Just one of the many ways you can setup the Equinox for coin hunting. Sorry about the poor lighting it is storming outside so I had to do it indoors. Link to buy Equinox on Amazon amzn.to/3sdN8sh
I just received my 800 yesterday. I've been searching for videos that are similar to what Randy Horton put out for the X-TERRA. Thanks for the help. To avoid any frustration, I headed to my local Starbucks to read the manual in its entirety.
After a mind numbing six week wait, my 800 arrived two days ago. Spent yesterday in the back yard trying to learn how this machine works. Quite a change from my old White's 5000D (ha). Today I have "detector arm" . . . Your vid is very easy to follow and I think I'll set mine up like this. Thanks for a very understandable tutorial.
Just bought the 800 a few weeks ago and was pulling nothing but garbage iron out of the ground. Set everything per your recommendations and pulled out 3 old coins at my property today, including an old copper buffalo nickel but can't make out the date. Thanks a lot for this video!
What a smart video. As you mention the settings vary depending on where you are working, but the way you approach setting the regions and the tones is great. For those of us who are new to this kind of detector, this is an invaluable lesson Thank you for taking the time.
Just bought an 800 ! First time out found wheats and a merc 2nd time out merc and wheats plus a dog tag from 1917 3rd time out merc silver quarter 1950 and wheats 4th time out I followed your settings in park 1 and found war nickle, wheats, 1885 Indian head cent, another 1916 dog tag, gold ring and silver ring! Plus 3 bifsAll found in yards I've pounded with my etrac! Thanks for the help! From north idaho!
Thanks I just got my NOX 800 today and set mine up like this. Now it’s just time I have to put in on it to figure it out. This is my first MineLab machine I owned.
We really enjoy your videos... really helping us learn our Minelab Equinox 800. Hubby used your same settings & it's amazing how many coins (both OLD and new) we're finding in areas we've already covered with 2 other detectors! Keep the videos coming... btw we watch your videos all the time... can't wait for the next one!
So basically. After watching this video. Without discriminating with FE or F2 I just eliminated the iron on my park on mode.. lowered my aluminum tone. And everything in the copper brass silver range pops. Thanks for sharing. Now I am excited to give this a go.
I love your videos. I will say that I had to call Minelab as I could not forward into the next bin when you were I believe in tones. I am a tech challenged 61 year old gal (although I run circles around my male detecting partners) and fortunately Jamie knew exactly what the problem was (5 TONE). I would LOvE to see more videos on different settings for each mode (preferably from the very start ( just turning on the machine). I have the CTX and it took me several years to figure that machine out :-). I don’t want to be in a walker by the time I get this one but we all know all machines have a learning curve. Kudos for taking your time to educate all of us. Thanks, Peggy
I had a tough first day using the new Equinox detector Saturday. 2 hour hunt at parks. I only used the quick start guide with basic Park 1 / 2 to test. 2 25c 4 10c 3 5c 20 1c 100+ foil bits
Wow you done great. Thanks for letting me know. I used to live in Phoenix and never thought about detecting encanto park. But that was many years ago. As far as not being able to get close to metal objects I would just wait for the 6: coil.
I used your settings in Park 1 and they worked like a charm. Thank you very much. Other than clad and 4 wheaties i found a Sterling heart from a necklace at 6 inches.
great video! I just adjusted my 800 and I like it even more. but there are still some features I am foggy about. Love your video, thanks for making it. make more if you can showing off other features. you have a straight forward way about explaining it and showing it. very educational. thanks again. Brian
A good video on changing some settings that I didn’t really know you could do in the fashion that you demo’s. I think I’m going to make this my custom setting and save it there and then reset the park one setting back to default and give that a try once spring gets here and the ground is uncovered again in Wisconsin and not frozen.
Thank you. I just bought my new Nox 800 last week and was going nuts with the junk and aluminum. You've just helped me set it up properly. Now I can be a happy hunter 😃👍
Great video. Its still a bit confusing to me, but I have not received the 800 yet (next Monday). Looking forward to taking her out. I will certainly try these settings for some parks. Our parks are are inundated with pull tabs and foil bits. Like you wrote earlier, if I were to dig all the solid signals in a park, I would literally excavate tons of soil.
I watched and followed your instructions years ago, "setting up for coin hunting",and thanks to you, I love my NOX 800. You made my NOX a great detector. Your video is great, and I thank you so very much. NOW, I just purchased the Deus II and am struggling with programing it. I would love it if you could make a video for my Deus II. I want the same thing, nickels sounding clear and loud, and zinc pennies barely sounding off, and copper pennies, dimes, and quarters sounding off high pitched and loud. Anyways, I thank you again for helping me with my NOX, I really appreciate it.
Thanks for the comments. I am glad it helped you. I do not have a Deus II or I would make the video for you. Sorry. If I get one I will do it. The video below kind of shows you how to do it. I bet it will be similar on the Deus II. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tsCbsPTt0RI.html
@@DirtFishing Thanks Dirt-Fishing, and I have looked at that video before and it was no help for me and my Deus II. Of all the helpful videos I've watched, yours by far is the easiest to follow. Thanks again, your one of the best out there.
Very refreshing tutorial... Thanks for all your time and effort there! I have been watching and listening to so many videos... boy oh boy! I am on list for the NOX800. It will be my first machine. I am working to learn how the machine works, how some other machines work (a few other I like) and I am trying to bee sure I am making the correct purchase. like I said, after months of tutorials, I really like what you have done. you took a set of functions that when configured together, can offer a greater delivery of information from the machine as you work it. sound is everything to me as I learn the different machines. as I am sure most experts already know, I have realized the machine you want is the one that speaks to you clearly. some squeak, some squawk, some buzz, others have various levels, pitches, of musical tones. I have found the one that talks to me; but, unfortunately, $$$ too much money for me. So then, my learning direction changed. I now am looking at each machine to see if i can alter it's sounds to match the sound of the machine I could hear clearest. I like everything I have learned about the Equinox 800 so far. that is, I like it's ability. but when I listen to it, I don't hear the information. it takes me too long to interpret the musical tones. when I listen to machines that squeak or squawk, and they're information is delivered using subtle changes in pitch, I hear all the information given and easily process the complete information given this way. I have learned how to change the volumes on the other machines but your video, this video, has taught me how to do it on the NOX800. thank you very much. Now all this very long story is to ask... can I control the frequency of the sounds made by the Equinox so much that it changes to a squeak or squawk? rather than the musical notes? as I mentioned, I like the machine a lot already but to be able to change sound from song... to higher frequency squeaks... would really make this machine part of me. the objective of this video you have made, I think, is to show us how to KEEP the information. Instead of using the configuration to eliminate sound of things you are not interested in, you show how to keep that information but make is less obnoxious and make the things you really need to hear, come to you more easily, more clearly. So, I hope you might know this or be able to direct me on my information quest... Can I make the NOX800 squeak instead of sing musical notes? Using setting configuration or maybe even specific firmware changes...? Thanks again. John
Great video Bill. I used the settings for my first 800 outing Sunday. The setup seems very close to the 2 tone ferrous I have grown to love on my 'trac. Two basic tones, not much discrimination...
Love it! You ran through it a little too fast for me. Little slow LOL. I'm new to The Knox but have done well on the beach with rings. I'm not finding many coins with it yet still have a lot of learning to do with it. I'm A Relic Hunter at heart but in the summer it's just too hot and we have too many beaches here in Charleston to not want to detect. I'm subscribed to you. I heard you on relics radio a while back. I love this video just have to learn my machine to keep up with this video
DirtFishing I'm starting to get on to this thing. I'm liking field 2 set up like your video. Then I switch into park 2 set up like your video. Field gets deep and the 2 tone makes it easy to listen for good tones
Great video Bill. So glad to see you out again, and excited about the new machine. In your opinion how does the 800 compare with your E-Trac? I know how special the E-Trac is to you. Do you think this new machine can possibly have as much depth as your E-Trac. It looks much easier to use and understand at first impression. The price is very much a deal maker. For a novice, do you recommend this machine, or is it more complicated than it looks to be. I have the Original Minelab Explorer. Could the Equinox be considered an upgrade? Thanks for any info you could provide. Tell Kenny hello from Kentucky!
For deep silver or coins in my opinion the Etrac is still the best. The EQ has a pretty good id and is pretty fast. It also separates real good. It is not hard to use at all and can be a turn on and go detector if you want it to be. Once the crazy rush is over the prices will come back down and you will then be able to pick used units up for under retail. don't know how long that will take but it will happen eventually.
Bill.. Your video illustrating your coin setup for the 800 was one of the 1st videos that made me better understand the wonder of the tech I held in my hands. It’s a training vid that I’ve shared to many. Do you have any thoughts on configuring same for the 900? I sold my 800 to make way for my Manticore and hope to find someone that will part with their 900 because they feel overwhelmed.. I hope to make them a fair offer and add the detector to my collection of state of the art detectors.. I shamelessly also own a DEUS2, Legend, and Vanquish 540.. The hobby keeps my mind active and I enjoy my collections of detectors. I hope this post reaches you and hope for a reply. I’m a fan of your videos and hope you are well. Dan Ortiz- Mobile AL
Great video, thanks! I've been looking to adjust the audio response/volume gain to make deep targets as loud as shallow targets. I don't need audio to tell me how deep a target is, I just want to make sure I hear it. I tried everything, I don't think it's available.
DirtFishing I just set this up in Park 1. I am out in Kansas. Heading out West tomorrow to hit some spots. I just got my Nox 800 will be its first time out
Subscribed! Hope I can figure this out. All I'm finding is rusty stuff. I'm digging all numbers just to see what is registering where. High numbers to low? I might add that I'm searching on a family farm that I'm the 8th generation on! Got to be a coin somewhere!
your video for setting up the nox 800 helped me so much cause i was ready to throw it in the lake til i seen your video. do you have a video on how to set up the beach mode? if so i hope it is as easey to understand as the video of setting up the nox 800.... thanks for the help.
Yes but digging beaches and digging in a public park are two different things. If I dug every signal I got in a public park I would be kicked out and the park closed to metal detecting. You have to be selective in areas like that if you want to be able to continue to detect in the future.
DirtFishing i live near a beach but all the parks are banned, 2 toneson my beaches wouldn't work as theres way to much iron but thats another discussion 😊
Great advanced video buddy 🤩😎 ... Beside my XP deus i have also an EQUINOX 800 ...so far i like it alot on wet beaches ... but on farmer fields medievel square nails come in at 18 ...making me dig alot more ...but 18 you cannot discriminate out becuase small hammy comme in at 15 😖😞 Grtzz johny geerts
Sweet matey, i have only had the nox 800 for 3 months and i didnt even know there was the otptions to change them settings hahaha thanks for sharning, New susbcriber here:-_0
Fantastic! I’ve read the manual several times but still couldn’t understand that part. Thanks for clearing it up. BTW, do you know if there’s a way to adjust the “pinpoint” volume and/or tone. When wearing headphones, it’s almost painful !
I set up my machine just like yours. Great depth. I did notice something odd on my first trip out with the 800. Small iron nails were reading as nickels anywhere from 13-15. Have you ever had this happen? My etrac reads iron as iron but for some odd reason the nox read it in the nickel range.
Great Video Bill my Christian friend. Haven't got my Equinox yet. Was wondering what a good silver program would look like. Something that helps you cherry pick a dime, Quarter, half and maybe dollar. Something that makes those kinds of targets sound off loud and other targets faint. No zinks. Then I would like a program that focuses on IH, wheats, 2 cent and LC's. I go by mccrorysjewelry2 on Tom D. forum if you want to contact me there. Thanks. Love watching your videos
Great video. I have watched this video a couple times now, trying to get ready for when I get my Equinox 800 that I have ordered. Just curious where in the country are you located? Is this setup meant for more shallow modern coin hunting or is it good to use this for older deeper coin hunting? Do you relic hunt at all? What kind of setup would you use for deep relic hunting? Also what setup for deep or shallow jewelry hunting (non beach terrain)? Lots of questions. Sorry. Just trying to get ready for when I get my machine. Thank you.
I am located in Missouri it will work for both shallow and deep targets. I mostly coin hunt but to go for relics like civil war bullets, etc sometimes. I would use the same setup for relic hunting. Some of the bullets will fall into the high tone area. you can always investigate the other type signals too. For jewelry hunting I would still use multi frequency. In my tests it worked the best.
Dirtfishing Thank you so much for your tutorial after a few stops start I managed to get the program in, I am going to use it in Field 1 as well as park, do you have any more programs that I could use please, once again Thank you M F G UK
While I like this detector, my biggest peeve is the depth gauge and volume modulation. Coins that are 1” deep sound the same as 5” deep coins. I’d like them to sound softer when dealer.It loves bottle caps but that’s sort of a good thing ;)
Thats one of the features on the Deus so maybe if Minelab does an upgrade that will be included. But setting the sound to the various ranges is def helpful.
