Rick73

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. The nickel on the right in the first photo is the 1885. Very poor at best. I also found the photo of the 1918/17D saved in my computer. I sent it into ANACS and came back graded F15. By the way Steveg, I have your shaft setup with the Herke cuff. Love it!

Thanks GB_Amateur. Here are a couple of photos from the same field from a couple of years ago. Someone wanted the 1885 worse than I did so I sold it to him plus it wasn't a pretty coin. I have only sold 2 coins that I have found. The 1885 nickel and a 1918/17D buffalo so you can understand my feelings about nickels. The buffalo paid for my Deus and Equinox and a few accessories. Couldn't resist.

Badger-NH. To answer your question I am basically a coin hunter. The area I live is not that old so relics aren't that great. Homesteaders started to appear here in the late 1860's to early 1870's and they were sparse and few in between. By the 1890's the area was becoming more populated with people gathering for celebrations etc, as what this grove was used for. I was lucky to get an Equinox early in 2018 when they were hard to get. At that time I had several detectors that I spent a lot of time with in this field before the crops went in. I found that Park 1 just seemed to the best one for me. I think the key is to listen to it all. My 12-13 'nickel bin' tone bin is set a level close to my silver coin level tone pitch. This to me is the biggest advantage the 800 has over the 600 is that you can set the volume levels in the 5 bins. The unwanted numbers I have set with a low grunt at low volume. Now as far as the 4 kHz, this grove has produced around 50 v-nickels for me 'carousel rides were a nickel'. Including an 1885 a couple of years ago. The other day when I was out I ran my normal mode and hit a good 12-13. I switched to 4 kHz and found out I would have missed it. It was a 1916 full horn buffalo at about 6 inches. Now I will say the latest update has made the machine quieter and more stable. The 4 kHz is as good if not better than multi on the silver coins. It is a very close comparison but not enough to start missing nickels.

I have been detecting for over 40 years and the last two days gave up two bucket listers. I have been hunting a farm field for the last 6 years that at one time was a picnic grove. The grove was cut down about 100 years ago and has been tilled ever since. Yesterday I hit the Morgan dollar. It gave a whisper 39 40 and negative -9 numbers. I about gave up on it thinking a large iron item very deep. This was at no less than 12 inches. I run Park 1 will full sensitivity, five tones, no discrimination, speed 4, little or no iron bias. And then today the Seated Half with my Deus. I use the deep program and just doctor it up a bit. In my 11th window I run x-y 12kHz, in my 12th window horseshoe at 8kHz. I was running the x-y pattern when I received the very weak signal. The x-y line was broken so I switched to my 12th window. 93-95 with never a left hand horseshoe. Only right hand. This was about 8 inches down. The field is freshly combined and then shallow disked. We had a drought here this year so the ground is like concrete. The Equinox 800 and the Deus complement each other well. About all I have left on my bucket list is a gold coin. Still hopeing.

This is a rather simple question. The adapter cable from Minelab part #3011-0369 is 30 inches long and comes with a Velcro strap about 8 inches long. Has anyone figured out a good way to use this strap to secure the cable to the detector when adapting the cable to the back of the control module. It should come out under the armrest. I am sure there is a correct way. Thanks.

Thanks Dan

I have the Equinox 800 but do not have the 6" coil for it. I also have the CTX with the 6" coil. I am thinking of ordering a 6" for the Equinox. I am thinking more speed but maybe not because usually the 6" is for trashy area. Does anyone prefer the Equinox 6" over the CTX 6".

I have been searching a recently harvested beanfield that was a picnic grove 100 plus years ago. This has been a nickel haven as these were V-nickels number 28 and 29 that I have found at this field in the last couple of years. I read in an old newspaper that carousel rides were a nickel at this grove. The right nickel is a 1885 and the left is a 188?. I had to let them soak in a rust remover to remove the corrosion that comes from farm chemicals. The 1885 will grade AG3 at best. I switch around between the CTX and Deus and the EQ but the 800 is definitely the best on nickels. Still a great find.

Thank you for responding. You just saved me $40.

Has anyone used the Sun Ray Gold headphones with the WM 08. It would take an 1/8" to 1/4" adapter to do it. I read that the Minelab adapter might not work with the Sun Rays.

If I bought the 11 inch X35 would there be any reason to keep my original LF11 coil. I see the X35 covers all four of the LF frequencies plus adds one more. I would like the boost feature on the X35 in the lowest frequency is the reason I would buy one.

I have 2 Garrett's, Whites TRX and Bullseye, Fisher F-Pulse and M1 Deus. TRX is my go to with the Equinox. I popped the cellophane cover off the speaker to make it louder but no longer waterproof. The M1 I leave configured to the Deus. The F-Pulse doesn't get along with my Equinox very well and is slower than the TRX to boot up when turning it on otherwise its a great pinpointer. Just my honest opinion.

I got them to pair today.

I have a set of Apple AirPods that I can’t get to pair to the Equinox. Has anyone been able to try this successfully?

I have had the 800 for about 2 months but the weather has been unfavorable. 10 inches of snow last week again but was gone by the weekend. I have played around with it in my test garden but last night was my first official time out with it. My go to place is an old picnic grove that was a 7 acre tree claim when it was homesteaded and was cut down in the late 20's and has been farmed ever since. This grove was used for Labor Day Celebrations from 1897 to 1925. It is deep ripped in the fall rearranging any coins that are there. I have hunted this for about 5 years but last spring was the first time on the other side of the creek. Some of the old timers said they were told that they heard that is where most of the activity was. Any way I hunted for 45 minutes because of darkness setting in. I set the 800 up so 12 &13 were loud and the same tone and loudness as 18 and up. Park 1 reactivity 5. The first 3 coins were nickels that hit mainly 13 and sometimes 12. These were dead giveaways. The 4th coin a 1910 wheat at 22-23 the 5th coin another nickel and the last coin a 1897 dime at 26-27. The 3 V nickels go with the other 17 I found last year. I read today where there was a carousel assembled there for the annual Labor Day Celebration and rides were 5 cents. This also marks the 41st barber coin here. There is an electric fence right next to this. My CTX will null with each charge and my Deus will give a high tone. The 800 nulls like the CTX. I don't mind this but the high tone with the Deus makes it difficult. Can't wait to spend more time there. I need to add that these nickels do not come out of the ground like this. They are dark, crusty and red. I start with Andre's pencils (Google It) to scrape away crud to get to the date to make sure it isn't a key date. Then soak them overnight in water and clean them more with the pencils. I have a liquid cleaner called Santeen toilet descaler that you can get at a hardware store. Use a Q-tip and apply it to the surface and the rust will come off. Be ready to rinse and dry the coin. I then use a coin preserving liquid I bought at a coin shop and apply it to the surface. Try not to get the descaler on your skin and do this on a glass surface. Do not try this on silver or copper coins as it will destroy them. I found out the hard way. Sounds like a lot of work but I did the 4 nickels in about 10 minutes.