maxxkatt
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My biggest mistake that slowed me down with my brand new 800 in March of 2018 was listening to some detectorists and copying other's settings of people who were using the 800. Especially some of the good hunters like Calabash digger. Now Calabash digger did not say, use these settings, but rather explained what he used and why.
The problem with the Equinox 600 and especially the 800 is that you must learn the settings and learn how to accurately apply them to your hunting site, not some other detectorist's hunting site. It does not take very much of getting your settings even slightly wrong to detune the 800 and make it not so good at detecting.
If you wish to really learn the 800 get Clive Clynick's three books on the 800 because are worth every penny. Some have complained they don't have enough pages. Well they don't contain any publishing fluff to increase the page count. The are packed with 600 knowledge and 800 knowledge on the advanced settings. You might as well highlight the whole book when reading one of them.
The problem with the Equinox 600 and especially the 800 is that you must learn the settings and learn how to accurately apply them to your hunting site, not some other detectorist's hunting site. It does not take very much of getting your settings even slightly wrong to detune the 800 and make it not so good at detecting.
If you wish to really learn the 800 get Clive Clynick's three books on the 800 because are worth every penny. Some have complained they don't have enough pages. Well they don't contain any publishing fluff to increase the page count. The are packed with 600 knowledge and 800 knowledge on the advanced settings. You might as well highlight the whole book when reading one of them.