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  1. Now that the lambasting of this person's justifiable question has been performed, and the guy who has nothing to add, but just wanted everyone to know "his coil is on order", has piped up can we now get to the brass tacks regarding these Coiltek coils? Are they better? Are they no different? Or, Are they junk?
  2. Response/cuff button: no response in multi Tone: 5 Single TDI/Gold coin: I use the these numbers as the gold coin sweet spot. If they don't show up on the display at any given time then it ain't gonna be a gold coin from my experience
  3. Sorry for my delayed response. My NOX dropping target signals after popping out the plug isn't necessarily an every time occurrence but has occurred enough times to make me take notice and question my machine, especially when this happens two plugs in a row and at great distance from one another which then exacerbates my concern × 2. The target organization theory was my first thought but its weak. My plugs come out and get plop upside down few inches from the hole, therefore a flat coin remains flat, a tilted coin remains tilted and an edged remains on edge (+ or -a skoash) thus hardly enough difference in orientation to cause a target to drop its signal and the length of my lesche spade is what 6"-7", not enough deviation in depth to drop its signal there either and this wasn't an issue with my Big Bud Pro 2, XLT or the Bounty Hunter prior to my Big Bud that can't recall its model. What else? I have retuned via the pinpoint method without much luck as well. I mean I'll get a solid hit, dig, pop the plug, swing over it, pick it up and swing over it , toss it over itself with one hand while swinging over it, put it back in its hole like a key, swing over it and get the signal again then ill grab the plug like I'm pulling a kid out of the pool by his hair and start over. I rarely bust my plugs apart but on these occasions they get spread out so thin there's nothing left to fill the hole by the time I've located that 1963 Lincoln cent that was dropped in the mid 90's. I call for a 5 minute recess your honor. Granted
  4. Dear Chase, much appreciated for your explanation/insight and reminder regarding ML mode algorithms. I too read the same report and learned of it's findings, but unfortunately it got lost in the ether by having read everything else prior and since that report in hopes of finding the definitive answer to: why every silver coin that I have found with the equinox came out of the ground as a surprise or unpronounst, unlike for instance, my $199 Bounty Hunter back in the day. That detector never minced its AG recognition, I knew I was going to be pulling a silver dime out of that plug when it told me and that rang true for the rest of the denominations, but that acknowledgement is a mute point because the cloud of uncertainty has evaporated and I can now say, without any doubt, that the Minelab Equinox is the Alpha detector over all other detectors and I feel it is a must that I share my revelation and who knows it might resonate. Firstly, I no longer own a desktop PC or a laptop computer. No one in my circle of friends own these devices anymore either which left me with only one choice, my local public library if I wanted to update my detector and I went to extreme lengths, searched high and low, chomping at the bit for anyone with access to a PC or would allow me access and covid couldn't have come at the worst time but I digress. Long story short: when the library did finally open and I was able to download and thus update my detector I made it a habit of lowering the sensitivity substantially on my machine after the first of the factory resets and seconds before the actual update process so not to bother others in the library with a noisy contraption and regardless of it going silent during the process and I am convinced this neutered my machine from the onset. I did one more thing and that was the removal of the skid plate and a thorough cleaning of the search coil. I left the skid plate in my car actually. This change-up, leaving my detector unadulterated during my reverting back to V2 happened the day after I wrote to this forum. As I stated, I opted to revert back to version 2 and when it was completed I immediately went to a vacant lot, full of nails and devoid of vegetation near the library and within 2 minutes of powering up my detector I pull a 1906-O dime out from the dirt and trash as if my detector minted it then and there. There was no guessing, it rang silver and I knew it. My detector has never performed like it does now and I am utterly astonished, no bull! The state of my detector as of right now and likely never to change: Reverted back to update 2.0 from the latest version (3.0) Park 1, 50 tones, T1: -9 to 11, volume at #2, T2: 12 to 40, volume at #20, rejected 22, 23 and sometimes 40, F2 at 6, sensitivity always above 23 (the more the better and target recognition is vastly improved compared to 20, 21 and 23). Multi with a 10khz chaser for the iffy's and the non-numerical VDI's, recovery speed at 5 and at 2 for the clean dirt, swing slow slow slow and force that target to respond with the DD coil wiggle. It's down there amongst the trash if it pings high with just a whisper. Pull out the nails as you venture deeper down the hole, you'll find it deeper than you expected. Oh, and re- noise cancel every 20 or so minutes and ALWAYS ground balance. I cannot emphasize enough on the importance of a thorough/correct ground balance procedure. Oh, and do your noise cancel procedure correctly. 1. Coil up in the air and away from metal and dirt and hit the NC. 2. Do not hit the detect/pinpoint button until you have lowered your coil to the ground
  5. Dear Chase, much appreciated for your explanation/insight and reminder regarding ML mode algorithms. I too read the same report and learned of it's findings, but unfortunately it got lost in the ether by having read everything else prior and since that report in hopes of finding the definitive answer to: why every silver coin that I have found with the equinox came out of the ground as a surprise or unpronounst, unlike for instance, my $199 Bounty Hunter back in the day. That detector never minced its AG recognition, I knew I was going to be pulling a silver dime out of that plug when it told me and that rang true for the rest of the denominations, but that acknowledgement is a mute point because the cloud of uncertainty has evaporated and I can now say, without any doubt, that the Minelab Equinox is the Alpha detector over all other detectors and I feel it is a must that I share my revelation and who knows it might resonate. Firstly, I no longer own a desktop PC or a laptop computer. No one in my circle of friends own these devices anymore either which left me with only one choice, my local public library if I wanted to update my detector and I went to extreme lengths, searched high and low, chomping at the bit for anyone with access to a PC or would allow me access and covid couldn't have come at the worst time but I digress. Long story short: when the library did finally open and I was able to download and thus update my detector I made it a habit of lowering the sensitivity substantially on my machine after the first of the factory resets and seconds before the actual update process so not to bother others in the library with a noisy contraption and regardless of it going silent during the process and I am convinced this neutered my machine from the onset. I did one more thing and that was the removal of the skid plate and a thorough cleaning of the search coil. I left the skid plate in my car actually. This change-up, leaving my detector unadulterated during my reverting back to V2 happened the day after I wrote to this forum. As I stated, I opted to revert back to version 2 and when it was completed I immediately went to a vacant lot, full of nails and devoid of vegetation near the library and within 2 minutes of powering up my detector I pull a 1906-O dime out from the dirt and trash as if my detector minted it then and there. There was no guessing, it rang silver and I knew it. My detector has never performed like it does now and I am utterly astonished, no bull!
  6. I'm not convinced that I'm not walking over US silver coins at 8", 10" or the purported 12" considering the properties I've been on this past year and a half. I'm no novice so to preemptively answer those who will ask, the answer is Yes. In fact I've had the sensitivity set up and down the board and my detector can't see a 12" quarter but barely if I have the 15 inch coil hooked up and still the VDI registers nothing only "--". However that's not the subject I'm writing about, it's the 5khz and its EMI issue. Is it or is it not fair to say perhaps that sketchy 5 khz within the lower portion of the algorithm in Park 1 and Field 1 (in particular) being the thorn in my side? Since there's really no good use for it I'd like the ability to exclude it from these algorithms or from multi-frequency entirely.
  7. I am needing an explanation why it is that my Nox doesn't hit on the target after I have popped the plug while all of my previous and less sophisticated detectors can and do without fault. Before asking the answer is yes. I have done all of the necessary start up procedures AND ran this through ALL levels of sensitivity and subsequent adjustments and parameters. I look forward to any viable answer that can be got or being directed to wherever this lies in a previous forum. Thx
  8. I will put my 800 at 5 kHz when I'm over a multiple toned signal with inconsistent VDI and if the target goes silent (most occurrences) I walk away as I do when there is little to no change in the signal response. I dig when the 5 kHz signal response tightens up/drops two or more tones in Park 1, Discriminate -9 to +21, 39 and 40, and Recovery speed at 7. This niche is where the deep early trade tokens, dog tax tags, military buttons and stamped brass plates respond in eastern Iowa dirt that I have experienced anyway. I would not have dug a civil war Infantry cuff button today if I was solely reliant on the 800 in multi frequency mode. And i will alway follow the audio signal over VDI in 5 kHz. I will then go over the same dirt set up for gold coin using only 11, 13, 15, 18 and 20. (fmexp a single vdi number opposed to a series of numbers calls out the aluminium caps and particles of can slaw much better thus ignored and un-dug)
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