equinox 800

The 800 is my 4th detector in 45 years. In a year of very frequent detecting outings I have only found five silver coins. I have found several colonial coppers, large cents, Indian cents, and wheat cents as usual but hardly any silver. I tried all of the preset programs, park 1 and 2, field 1and...

Alright guys and gals, I need some validation before I go crazy. I have had a 900 since January after using an 800 for about 12 months prior. My question is this, is anyone seeing anything weird with TID #s with the 900 for silver? I have found 4 rosie's, 2 mercs, 1 seated with the 900 and...

I have had the 900 now for a little over a month. I've had it out 15 times, dug around 400 coins to include 20 silver and 95 wheats. All hunts with the exception of my last one was with the 6 in. coil. Yesterday I decided to give the stock coil a try. Went back to the grassy knoll at the church...

Hello everyone, I recently joined and am looking for other more experienced members who live in or near St Augustine, Florida. I have the gear and desire to get out there but am somewhat overwhelmed with all of the discussion around seeking permission. I have a Minelab Equinox 800 and would...

Hi there. I have only had my Equinox 800 for a couple of months so I am not sure if what I am experiencing is normal. When I repeatedly swing the coil over multiple targets that are densely packed together, the target ID will get stuck on “- -“ and it will no longer give a signal tone over any...

Hello everyone. I have read some threads here that suggest Beach 2 is the best mode for hunting in all environments (including dirt) when it comes to finding silver targets. Agree or disagree?

This is for the person who has no experience in metal detecting on what to buy and how to get started. Today's modern metal detectors are more like computers (or more exactly modern signal processors). They are very powerful and often complex. Buying one the best detectors out there, the...

I have had this unit for about three weeks and love it. The only issue I sometimes run into is that old rusty nails tend to target ID at the 20+ range. I am detecting an old farmstead and running it in park 1. Should I be running iron bias at 9 instead of 5? I will note once I pull the nail up...

This question is for you that primarily use the Minelab Equinox 800. I am new to the machine and noticed after adjusting the iron bias/f2 settings (which is the advanced option of off recovery speed, It will not let me go back in a second time if I want to make changes. Only way is to factory...

Hi! I posted on here looking for ideas on my first metal detector. I was guided to the sponsors page. I called and left a message for all 4. I received an email from Jeff at Quality Metal Detectors within hours. One never bothered to contact me at all, one waited a week but another one called me...

Both seem to weight 2.9 lbs according to the specs with respective stock coils. I have both detectors and my arm tires out on the 540 way before on the 800. After 30 minutes hunting a volleyball court with the 540 my arm is tired. But I can hunt with the 800 all day long. What gives?

I find myself re-reading Clive Clynick's first book on the Equinox 800. Why? Because when I first got my 800 2 years ago, I was not even remotely ready to use a sophisticated and hot machine like the 800. Thus a lot of stuff in Clive's books makes more sense to me now that I have a couple of...

Been out of commission since the fall, but finally got out to hunt an old site with the nox and had a fun day. :D On top is a token for "Union Flour" from 1861, and the Braided hair—my first even though I have some matrons and a couple draped busts— came out in the same hole as the holed...

Hello all, I have owned a metal detector (White's Coinmaster GT) for about 4-5 years now, and have gone on several 'hunts' with my younger kids. (My wife and I have 5: 8-19 yrs old.) Our hunts have never been super successful - dug way more trash than treasure, but we enjoy being outside and...

found this nail. cleaned off very thick coating of rust with brass brush. It was found in an area where I found two other civil war relics, a flat button and carved bullet. I can tell the point of the nail was hammered flat. Just wonder why small nail would have such a large head. any ideas...

I have had my 6" coil for quite a while and finally decided to give it a really good test. My nearby park is super trashy. I mean slammed with poptops, foil, pull tabs, bottle caps and tin cans. Why so trashy, it is the most popular park in the county since it is the only one on the river. On...

So, I'm at the beach here in the panhandle and having an issue that I thought I would ask you all about. Beach 2 in the water. Quiet for about 10 minutes, then here comes the chatter. What seems strange to me is with my old machines, if they were going to chatter, it was from the minute they...

mounted my 15" coil to my 800 and went to my very, very trashy park by the river to see what I could do with some deep coin hunting settings. Used Field 1, and my bins to just ring low tones and volume all signals below 23 and high 25 tone and high volume on 24 and up. Makes for a more...

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