halfstep
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I've got a real good grasp of the equinox 800 modes and settings. I have been running some experiments on different setting with different modes. I've been wanting to take FULL advantage of the equinox high speed and iron bias and build a custom program to save into the "user mode" that would allow me to hunt those super trashy campsites and old home sites. Or anywhere the trash is abundant.
I have previously hit some campsites that were loaded with trash. I did well at picking out coins amongst all the trash but it made for slow detecting. Most campsites have some clad but if one has to spend a long time searching, it isn't worth the time and effort.
So I have been tinkering and fine tuning the equinox 800 so as to be able to quickly clean out a campsite of it's clad. So I set up Park 1 with some custom settings and saved it into the user mode. I did this on my wife's 800 and also on my 800. Then this evening, we went down to a campsite a few miles from the house. It is a deer hunting campsite that has been used for years. My wife and I have already hit it twice with her safari and me with my CTX. We picked out a few bucks in clad and went over the whole site pretty good. (My CTX was NOT set up as well as I could have set it for trashy campsites) I just used a park program on the CTX that I liked.
So I thought this would be a great place to take the 800's and give the new custom settings a test and see if we can find anymore clad. I let my wife hit the inner parts and in less than and hour, she found 2 quarters, 1 dimes, 1 nickel and 3 pennies. I went around the outer parts and found 8 pennies. That is 15 coins we have missed before. My wife is very good with a detector. She doesn't know much about the settings so I set the detector/s up for her and turn her loose. At 5' 2" and 115 pounds, she is a dirt ninja.
But anyways, the custom program proved to be a success. It made for quick and easy clad picking. It was amazingly quiet considering the over abundance of trash and the coins rang out loud and clear. What trash got thru most of it gave a sketchy tone making for easy audio ID. But the coins gave the solid tone like the sounds of a telegraph being sent from a submarine. lol They had that solid TAT TAT sound with a sonar extension. Easy to ID the tones. Push tabs mostly sounded sketchy which was nice but beavertails sounded as good as nickels. Bottle caps mostly sounded weak and jumpy.
I am going to hit some more trashy campgrounds and see if I can tweak the program some more but overall, my wife was well pleased. And so was I. It is strictly a coinshooter program.
The equinox 800 is very adjustable and versatile. With some understanding of the settings, you can get a lot out of it. I also set the Park 1 and 2 up with some tweaked setting as well as the Field 1 and 2 with their own settings. I will test these as well. They should work very well for the types and locations we hunt.
We went to one of the creeks Monday and took the 800's for a swim. The are actually waterproof, lol. After getting some water time in and learning what I needed for that, I set the Park 2 up as a fresh water hunting program for coins and jewelry. (Park 1 is set up or parks and yards) I will go back and see if my new settings will work well.
I have previously hit some campsites that were loaded with trash. I did well at picking out coins amongst all the trash but it made for slow detecting. Most campsites have some clad but if one has to spend a long time searching, it isn't worth the time and effort.
So I have been tinkering and fine tuning the equinox 800 so as to be able to quickly clean out a campsite of it's clad. So I set up Park 1 with some custom settings and saved it into the user mode. I did this on my wife's 800 and also on my 800. Then this evening, we went down to a campsite a few miles from the house. It is a deer hunting campsite that has been used for years. My wife and I have already hit it twice with her safari and me with my CTX. We picked out a few bucks in clad and went over the whole site pretty good. (My CTX was NOT set up as well as I could have set it for trashy campsites) I just used a park program on the CTX that I liked.
So I thought this would be a great place to take the 800's and give the new custom settings a test and see if we can find anymore clad. I let my wife hit the inner parts and in less than and hour, she found 2 quarters, 1 dimes, 1 nickel and 3 pennies. I went around the outer parts and found 8 pennies. That is 15 coins we have missed before. My wife is very good with a detector. She doesn't know much about the settings so I set the detector/s up for her and turn her loose. At 5' 2" and 115 pounds, she is a dirt ninja.
But anyways, the custom program proved to be a success. It made for quick and easy clad picking. It was amazingly quiet considering the over abundance of trash and the coins rang out loud and clear. What trash got thru most of it gave a sketchy tone making for easy audio ID. But the coins gave the solid tone like the sounds of a telegraph being sent from a submarine. lol They had that solid TAT TAT sound with a sonar extension. Easy to ID the tones. Push tabs mostly sounded sketchy which was nice but beavertails sounded as good as nickels. Bottle caps mostly sounded weak and jumpy.
I am going to hit some more trashy campgrounds and see if I can tweak the program some more but overall, my wife was well pleased. And so was I. It is strictly a coinshooter program.
The equinox 800 is very adjustable and versatile. With some understanding of the settings, you can get a lot out of it. I also set the Park 1 and 2 up with some tweaked setting as well as the Field 1 and 2 with their own settings. I will test these as well. They should work very well for the types and locations we hunt.
We went to one of the creeks Monday and took the 800's for a swim. The are actually waterproof, lol. After getting some water time in and learning what I needed for that, I set the Park 2 up as a fresh water hunting program for coins and jewelry. (Park 1 is set up or parks and yards) I will go back and see if my new settings will work well.