New Equinox rings up silver!

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Hit 50 degrees today... ground still pretty solid beyond 5 inches... At this point the biggest difference from 10-12 years ago... is clad is no longer just laying around all over... I remember years ago after the snow melted it was everywhere...Five hunts in for the year 2 with dfx 3 with the Nox 800... and not even $10 in clad...

Back in the days of clad would easily be over $50 right now... Maybe its just the frozen ground...but I doubt it... because hardly any surface finds...

Now the good news.... the hunt itself turned from bad to good... only $1.34 in clad... but I hit my first silver with the Equinox... a 1954 Rosie reading 26/27... I had about .50 cents and had sunk in some mud... while trying to get it off my boots... I got a quarter signal.... 29/30 area... dug it.. and stayed in a very tight area making the rest of the finds before I left...

Oh and for new users... those ketchup packages are coming up 2/3...lol...

 

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[billb]

Good work getting out there with the equinox
We still have about five inches of snow here
Take care

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Good work getting out there with the equinox
We still have about five inches of snow here
Take care

Thanks weather should start turning soon.

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Thanks hunted at my slowest pace ever.

 

[Lenrac2]

Hate those ketchup packs! Nice finds!!

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Hate those ketchup packs! Nice finds!!

Thanks guessing someone ate right there and did not know how to throw out there garbage...

 

[The Master Chief]

Hit 50 degrees today... ground still pretty solid beyond 5 inches... At this point the biggest difference from 10-12 years ago... is clad is no longer just laying around all over... I remember years ago after the snow melted it was everywhere...Five hunts in for the year 2 with dfx 3 with the Nox 800... and not even $10 in clad...

Back in the days of clad would easily be over $50 right now... Maybe its just the frozen ground...but I doubt it... because hardly any surface finds...

Now the good news.... the hunt itself turned from bad to good... only $1.34 in clad... but I hit my first silver with the Equinox... a 1954 Rosie reading 26/27... I had about .50 cents and had sunk in some mud... while trying to get it off my boots... I got a quarter signal.... 29/30 area... dug it.. and stayed in a very tight area making the rest of the finds before I left...

Oh and for new users... those ketchup packages are coming up 2/3...lol...

Well done. I’m still trying to understand mine. I was a Garrett guy for a very long time now went to Minelab

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Well done. I’m still trying to understand mine. I was a Garrett guy for a very long time now went to Minelab

Thanks I have been getting out almost every day for two hours... this post is older as I now have around 13 hunts in with the Equinox. A couple suggestions and I am definitely no expert definitely still in learning mode...



there is a whole series of the above on you tube...

For me pinpointing and separation of targets is #1..

I am dead on with the pinpointing now... and target separation I have a little trick... I will stay out of pinpoint mode until I have the desired target pinpointed... by learning the tid.. target numbers which are not always exact you can say.. I see a 14/15 most likely trash and a 25/26 mixed in... I will pinpoint over the 25/26 as it is most likely a coin... usually a dime... THEN go into pinpoint mode with a very small movement or wiggle on the target I want to dig...

Take advantage of the utube videos... I went from scratching my head to being spot on pinpointing with the nox... Also learned the target id numbers... but also the tones now come first and I double check by looking at the numbers...

I am posting my hints and notes as I move along... I really like the Equinox now... I have changed my hunting style to very slow.... I will take maybe one spot in an area and just hunt that... I will come back and move to next spot instead of just running all over the location.... I used to grid with that little electric or phone flags and make a simple box... do not know what I did with them..lol...

If the videos do not show refresh page.

 

[Rhapsody]

Hit 50 degrees today... ground still pretty solid beyond 5 inches... At this point the biggest difference from 10-12 years ago... is clad is no longer just laying around all over... I remember years ago after the snow melted it was everywhere...Five hunts in for the year 2 with dfx 3 with the Nox 800... and not even $10 in clad...

Back in the days of clad would easily be over $50 right now... Maybe its just the frozen ground...but I doubt it... because hardly any surface finds...

Now the good news.... the hunt itself turned from bad to good... only $1.34 in clad... but I hit my first silver with the Equinox... a 1954 Rosie reading 26/27... I had about .50 cents and had sunk in some mud... while trying to get it off my boots... I got a quarter signal.... 29/30 area... dug it.. and stayed in a very tight area making the rest of the finds before I left...

Oh and for new users... those ketchup packages are coming up 2/3...lol...

Fifty dollars in clad sounds like a sore elbow anyway..lol. Nice hunt way to persevere through the cold icy fingertips!

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Fifty dollars in clad sounds like a sore elbow anyway..lol. Nice hunt way to persevere through the cold icy fingertips!

LOL no I am not like the guys on another forum posting exaggerated numbers... there are a few claiming over $20 a hunt in clad! LOL... and all the time...not even close to believable...

I used to average around $5 a hunt in clad.. I very rarely hit any oldies but I will get out a lot... cut my hunts from 3-6 hours to 2-3... I have 15 hunts in this year with the DFX (2) and the Equinox (13), my total clad is just over $30... which is only $2 a hunt in clad... which for me stinks as I hunt modern areas... but people all using plastic cards now...

I have 4 rings 2 junk.. 2 silver...1 silver pendant... 4 wheaties and 1 silver coin... along with the $30. in clad,,, see realistic numbers... but you know the guys claiming that amount of clad each hunt with hardly anyone carrying change is amusing!

I have tendinous now in my swinging shoulder and now hunt with my left arm 90% of the time... I had foot surgery a few years ago and that is holding up pretty good... Using a harness on off arm... makes it ok...

 

[Rhapsody]

LOL no I am not like the guys on another forum posting exaggerated numbers... there are a few claiming over $20 a hunt in clad! LOL... and all the time...not even close to believable...

I used to average around $5 a hunt in clad.. I very rarely hit any oldies but I will get out a lot... cut my hunts from 3-6 hours to 2-3... I have 15 hunts in this year with the DFX (2) and the Equinox (13), my total clad is just over $30... which is only $2 a hunt in clad... which for me stinks as I hunt modern areas... but people all using plastic cards now...

I have 4 rings 2 junk.. 2 silver...1 silver pendant... 4 wheaties and 1 silver coin... along with the $30. in clad,,, see realistic numbers... but you know the guys claiming that amount of clad each hunt with hardly anyone carrying change is amusing!

I have tendinous now in my swinging shoulder and now hunt with my left arm 90% of the time... I had foot surgery a few years ago and that is holding up pretty good... Using a harness on off arm... makes it ok...

Ripped a tendon in mine, never healed right. Going to have to look at harnesses, thanks for the thought!

 

[The Master Chief]

Well done for both of you. It just gets better with time. Like a Fine wine.

 

[The Master Chief]

Thanks I have been getting out almost every day for two hours... this post is older as I now have around 13 hunts in with the Equinox. A couple suggestions and I am definitely no expert definitely still in learning mode...



there is a whole series of the above on you tube...

For me pinpointing and separation of targets is #1..

I am dead on with the pinpointing now... and target separation I have a little trick... I will stay out of pinpoint mode until I have the desired target pinpointed... by learning the tid.. target numbers which are not always exact you can say.. I see a 14/15 most likely trash and a 25/26 mixed in... I will pinpoint over the 25/26 as it is most likely a coin... usually a dime... THEN go into pinpoint mode with a very small movement or wiggle on the target I want to dig...

Take advantage of the utube videos... I went from scratching my head to being spot on pinpointing with the nox... Also learned the target id numbers... but also the tones now come first and I double check by looking at the numbers...

I am posting my hints and notes as I move along... I really like the Equinox now... I have changed my hunting style to very slow.... I will take maybe one spot in an area and just hunt that... I will come back and move to next spot instead of just running all over the location.... I used to grid with that little electric or phone flags and make a simple box... do not know what I did with them..lol...

If the videos do not show refresh page.

Thanks for the you tube videos

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Ripped a tendon in mine, never healed right. Going to have to look at harnesses, thanks for the thought!

I am going to send you a link on here for a reasonably priced one...mine might be torn too..

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Ripped a tendon in mine, never healed right. Going to have to look at harnesses, thanks for the thought!

this helps i can just let the detector go when i bend and dig a major plus... and adjustable... will get hot in summer ..you can always wrap something around shoulder part.. in the past I made my own harness... but at this price works great..

comes in different colors works great!

look this up on amazon under $25.

Limbsaver Comfort-Tech 24504 Metal Detector Sling, Green​

 

[Rhapsody]

Well done for both of you. It just gets better with time. Like a Fine wine.

Roger that chief, more like a cheap vinagrette here but I hear ya

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Roger that chief, more like a cheap vinagrette here but I hear ya

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[Rhapsody]

item up 2 posts...

got it, sorry im scrolling your thread buddy..lol but seriously appreciated (consideration seems to be in short supply these days but....we can always be the change we want to see), thanks again stoked