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Chase, I could well be using the wrong description. DirtFishing's video explains it better than I can, (and what is the correct word for it?) Anyway, that is what I have been messing with. Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you! What I was thinking. Park 2 is what I want to try next.

Has anyone compared Park 2 with either Field 1 or 2?

Skate, I agree. It doesn't take a lot of time with the Equinox to know it's a very versatile and highly sensitive detector. I don't know it well - yet, but I have never just grabbed a detector, turned it on, and felt as though I wasn't going to miss much if the coil goes over it, even if I didn't know it as deeply as I want to.

That is a good article - I am finding that the numbers he lists correspond pretty closely to the kinds of numbers I am getting on the So. Cal. beach I am testing on. Anyone else from So. Cal. have numbers that are close to the article?

I have done the same thing Redneck, bumped the audio tones and volume higher in two notches I have fashioned; a notch around 13 (nickels), and a notch above 18. I have slightly lowered both the tones and the volume in two other notches. It makes targets jump out of the noise. I still dig lots of signals that seem to be ferrous just to make sure I am learning to hear the ranges different targets fall into...it's fun.

Hi Nuke-um, I don't feel qualified to share settings yet. I am in the 'play around' and 'learning' mode. This is a different kind of detector for me. I have used P.I.'s exclusively for the last 14 years in mostly highly mineralized ground. This detector is taking me into areas I have not hunted much, i.e. beaches and parks. Good luck on your end.

Another in a series of clarifying posts about these kinds of detectors Steve. Very educational. I am a" tone's" hunter. I love the sounds the 800 makes, am comfortable running it pretty hot and hardly ever look at the meter for depth. So far the tones give me a good idea of how deep the target is - but this is only on the beach so far. I really like that there are lots of possibilities for tweaking things to ones preferences once you learn the basics. Fun.

Good thoughts Mitchel, listening to the sounds the detector makes seems to be a big key with this one - it has a lot of sounds coming out of it. I also thought it was interesting to hear the amount of blanking that goes on when you run a little threshold. Continued good luck.

Okay, now that makes sense...

I actually want a bit of play in the shaft. I actually prefer it and have made it so my GPZ has a bit of play as well. I am constantly changing the angle of the coil and the play in the shaft makes it easy.

Hi Steve, that was a real help, thanks. It makes perfect sense, can't wait to try it.

I am by no means fully comfortable with my new 800 but I have read alot, watched the generous videos and played with all the bells and whistles so I decided to hit the beach this morning. There was no cut but there was a place near the embankment leading down to the sand that I know from years past has had a lot of people around it so I decided to give it a go. I was in Beach 1 with the sensitivity up a touch (22), but other than that I was planning to use the time to listen to how the tones corresponded with the targets. To my surprise I began to pick up good sounding targets right away. After two hours I had only worked an area about 40' by 40' and you can see the results below. Some thoughts: I had a hell of a time pinpointing. The pinpoint button was pretty good but all in all that was my biggest area of confusion. Where in the heck does a target 5 or 6 inches down hit on the coil? Anyway, that is definitely something I have to learn more about, I was terrible at it. Secondly; it is absolutely necessary to take the coil cover off each time you use the detector, especially in the sand. To my surprise I see that the coil cover is the only thing between the potting in the coil and the ground. (first full coil pic) I am a PI detectorist and so maybe I just don't know about vlf's but I was surprised to see the potting so easily accessed. After two hours of hunting, there was lots of sand under the coil cover and I am sure it began to affect the way the detector behaved. Anyway that's it. I thought I'd add a post for once instead of just reading everyone's contributions. Oh and P.S. - this is a killer detector and it made me look pretty good today.

32 Generous of you Chuck.

Isn't this silver-on-edge anomaly something that could be solved with a software update if in fact it turns out to be consistent?

rookie question(s): 1. what does this mean? Advanced = Tone Pitch t 1...7 , t 2.....23 2. Same question: Adv = Volume Tone t 1 ...1 (or 0 if you dont want to hear iron) t 2 ...25 I am ducking as I am sure it is probably easy to figure out but I couldn't...

Good questions. Now watch this...here comes the calvary with answers.

"...it is up to dealers to make it work..." I like it.

...and Steve that's why I said best "customer" report...Your reporting is as forum head and moderator (in case there was any question).

The best-written customer report I've read sofar. Between your writing and "Dirtfishing's (and others of course), videos, we are getting huge benefits from the kinds of experience it takes years to accumulate. Many thanks.

Isn't the short answer that ML did not expect the level of EQ popularity and perhaps they had a last minute code modification? The amount of complaints is kind of funny. Detectorists always say patience is so important. Hope everyone is out detecting in their favorite EQ mode soon. And thanks for all the contributions of videos that we can watch and learn from in the meantime.

Nice going Mitchel, that was fun to read.

I agree 100%, intent is all...

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This is an optimistic article for us gold hunters to look through. It looks as though the Equinox may do quite well if used in the right conditions and areas. It has it's own language and it'll be fun to learn to translate it.