Chase Goldman

SDMiner - grew up in El Cajon. Still have friends back there though I have been living back east for many years. Might look you up if I make it back to SD again for a visit to get some pointers on where to detect. (Did not detect when I lived there because metal detectors hadn't been invented yet, lol.)

Jack did you keep Field 1 in 2-tone or shift it up to 5 or 50-tone? Also, did you run tracking GB, default, or manual/auto pump GB.

I have noticed that Segment 1 (ferrous) discrimination has little to no effect on non-ferrous target depth unlike the discrimination circuit in other machines such as the Deus. It almost behaves like an audio notch vs. a disc circuit in terms of its transparency to the non-ferrous target segments.

Great report, TN! I have not had a chance to get mine out other than in my yard. Good omen though was that the first target was a clad quarter that was close to the stacked stone retaining wall, perhaps just too close to the wall to get a good swing with the 11" because I know I had covered that area with the EQX previously and the thing was screaming at me from about 3". Agree with all your comments including being able to run it up in sensitivity and pinpoint not needed for actual target recovery but just used primarily to get a bead on what the target might be in terms of size and depth since the detect mode modulation is lacking on this machine. I know a trashy permission where this coil will make a big difference. Heading to the beach next week and even though I would not normally cover the beach with this type of coil, I am bringing it with me to run it through its paces.

Thanks for the info. But until I hear an actual release date, I am assuming ML is not actually working on anything. I too am afraid that fixing one thing (that can be worked around, though annoying) may indeed break something else. I don't heavily customize tone breaks so when I do manage to blunder may way into the user profile bug, I haven't lost much in terms of saved settings. But I know a lot of users do, so I am not saying ML's most apparent true Equinox bug should not eventually be addressed. But frankly, fearing some sort of unintended consequence, will definitely wait until the dust settles to see how the first SW update goes before I even think of downloading it.

The Equinox is not going to out gun a pulse induction detector, especially in high mineralization. The only advantage the Equinox can give you over the PI is discrimination from iron, but the PI will always be deeper and will pay off if you are willing to dig it all. I will say that in fresh water, in high mineralization, gold mode might be the ticket for depth especially if you are going for mid-conductive targets like gold. The PI will win out though, regardless.

Nice tip. Don't fret too much if you lost it, though. Just periodically flush the cavity to keep it clean and corrosion free.

Yep, sounds like you are getting locked-in with it. Congrats.

Andy is working on an update, but it will probably occur after the V5 release because he wants to include it in the next edition.

Welcome Bob'ke and post back with your finds and any questions. Happy Hunting with your new detector. I think you are going to enjoy its performance and versatility. What type of hunting do you like to do most?

Cufflink perhaps? I tried looking online, Connecticut Charter Oak, etc. and could not find anything similar, but it sure looks Colonial.

Yes, I have noticed that lighter trash type metals like aluminum or non-coin objects have a longer tone and/or a distorted tone (if bent or asymmetric) and also have softer rising and falling tone "edges". They have less "ping" than coin targets. This helped me to differentiate between molten aluminum slag (which I still dug some "examples" until I got the tone down) from a tractor fire and the CW cartridge box breast plate I dug in the same field, pictured below.

Good luck. I'm out there too, but there are a lot of similar decent used detectors suddenly out on the classifieds now. Wonder what is causing that...?

It's all about the audio and TID stability. [i.e., you pretty much nailed it, Mark G.]

That button is amazing. Is it a one piece?

Be careful with the compressed air though, there are o-ring seals behind the jack. Don't want to damage those.

Yeah, that is weird. And you have the adapter cable screwed down tight onto that detector port so it is making contact all the way, right? That is a stumper. The headphone port on the detector head is wired a little different than the WM08 because the detector headphone port needs the ring and sleeve parts of the stereo plug to be at the same potential in order to shut off the detector speaker - that is not the case with the WM08, so maybe the detector head is shorting out the headphones. Doubtful, though because you have the headphone switch to enable mono or stereo. So ????.

Sinclair meant did you try any other headphones besides your detecting phones that have 1/4" connectors to see if what you have is a bad adapter cable. Also, are you sure you have the adapter cable screwed all the way into the port on the detector? I assume you were using the adapter cable to adapt your detecting phones' connectors to be compatible with the WM08. If that is the case, that would rule out a bad adapter cable AND any issue regarding headphone compatibility with the adapter cable. We are guessing here with incomplete info, so you need to be specific about what has worked and what hasn't worked so we can rule out the adapter cable/your headphones/or something wrong with the detector port. From what I can tell, the adapter cable works with the headphones when plugged into the wm08 and the detector headphone port works with the stock headphones and sony headphones with small plugs. That would seem to rule out the your detecting headphones, the adapter cable, and the detector headphone port. So the only thing I can think of is that you don't have that plug screwed in all the way into the detector headphone port. Which seems unlikely since you got it to work on the WM08 which has the same port.

What cord is not working? Are you using the Minelab adapter cable?

Also, try tracking GB and let the machine figure it out on the fly.

Just one user profile can be saved. Any changes you make to the search profiles stick. So you can customize them as desired and your changes will be remembered for next time. But if yok want two different custom versions of Park 1 you can save the second custom version in the User Profile slot. The User Profile slot is also handy for quickly toggling between two favorite search modes say Park 1 and Park 2 by saving one of them in the User Profile slot.

Ok - got that straightened out an downloaded from the link you posted above instead of the link 66 Audio support sent me and the headphones updated to APTX-LL and confirmed with the "+" symbol on the Equinox so we are good to go. Great backphones for summer use and being water resistant don't mind wearing them at the beach and in foul weather. Not made for a full dunking by they will get the job done in waist deep water. Great sound, great ergonomics and if you shop around, they can be snagged for less than $100. I recommend these for warm weather detecting.

In the water ML recommends tracking. There is enough salinity density changes due to surf action that the GB tracking algorithm should be be able to grab onto it and if there is black sand it will work too. Set it and forget it.

Great setup info, Phrunt - but just one minor tweak to the above to avoid confusion. For the 600, the equivalent recovery speed is 3 (=6 on the 800). You can either change the default discrimination pattern to accept 1 and 2 or you can just hunt in AM. Norm, I suggest you challenge YOURSELF and try to find some Gold with the 600 first. Let your wife use Gold Mode in the 800. If you are successful with some finds, then you can prove to her that it works and switch off and give the 800 a try. It's the gentlemanly thing to do...lol. Would also suggest hunting in Gold Mode BEFORE your trip to get used to that VCO audio and true threshold (which is critical to set correctly). Have fun!

Looking forward to your test results. You are always thorough.