pulltabfelix
Bronze Member
- Jan 29, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Currently have CTX3030 and Vanquish 440.
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
there was one recent post here that ask the question does the Equinox obsolete the dig them all theory of hunting.
Well the short answer to that is no, but it can reduce your amount of digging if you learn to use the Equinox to recognize junk targets.
But that brings up another thought. When first getting my 800 I often wished I could go to a web site and hear the sounds of different junk and good targets. What I eventually did was listen to some youtube videos on Equinox and listen to the audio signal on what they did. But the trouble was few of those guys using the Equinox often did not capture good sounds or were using earphones and hardly any of them recorded the junk audio signals which is important.
So when youtube failed to be effective for my purposes I just pulled out my rather large box of junk targets and started learning to hear junk and good signals on my 800.
But what about newbies to the metal detecting world who just bought an 600 or 800 (gads, they will need a lot of help). They likely don't have a junk collection. Then the second thought was after several weeks of digging they will have a junk collection and they can learn on that if they don't discard the junk targets.
Another problem books and forum members use words to describe audio signals which can be meaningless to a new person to the hobby. words like peaked, skewed, bitty, broken, clipped, weak (well that is pretty well understood), no extensions.
When you are new to the metal detecting hobby those descriptive words are meaningless. It is like telling a 3-4 year old to pick up the green block when no one has taught him the colors.
So I thought it would be a good idea to hook an iPhone up to an Equinox and record different junk target sounds. Eg rusted bottle caps, pull tabs, square pop tops, iron nails etc. But after a little investigation, it seems like too much trouble with technology. Better to just tell then newbie to save your junk and practice on it.
you know I am still not sure about words like peaked, skewed, bitty, broken, clipped and associating them in my brain with what those actual sounds that those descriptive words apply to.
Well the short answer to that is no, but it can reduce your amount of digging if you learn to use the Equinox to recognize junk targets.
But that brings up another thought. When first getting my 800 I often wished I could go to a web site and hear the sounds of different junk and good targets. What I eventually did was listen to some youtube videos on Equinox and listen to the audio signal on what they did. But the trouble was few of those guys using the Equinox often did not capture good sounds or were using earphones and hardly any of them recorded the junk audio signals which is important.
So when youtube failed to be effective for my purposes I just pulled out my rather large box of junk targets and started learning to hear junk and good signals on my 800.
But what about newbies to the metal detecting world who just bought an 600 or 800 (gads, they will need a lot of help). They likely don't have a junk collection. Then the second thought was after several weeks of digging they will have a junk collection and they can learn on that if they don't discard the junk targets.
Another problem books and forum members use words to describe audio signals which can be meaningless to a new person to the hobby. words like peaked, skewed, bitty, broken, clipped, weak (well that is pretty well understood), no extensions.
When you are new to the metal detecting hobby those descriptive words are meaningless. It is like telling a 3-4 year old to pick up the green block when no one has taught him the colors.
So I thought it would be a good idea to hook an iPhone up to an Equinox and record different junk target sounds. Eg rusted bottle caps, pull tabs, square pop tops, iron nails etc. But after a little investigation, it seems like too much trouble with technology. Better to just tell then newbie to save your junk and practice on it.
you know I am still not sure about words like peaked, skewed, bitty, broken, clipped and associating them in my brain with what those actual sounds that those descriptive words apply to.
