Detecting Fool
Full Member
- Jan 9, 2005
- 172
- 270
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Manticore starting June 2023
Minelab Equinox 800
Prior to 2020 - Whites VX3, XLT, Spectrum XLT, 6000di and 1DB
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
My entire life, I have always used White's starting in 1981 with a 1 D/B. Over the years, I upgraded, but always with White's. Finally, in 2020, I decided to upgrade again and a day after I decided, White's announced they were retiring. When I contacted my local White's dealer they talked me into a detector that "wasn't a big boxy detector" which was the Minelab Equinox 800. First couple of uses using the factory settings worked out pretty good. Found a couple of Indian Heads on my very first outing, so I thought, wow, this is going to be an awesome detector. But then the pandemic hit, and I didn't really get out much for the rest of 2020. Rather then go into all the details, 2021 was a great year. I watched a few videos, made a few adjustments and made some incredible finds. 2022 started out the same way as 2021 ended. Incredible finds. And then for some reason, I started finding nothing but nails. I watched more videos and attempted to adjust the iron bias but for some reason, I could not make any adjustments, so I did a factory reset and then was able to make the adjustments to what had worked so well last year. But still, nothing but nails. And I mean, really strong high pitched dime and quarters signals and showing on the screens as what dimes and quarters should be are nails. So I adjusted FE completely to 0 and F2 completely to 0 and went out for three hours last night and everything is nails. At this point I am really missing my Whites. When I got a certain signal, I could be almost 100% certain it was what the detector was telling me it was.
So, with that said, is there any way to completely discriminate iron on the Equinox 800? I dont care if I miss gold or nickel. I just dont want to ever see another nail. Or do you think something is wrong with my machine?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Anthony
So, with that said, is there any way to completely discriminate iron on the Equinox 800? I dont care if I miss gold or nickel. I just dont want to ever see another nail. Or do you think something is wrong with my machine?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Anthony
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