Equinox ownership poll. 600 or 800?

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

at what and why?

I’m all about keeping it simple. Even with the 600’s fewer features, I have narrowed how I use it down to just Park1 and Field2, always keep multi freq, always middle recovery, always 5 tones, always auto GB, and adjust sensitivity from 15-21 depending on iron/trash/EMI . If they had a Nox 200 with these 2 modes on 2 buttons,I would be all over it.

It’s all about the tones. It’s all about the tones. It’s all about the tones. It takes time, but when you have reached a symbiotic state with the tones you are one with the Nox (doesn’t matter the model number...).

 

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[nagant]

Thanks Pa-dirt good info. I used 50 tones last year but I'm rusty and it was a trashy spot so did 5 today. Got fooled by pull and square tabs plus i used some cheap on ear phones, sure that didn't help.

 

[Bodkin]

I mostly agree with Pa-dirt, "it's all about the tones". But, what happens when you get to detect in some exotic location and the fewer settings don't respond quite right? Like a gun, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. JMHO

 

[HighVDI]

I got both models and use the 800 mostly. The extra couple hundred dollars is worth what you get IMO. 600 is no slouch either....especially for the money.

 

[RustyGold]

I too have both the 600 and the 800 because one is a back up?

 

[DeepseekerADS]

It’s all about the tones. It’s all about the tones. It’s all about the tones. It takes time, but when you have reached a symbiotic state with the tones you are one with the Nox (doesn’t matter the model number...).

Absolute agreement, it's all about the tones for me.

 

[ZR2guy]

I’m all about keeping it simple. Even with the 600’s fewer features, I have narrowed how I use it down to just Park1 and Field2, always keep multi freq, always middle recovery, always 5 tones, always auto GB, and adjust sensitivity from 15-21 depending on iron/trash/EMI . If they had a Nox 200 with these 2 modes on 2 buttons,I would be all over it.

It’s all about the tones. It’s all about the tones. It’s all about the tones. It takes time, but when you have reached a symbiotic state with the tones you are one with the Nox (doesn’t matter the model number...).

I could not agree more. I love the 5 tones.

 

[ZR2guy]

Thanks Pa-dirt good info. I used 50 tones last year but I'm rusty and it was a trashy spot so did 5 today. Got fooled by pull and square tabs plus i used some cheap on ear phones, sure that didn't help.

Pull tabs are just part of the game, I dig them too. Anyone that says they don't get fooled by them now and then is full of sh_t. When hunting trashy parks, playgrounds; I expect to dig them but I walk away with way more nickels with a TID of 13 than pull tabs. As I "X" over a target, if a 12 or 14 blips, I am expecting a pull tab for sure. On a few occasions, I have seen a solid 13 end up being a pull tab or coin-sized piece of aluminum but again, I know that I am hunting a trashy area where the odds are greater to come across pull tabs.

 

[Ammoman]

Both my son and my brother have the 800. I would get one if the ergonomics were better. The E-trac destroyed my elbow and now it can't take the stress of an unbalanced machine.

If i had to make a choice, i would go with the 600.

 

[Toecutter]

Went with the 800 because I wanted all the bells and whistles, i might never use gold mode but having the option means I can...

 

[Owassokie]

Went with the 800 because I wanted all the bells and whistles, i might never use gold mode but having the option means I can...

Ditto. I bought the 800 for the same reasons. Also, it's my primary machine so I wanted to have all options. Some day I'd like to go out west and nugget hunt.

 

[Tpmetal]

800 here, I really feel those extra recovery speed settings alone have been extremely valuable.

 

[treasureguy56]

Im a very happy 800 owner , learnin more about it everyday and I can safely say that Im realizing more and more what I've missed in the past .

 

[Wayfarer]

Both my son and my brother have the 800. I would get one if the ergonomics were better. The E-trac destroyed my elbow and now it can't take the stress of an unbalanced machine.

If i had to make a choice, i would go with the 600.

The Equinox is unbalanced and it hurts my arm too. It's so light, however, that you can strap some weights at the back under the armcuff and balance it out. I can hunt all day with a CTX 3030 which is heavy but perfectly balanced, but the Equinox starts to really hurt my wrist and arm after just a few hours.

The 600 is a helluva deal, though. If you don't need the gold mode, then just buy a set of good bluetooth headphones which will connect right up to the 600 and you are still $200 ahead.

 

[Jason in Enid]

its not unbalanced if you set the rod at the proper height.

 

[digger460]

its not unbalanced if you set the rod at the proper height.

Ditto

 

[relicmeister]

I had both but sold the 600. Did quite a few modifications- an S-shaft that folds up in particular.

 

[cudamark]

The 600 has a gold mode too, just not individual 20khz and 40khz settings. In most cases, multi freq. works better than the single freq. anyway. As for 600 being a better buy, I disagree. There are many more adjustments that can be made with the 800 over the 600. Add the wireless headphones and module (which you could sell to reduce your actual cost if you don't want/need those items) and you have a better buy with the 800 IMO.

 

[Jason in Enid]

The 600 has a gold mode too, just not individual 20khz and 40khz settings. In most cases, multi freq. works better than the single freq. anyway. As for 600 being a better buy, I disagree. There are many more adjustments that can be made with the 800 over the 600. Add the wireless headphones and module (which you could sell to reduce your actual cost if you don't want/need those items) and you have a better buy with the 800 IMO.

No, the 600 does NOT have a gold mode. You cant say just because it uses the same full spectrum in M-IQ that it is doing the same thing. The 800's gold mode basically an entirely different detector. It looks at the M-IQ spectrum differently, it looks at the ground differently, it looks at targets differently, and its basic operation is different.

 

[cudamark]

No, the 600 does NOT have a gold mode. You cant say just because it uses the same full spectrum in M-IQ that it is doing the same thing. The 800's gold mode basically an entirely different detector. It looks at the M-IQ spectrum differently, it looks at the ground differently, it looks at targets differently, and its basic operation is different.

Quite right. I misspoke/typed. What I meant to say is that the 600 will still find gold and has the 20Khz and 40khz frequencies in Multi, but, you can't select those upper frequencies as a single. The actual gold prospecting mode in not an option.