Buzzard Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Took my Equinox 800 out to play today . I went to a local Tot lot since it should be almost empty...it was . Found a bunch of clad, first find was a dime, then another dim. I got a solid 13 on it was double hitting, move the sand and there was a nickel....all in all I think I got about 1.77 in clad but I am getting better and ID with sounds...would here it , then look for what I thought it should be....still learning but having fun too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Rick, The 800 is a nice machine, congrats on the finds.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm S Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Well tot lots are usually hit pretty hard so not a bad haul for a tot lot. I always hit them because I have found many rings in them. Every outing like that builds your confidence. I still pretty much use factory settings with some discrimination and sensitivity. I usually run sensitivity around 20 - 22 but on occasion I will crank it up in an open soccer field. Yesterday I hit a soccer field I had hit with my V3i and my Etrac and had done well but the last cpl hunts with the Etrac I didn't find much. So yesterday I didn't expect much but the fantasy in my head about the Equinox being a super detector I felt I would find a lot the other detectors missed.. Not the case. I hunted for about 3 hours and came up with 5 quarters and a cpl dimes a few pennies. The stuff I found I am confident I missed with my other detectors but the edge of the Equinox coil is so hot that may have been the reason I found what I did. I had the sensitivity cranked up to 25 and that too may have helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 At my learning point right now I am just using park 1 and going from there.....if it beeps right now I dig it....got a good foil collection going. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm S Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 That's what I did my 1st few hours before I even figured out how to discriminate.. If it beeped I dug and had pretty good success the 1st cpl times out.. 1st day I got a $1.48 in about 20 minutes before I got rained out then $4.50 or so the 2nd day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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