Minelab Nox 800

[CarsonChris]

I have an equinox 800. Haven’t tried looking for gold yet but might have time to look today. Any tips or advice while searching? Gold 1 or 2?

How’s depth compared to a gold bug?

 

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[ButteCo.Bedrock]

Not sure on the comparison with the GB but I have found sub .1g gold with my EQ800 in Gold 1. It seems to be in the rough ballpark with my Gold Monster but just not quite there. Good luck!


Edit...And I was using the 6in. coil on my EQ800.

 

[Hamfist]

The Equinox works at a lower frequency than the GB2, so it should punch deeper, in theory, given equal coil sizes.

 

[meMiner]

I have the 800, but have not tried it yet on placer gold, other than a pretty useless air test but that showed me I can probably leave my GB Pro at home and also have a machine that can get wet. I hope to have it on a historic placer creek next month.

 

[Lanny in AB]

I have the 800, but have not tried it yet on placer gold, other than a pretty useless air test but that showed me I can probably leave my GB Pro at home and also have a machine that can get wet. I hope to have it on a historic placer creek next month.

Just ran a side-by-side comparison with the Bug Pro and the Monster last weekend. Loved them both, but really enjoyed the meter on the Bug Pro for ID'ing shallow targets far better than the digital display on the Monster, plus flipping back and forth on the Monster to use discriminate or not, the Bug Pro's meter was far more useful and a one-step process, so strengths and weaknesses both ways, but I love how they compliment each other. The Gold Monster will find tiny gold, as will the 800 from what I've read, but I've yet to try one, so good luck and let us know how you like the 800 vs. the Bug Pro. I know I won't be putting my Bug Pro away anytime soon, even though I love the advanced ground tracking on the Monster and you'll have to let me know about the tracking abilities of the 800, always room for one more detector in the stable . . .

All the best,

Lanny