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Hi all. So sorry for my English if something is wrong... Interested in this question, what kind of material is used here in this hole that sticker? In the detector Equinox... Now a lot of controversy because of this, everyone is afraid that the detector may leak in this place. Photo attached... Thanks 🙂 If the question has already sounded, was the answer, then please throw a link..

Hey Everyone...I hope you all had a great weekend hunt. At present time, I'm chasing buffs & V nics. I did enough silver and wheats since last year and I want to focus on different things one category at a time. This morning I was able to spend approx 3 hours at a 3-4 acre 1920's park until they took over the field for soccer. Got 6 nics and other goodies. There were just as many quarter signals as there were dimes and pennies signals. Tells me that it isn't getting hunted much, if any... right? In my quest for nics, I'm blocking out everything except 12/13 and 18+ and I have been doing well with the nics this way. If a silver gets in the way, then it's icing on the cake. What prompted me to write is this morning I dug a nic with an erratic signal and it got me wondering. It rang up as a weak 12/13. Threw it in AM and a 16 pops up, then a 14, but then drops back down to 12/13. Threw it in 10khz and the numbers didn't move much. I decided to dig which I normally would not do if it isn't a steady 12/13. But I did anyways, then out comes a bent, slightly cut Jefferson. There was nothing else in the hole after a 2nd sweep of the coil. This now makes me wonder if I need to open up the numbers a little more... like maybe 11 - 14? I don't want to miss that V or Buff. Thanks for stopping in and giving your feedback.

I just got my new Equinox 800 and took it to a local park. I found the 3 items about 5 feet apart. The shot shell is made by the U.C.M Co. Called new club a paper black powder shell made from 1891 -1910! Very cool find. Does anyone recognize the bullets? They are .351 in diameter, .593 in length and 126.7gr. Thanks

Some months back I bought the equinox and struggled to understand how to use it as I mentioned in a rant on this forum previously. The best advice I got was from Steve to turn down the sensitivity. I did that, turning it way down from the factory preset. Things started to make sense, instead of numbers and sounds going off every swing targets were more discernable. Side note: Id never used coin detecting machines before only gold detectors. After digging up the front lawn and finding many coins I headed of to the beach slowly getting the hang of the 800 gradually raising the sensitivity until in some spots I was able to raise the sensitivity till it was flat out and was picking up some nice coins at depth. I was soon able to work out what was ground noise and targets, similar to the way I operate my gpx. The other thing I tested was using a coin as a test and seeing what changing the recovery speed did. Backing it right off to 1 definitely got more depth. Recently a mate who has the 800 and me hit an old caravan park set on a beach location that not everyone knows about. We waited till the tide went out and hit the mud flats. Targets were absolutely everywhere. Many where sinkers which helped me replenish my fishing tackle box. We both came home with a gold ring each and many pre-decimal coins. I went back last week and cleaned up again. Working the mud flats was pretty disgusting as we were sinking in the mud and covered from head to toe in it. Trying to dig mud is not easy but I guess that's where the rewards are lying so well be back for sure

You have a NOX 800; why would you want an AT Pro, other than to just have one..? Curious, is all.. I have an AT Pro.. Really like it a lot.. It's a main machine of mine for where I live.. However, I bought it less than a year before the Equinox series was announced.. If I could have a do-over the day NOX was released I know which machine I would buy to have only one of the two and it wouldn't be an AT Pro.. Not that there's anything wrong with 'em, it's simply because they pale in comparison.. Sooo, it really is a curiosity to me why you want an ATP other than to just have it..? What function can it perform for you the E8 cannot..? This is not a cut or cut-down of any kind, I'd just really like to know / know your thoughts / reasoning..? Swamp

The primary reason I bought an Equinox 800 was because it was going to let me discriminate better than any detector I had or knew I could buy. It would save me from digging many, many bad targets. That is what I focused on. Second I believed that it might 'see' some targets that have been missed. When it came out with the standard coil I think it lived up to its billing. I've found gold and silver at the beach and gold nuggets in the gold fields. The discrimination has helped also with the 6" coil in can slaw to find good vs iron targets. When it comes to the 15 inch coil at the beach I'm beginning to wonder. While using Beach 1 and Beach 2 in wet sand I feel like I have to dig everything to get all of the clues I need. I still find myself comparing this coil and detector combo against the 3030 and the Explorer SE Pro. (I dug most everything with them also.) The clues I seek are not just the type of metal but size also. Tonight's hunt was an example. I went to a beach I know pretty well and found it to be without a cut and gently sloping. The waves have been at 14-17 second intervals so I expected targets to be deep if I could find them at all. The tides are staggered so that one of the lows is very high compared to the other. (It is this high low tide where I found most of my targets tonight.) There is not much current and there is not much wind. Big things didn't seem to be moving as I didn't see many rocks. But, we have to hunt what we get on any particular session so away I went. My set was Beach 1/21/5-6/5 tones/no discrimination and everything else pretty standard. Going out I swung fast looking for good targets and clues. I had to see where the energy in the water had buried my targets. There were very few in the normal places but I did find the earring at the top left after a few pennies and one nickel. I went on to try areas where I have found hundreds of coins and many rings but nothing tonight. It was a nice night when I returned to the area where I had found the two pieces of small jewelry. I was no longer 'driven' as I am many times so I took a more thorough, casual approach and made sure I dug everything. This was when I found most of the objects in the pictures. Everything was still on all metal but I was digging the bobby pin sounds, the -4, -5s and the 2s and 3s. (The leaf earring at the top left was a 2!) I was saying to myself 'Do you know what you are not digging?' I thought I did but I was also surprised several times. On a 'good' night I might have skipped digging many of the penny sounds but I dug them and found good clues. One negative sound was the stud in the bottom right. It was a negative number but it is a small object for the big coil. Many of the targets were small. As you can see the 'bump-bump groan' sound produced a fair amount of trash also. There were wires, hooks, bobby pins and a toe ring and a rose piece of small jewelry. There is also one of those iron Euro 1 cent pieces. Tonight they were all interesting. After all of these little objects were found in most of a 100 yard stretch out of 2 miles of walking I came across another negative number. It didn't sound any different than the other nearby targets but then I hit something with the scoop. It was large and out popped the piece of threaded pipe. I would have expected to have my 'doors' blown off but it was not any louder than the bobby pins. I know it can be set differently on the volume and I should do that. The Beach 1 low numbers have a certain volume. Now it seems that determines the headphone volume more than the adjustable volume on the detector. Anyway, I was quite surprised that it was not louder. To wrap all of this up and get to the point of the topic, it seems that the 800 with the 15 inch coil detects small objects well. The depth was up to 8 inches. Some of the deep sounds don't ID well so I don't rely upon the discrimination. There is a range of good targets that could be 'missed' if you only dig by the numbers. It is important to know what you are not digging and only skip a target when there are other better targets near. Even tho the 800 is a fast detector, the 15 inch coil likes to be swung slow. Mitchel

If the Equinox will obsolete all single frequency detectors why does it have the option to run as a single frequency machine? Surely this means in this mode the Equinox will obsolete itself!!

Hey everyone... I've had my Nox for approx 10 months now and have approx 200 hours on it. I'm getting more comfortable with its various modes and have fallen into a good groove with the machine. I've done well with it in great finds. The area that I'm weak on is single frequencies because I have not given them a chance to prove whether it is even worth it to hunt in those modes. My questions are... When do you use 5kz or 10kz? Trashy or moderate trash sites? Do you use single just to cross reference a signal against multi frequency? Has anyone dug anything significantly better in single vs multi? Has anyone been impressed at what single frequency can do vs multi? Note: For the most part I hunt trashy sites with relic/jewelry/coin mix. At the parks I simply put it on Park 1 or 2 and do not think about single frequency. But when in lot sites, and I'm running into lots of trash, I wonder how the single frequencies will work for me. Or better yet... what should it be doing for me that's better than multi? Any feedback is appreciated.

I read this in another forum and thought it was interesting. I asked the poster for permission and he said yes. Mark Carter Iron bias just alters a threshold that determines if a signal will be classified as iron or not. It’s not a filter per se and doesn’t affect depth. The benefit of a low iron bias has been correctly explained. But that is not the whole situation. In ground that is trashy and/or heavily mineralised, especially then the nox can be chattery even when noise cancelled and ground balanced. Raising the iron bias will then cause the chatter to be classified as iron and reduce the false alerts accordingly. That should be part of your routine if you want to quieten you machine. This effect happens in all metal and discrimination modes. But in all metal mode, the false will become an iron grunt and in disc it will be silent (assuming you have the audio set up that way). Yes, a high iron bias may lose you some masked objects. But the advantage is you won’t go crazy and you can perhaps cover more ground because you’re not having to double check false signals to see if they reoccur. 1 Manage

Daniel Teague Published on Dec 27, 2018 - Took the 4800 to the bad dirt bullet site with the new to me DeTech Spiral 15" coil. Also had the Nox 600 with me with the 12x15 coil too, just to play around with it.

Hi I just read one of your articles on the 800 about gold mode , it is very interesting. I have been using it in the UK and like it , could I pick your brains to help me take this to the next level for hammy hunting etc . recovery Speed iron etc I will be using the 15 inch coil many thanks

Here are my best finds from my last two trips with my new Equinox 800. The site is an old plantation that has been under continual cultivation since the 1830's. All detecting took place in plowed fields with over 180 years of accumulated nails, iron farm implements, and assorted trash. Running the 800 with no discrimination sounds like machine gun fire due to the massive amounts of nails and other iron (I wasn't searching this way though!). I was running the 800 mostly in Field 1 and occasionally in Field 2. Field 1 was a touch quieter. I found 6 Tax Tokens, a V nickel, a buff, and one Jefferson nickel; 5 pennies including one IH; one merc and one 1876 Carson City seated liberty dime. I was very excited about the CC dime since this is a Mississippi site and I have never found one before. Unfortunately both dimes have plow marks. This is not uncommon considering the amount of cultivation. Additional finds included a nice flat button, bridle boss, several brass rivets, heel plate, and other whatzits. The smaller rivet was fairly deep. Considering the amount of trash I was very impressed with the 800.

I would like some input from those of you that have used the Equinox and have experience with the Safari/Etrac I have recently came across a gently used Safari with plenty of warranty left on it. Intrigued by FBS and all the talk of deep silver finds, real hard to not just pull the trigger on this one. BUT, looks like my wait for the Equinox 800 may be coming to an end. Would purchasing the Safari be redundant with the Eq 800 coming? Will FBS technology provide something multi-IQ doesn't?

I recently decided to "learn" Beach 2, I had been using Beach 1 on dry sand and down into damp sand. I was pleasantly surprised at how responsive this setting is even in dry sand. I had the Sensitivity at about 23, Iron bias at 3. Has anyone else found this setting interesting?

Announcing: “The Minelab Equinox: An Advanced Guide.”By Clive James ClynickOur postal workers here in Toronto have been ordered back to work—clearing the way for me to begin a full-on book launch of the new one: ”The Minelab Equinox: An Advanced Guide.” Thanks to those who have shown interest in the couple of dozen proofs so far. What I’ve tried to do in this book is to lay out the Equinox’s strengths. These are its operating characteristics: good noise reduction, effective built in bias, good target ID at depth, good low conductor sensitivity–to begin with. The general theme of the book is how to get the most from these strengths in the field—both depth performance and accuracy. This is a detector that gives quite a lot of information–audio and meter. Understanding some basic detector theory can help to make sense of this information–what it means. This theory is very simple and has to do with the fact that the ground forms part of the signal—and that there is a ton of information to be gotten from these “ground noises”–the amount of difficulty that the machine has in separating targets from it.I believe that the way to become more accurate with the Equinox is to have a good grasp of these basic general skills that are applicable to all situations. With this in hand—accurate, effective applications become much easier to develop. Although there are several “beach” programs detailed in the book—these are more for teaching purposes—they illustrate skills and principles that are generalizable across situations.Years ago when I got my first Sovereign–all you had was your manual. There were a few seasoned hunters who posted methods on the Findmall forum. I cut and pasted these and read this one sheet multiple times. This gave me a good general knowledge of how this detector operated. These methods—things such as coil control target testing (the various types of target test passes), all metal signal confirming, (tone and location on the ground) for example increased my accuracy dramatically. With the Equinox’s sophisticated processing and filtering—these kinds of super quick tests are much more effective and can give you a ton of target information. So this would be one general idea that’s covered in the book—skill building and developing your accuracy by understanding what the machine is telling you.Good Luck Detecting,CliveNovember, 2018

Dear Friends .... Have purchased the Equinox 800 and Would like to know if anyone has had or used this coil and would like to share your thoughts on/of this coil. I realize that it has not been around all that long but perhaps some of Our Forum has had some hands on experiences with it? Any an all remarks would be appreciated. Considering on purchasing! Thank you very much! Co

Did Minelab issue another update for the Equinox series machines? I just checked their site and the update utility is at revision 1.1.1 and it is dated " (3 Dec 2018) ". Or is it just a case of wishful thinking on my part? ?

Is it worth doing the up date? does the 6" coil false too much? Tried reading through the threds but got lost in all the back and forth etc... My instinct is to just do it. strick

This is probably a noob question and I'm sorry if it's already been answered somewhere. Is it necessary (or a good idea) to do a factory preset when switching coils? Just wondering what you all do. Thanks in advance and Happy New Year !! -Bill

Hello all! Based on requests from several folks who are curious, I went ahead and did some air testing with my new Minelab 6” coil, attached to my Equinox 800. I wanted to give some idea of the relative capabilities of this coil as compared to the 11” coil. While all the normal caveats of air testing apply – such as air-test results in no way mirror in-ground results, etc. etc. etc., I do think there is at least a little bit of value when doing side-by-side air testing of two different coils for comparison purposes. Anyway, how much value exists in such a test is up to each individual to decide; I simply wanted to provide the data. I also did a Youtube video, which I will post a link to as soon as it is done uploading. In the video, I did NOT record the testing of all the coins; I ran only the silver Roosevelt dime in the video to show you, audibly, what quality of signal I listened for in order to call it a “hit.” In other words, how repeatable of a signal I listened for before I assigned a depth value to that particular coin, with that particular coil. The rest of the video is just some discussion of a few points regarding the coil, and the testing. Anyway, here is the data… Minelab Equinox 800 11” and 6” coils, air-test comparison, done indoors Park 1 Mode Sensitivity 18 Noise Cancel Channel 7 All-metal mode (horseshoe button engaged) Ground Balance 0 Recovery Speed 4 (on the 800, equivalent to 2 on the 600) Iron Bias 2 (on the 800, equivalent to 1 on the 600) Here are the results: After this “apples to apples” comparison, where I tested both coils using identical settings, I then re-tested a couple of coins (specifically the silver dime and the silver quarter) on the 6” coil, but this time bumping sensitivity to 22. I found that I was able to run sensitivity about 3 points higher, as the 6” coil is (as expected) less affected by EMI. Since “18” is a rather conservative sensitivity for a 6” coil, (but that is as high as I could go with the 11” in my indoor testing, and since I wanted to keep it “apples to apples”), I wanted to see how much depth gain I would get on the 6” coil if I bumped sensitivity up some. Here are those results: In summary, you can see that the 6” coil (at 18 sensitivity) loses roughly 1 ¾” depth on each coin, in an air test, as compared to the 11” coil. You can also see that by bumping the sensitivity on the 6” coil up from 18 to 22, you “gain back” most of the loss of air-test depth, getting to within ½” to ¾” of depths achieved by the 11” coil, set at 18 sensitivity. SO…while you DO lose depth with the 6” coil, as expected, you may – in a real-world scenario – be able to gain most of that depth back, due to being able to run it at a higher sensitivity setting. Overall, I am thus far impressed with the coil, and can’t wait to use it “in the field,” where I can begin to get a feel for its REAL value – its ability to separate, in trashy sites. Steve

This was my first hunt with my own modified Equinox program. Went through all the good jewelry I'd found and set the machine up to give one tone for the range of gold rings. Dug every nickel signal, didn't dig any gold rings but found one nice .925 ring that ID as a solid 31. Very unusual and it sparked me to dig. Of all the rings I've dug the majority range from 6-13 and most will read 13. Amazing machine, very enjoyable to hunt with.

Ok, I’m a newbie. Both to the Equinox and to metal detecting. I started detecting a little more than a year ago, and I got my Nox 600 in August. I know that 10 silvers for the year is a paltry sum for most veteran detectorists, but for me it’s a big deal. Particularly since seven of the 10 were found with my Nox! With the end of the year approaching, I’ve been hitting every site that’s given up old coins and relics for me this year, hoping to get #10 FTY. We’re expecting major wind and rain today, so I got out early before the weather hits and searched a nearby dog park that i’ve covered so many times I can’t even count. I keep going back because interesting things show up from time to time: wheaties, IHPs, & relics. I wasn’t expecting silver. Even though other old things have come out of the site this year, none have been silver. When I hit a deep 27-28 signal, I crossed my fingers and began working my way through the rocky soil, thinking it was going to be a clad dime. When I saw the mellow shine of silver, I smiled. My quest for #10 was over.