Recovery speed 4 magic number

[Bharpring]

IMO the closest match to the XP Deus’s maximum ability to unmask and separate good target with depth on land (Deus settings 2 Reactivity and -1 Silencer) on the Equinox 800 is preset Park 2 with recovery speed 4 and iron bias 1. What is everyone else’s experience?

 

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[GreenMeanie]

I toyed with recovery 4 and 6 on salt beaches and really couldn't tell any difference in depth.
I will probably just leave it at 6 on the beaches.
But I am thinking of getting a deus to try so your settings interest me so I can compare it to the NOX.

 

[Echoplex]

4 on the 800 is my magic number too. For me it also gives the best length of tones in relation to my swing speed, especially on coins.

 

[charlives]

I've found the same thing...I've been using 2 recovery on my 600 (4 on 800), iron bias 1. Why are most of the default recovery speeds much higher?

 

[vferrari]

I've found the same thing...I've been using 2 recovery on my 600 (4 on 800), iron bias 1. Why are most of the default recovery speeds much higher?

In general, that is what worked in pre-testing and ML set the defaults accordingly. The Equinox was designed to run fast and near its defaults but also is designed to be run at a maximum signal-to-noise ratio which means increasing signal to the extent practical without raising the noise floor. That is why users should be careful indiscriminately cranking sensitivity well above the default of 20. Similarly, even though a lower recovery speed can in a perfect world increase detection depth by giving you a more solid return signal, ML also acknowledges that depending on your swing speed, the lower recovery speed may also increase ground effect noise which ends up lowering the overall signal-to-noise ratio and effective detection depth. The ground noise effect is dependent upon the makeup of your particular soil so some users may find they can comfortably lower recovery speed from the defaults without significantly increasing ground return noise. Others may need to stick with the defaults. Users need to experiment for themselves to determine their sweet spots like folks did above.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I don't have experience with the DEUS, but my testing with the EQX800 of in-ground targets showed max depth was basically the same at speeds of 1 - 4. Higher numbers began rapidly limiting depths.

 

[flgliderpilot]

Not sure about the deus but on the beaches I concur with GreenMeanie the recovery speed made no difference in depth. It only made targets more difficult to ID. I tried 4 to 7 and continue to use 7.

 

[detectorben]

Funny I have never dropped below 7 outside of testing. I saw very minimal depth loss in my testing. I have pulled many wheats and some silver dimes at around 8-10 inches at 7 as well. I mostly hunt trashy parks and iron infested yards.

 

[johnwon2]

Not sure about the deus but on the beaches I concur with GreenMeanie the recovery speed made no difference in depth. It only made targets more difficult to ID. I tried 4 to 7 and continue to use 7.

I've had the same experience and run 7 as well. I frequently pull coins from 10-12" down in the sand. My sensitivity is normally around 21.

 

[parkgt]

Much like it is with the Deus; not much consensus on the best way to setup and run the NOX, even in similar sites with similar targets people do well with vastly different settings.

 

[toddbbq]

Not sure about the deus but on the beaches I concur with GreenMeanie the recovery speed made no difference in depth. It only made targets more difficult to ID. I tried 4 to 7 and continue to use 7.

Is that the recovery speed you use in the saltwater also as I am still trying to figure out the settings on it. I have been using 4 as my main setting in beach 2. I have noticed that the TID has been off sometimes for example I had a pop tab with a TID of 5 and a dime that was all over the TID range and bouncy. A little off subject but I have had a lot of overloads even with sensitivity at 18 and have to clear the overloads manually by switching thru modes