So far I have found the Equinox ground tracking to be very good, and I have not made up my mind yet what is the best way to go. As an old timer I tend to always default to manual because I know I am in control. Yet in variable ground this can be very tedious to keep up with, and if you do not keep on top of it being in manual is actually a bad idea. Minelab claims, and I think they make a good argument, that most people do not know well enough how to stay on top of manual ground balance, and so