I watched this video the other day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmibGV1Qmf8
At the end, he basically said (I'm paraphrasing):
"Garrett [AT Max] is better at seeing through iron mineralization...but its target ID is weaker than the Equinox. But the Equinox can be noisy and difficult and needs to be tweaked for every detecting site."
In case you don't want to watch the video, he was testing the AT Max and Equinox 800 against a Merc and SLQ quarter at about 12" deep in his soil. The SLQ was next to a piece of iron.
So any of you agree with what he said and if so (or if not), why?
I'm in an area where I think there's silver, but it's deep. I'm guessing they're at least 8 inches down, maybe 10-14 inches and located within a lower layer of orange clay that's mineralized enough where it will set off the Garrett Carrot on max sensitivity (although this can be remedied by turning on the Carrot while it's touching the orange clay soil). Also, in the upper layers (6 inches and shallower) there's a lot of trash, such as pull tabs, bits of iron, chunks of iron and bits of aluminum siding.
My soil profile is roughly 4-8 inches of dark brown or black soil (low mineralization, I presume). Then below that, it's this orange clay stuff I mentioned above.
My goal is to get this deep silver.
I'm getting the impression that in clean soil with low mineralization, the Equinox with the 15" coil might be my best bet to get deep silver. Yes, the AT Max might be able to detect that silver, but is more likely to give the wrong TID while the Equinox is more likely to give a more accurate TID.
However, given the iron junk in my soil and the deep clay, it's possible that the AT Max (maybe with a NEL Big coil?) will have a better chance at helping me find the deep silver...maybe?
Any thoughts? Suggestions?
Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmibGV1Qmf8
At the end, he basically said (I'm paraphrasing):
"Garrett [AT Max] is better at seeing through iron mineralization...but its target ID is weaker than the Equinox. But the Equinox can be noisy and difficult and needs to be tweaked for every detecting site."
In case you don't want to watch the video, he was testing the AT Max and Equinox 800 against a Merc and SLQ quarter at about 12" deep in his soil. The SLQ was next to a piece of iron.
So any of you agree with what he said and if so (or if not), why?
I'm in an area where I think there's silver, but it's deep. I'm guessing they're at least 8 inches down, maybe 10-14 inches and located within a lower layer of orange clay that's mineralized enough where it will set off the Garrett Carrot on max sensitivity (although this can be remedied by turning on the Carrot while it's touching the orange clay soil). Also, in the upper layers (6 inches and shallower) there's a lot of trash, such as pull tabs, bits of iron, chunks of iron and bits of aluminum siding.
My soil profile is roughly 4-8 inches of dark brown or black soil (low mineralization, I presume). Then below that, it's this orange clay stuff I mentioned above.
My goal is to get this deep silver.
I'm getting the impression that in clean soil with low mineralization, the Equinox with the 15" coil might be my best bet to get deep silver. Yes, the AT Max might be able to detect that silver, but is more likely to give the wrong TID while the Equinox is more likely to give a more accurate TID.
However, given the iron junk in my soil and the deep clay, it's possible that the AT Max (maybe with a NEL Big coil?) will have a better chance at helping me find the deep silver...maybe?
Any thoughts? Suggestions?
Thanks!