maxxkatt
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I have made this statement before and I will make it again. Since March 2018 I have learned more about metal detecting in general with the Equinox 800 than all my detecting of and on since 1988. And more importantly I am still learning.
The Nox forces you to learn more if you want to use the Nox as it is designed and intended to be used. For me the 800 was not an easy detector to learn. Coming from the AT Pro I thought I was pretty good at metal detecting. the AT Pro is a great machine, but not as challenging as the 800. I was fat, dumb and happy with my AT Pro. No stress no strain. A well designed detector that has proven itself to be one of the best.
But the 800 will do things the AT Pro won't do, but only if you truly under stand the Equinox and learn how to use it. The 800 will either fight you or work for you. That totally depends on you and your ability to use the 800 as it is designed.
Yes you can simply select field2 or park1 and ground balance and noise cancel and be on your way and find some junk and good targets much like the AT Pro.
But unless you really know your 800 you will leave un-found but findable good targets behind for someone else. If you really know your 800 you will find targets you and others have left behind. I have proven this to myself hunting one of the few not fenced and locked public soccer fields that is hunted by me and every other detectorist in this highly dense part of North Atlanta and pulled out 15 deeper coins that have been buried a long time that we all missed. This was my turning point with my 800. I thought by golly this really is a good machine. Prior to that I had my doubts. But the machine was always good, it was me that was getting better.
More than once since March 2018 I thought I should sell the 800 and buy an XP Deus or eTrac. But after investing so, so much learning time in the 800 the actual thought of buying a new machine and learning it makes me cringe. Probably won't happen. I finally realized that the 800 is a hot machine and it is up to me to learn how to use it and get out there on new permissions and find the goodies.
So my advice to newbies on the 600 and especially the 800 is don't give up, buckle down and study and learn your machine in the field. Oh yeah, and listen to the experienced guys on these forums who hunt with the 600 or 800. Especially Vferarri on another forum. Wished he would defect and come to friendly. But we have Mud Puppy and Tom_in_CA and a bunch of others who add greatly to this forum. They are why this forum is my landing place.
The Nox forces you to learn more if you want to use the Nox as it is designed and intended to be used. For me the 800 was not an easy detector to learn. Coming from the AT Pro I thought I was pretty good at metal detecting. the AT Pro is a great machine, but not as challenging as the 800. I was fat, dumb and happy with my AT Pro. No stress no strain. A well designed detector that has proven itself to be one of the best.
But the 800 will do things the AT Pro won't do, but only if you truly under stand the Equinox and learn how to use it. The 800 will either fight you or work for you. That totally depends on you and your ability to use the 800 as it is designed.
Yes you can simply select field2 or park1 and ground balance and noise cancel and be on your way and find some junk and good targets much like the AT Pro.
But unless you really know your 800 you will leave un-found but findable good targets behind for someone else. If you really know your 800 you will find targets you and others have left behind. I have proven this to myself hunting one of the few not fenced and locked public soccer fields that is hunted by me and every other detectorist in this highly dense part of North Atlanta and pulled out 15 deeper coins that have been buried a long time that we all missed. This was my turning point with my 800. I thought by golly this really is a good machine. Prior to that I had my doubts. But the machine was always good, it was me that was getting better.
More than once since March 2018 I thought I should sell the 800 and buy an XP Deus or eTrac. But after investing so, so much learning time in the 800 the actual thought of buying a new machine and learning it makes me cringe. Probably won't happen. I finally realized that the 800 is a hot machine and it is up to me to learn how to use it and get out there on new permissions and find the goodies.
So my advice to newbies on the 600 and especially the 800 is don't give up, buckle down and study and learn your machine in the field. Oh yeah, and listen to the experienced guys on these forums who hunt with the 600 or 800. Especially Vferarri on another forum. Wished he would defect and come to friendly. But we have Mud Puppy and Tom_in_CA and a bunch of others who add greatly to this forum. They are why this forum is my landing place.