equinox 600 and 800 iron high iron bias..

[Calabash Digger]

My depth video turned out to be a high iron bias video on the 600 and 800...

 

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[hbru123]

Thanks for another great video! Thanks for mentioning me in there also.

 

[Calabash Digger]

your welcome thanks for pointing it out! They would have egged me... lol

 

[hbru123]

your welcome thanks for pointing it out! They would have egged me... lol

No problem!

 

[Inspector]

thanks for sharing the info. I only have the 600, but informative.

 

[vferrari]

Another blockbuster release from Calabash Digger productions. Thanks for doing the comparison that many have been waiting to see, Calabash. Even without the apples to oranges iron bias settings between the two, I saw enough to know that the 600 a very capable machine for most folks. You would have to be in the most extreme of iron conditions (your "bed of nails" reference) for it to make much of a difference and even then, you could still hunt there with the 600 and have some success, most likely.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great informational video, thanks for sharing!

 

[jeg208]

I might have missed it, and perhaps you didn't hit it in the video due to the iron bias setting but...

Did the 600 hit on your open gold earrings? Wondering about small gold performance with missing 20/40khz

 

[toasted]

In my limited experience with my 600, youre gonna wann run at least some iron bias. I guess you will lose some depth or separation but the falsing in iron is a problem without it. It will still false on some iron even with it set to 2 or even higher. I would not worry about it not hitting very low conducters. It has no problem with that in multi mode

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I might have missed it, and perhaps you didn't hit it in the video due to the iron bias setting but...

Did the 600 hit on your open gold earrings? Wondering about small gold performance with missing 20/40khz

When 600 is ran in Multi-IQ it is running all the same frequencies as the 800, it is only in single freq that it lacks the 20 and 40 khz. In Multi-IQ 600 still sees small open gold earrings.

 

[jeg208]

When 600 is ran in Multi-IQ it is running all the same frequencies as the 800, it is only in single freq that it lacks the 20 and 40 khz. In Multi-IQ 600 still sees small open gold earrings.

I dont believe this is true according to this diagram:

 

[Echoplex]

I dont believe this is true according to this diagram:

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ML's advertising is confusing a lot of people. Multi = 5/10/15/20/40 kHz on both the 600/800.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I dont believe this is true according to this diagram:

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Not only true, it is fact, you can take it to the bank, when in Multi-IQ they are identical in frequencies used, 600 only limits the selectable frequencies, it changes nothing in Multi-IQ, your mixing up selectable frequencies with Multi-IQ

From Minelab Website.

Multi-IQ Most of the confusion I have seen online revolves around Minelab’s new Multi-IQ simultaneous multi-frequency technology and the frequencies employed by the two detectors. The EQUINOX 600 is limited to 5 kHz, 10 kHz, and 15 kHz single frequencies, while the EQUINOX 800 also offers these plus the additional higher frequencies of 20 kHz and 40 kHz. This does not mean that the 600 is not employing the full multi-frequency range as part of the Multi-IQ processing. Multi-frequency operation is identical in the two models and provides the same maximum signal response to targets in Park, Field and Beach Detect Modes., The real magic of EQUINOX is in the Multi-IQ technology (not the single frequencies), therefore you can rest assured the EQUINOX 600 matches the EQUINOX 800 in this regard.​

https://www.minelab.com/usa/go-minelabbing/treasure-talk/equinox-600-vs-equinox-800

 

[jeg208]

Wow, thank you for all that info. I feel much better about choosing the 600 now. Their marketing material is borderline misleading on this... it is only if you read the REALLY small print that you will find out that multi is the same across both platforms, and that it is only the single channel that is unavailable. I swear I saw a diagram somewhere just like the one below that only had 5,10,15 highlighted. Cant seem to find it now, so maybe I just dreamed it :



EDIT: Found it, but cant find it on the Minelab site. Maybe they removed it due to confusion. If so, good on them

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Wow, thank you for all that info. I feel much better about choosing the 600 now. Their marketing material is borderline misleading on this... it is only if you read the REALLY small print that you will find out that multi is the same across both platforms, and that it is only the single channel that is unavailable. I swear I saw a diagram somewhere just like the one below that only had 5,10,15 highlighted. Cant seem to find it now, so maybe I just dreamed it :

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EDIT: Found it, but cant find it on the Minelab site. Maybe they removed it due to confusion. If so, good on them

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If you click on my link it shows it on Minelabs site.

 

[jeg208]

If you click on my link it shows it on Minelabs site.

Ahhh yes. They should definitely remove that then lol. I was half tempted to cancel my 600 and order an 800 last night when I was all confused! Could barely sleep!

Today I am happy with my decision on the 600 again. I want to use earbuds, dont like playing with granular settings, and will likely never go gold prospecting.