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Nice going Mitchel, that's encouraging for the Equinox.

I don't care if the Equinox tips over when I lay it down. I just don't.

I bet it's both Dave...

I always ground-balance, a holdover from using PI's where it's a must.

Semi-Auto it is...

Hi Steve, just musing, not implying I'm stating fact. It will be fun to hear about it.

I would think any half-way decent detector would have found it, but it's fun that it was an Equinox...

Now there's a provocative post. Wow... Interested to hear and see the story.

Really? That is quite amazing if it is true.

The only hitch with my 800 is that the rubber on the cuff basically became unglued. I don't actually consider that a problem. It's easy to fix. It's the most fun detector I've ever used - and the most versatile.

Perhaps when you add a new article or update an existing one, when you put "new" also include the date of the change.

The Minelab Equinox Essential Information is the single most useful and informative thread on the Equinox I have found anywhere. As my experience with the 800 grows, the information makes more sense each time I refer back to it.

I gave Darwoody's button idea a go today and I like them. The buttons are easy to feel through gloves if you wear them and otherwise, they are easy to find and it doesn't take much pressure to work them. Thanks for the idea.

The button is a little hard to hit, but once you understand that, it's not a problem. How to you like it to use? Have you used it in the goldfields?

I also come from the GPZ and harnesses and Hipsticks - I have no issues with this little Equinox.. It is nose heavy but I'm over that. It works - what more can one ask?

Has anyone else tried this? It looks interesting.

Thanks for the heads up. Mine are fine.

Steve's quote: "...The horseshoe button makes it easy to set up a pattern with almost every thing blocked. You can flip back and forth between extreme disc settings and wide open and compare signals on targets found in the field before digging..." The importance of this way of experimenting and double checking cannot be overstated. It is one of the reasons the Equinox is so much fun and works so well. The other thing I like is being able to instantly change frequencies to see how they interact with the target and the ground. That also helps make detecting much more of a learning experience.

The replies above should help you. I have found that messing with the settings including recovery speed and Iron Bias while you are over what seems to be a good target is very helpful and I highly recommend it. I too am hunting LA parks and know your problems with trashy ground but once you switch to 5 -Tones and get comfortable with how the sounds come through, I am willing to bet you will feel much more confidence. I would also suggest that you not notch quite so many numbers but instead, listen to the sounds and watch what the VDI is doing. After a little time trying this, you will pretty much know from the sound what to move on from and what to dig. Good hunting...

That would be a fun trip. Some forum members should get together and go...(wishful thinking).

You obviously have learned the Equinox and it looks as though you picked the right spot to use it. Very impressive.

I am always amazed at how much sand the coil cover retains after a trip to the beach. It's almost as though it was designed to collect sand...(joke).

I would suggest you not pay too much attention to the adverse views of the Equinox on the Facebook site, there are a lot of nay-sayers that seem to congregate there.

There's no way plasti-dip will withstand the hard use of a probe but there is a non-metalic epoxy that might be helpful if that is really what you want to do.

I stay primarily in Park 1 as well, with many forays into Field 1 and 2 just for learning how the signals differ. Today I tried Steve's quick coin hit strategy of notching out everything below 17 (except I left 13 notched just for fun). It's a fun way to hunt especially in this park I go to where it's as though people have taken handfuls of zinc pennies and tossed them everywhere.