maxxkatt
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I want to pass on this advice from other more experienced users on this or other forums with Equinox sub forums about learning the Equinox 800.
One gentleman said just put some hours just hunting in the standard preset modes that resembles your hunting patterns. eg, park1,2, field1, 2 etc.
Well I read that advice but did not take when my 800 arrived. I could not wait to monkey around with all the different settings and try to roll my own. Of course when I would find some settings provided by users on the forum or youtube I would try those settings. I was looking for the magic bullet setting that would take all of the guesswork out of metal detecting. But that won't happen. One experienced guy here used to stress in the final analysis it is the computer between your ears that you have to learn to use in metal detecting.
Playing with all the 800 settings was a waste of time for me since I really didn't have a handle on most of those settings because I didn't have any Minelab experience. I came from three years using an AT PRO. Loved my AT Pro, but there is more monkey with on the 800.
So I finally took a few steps back, did a factory reset and started putting in time hunting time on park 1,2 and field 1,2. I learned to ground balance the machine properly depending on my location and adjust the sensitivity to quiet down the chatter. As another guy on the forum said, "The Minelab engineers knew that they were doing when creating the defaults for the different hunt modes.
Hunting in the default modes has made a huge difference for me. I now can adjust my hunt mode settings easily in the field to achieve my hunt objectives.
So I suggest to new users to start simple and learn the more complex after you have a firm command on the simple stuff on the 800. This is especially true of people coming from using a more popular and general class detector like the ACE series or AT Pro series. (I am not knocking the ACE or AT Pro, loved my AT Pro) Guys and gals with experience with the more advanced and expensive Minelab detectors already have climbed their learning curve and take to the 800 with ease.
One gentleman said just put some hours just hunting in the standard preset modes that resembles your hunting patterns. eg, park1,2, field1, 2 etc.
Well I read that advice but did not take when my 800 arrived. I could not wait to monkey around with all the different settings and try to roll my own. Of course when I would find some settings provided by users on the forum or youtube I would try those settings. I was looking for the magic bullet setting that would take all of the guesswork out of metal detecting. But that won't happen. One experienced guy here used to stress in the final analysis it is the computer between your ears that you have to learn to use in metal detecting.
Playing with all the 800 settings was a waste of time for me since I really didn't have a handle on most of those settings because I didn't have any Minelab experience. I came from three years using an AT PRO. Loved my AT Pro, but there is more monkey with on the 800.
So I finally took a few steps back, did a factory reset and started putting in time hunting time on park 1,2 and field 1,2. I learned to ground balance the machine properly depending on my location and adjust the sensitivity to quiet down the chatter. As another guy on the forum said, "The Minelab engineers knew that they were doing when creating the defaults for the different hunt modes.
Hunting in the default modes has made a huge difference for me. I now can adjust my hunt mode settings easily in the field to achieve my hunt objectives.
So I suggest to new users to start simple and learn the more complex after you have a firm command on the simple stuff on the 800. This is especially true of people coming from using a more popular and general class detector like the ACE series or AT Pro series. (I am not knocking the ACE or AT Pro, loved my AT Pro) Guys and gals with experience with the more advanced and expensive Minelab detectors already have climbed their learning curve and take to the 800 with ease.
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