When using multi freq dose having the extra 20,40 of the 800 help? I'm getting ready to buy one and if I go with the 600 I don't want to later regret that I did not buy the 800. Your tips are great and will come in handy when I do get my new detector.
I would recommend going with the 800 if you can. It is a more versatile machine and the added frequency are a benefit. You can find a link in the description.
How often do you charge the battery on it? Like if I go out with a fully charged battery and I'm only out for one hour then do I recharge it or will it create a memory
I usually hunt 4-10 hours and will charge at the end of the day but it isn't recommended to leave it plugged in after it has a full charge as it basically cooks the battery
Hello, thank you very much for the informed videos you upload, I have a question for you about your experience with the two Minelab metal detectors. My question is: Can you provide me with settings of Minelab Equinox 800 only for native gold in the river and on the shore, which settings are analogous to the depth as of Minelab gold monster 1000 thank you in advance
Unfortunately I don't have any experience with the Gold Monster so I can't really give you comparisons. The equinox has 2 gold prospecting modes and is very sensitive to even the smallest pieces. Both the depth and setting will be dependent on the ground conditions and the coil you use.
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to explain these settings. I detect at the beach and just want to make sure the lower recovery speed will be okay at 1 or should it be higher in that kind of mineralization. Thank you!
P1 is a lower frequency than p2 same with field 1 and field 2. Park 1 and to have the most discrimination to try and eliminate pull tabs and bottle caps and such
For a coin size object with the 11 inch coil you can expect 12 inches in the right conditions, the 15 inch coil will give you about 15-18 depending on the ground conditions.
Another great video! I have been using Andy Sabisch's book lately and there is some great info in there too. But your videos are so damn helpful. By the time I got his book I was able to skim through the first part of the book because you had already taught me about all the buttons and advanced settings.
Hi Sodbuster! I have an issue with a surfing beach I go to. I know there's stuff there because surfers lose stuff all the time and nobody ever detects there. I get heaps of coins and rings at a nearby swimming beach but this one is a surfing beach and every time I go there it's just nothing nothing nothing. So I watched your video about trying to increase the depth. It's very sandy and with the constant waves pounding and even typhoons I'm guessing everything is down deep. I did what you said, all metal, ground balance but I really feel like my ground balancing doesn't work. Then I set the recovery level to 1 and then my equinox 800 starts acting weird. A loud noise in the middle of every swing. So I set it back to recovery level 6 and walk along getting nothing. It's driving me crazy this beach and I feel like smashing my equinox! It seems I'm doing everything in your video perfectly but it just doesn't feel right. Then I go to the swimming beach on factory settings and get lots of stuff .... Frustrating 🙂
What mode are you using? I am guessing you have a high concentration of iron sands in that location, so ground balance is important. Are you using beach 1 or 2? I'm not a beach hunter but I am hearing beach hunters say beach 1 for dry sand and beach 2 for wet. Bring your recovery speed to a stable setting so you don't get falsing and you might even try different single frequencies to see if one will serve you better in that location. Also how high are you running your sensitivity?
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting thanks mate. I decided to switch locations and went to another beach. I tried using different recovery settings and different frequencies but I just couldnt pick up anything there. I've had really good success at another beach this week though. Thanks for the tip I didn't know the difference between beach 1 and 2 before. Cheers!
Great video always learning. It is also good to revisit before spring. That being said I was out in the snow trying the new settings. I am going to run park 1 and Field 2 in the same locations and see what pops up. I use the Field 2 settings and found two dimes and three more pennies, but the location is the size of 1/2 a football field. I do have one question about the saved settings. When we save a setting is that for all 8 search profiles or just the location the profile that was changed. Also when we start the 800 do I need to press the user profile button or will the program start with the boot up. Thank you for the videos and help
This is the first video I have watched of yours but I use my detector on the beach will all the same exact settings for at the beach normally I run mine at Iron by 6 and Recovery speed at 6 sensitivity about 20 Beach mode 2 but I still haven't found my first gold ring been at about 30 times and still haven't found too much quarters nickels dimes fine it's very frustrating spending three to four hours hunting and not coming up with the gold what do you suggest anything different
Just a comment about your suggested advanced settings. Having tried what you recommend about setting full on iron etc, I tried this and found one major problem, the Nox now finds much more, but most is just trash. If detecting in areas where there is an abundance of trash, I would not set my machine up as you suggest or you'll be doing a lot of useless digging!
This video is to show how to get maximum depth. At the end of the video i explain that these settings will not work in trashy areas. Thanks for watching
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Do you dig faint targets that you cant pinpoint w/ the detector or that are not consistently repeatable?
Mike in this video I demonstrate a Sketchy signal that I did so people get an idea. Let me know if this helps. ua-cam.com/video/sokHZOuWyZ8/v-deo.html
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First of all, I really appreciate you for taking the time on this course. Second, it was one of the best courses that I've seen so far about the ground setting, iron bias, and recovery speed. I wish to see some more & more & more video about this amazing machine from you.
You got it my friend, here is a playlist of equinox videos for you. And you can also find my Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group as well ua-cam.com/play/PLjrtO2dCo3KHkjtqTrlcCWu4Q6OpFeyIL.html
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting Thanks for your Facebook invitation now! -Alex
I have watched this video over and over ,, very clear advice,, if you search with an 800 it’s a must ,,
Thank you for watching 😊
Hi Larry, John "The Nuts" Gomez here to let you know that this video is great, I seen this a year age and I didn't reply and I should have:-). This is the best break down and explanation of how to recover deep targets. The low and slow recovery speed adjusted to 1 recovery and FE to 0 was spot on and not always for all locations, like you said parks as an example:-). Thank you again, The Nuts!
Thanks Brother I appreciate you. Good luck hunting my friend
Your video FIRST, (of many), I've watched on the 800 that even dares going to "1" on the Recovery setting. Thanks.
@Linno-z7l
22 minutes ago
A very useful tip I was told by a friend, is when pinpointing with the Garrett handheld pin pointer (or any pin pointer) to save getting back on your feet to re-locate a target with your metal detector (target may be out of handheld pointer range) if you use your digging tool as an aerial by placing the tip of digger on the top of the pin pointer and sliding it down until pointer starts to 'chirp' then back it off to silence it you gain much more depth than by normal use - Very useful especially if you are getting on in years - Cheers Linno
Just finished reading my Minelab Equinox 800 manual, I can't wait to start hunting.
One thing I noticed was when you were setting your iron Fe setting to zero you forgot to press the accept/ reject button which takes you to the F2 Iron setting which detects a wider range and some iron the the Fe iron setting doesn't per the Manual. Have to remember that the F2 settings work best when doing all metal mode with iron tone audible which you stated you would be doing.
Also ground balance auto tracking is the default and recommended for when gold prospecting and manual ground balancing is not in the advanced settings.
Sorry as I'm not trying to be critical because it is a lot to comprehend let alone explain which you did a great job but it's also important for new people to fully understand all of theses various settings and how to use them to our advantage.
Very nice video.
thank you for your good time
im asking for horizantal searching
i have old wall so can i search the wall using the same sitting u explain ???
Yes
I need a day to just chill so basically I am watching your videos today thanks
Awesome! I appreciate you watching
Interesting video. Just curious if you have a test garden. I would recommend using the threshold at an just audio level. When a target gets beyond the “faint signal “ and the detector does not give you an audio response you still could catch it with a “ghost whisper” which you will hear as a break in your threshold. Just a friendly tip. I’ve been able to get silver with my nox 800 at 14 inches. Appreciate your video , thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tip Phil and thank you for watching. Happy hunting
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting my congratulations for the good device and for the passion in your words ..very good tutorial for me the best in youtube . . good hunt sir
Thank you, I appreciate you watching
Has anyone experienced difficulty switching the nox on and off , I seem to have to search for a sweet spot
I haven't
One of my nicest coins is a 1775 kg3 that was a one way beep that was around 12 inches .. it was just enough to say dig me and I’m glad I did because the condition was fantastic another one was iron grunt on the max with a high tone right next to it ..usually bigger iron can give these signals off to the side and because I dug a liberty cap nearby I dug everything and on edge was the most beautiful green Connecticut copper that I had gods blessing to reveal with my brother ! Thanks for the videos !!
That's awesome, congratulations!
Very informative video. Even tho I've been detecting for almost 10 years - over 2 of them with the 800, I learned a few few things and was reminded of others. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for watching
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting went you said deep how deep this goes?
I have found coins at about 14 inches. It varies on ground conditions and the item being detected.
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting do you think this machine will pick targets under 10’ like it says in the general description?
@@samuelaguilar9688 not 10 feet. If it is coin size targets you can expect up to a foot and maybe a little more in the right conditions
Great video, down to the point, that's how it should be told to become a good Detectorists.
Thanks for watching
Always enjoy your helpful videos!
Thanks for watching
Larry I got that orange coil tab support yesterday and it came with two zip ties. I haven't installed it yet, but I was wondering where the zip ties are used when putting the support on the coil?
They go over the support fron and back and around the coil. I personally don't even use the ties
Then I won't either. I think they would look awkward.
I just got my Nox 800 today, I was using a Garrett 400i. This video gave me better set up tips and info than the Manual. Thanks for the info I've just subscribed. Out tomorrow for the first time with it in Wales, U.K. Going to go over a field I've been over a dozen times and stripped it of Georgian coins, lets see if the Nox finds anything else
Glad it helped you out. Thanks for watching
One of the best Videos I have watched
Thank you, I have more tutorials on my channel also
If you would fix your coil wire, it will help you a lot with the ground balancing and optimal performance! It will also help you save money due to not loosen the insulation within the packing of the cables / wiring
circuit. Especially w/ a 15” coil but it’s recommended for all.
You run the wire straight up the rod by using cable ties separating the wire from lower rod. Be sure u leave a little-slack to account for when laying machine down and coil lays flat. Then start wrapping your cable when reaching secondary rod and using the velcro strap to help with keeping the cable tight and out of the way. Just something I learned from the Sr. Engineer at Minelab. Not too many of them tell you this because they want to sell you more coils and for you to send machine in for service when you cannot figure out what’s wrong after warranty. They are great company but are just like every company, they wNt to make profits! Just like the Auto Makers do not give you ALL the best practices when selling you a new car! They are wanting the service work and parts revenue later down the road. 👁
Very please to here someone who explain the equinox 800 settings very well. It will be great to get out to try the settings you have explained.Carry on with the good work. From the UK.
Thank you for the kind words. Feel free to adjust the settings for your situation, I have another video coming out Thursday say keep an eye out
Should you ground balance at beach on wet sand or leave it on 0? Many thanks.
There are iron sand and other mineral found on beaches, I would ground balance.
Very helpful. I am still just turning on and going.
Feel free to find Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group, I am available for questions whenever you have them.
hi. Question for you as I have trouble with small silver. It seems I have to be dead on top before I get the signal. I recently dug a lovely silver thimble 2 inches down. But testing those settings over 5 inches I get nothing 😳 we both know I should hit that on the nox easy at 15 inches. I’m running my settings on beach to land on the 15 inch coil. 😢Thanks alan.settings are ground balance 0. Volume adjust 25 t1 = 1 t2 = 20 threshold 2 pt 1. Target zone 50 t1 = 1 t2 = 25 accept reject t1= 2 recovery 4fe = 2 iron bias. Do get very deep with every else. But silver 🤷♂️
Ps merry Xmas from England.
Is the ground highly mineralized? Is there a lot of iron in the ground? What is your sensitivity set at? Remember with the deeper settings you also need to slow down your sweep speed to give the detector time to process the signal.
Reduce your recovery speed also for more depth.
Hello I do adjust if need to on ground conditions. I will try iron bias on 0 and drop recovery to 2. Sensitivity as high as I can get away with. Slight chatter but comfortable normally 23
Run your sensitivity stable but yes adjust according to your ground conditions and emi
I just got my box 800 last Friday and I love it so far . I’ve upgraded from the Garrett AT PRO and that machine was. It a deep digging machine as far as I was concerned.
Thank you for the easy to understand tutorial. I have watched this video about four times because I have CRS. :) This time I took notes!
Lol I have the same thing my friend lol
I'm buying an equinox 800 soon and I think with your videos it will be much easier for me to handle it.. Thanks for the great tips 🍺
Contact outlawmetaldetectors.com for your purchase
Get a 900 why get a 800
When you say "good solid signal" Do you mean sound + VDI no's? Anything on the screen that would be a likely junk tell. Thanks
I listen for solid tones. I don't go by vdi much
Kindly,ground balance, you mentioned, 65&85 is same deeper go down ground or it has different higher amount of numbers go more down, please tell us...mr....🤔,also which store we can go for your product in New York City, because we live in NY,area....thanks sir 😀.
You can order from outlawmetaldetectors.com and it will be delivered to you.
I'm not sure I understand your question
When ground balancing you want the numbers low. You really don't need to ground balance unless you are in mineralized ground
Great information. Thanks Larry. I've been using my 6 inch coil with my Nox 800 as of late. I guess I use it because it's lighter and I don't want to dig to deep and make a big hole in the parks I hunt. I will start using my 11 inch coil for deeper penetration in those same parks and try and be as neat as I can with the holes.
Good luck with your hunting
You are giving EXCELLENT TIPS.... THANK U VERY MUCH !!!!!!
Thank you James, I appreciate you watching
I would love to chime in but I still have not received my 800 back from being repaired at minelab repair shop. Not impressed with their speed on repairs. Will take this into serious consideration with next purchase of new detector.
thank you for video presentation. a lot of peaple on youtube talk about going deeper but nobody say numbers.
Your welcome
Just ordered my nox, I’m excited like a little boy on Christmas.
Awesome, you will love it
u wont regret it
@@coldmidgetts got your message 1hour ago as well as a ups delivery 📦 , you must have ESP.
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Thank you for this video , still learning ; greetings from Puerto Rico... !
Thanks for watching
Another great video! I started watching you when i got my Nox, you where a big help starting out, Thank you! lm pretty confident with it now,. Best find so far is a small cash of 7 dimes 1894-1907.
Good call on the All Metal! BUT, for me i run 0 Iron Bias & ALMOST knock out the iron with the advanced volume, so you dont mask a good target. Im also a desert hunter so MOST targets aren't that deep. Another good one is to watch your cell phone!! It can make the Nox chatter!!
Keep up the god video's!! Thanks again
Thanks for watching, I will run 0 IB most of the time as well but for beginners it isn't recommended until they learn tones. Good luck and congrats on the cashe
1894-1907
@@harley092355
LOL. yep, thats what i meant. cool find regardless.
Where do you get the coil steam protector? thanks
Outlawmetaldetectors.com
Sir, I am Jafar from Indonesia, please help how the settings in the metal detector equinox 800 to find special gold seeds only..please your instructions
@jafarsimbolon4247 metal detectors will find all metals not just gold. You have to dig all targets.
Excellent and straightforward 👍Thanks
Thanks for watching
Love your videos, I’m just learning my Nox 800 and you help me so much
I'm glad to help. Feel free to find Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group as well
best, most informative video I've seen on getting deeper, and no fluff! thank you so much
Thanks for watching
When you change coils do you have to reset your machine
No factory reset is needed
Thank you so much for these training videos! I appreciate them so much! I've really learned a lot from you and I'm going to teach my grandkids as well. Just got my Nox 800 Saturday but I've found my first coin in my yard already. 😊
Thats awesome Evelyn. Feel free to also find Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group and I can answer questions and you can post your finds 😊
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting Facebook Group?! Cool!! Will do!!
What would you use 4 or 5 hurtz for? Thanks
That would be for larger deep targets
With manual ground balancing I tend to get inconsistent values that sometimes range a lot just like you experienced at 7:23 and 6:54 in the same quiet locations. Which value should I use?
Try lowering the sensitivity down after locating a quiet spot then groud balance
Question for you, sometimes when I noise cancel it will display a number say 7 for example after the noise cancel is complete, if I noise cancel again right after the first time, it will display a number say -7 or -6 (negative numbers), why would the numerical display for noise cancel be different for each time even though I'm in the exact same spot and doing noise cancel twice in a row?
Emi changes constantly so each time you noise cancel it is choosing the quietest channel of what it reads
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting OK that makes sense, thanks for the reply and your channel has been very helpful.
@@thekingd9390 feel free to find Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group if you want also
Plzz.tell me if.if can do thia setting on beach mode??(
Yes you can adjust your recovery speed in beach mode as well
Some very good tips. Thank you!
Thank you for watching 😊
Special voice of gold and silver!
equinox 600 metal detector maximum depth setting best setting for finding gold and silver treasure in india
This deep targets wont give VID number on nox 800? just sound?
Sometimes that will happen.
Ty for sharing this video, I will start using these settings and techniques on my next outing. Keep your videos coming please.
Will do, thanks for watching
Any idea where I can find the RED piece attached to the your coil and shaft?
Ebay carry them. Search minelab equinox 800 coil tab strengthener
Lar, can you turn down the volume on the pinpoint?
I never thought about that but I don't believe so.
Thanks for your video, I use use field 2 on my 800, and I`ve found deep good targets found using 10khz & then tested the same good deep target using multi & on quite a few occassions the multi hasnt picked it up, I`ve tried this a number of times, I also told a fellow detectorist this & he said that shouldnt of happened.
Nice, these type of tests tell the story. Happy hunting
Sir you not told about recovery advanced mode that is FE-0 and what about other one... F2-?
I never use f2, only fe
I did discuss recovery speed, that is the main key to this
Will I pick up deep targets on the beach or surf water???
Yes
I watch this video almost a year ago and it was helpful then... and I just rewatched it today and I picked up a couple things that I missed the first time ....and I'll tell you why.... I hear many equinox users pushing hard on that 4K... And I think single frequency is great and certain situations... they don't have that in Beach mode just multi so I've never really used it.... And to be honest I upgraded one of my 800s to the latest version.. and I really didn't like it so I took it back down to the previous version.... So multi is what I used cuz of the beach... But recently I've started doing some inland searching here in Florida so it will be helpful possibly some scenarios...great video..... I'm looking forward to the new release from minelab for the new equinox. Good luck and happy hunting.
Thank you I'm glad it is helpful. Feel free to find Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group as well
Where did you get your ears saver for your coil the red device?
Texas just proved existence in America for over 20,000 years. Think Idaho could have have had been occupied for a lot longer than petro think. Im not trying to be disrespectful, you’re great and videos has helped me a great deal Sir. Just letting you know about the find in Texas about 40 miles north of Austin Tx. Ty
Do you know the best optimal setting for the equinox? and also how do you decipher between a pull tab and a nickel? a ring or foil? and a coin or just junk?
If you're hunting in multi frequency and get an ID number that sounds good.. let's say between 10 and 15 or seventeen, (Wich would be gold ranges and foil ranges,)
Change your frequency to 4 khz or 5 khz. If it really is a good target the ID number stays about the same. If it's a pull tab, foil or bottle cap, the ID numbers will jump really high over 20. This helps me a lot. I do this all the time. Try it next time you're out. Good luck.
@@seamontas Thank you so much I appreciate that I will be doing that very much now.
@@seamontas What are your tips and tricks to find rings with the nox? My issue is that gold goes from 1 to 25. I feel really discouraged and hope you have some tips to dig less foil and junk and more rings. Silver rings seem easier to me because I will dig up anything solid from 20 to 40. I hope that I can finally find a ring and get some more hope in the hobby. Im sick of foil foil foil and pull tabs pull tabs pull tabs
@@debe8110 Here is an excellent video on gold rings that gives you a great idea on gold ring signals.
It's on you tube.
MINELAB EQUINOX 800 TEST ON OVER 130 RINGS AND JEWELRY.
@@seamontas Thank you, I will watch it
Love the Bear 💪 another great tip on hunting that I use often is when I get a good tone I want to dig I lift my coil off the ground if the sound goes away I know that it is a deep target
Great point. Thanks for watching Jay
I learn a lot from your informational videos thanks!
Thank you for watching
I got my skirt today and it fits perfect thank you so much and good luck metal detecting buddy
Hello John, I hope you received the shirt as well 😂🤣 I got a kick out of that. Glad you got it my friend. Happy hunting
happy hunting to you to I got my equinnox back today all so so I'm really to go thanks again
thanks for the sticker that's cool I wish they was a place on my equinnox to put it I guess I'll put in on my back glass of my truck
Your welcome
When I ground balance, should I set my coil on the ground? or leave 1 inch espace between my coil and the dirt?
Watch this video I explain the ground balance ua-cam.com/video/Nb1gGWyFp_g/v-deo.html
I just got a used 800. It's chirping like crazy in my back yard, I did a factory reset, noise cancel and ground balance with no luck. I live in a rural area, so not a lot of power lines or interference. Tried in several parts of my 1 acre yard. Cable is wound tight and screwed in tight. I've removed the coil cover and thoroughly cleaned it and the coil. I've tried changing channels and none make it quiet. The only thing that helps is to lower the sensitivity to 7 or 8 and then it's quiet, but I've just lost a lot of depth. I've put my phone on airplane mode with no luck. I also updated the firmware which was really old, but that didn't help either.
Thoughts?
James, try downgrading to 2.0 firmware and then do a factory preset. Join Sod Busters Metal Detecting Facebook group so it is easier to communicate we will see if we can figure this out.
Does the iron bias at” 1”and leaving all metal setting on have the same effect?
Thats a great question, I have thought a ought that and need to see if there would be a difference.
All metal has no discrimination as all of the graph is active. The Iron bias when set to one will still give a reading on iron but won't sound on the rejected numbers
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting Thank you for taking the time to answer.I have never had the chance to hunt relics,just old parks.Without trying bias one or all metal how would I know if I’m missing something.I find the contemporary alloys anyway on no iron.I will try bias 1 in spring.I believe in my situation that it will be about the same.Thanks again.for the help.
Helpful video. What recovery settings do you use in heavy iron? I mean homesite machine gun nails everywhere iron? Thanks
It really depends on your preference, I really don't like going higher than 3 or 4 but if it is really trashy, I recommend putting on the 6" coil so you have better target separation.
Hi mate good videos you explain stuff well I have got one question do you have to ground balance the machine every time you turn it on or once it’s balanced will it save for you to not do it again thanks
In most cases you don't even need to ground balance unless you are in a highly mineralized area. If you ground balance I recommend you ground balance every so often as the ground changes from one spot to another so you may need to gb throughout the day even.
How are you my friend?, I realized you forgotten to tell people about the iron biased F2 settings you got it on but anyways thank you for the video and you have a wonderful day
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No my friend I mean F2, but it's not the big deal anyways everyone has to use different settings according to their own territory, thank you for your videos and you have a wonderful and blessed day my friend and happy hunting.
thanks for the great content . Nice to see and hear good it to learn from this with my 800 that I just get. I am new here in this scene but I learned a lot. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Glad I could help, I have other equinox tutorials on my channel as well. Happy hunting
Great video good info can you tell me what is the value of the fe2 mode cheers
I'm not sure what you mean by value. The fE vs F2 is f2 was modified to reject bottle caps.
Good day sir im came from the philipines i just want to ask about the deep of big item about 10 feet can reach detect of nox 800? Thank you sir
No it won't detect 10 feet deep
Once I set my settings and when I press your profile will my settings stay there when I turn my machine off and back on
Yes you can save it to your profile.
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting thank you
dose the 600 have the same setting options as the 800? When using multi freq dose having the extra 20,40 of the 800 help?
I'm getting ready to buy one and if I go with the 600 I don't want to later regret that I did not buy the 800.
Your tips are great and will come in handy when I do get my new detector.
I would recommend going with the 800 if you can. It is a more versatile machine and the added frequency are a benefit. You can find a link in the description.
Off subject.When you tighten the bolt on the coil,does the ear stiffener keep the bolt from tightening enough to keep the coil from flopping?
No I haven't had an issue with it
How often do you charge the battery on it? Like if I go out with a fully charged battery and I'm only out for one hour then do I recharge it or will it create a memory
I usually hunt 4-10 hours and will charge at the end of the day but it isn't recommended to leave it plugged in after it has a full charge as it basically cooks the battery
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting Man I think you must...
So what's the difference between field one and field 2?
I think this describes it best ua-cam.com/video/dAutiM1bex4/v-deo.html
Thank you
Hello, thank you very much for the informed videos you upload, I have a question for you about your experience with the two Minelab metal detectors.
My question is: Can you provide me with settings of Minelab Equinox 800 only for native gold in the river and on the shore, which settings are analogous to the depth as of Minelab gold monster 1000
thank you in advance
Unfortunately I don't have any experience with the Gold Monster so I can't really give you comparisons. The equinox has 2 gold prospecting modes and is very sensitive to even the smallest pieces. Both the depth and setting will be dependent on the ground conditions and the coil you use.
Excellent video
Thank you for sharing info.
Thank you, I appreciate you watching
Thanks, May i ask how can thease settings be saved to the detector
Great info im still learning and I will try this thank u!
You are very welcome. Happy hunting
When the tone is in the advanced setting,will the machine save and all the modes sound the same?Park 1 Field 2 for instance?
No it would only be for the program that you are in
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting Thank you.You do a great job with well thought out and clearly delivered tutorials.
Thank you 😊
What version OS are you running?
You.re right on the money, excellent advice. Good for the 600 also.
Thanks for watching Daniel
Still love watching your videos learning a lot
I appreciate you watching, find a pot of Gold Juanita
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to explain these settings. I detect at the beach and just want to make sure the lower recovery speed will be okay at 1 or should it be higher in that kind of mineralization. Thank you!
1 should work just be sure to slow your sweep speed also.
Okay great thanks. I'll give it a try out here on the FL treasure coast. Happy new year!
if you can get a faint target to repeat, but no number shows up, would you dig it, or would you think it is a ghost signal?
If a signal is repeatable I would dig. Some targets are to deep to read a vdi# and could be the oldest coin you ever dug.
what is the difference between field 1 and field 2, or park 1 and park 2?
P1 is a lower frequency than p2 same with field 1 and field 2. Park 1 and to have the most discrimination to try and eliminate pull tabs and bottle caps and such
sir i have a question how deep that will detect or will be detecting in 6 meters deep?
For a coin size object with the 11 inch coil you can expect 12 inches in the right conditions, the 15 inch coil will give you about 15-18 depending on the ground conditions.
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting thank you very much sir
Where can I buy that coil reinforcer?
Ebay is the best place
do you ground balance the same if in 3 feet of water?
Mike I'm a land hunter but I would guess that it would be the same.
Where did you get the red clip on your coil
The best place to get them is ebay
Another great video! I have been using Andy Sabisch's book lately and there is some great info in there too. But your videos are so damn helpful. By the time I got his book I was able to skim through the first part of the book because you had already taught me about all the buttons and advanced settings.
Awesome Joseph, I am glad I was able to help. Find a pot of gold my friend
What do you mean by "keeping your detector stable"?
Hi Sodbuster! I have an issue with a surfing beach I go to. I know there's stuff there because surfers lose stuff all the time and nobody ever detects there. I get heaps of coins and rings at a nearby swimming beach but this one is a surfing beach and every time I go there it's just nothing nothing nothing. So I watched your video about trying to increase the depth. It's very sandy and with the constant waves pounding and even typhoons I'm guessing everything is down deep. I did what you said, all metal, ground balance but I really feel like my ground balancing doesn't work. Then I set the recovery level to 1 and then my equinox 800 starts acting weird. A loud noise in the middle of every swing. So I set it back to recovery level 6 and walk along getting nothing. It's driving me crazy this beach and I feel like smashing my equinox! It seems I'm doing everything in your video perfectly but it just doesn't feel right. Then I go to the swimming beach on factory settings and get lots of stuff .... Frustrating 🙂
What mode are you using? I am guessing you have a high concentration of iron sands in that location, so ground balance is important. Are you using beach 1 or 2? I'm not a beach hunter but I am hearing beach hunters say beach 1 for dry sand and beach 2 for wet. Bring your recovery speed to a stable setting so you don't get falsing and you might even try different single frequencies to see if one will serve you better in that location. Also how high are you running your sensitivity?
@@SodBustersMetalDetecting thanks mate. I decided to switch locations and went to another beach. I tried using different recovery settings and different frequencies but I just couldnt pick up anything there. I've had really good success at another beach this week though. Thanks for the tip I didn't know the difference between beach 1 and 2 before. Cheers!
I am wondering if the beaches are being hunted by other detectorist making it hard to find targets there?
Great video always learning. It is also good to revisit before spring. That being said I was out in the snow trying the new settings. I am going to run park 1 and Field 2 in the same locations and see what pops up. I use the Field 2 settings and found two dimes and three more pennies, but the location is the size of 1/2 a football field. I do have one question about the saved settings. When we save a setting is that for all 8 search profiles or just the location the profile that was changed. Also when we start the 800 do I need to press the user profile button or will the program start with the boot up. Thank you for the videos and help
Only the location of the profile you set it in
Great tutorial
Thank you
Is there a way to have the tones to sound the same when one is in a different settings,Park 1 Field 2 etc.?
You can customize the tones to what you want in the advanced settings
ua-cam.com/video/Rc0BHQGKzWs/v-deo.html
This is the first video I have watched of yours but I use my detector on the beach will all the same exact settings for at the beach normally I run mine at Iron by 6 and Recovery speed at 6 sensitivity about 20 Beach mode 2 but I still haven't found my first gold ring been at about 30 times and still haven't found too much quarters nickels dimes fine it's very frustrating spending three to four hours hunting and not coming up with the gold what do you suggest anything different
It just depends on the soil/sand conditions. If the gold isn't there you won't find it. Try different areas and be patient.
Very GOOD TIPS. THANKS !!!!!
Thank you for watching
Just a comment about your suggested advanced settings. Having tried what you recommend about setting full on iron etc, I tried this and found one major problem, the Nox now finds much more, but most is just trash. If detecting in areas where there is an abundance of trash, I would not set my machine up as you suggest or you'll be doing a lot of useless digging!
This video is to show how to get maximum depth. At the end of the video i explain that these settings will not work in trashy areas. Thanks for watching
What should be done to find the target in 15 feet depth one target has silver and 1 target has gold
You would need ground penitrating radar. A metal detector won't reach those depths.
Larry. As far as high to low tones do you have a video explaining the difference?
Hello tim I have this one ua-cam.com/video/VPA6JdWzK3M/v-deo.html