Steve Herschbach Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Published on Jul 22, 2019 by Bill Southern. “I am kind of liking the Minelab Equinox 800 for gold nugget hunting as I use it more. It has some abilities the other VLF detectors out there do not have and man will it hear tiny targets as well as large. I am using stock settings for GOLD 1 in this video and will go into more later on various tweaks. I recommend the 6 inch coil when out for gold nuggets as it is much more sensitive and the smaller size helps with the highly mineralized soils of the Southwestern goldfields. In this video I am using STOCK Gold 1 settings with auto track and sensitivity at around 19. So let's go see if we can score a nugget....” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 It's a good video on an early morning Arizona hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskaseeker Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Nice Vdo, met Bill in the 90s he was just getting started then i believe, nice person for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 I do believe I sold Bill his first Coiltek coil, back before he was a dealer. Only ever met him once very briefly at a dealer meeting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I got my 800 from Bill. I just asked him if he was in All Metal for the video and he said no. I think Stock to him is turn on and go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Yes the Equinox is a fine gold VLF gold detector and I have had great Success with it too. Certainly a machine that does better on Prospecting Nuggets than most folks probably realize. Bill Southern has been around the block a few years and knows his stuff. Good to see he finally cleaned up a little as the beard and hair used to be pretty rough. I think he was trying a Grizzly Adams look, minus the belly. Thanks for sharing Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Bill is a great prospector with a detector and super friendly. Boy, he loves the desert. I like to watch his videos for his prospecting tips and nature narratives too. He was in Gold 1 with a little low end discrimination from what he said (probably -9, -8, and -7 for some of the hot rocks) with sensitivity on 18 and he was using tracking ground balance. On shallow sedimentary and volcanic bedrock which is intermingled, tracking ground balance is a good idea. The 6" coil in Gold 1 and Gold 2 multi is a beast!!!! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Hi guys and thanks for the comments, the area I am using the 800 in is strewn with horrible hot rocks and patches of highly mineralized soil and is called the San Domingo placer district. I like this area and it is great for seeing what a detector "can do" in some difficult ground. Now about the video, thank you for all the comments and advice and I truly appreciate it and so far my videos on the Equinox 800 have been designed for folks new to this little beast and I do indeed switch to all metal in parts of this video to sharpen the target as phrunt has mentioned in his very helpful comment. As I use this detector more my videos will also reflect this and I will show some more advanced settings (as I too learn) I have been a hard core nugget shooter since 1991 or so and I too am new to and amazed by this detectors abilities in the goldfields and am having a lot of fun finding nuggets with it and find it to be much more capable than I expected. I am actually now falling in love with this little beast and trying to learn all it many secrets so all input is very welcome! Thank you Steve for posting some of my videos and thank you Mitchell for giving me a heads up there was a conversation about it. So in the video yes I am using stock Gold 1 with sensitivity at 18 or 19 and auto tracking. I have tried Gold 2 a little at the same placer area, but it struggled some with the ground so I settled on Gold 1. I am trying post videos as I learn to help folks new to this detector be able to "turn on and go" and be able to have a great chance at scoring a nugget or two and I think Minelab has done well with Gold 1 for this purpose. Those that have commented here I know most all of and have met several (respect all) and really appreciate the kind words and I guess I just feel it is time to share some of what I have learned in almost 30 years to give some of the new folks a boost. Good hunting, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Hi Bill, I love your videos they make me think I'm walking along beside you. I still remember camping out with you and JohnB, RD, Joeforthegold and Mick up in Rattlesnake canyon. Times like that cannot be duplicated and resonate even now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegin Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, flakmagnet said: Hi Bill, I love your videos they make me think I'm walking along beside you. I still remember camping out with you and JohnB, RD, Joeforthegold and Mick up in Rattlesnake canyon. Times like that cannot be duplicated and resonate even now. If JohnB was there then I know you guys had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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