Minelab Equinox 800 PRO TIPS you NEED to Know!
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My Pro Tips using my Rule of 7's technique for the Minelab Equinox 800 Metal Detector. A must see video if your currently own or plan on buying this incredible machine. This detector is one of the best available today. Come along while we take you through several pro tips that can elevate your detecting game to a whole new level. Stay tuned for our videos coming soon on the new Minelab Manticore Metal Detector.
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I’ve only watched 2 of your videos and so far I’m hooked. I can’t to go back and watch more. Keep them coming.
Did you know the less recovery speed; the deeper she detects
I still.tjose high pitched noises)
Must have different thinking, ID CAN BE ACHIEVED on iron horseshoe to a break TONE.
Never had a problem with the "signal admirer" but now it will erk the piss out of me now that you showed it too me. Lol
Too funny! Yeah sorry I brought it to your attention but I guess I just had to say something, especially when talking about best use of time and productivity. Thanks for the view and comment! 🤠
Hey @Brassmedic hope you and your family are having a great Christmas, just picked up the equinox 900 yesterday so was wondering if you could do a pro tip video on the 900. I also picked up the Garrett AXIOM 3 weeks ago. Keep up the great content
You walk away when there is to big of number difference)
Well I've been swing a VLF since the Garrett Ground hog was state of the art, that's 45 years. Mostly in Western Australia but I now live in Tasmania, my thing is nugget hunting in the goldfields and I rarely watch a 47 minute video especially if it's not nugget hunting but I watched all of this one. This is all you need to know about the nox 800 for relic hunting, nothing more to say. If you're a nugget hunter in highly mineralized ground, just slow down, ground balance often, use the factory settings where you can, don't be afraid to turn the sensitivity down and in severe ground you may have to notch discriminate the ground mineralization. Refer to Steve Herschbach's guidelines, for relic hunting watch this one again ! One more thing, I believe the Equinox 800 is the best VLF machine on the market, it's going to be hard to top it.
Thank you John for the view and fantastic comment! Yes, 47 mins can be brutal. I'm trying to get better with every video I do to not be boring or repetitive and get to the point. I have been at this for 38 years but you me beat! A couple of old, grizzled detecting vets we are! You say this is the best VLF machine on the market, I totally agree for gold. I like my Minelab Gold Monster 1000 for VLF but this Nox 800 is just a bit deeper. My Gold Monster has paid for itself many times over. Now if I can just get my GPX-6000 to pay for itself! I will try to find Steve Herschbach's guidelines and check them out!! Thanks again for checking in from down under! All the best! Mark
@@BrassMedic Hey Mark I don't run a GM 1000 but from what I've seen on other channels, Nugget Shooter Journals for instance, the GM may have a slight advantage for gold. As of last summer I've taken up sniping, Tasmania is a great place for that with some pristine rainforest rivers, so I went for the nox as it's waterproof, I love it, a very versatile machine. I will checkout your nugget hunting video later. As to your GPX-6000 I heard from my cousin last week, he had a dryblowing set up at Reedy in Western Australia for many years we, hammered the area for years, he's retired but went back there with his wife last month with 6000's, 12oz. between the two of them in 2 weeks. He is impressed with the performance so I'm sure you can make it pay. Happy hunting, John.
Thank you for the time and effort in your video's, many years ago I had a detector and I'm looking to get back into it here in NZ, I'm thinking of the Equinox 800 so your video's have me hooked :) Great quality video's!
Wow, thank you for the kind comments and for the view. Comments like this are what keep me motivated to keep making these videos. I'm glad you were inspired by the video too and you definitely can't go wrong at all by getting an Equinox 800. One of the best machines on the planet! Thanks again for the view from all the way down in NZ! 🤠
I'm 10min from Calico here in California. Everyone telling me about trying the equinox 800 out here. This video helps with learning how to use it.
I'm pretty close to you and yes the 800 is a fantastic machine and you will do very well with it! Thank you for watching the video and for your comment
Great vid, prob the best I have seen. Took me 2 years to work this out, so will save beginners a heap of time. Couple of things maybe to add: I find with the Nox it is signal cleanliness that delivers - squeaks are (usually) always sign of mixed metals. Prob the most important thing of all I find is to do very short swings over the object (at several angles) to check that the ‘x that marks the spot’ stays in one place. You do this perfectly in the vid, but never mentioned it. Iron x’s wander. Could be another ‘7’ rule ie a seven inch swing, 7 times.
Only thing I would avoid is the keep the Nox in pinpoint mode, as in this mode it will pick up nails or other crap that was being ignored before, and u may bluff yrself into thinking that was the target… Another good one is if a signal disappears - to get the carrot in the hole as it may have fallen out of range of the Nox.. Happy days 👍❤️
Thank you for the view and kind comments!! This is also the case with my Minelab CTX-3030 as well as far as the X staying in one spot. Also
Iron gives a slightly delayed signal to the ears whereas a coin for example is a quick and sharp response. Good point about the pinpointer mode as you could null the real, desirable signal out by swinging out and over a co-located iron target. 😬 Thanks again for watching the video!! 🙏🤠
I need this in Pakistan How cant I get it? what is the range of Minelab Equinox 800 under the soil?
Great advice
You can't leave and sound breakthrough..dig some iron or your not detecting, properly.
Thank you for all the tips and for watching the video. 🤠
What a great tip video.! I learned so much from your skill with the Equinox 800, the machine I now own. I live in a remote small town with only myself to detect with. I have lived in Glendale Oregon for 6 years, and just this summer found a fellow 800 owner who just purchased his machine. I will share your video with him. We only hunted once and I had to walk him through the set up. I’m excited to try all the tips you have shared. I started with a Garrett AT Gold detector for 4 years, loved it, but my new Equinox is so much more, and a lot to learn. Thank you so much. Gary
Hi Gary, I really glad to hear that you found this video for you and your buddy. Don't forget to do the update on the Minelab site for the Equinox 800. Yes this machine is a huge upgrade to the AT Gold and the Equinox 800 is also one of the best VLF gold detectors available as well if your looking for mostly gold. I know your little town as when I lived in Newport, OR my son played baseball games with Newport HS in Glendale. An absolutely beautiful town! Best of luck to you two! Check back in after you try these settings! 🤠
Great video, so much detail and important tips to improve metal detecting. Thanks so much. I have minelab 800, but have not used it much, still learning. This has really helped.
Thank you so much for the view and taking the time to leave a wonderful comment like this! I'm trying hard to get better with each video I make and my goal is definitely to get comments like this! Absolutely keeps me motivated to keep making these videos. 🤠
Maria here from the UK
Just fell across your video.
Ive put it in my watch later 👍
I have the same machine
Thank you so much for checking in from the UK!! I also really appreciate the view and comment!
I liked the vid, very informative and well done. However, I HUGELY have to disagree on something you said regarding sweet spots. Someone finds a good spot and you think it's ok for you to go on his sweet spot even shoulder to shoulder. Professional courtesy says you should stay out of his sweet spot by at least 10 feet. That is HIS sweet spot, not yours. Go find your own good spot.
I have to go back and watch my video again to find out what part you're talking about because that is something I would never say I'm always exactly as you say very respectful to other people's finds or areas that they're working in. In fact there's a video on my old Channel where we let a guy dig 10 coins nine of them were silver half dollars and a five-hour gold piece all before we even turn our machines on we let him take all of them. Thank you for your view and comment!
ML Vanquish has the same guts. So, allot of these tips apply to it. Including ID numbers. But it has auto balance feature. Pin point also only works when held down.
Thank you for watching the video and for your advice and tips and for taking the time to leave a comment!
Congrats ! With your tricks you never dig large deep iron.. .?
7's? Lower the sensitivity while sweeping over the target until it is just audible. Now check the meter. Stable number is good and splattered numbers are not gold. Check 'em in single frequencies mo betta.
Hi Charles, I assume you had a typo in there that said gold instead of good? So you're saying that you can lower the sensitivity until the numbers are stable and if they don't get stable that's not a desirable target? Thank you for the view and for taking the time to leave a comment!
Common sense by sound.
Nice break down “tips”. I noticed the map in the background looks familiar if you live around that area maybe I will bump into you some day. HH👍
I am in the California Gold Country and have never really been up that far North to check the areas of that map. But it's a really cool map to look at! Do you find any 1850's relics in that area? 🤠 Thanks for the view and comment!
Finally!! A video that I can totally relate to and learn some tips and tricks to make my Nox 800 experience better! Great video and cannot wait to return to some honey hole areas and use these tips!
I'm glad you were able to find value in it. I appreciate the view, the kind words and comment!
Hi, Brass! New sub here....found your personality, finds, and all around knowledge very impressive! So, question...I see you chose the Field 1, is that for 50 tones and coke reduction, or did you choose it for some specific reason? Thanks much.
TECH QUESTION: Do you vary coil “swing speed” based on RECOVERY SPEED setting?
Excellent “Operational Pro” tips…..very informative …if I can remember them all at once.
What lake is on your treasure map? Does it say. Looks like my home town lake castaic. Pretty cool
I am not home to confirm but I think it's Lake Isabella if I remember right. 🤔 It's a really cool treasure map!! Thank you for your view and comment!
Question: Signal over wet steamy cowpie, dig or no dig?
Not sure if you're being serious but it's funny you ask this because my PI machines like the Minelab GPX-6000 And GPZ-7000 both give off a loud false on wet cowpies. So I don't dig them anymore learned the hard way it was a false! I mean it's just grass so I don't mind digging in them but it's a waste of my time. Thanks for the view and question! ⛏️🤠
My brand new 800 show good vdi’s in air test but the first time I took it out the numbers were all over the place on everything except aluminum chunks of can. I even placed a quarter on top of the sand and it vei jumped from 1-39 all over. What should isdo
New sub here! You showed up in my feed. I am so happy you did! These tips are wonderful. I had no idea my equinox could do a lot of this! Especially the pinpoint tip to make the target smaller. @23:01. I can’t remember what you called it but I love it! I can’t wait to watch the rest of your videos! Thank you so much! 🎄Swinging Donna🎄
In cherry pick mode. What’s wrong with the numbers below 14? I don’t get it.
I wouldn't say anything is wrong with the numbers below 14 I just don't want anything down in that range personally speaking now I could miss a platinum ring or a real thin women's gold band or maybe a three cent nickel coin but for me I just don't pay much attention to signals that low. I don't recommend that for everybody else though at all. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
Tip you never use a small type knife to holes for artifacts.
I like the contrast between all the valuable detectors and the 2003 Laptop.
I love this comment! Someone who pays attention to detail 😁 Funny thing, that laptop is a prop and doesn't even work. I'm all PC for my studio. Guess I need a more modern prop top 😊 Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Like your videos because I have to dig in highly magnetic ground. I currently use a bounty hunter tracker 4 and a bounty hunter lone star pro. Have been looking and the Mine lab equinox 800 as a upgrade as I progress in my searching. Live in the high desert North west AZ Kingman area. Just found your channel and like your approach to teaching. Thanks for the video, will look into the Mine Lab 800.
The Minelab Equinox 800 (or the new Minelab Equinox 900 or even the Minelab Manticore) would be a huge upgrade for you for sure and well suited for your soil. Thank you for the kind words and for the view and comment! Much appreciated!
Ha my sister and i laugh because we always would find good stuff while walking back to the car.We ended up an hour more sometimes.
It's so true isn't it? Several people have commented on the same video and the other comment saying they've had it happen to them too. Thank you for the view and comment!. Best of luck to you guys
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i know excacly what you mean about signal guys already runnend in on a couple of youtbers that are doing it 😂 i think its funny you talkt about it 🤙👍(sorry for my bad englisch)
Yes, I would think that this is a very common thing for detectors all around the world I have a few friends and buddies here who are really bad at it. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!
Pro tip get a real shovel haha just joking cool video man, I have over thousand hours on my equinox and have found many great relics and knew almost everything you said on this video but I did not know about the pin point technique to narrow it down thanks for the info
The Equinox 800 is still one of the best machines ever made! Great for gold nuggets too! Thanks for the view and comment!
I love to help every now and then on a lotto win I like to get 100 bucks in 5 and 10 cent coins put the lot in one park keeps the competition outa .ones hair.😊😂😂😂😂😂.
I have heard stories just like this from others ☺️ thank you for watching the video and for your comment!
Great video, really great tips! I studied the EQX 800 while it was on order a couple of years ago. learned some things, but no one never said anything about de-tuning. Great tip even though I don't use the pinpoint button, on any detector I swipe with the front and back of the coil to determine size, it saves a couple seconds per find. Also, the spiral technique.. been doing this for years. I thought it was my technique. lol Great tip there alone! I just got my brother into detecting yesterday, this helps so I can show him. since he'll be using the EQX 800. I'm still hooked to my AT pro with the storm coil. Happy Hunting Brother!!
I rarely ever pinpoint as well for the same reason (productivity). Most all of my outings are out in open fields looking for iron so the spiral technique is mandatory! The 800 sure is an awesome machine for a new detectorist so that they don't get frustrated and stay interested in the hobby. Do you feel that the AT Pro is as good as your 800 was? Or did you never have an Equinox 800? Thank you for the view and comment!
My best 2 Finds in Aussi are 1: 3/4 Ounce Gold Nugget in Qld with a Whites 6000-Di Pro.
2: $187.30 in Coins in a Park in 70 Minutes with my Equinox 800.
If you are looking for small Gold for cheap try the Minelab Gold Monster 1000, mine is amazing.
Wow, nice finds! That amount of coins in 70 mins is absolutely mind blowing! Yes I agree, my Minelab Gold Monster 1000 has paid for itself many times over. Thank you for your view and comment!
Brilliant but ya should see what the 900 can do do a air test on all ya coins but here is the kicker have the same coins that have been in the deck get both vdi numbers of the same coin say a Nicole is 50 to40 now split say it is 45 now it is 22 after all coin vdi are done only use the split numbers as a setting keep higher for 50 to 99 splits only if ya get on air test use a astic table out doors or a field have a cradle made for the 900 but use down no nails no metal on body 😂 enjoy.
Going to do this video for you!! Great idea! This video is in the works but I need to find an 800 to borrow first. Shouldn't be a problem. Thank you for the view and Idea! 🤠
You are clear, concise, and to the point. Thanks for the tips on the Nox. I finally traded my Gold Bug which used to be my fave. Minelab outdid themselves with the Nox 800.
They sure did, still an incredible, very powerful and capable machine, you will do very well with it. Thank you for your view and comment!
I couldn’t get a solid hit on any of the good targets. I might as well return it and use my PI.
The first thing to check before you start is the battery level. No sense setting up if your battery is almost dead. Knowing the battery level also lets you know how long you can detect and if you need to conserve power by not using blue tooth or back lighting the screen….
Hah!! So true! Guess I should have said that. Thanks for the great tip!
Just curious does the nokta legend do the detune pinpointing.
A big problem I have is the detector who digs trash and leaves it in the hole.. then you come along and dig the hole again
Probably someone you know too. This is a common problem in many areas and his Hobby. It's very unfortunate that some people do this here in our area we have a lot of people that pile trash up against trees that's also very annoying. Thank you for the viewing for the comment!
I’m so glad I ran across you! My favorite videos were from you and Ron and I was so sad to see Ron moved and now there’s no more gold rush era finds on UA-cam lol. Anyway Mark I can’t wait to watch all of your videos!
That's awesome!!! Yes we both miss those days too. Lucky for us that we did make all those videos so we can go back and relive those memories. Check out my video called Frenchman's Creek, loads of Gold Rush finds in that video. Good thing is, I target Gold Rush era 1848-1865 when I go out detecting. So many of my future adventure videos will be in long lost gold rush camps. Glad you found my channel too! Thanks!! Mark 🤠
@@BrassMedic I’m looking for it that’s for sure! I love hitting ghost towns and when I lived in Quincy I was focused on gold, now I wish I would have spent more time hitting the camps. I’ll get back up there one of these days. I can still remember a bunch of areas with stacked rock from the Chinese, hopefully loaded with relics…
Where did you purchased? I’m trying to get this for my husband for Christmas.. hope you can help.. thank you
You can get the equinox many places online including amazon and bass pro shops.
Thanks man! I will be using the deTune now!
Yes, that's a really cool feature, I use it on my pinpointer all the time too. Thanks for the view and comment! 🤠
My 800 is coming this week, I really appreciate this video.
Subscribing!
Thank you so much!! Very informative!!!
Great video had some great tips although one thing wasn't clear as to why you were holding down the pin pointer button why not just push it once to be in the mode
Thank you for the view and taking the time to leave a comment! Your right was no reason to hold the PP button, not sure what I was thinking there in that exact moment.
Some great info! Thanks for taking the time to put it all together. And I so agree with you regarding the "Swing Vampires" who just keep swinging over a target! Drives me crazy!!!!!!!
Thank you! Yes that always annoys me in videos too. And thank you for your view and comment! 🤠
Can you share all the after market accessories you have please
Ooooh that's a tough one because I have had just about every aftermarket item you can get for the Equinox 800 at one time or another. I have two videos on my channel showing most of the upgrades.
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Thank you for your view and comment/question!
Really enjoyed your videos keep them coming.
Thank you Larry, I will absolutely keep them coming. Thank you for the views and taking the time to leave an inspirational comment! 🤠
It does erk me when people hang around one sond over and over .UGH.
Yeah I have a relative that does it and it drives me absolutely crazy!
I don’t care what anyone says. 2 inches is super deep
Thank you for the viewing for your comment
19 minutes in its a dig
I dug good coins,mineral can cause this..
Hi I'm from europe malta .. you the best man!..i have seen here you explain very clear and in detail appreciate all you tips you gave as here thanks
Would you recommend the equinox 900?
Yes of course but I'll be honest and tell you, if your looking for gold nuggets, keep the Equinox 800. But for everything else the 900 is better in every way. Thanks for the view and comment/question!
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8:40 usually buttons for me come in as like a 7-8-9, 17 i would have guess square nail, but i think if it was then it would be number 19? I dug so many 17-19 numbers that were square nails. I need to learn more about my settings and get used to it more. So far i only done woods hunts, and it's all black soil here for the first 3-4 inches
I have to watch the video again and follow along with you to see what you're talking about. But thank you very much for the view and for your comment!
Thank u so much for this video! 👍 From Brazil
Thank you for the view and for checking in from Brazil!!
Hey dumb question maybe but my nox 800 keeps making this squeak tone followed by getting -3 vdi numbers, what in the heck am I picking up? It's driving me nuts
Ok I'll sub
Great video😊
Hahaha I’ve never had that happen to me but I would be annoyed hahaha
Yes it is very annoying, lol. Thank you for the view and comment!
Excellent information!! I have been swinging my coil too fast.
Well I hope this tip helps you then, please try my techniques and tips on your next trip out and I'll be looking forward to you checking back in later to see how you did! Thanks for the view and comment!
great video. also, check those cable connections. I've found cable loose in the past. not often but can happen.
Great tip!! Yes a common issue that can be tough to figure out. Thank you for the view, comment and tip!! 🤠
Cherry pick? lol. Ive got gold rings at 9,10,11, all the way up to 20. Dont skip the small gold at 9!
Love it. Great info! Thank you!
Thank you for the view kind comment!!
Send us your brochures, T-shirts and hat,..; how deeper down number it can give when you're in gold areas like mountains ⛰ area ? Can you tell us ?
Nice. Among some of the other tips, I didn`t know about the pinpoint ratcheting down on the 800. I will try some of your detecting ideas the next chance I get.
Thank you for the view and comment! Hope you will check back in after you get a chance to run the machine with my settings. 🤠
Thank you so much for these invaluable pro tips!! 💜 🙏🏼 ✌️
have you updated your detector.
Hi, Can you tell me please Ihave owned the nox 800 for a year now with very little or no success at all maybe two coins. I have numerous fields that I can use but all I seem to find is copper or lead, or junk. Now in this video on the section of swing speed . I see you detecting and numbers coming up on your machine why are you not stopping to investigate them numbers
Very good video thank you for the tips I will try them out
Thank you Luis! I hope you will. Thank you for the view and comment! 🤠
Hello sir. Thank you for all your tips and I love your videos. I do have a question and was wondering could you help me out. So researching of the site is important and I was wondering how do you do your research on picking out your locations? Do you use any maps of where old homes use to be? How do you find out if the location you pick has history there? Thank you for your help
Kindly, do you have one purposely for Africa continent....or just for all ?
SUBBED! Nice channel
Thank you for watching the video and for subscribing, sincerely appreciated!
talking about admirers there are some youtuber who find a target and spend 1 to 3 or more minutes explaining what that target is. thats just waste of time and not fun. meaning after they remove item from soil
Have you done an Equinox 800 beach settings video?
Great video, thanks much.
Thank you Gene for the view and taking the time to leave me an encouraging comment!!
I need this in Pakistan How cant I get it? what is the range of Minelab Equinox 800 under the soil?
Send us Store, address in New York city area we can go for buying one...pls...
That looks like a black smith tool chigg
It very possibly could be because where I was detecting there was a blacksmith up there in the 1880's! Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!
I’m saving up for a metal detector. Great video
Love seeing comments like this! I hope you do get one. Thank you for the view and comment. This hobby has been very good to me over the years!
Great video... I have over 1000 hours on my equinox 800 and consider myself atleast "decent" and this video turned on a few light bulbs. One question... Do you feel the FE at 7 will cause you to silence targets that are right up against iron? I hunt literal beds of iron and hunt very very slow to listen for the squeaks
Thank you for the view and comment Luke!! So the Recovery Speed setting being so high at 7 is more where the circuit is able to hear co-located targets of ferrous and non-ferrous in close proximity to each other. The higher settings of 7 on FE (Iron Bias) allow the bulk of the iron targets to be filtered (discriminated) at the cost of overall depth. If your using a 6" round coil on the Equinox 800 and in heavy iron you can try lowering the iron bias down to 6 or even 5 but you really need to keep that low and slow swing going if you try that. But for me here in California in the old gold rush camps of the 1850's I tend to be in heavy square nails and broken bits of food cans. I definitely start every hunt at a new site with my 7's settings and the 11" coil. When targets start getting thin switch to the 6" coil and eventually will lower my FE down to as low as 5. What kind of items are you mostly finding in your beds of iron? Thanks again!! Mark 🤠
@@BrassMedic my sites are mostly mid 1800s as well. Im a coin shooter at heart so I always try to pluck the silver, and copper coins out of the iron 1st. Then i start digging the mid tones... Thats when the relics start showing up... Buttons, broaches, crotal bells... Things of that nature. Once i feel I've hammered the site to death and the signals are far and few between... Thats when I start changing modes and settings trying to "beat the iron" I have never once not missed items in the iron. Once I drop all my settings and literally crawl through it I always find something good
No rattle snakes where I am, St Patrick got rid of them
Curious, with regards to iron Bias, do you recommend the FE, or F2? I'm also in California
Great question, kind of depends on where you are detecting. If your in fields looking for relics I would use FE unless your getting lots of really thin scraps of iron that are giving stable/constant target ID's. Another time to switch to F2 is in a park where you are detecting and digging iron bottle caps that sound good in FE at 7 (because in FE, bottle caps sound good at anything below 6). But generally speaking I use FE because I am always in fields looking for relics. A few other things for everyone to keep in mind, F2 is only available to users who updated their machines on Minelab's website. F2 is completely independent or FE and it's either one or the other as both can't be used at the same time. And lastly the entire Iron Bias circuit is only active when in Multi-Frequency mode. Thank you for the question and view!! Might cross paths with you out there one of these days!!
@@BrassMedic Thank you, I appreciate your detailed response. In regard to the rule of 7, would it be advantageous to use an iron bias of 7 while looking for gold jewelry? I'm hunting in Northern California. I'm almost always at parks, or the river hunting for gold jewelry
@@offthebeepinpath Great question and I'm glad you took the time to ask it. The reason is, I may not recommend the rule of 7's for your exact situation. My rule of 7's is more for detecting in areas with lots of iron such as old square nails, broken iron food can parts or in a park for example where there is a lot of concentrated people traffic over many years with bottle caps and especially crown style iron bottle caps. These settings will work great for these heavy iron areas. But if your in a typical park out in the areas where sports are played or in tot lots or playgrounds or a grass area at a school where recess and PE take place (as these are always the best areas for finding gold jewelry) these types of areas are not typically heavy iron or bottle caps as much as more picnic type areas are at a park or areas in a school where they eat lunch. Or in your case, down at the recreating areas along rivers . . . . In these areas I would be in Park 2 with an Iron Bias of 5 and recovery speed of 5 or 6 (depending on which coil your using) and I would really be on the lookout for all of those mid conductor and low conductor, repeatable signals. Unfortunately, you absolutely have to dig all pull tabs and foil signals if your looking for gold jewelry. Every once in a while you will be in for a nice surprise when that typical pull tab signal pops out of the hole and it's an 18k gold ring! So if your in areas such as you described and they are not always absolutely loaded with trash try these other settings I mention here. You can always email me at the email address in this video description for more questions or clarification. Thanks again for your view and this follow up question!!
@@BrassMedic Hello. What code does Econox 800 show for 18 carat gold and 24 carat gold?
Do you have a video on researching a site , I live in Chattanooga TN. and have to be very careful about hunting on battel feilds
Great video. If I havent found a coin or anything exciting, I always swing back to the car and that's when I find something good. Always. It's my consolation prize :-)
Thank you, yes it's such a widely accepted fact that almost everyone has a story where an epic find was made on the way back and close to the car. 😁 Thank you for the view, comment and kind words!!
I see you ran the FE at 7, did you keep F2 at 0? I am also curious if both FE and F2 work together or just one is used when you exit out on one or the other.
Hi Gene, Great question, so the FE and F2 are in fact independent of each other and you can choose either one or the other. So since I highly suggest detecting in Multi-Frequency (switching to single frequencies only when trying to decide when to dig or lower frequencies when only trying to detect deep park silver) I only use FE. So you are correct, when FE is chosen, F2 therefore is in active and has no effect and vise versa. So in this particular video I'm suggesting an FE use and setting of 7 when around iron or park trash such as iron bottle caps. Also safe to assume that not everybody has done the update to even see F2 but that's a whole other video!! 😆 Thank you for the view and question!!
@@BrassMedic Awesome, I kind of figured that but had not seen a lot about it so though I would ask. Keep up the great content.
To the old guy saying it was a bit overwhelming, I’m here to say that bone stock without changing any setting is still better than most people think. Get out there my friend! Just put it in a basic preset setting and you’re good to go!
Thank you again also for this comment and for watching the video!
will rule of 7s work at the park?
It will work but not ideal. I try to put an emphasis on depth at parks and stay in areas where deep coins might be, I only dig the deep signals as well typically ignoring the top 4" of soil. Thank you for the view and for your great question/comment!
Thanks for the great details. Just came off of my Spectrum XLT on to a Nox 800. Surprisingly similar adjustments so acclimation was easy - but, still learning.
You show detuning the pinpoint mode on the Nox to hone in on the target. Does the Nox return to the normal pinpoint mode automatically? If not, how do I get out of the narrow pinpoint mode? Thanks in advance.
In my experience the "detuning" affect is based not on just pressing the pinpoint again, but instead it is based on the baseline signal the detector is picking up at the time you enter pinpoint mode. What this means is if your detector is over empty ground when you enter pinpoint mode your detector will be at it's most sensitive and will sound off when it gets anywhere near a metal object. However if you enter pinpoint mode while directly over a target your detector will use that level of signal as it's baseline and will be VERY detuned, resulting in a very small detection area, or even not making a sound at all. You are basically telling the detector what the zero point is for the signal. If the zero point is empty ground you get the maximum range the detector is capable of. If your zero point is close to metal it greatly increases how strong the signal has to be for the detector to make a sound.
I was cherry picking with my Whites XLT going to my truck to leave and hit a cashe consisting of 26 coins dating from 1880 to 1930 great day for detecting!
I have heard so many stories like this! Even gold coins found on the way back to the vehicle or right at where they were parked. Thanks for the view and comment!
My wife, dog and I have been to that exact spot twice in the last month. We did just about as good as you did. Tent Stakes, dog tags, crusty coins and garbage. It seems to be a pretty clean Beach. Thanks for the videos and good luck hunting!
Thank you for the view and comment!!
Excellent video
Thank you kindly for watching and for the comment!
Lock escutcheon.
Thank you for your view and comment I will go back and take a look at that part.
Nice video. I haven’t used my 800 very much and this was very informative. We have an area that we hunt for gold is very trashy that this detector could be a great benefit for me.
Thank you Wes, yes this is one of the best VLF gold detectors on the planet. Very capable and definitely worth taking into those trashy areas. I'm going to do a video on looking for gold nuggets with tye Equinox 800 as well.
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I’ll be looking forward to that video. I just finished watching your video on the 6000 with Scott. If I would watched it in its entirety the first I would have had my question answered and not bothered you asking it. I found a lot of gold out in that field back in 99 to 03.