Bill (S. CA) Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 This morning I was at Santa Monica beach with my Equinox 800 and the 15" coil. There were at least 8 hunters there at 6:00 AM, 5 - Deus II's and 3 - Equinox 800's. Targets were sparse but everyone came away with some clad and at least junk jewelry. On my way back to my car a buddy of mine who has switched to the Deus II from the Equinox 800 asked me what I was running at the beach. I told him Beach 1, 5 tones, sensitivity at 20. He told me that the best way to run an Equinox at the beach is in all metal single tone which he swears gets better depth, comparable to the Deus II. He said that he hunts by ID and ignores the tone so he doesn't need any multi-tones. I'm not a fan of all metal all the time but this guy is an experienced hunter who does very well. It's tempting to try his idea out but my experience over the years is that on really deep targets I may not get a target ID but I will get a sound. In his setup, without tone ID I would have no way of identifying the target if there is no ID on the screen. And to be totally honest, the 800 is a depth monster. I dug a nickel with a repeatable signal and TID of 13 in the wet sand at about 16". Any thoughts/opinions on this? Bill 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I'm no expert, but I always go by the sounds more than the TID. TIDs will jump around sometimes and numbers of bad targets can mimic good targets, but sounds are often more accurate to me and give more clues about what the target is. That's just from my perspective, though. 3 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I'm sure Dave (midalake) will chime in eventually. I have about 100 hours saltwater beach hunting (not nearly enough to even tie the bootlaces on the pros) with the Equinox at mild to moderately black sand beaches. I usually hunt with the horseshoe button engaged, with 2 tones (ferrous/non-ferrous) and go by the sound both for possible conductivity and depth first and rely on target ID and the actual depth meter only on shallower targets. 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 That's interesting. I haven't tried single tone. Haven't heard anything about single tone. Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post midalake Posted August 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Bill (S. CA) said: He told me that the best way to run an Equinox at the beach is in all metal single tone which he swears gets better depth, comparable to the Deus II. He said that he hunts by ID and ignores the tone so he doesn't need any multi-tones. Yes, I hunt this way, except I use Beach 2 because Beach 1 cannot handle my Black Sand/Wet sand-salt mix. 4 hours ago, Bill (S. CA) said: which he swears gets better depth, comparable to the Deus II. In direct wild target testing we could not get the Deus 2 to beat the Equinox in the Horseshoe mode. 4 hours ago, Bill (S. CA) said: my experience over the years is that on really deep targets I may not get a target ID but I will get a sound. In his setup, without tone ID I would have no way of identifying the target if there is no ID on the screen. I have taken this one step further because of what the Horseshoe mode can do. On deep targets, if the target single rings and does not have a directional breakdown on 360 inspection it is nonferrous 95% of the time. These targets WILL have negative tid numbers, if deep enough, including gold. Likewise, any target that double rings or breaks down on a 360 inspection is ferrous, 100% of the time. This works down to the faintest signals. Signals that will not even appear in the discrimination mode. So I would not worry about "missing anything" 12 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 26 minutes ago, midalake said: These targets WILL have negative tid numbers Great info! ? What kind of negative numbers? As low as -9? Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 26 minutes ago, F350Platinum said: Great info! ? What kind of negative numbers? As low as -9? No not down to -9. Usually a splattering, -1 to -5 [because the target is already deep and nonferrous.] 3 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill (S. CA) Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 This is really fascinating stuff. How high do you run your sensitivity when hunting this way and any other settings different than the pre-sets that I should be aware of? I'm very curious to try this out the next time I'm at the beach. Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger-NH Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 The idea sounds plausible. I can't wait to try some tests. I wonder if it increases depth on land as well. Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/19599-running-the-equinox-800-in-all-metal-single-tone-at-the-beach/#findComment-209090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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