CarsonChris
Elite Member
How many of you add a threshold to your settings?
How many of you add a threshold to your settings?
Nice explanation of “nulling”, Jeff. But for me, I’m not sure if I see an advantage that listening for a null gives you over just hunting in “all metal” and hearing the actual iron tone - perhaps it’s considered easier on the ears? But I would think that the constant buzz of threshold with occasional nulls would be just as fatiguing as the constant ferrous hits in an iron rich area using “all metal”. Maybe a more experienced hunter can provide some insight on what the advantages might be (if any) of listening for a “null” while already hunting with no discrim?
All that said, I think the chief benefit of threshold on any detector, including the Equinox, is the ability to accentuate weaker signals and potentially eek out a little more depth from the machine. Here’s a fantastic thread posted by Rudy, an administrator on the forum, which goes into excellent detail about threshold: Confused about Threshold vs Volume?
His post really helped me understand what threshold does, how it helps a detector, and the basics on how to set it.
When I was using my Garrett AT Max, I always hunted using a slight threshold hum. I haven’t experimented with threshold yet on the EQ800 - once I have a little more hunt time with the machine, I’m sure I’ll start utilizing threshold regularly again.