though I had some problem with sea water It also th-cam.com/users/postUgkxa-FNYUOM93a388gi9a4brtSCEVmrHgJH land for finding any things very easily. (thought it would work as normal due to it being water proof within certain parts of the detector), on dry land and sand worked well. My first one, so still have lots to learn
I'll have to watch this a couple more times to get it down pat but I want to hit the ground running when my 800 arrives. I've got it down. Had used mine several months now. Thanks.
Great video. Keep making these videos please. There are not many videos that show how to use the settings. Your lighting and video quality is amazing, your description is clear and easy to understand, and it’s helping me a lot. Reading the manual only gets you so far. Many like me, learn better seeing rather than reading. Thanks!
wayne_etc as I just got my detector. And it has so many videos. If you could make a video on basic setup, how to setup and use the different audio features, discrimination, and going through the different settings, noise cancel, tone, ... Great work
Very informative video I was going to buy the 800 but watching a couple of videos today I think 600 would be better for me and saving $300 as I only want to do the beach and parks
i killed parks and beaches with my Vanquish 440, they are dirt cheap. might be another option. Absolutely fell in love with my Equinox the minute i put it together out of the box.
When you choose a field and set-up according to manual....each field has a ground compensation/balance level built into it and in the upper New England states, that has served me very well. The other methods of ground grab, I have never had to use. Going to states with more of the heavy red clay type soil quite often needs the addition of the auto ground tracking or ground grab.
Thank you for doing this video!!!! Minelab should have put out some how to videos for the Nox!!! I have been using the quick start program. I did use tracking one time ,but could not get it to work today. Now I know what I did wrong!!! Great job!! HH & GL
Thanks for the video. That is the incorrect way to noise cancel. You do not put the coil on the ground. You hold the metal detector straight out about above the ground, You are noise cancelling for surrounding EMI not whats in the ground. Manual Ground Balance, Auto Ground Balance and Auto track were correct.
Don- That can be argued...lots of EMI can come from the ground as well. Minelab has always stated to hold the detector up..and (I do this with my gold machines) however there is a well known authority that says to keep the coil on the ground.. and that is how some of us have been doing it with the CTX Just FYI strick
You could argue that but EMI is really just RFI (radio frequency interference). Your going to get interference from powerlines, cell towers and radio towers 90% of the time not from the ground unless your metal detecting over power lines laid in the ground. This comes with the territory of any digital circuit.
Me too, but im slightly discouraged. Ive seen several videos showing poor depth on the 600. Have you experienced this? Mine was just dropped off by FEDEX an hour ago from kellyco. I cant wait!
@@tommcfarland5368 My pleasure. I have to admit my Tesoro Eldorado uMax and Vaquero were some of the deepest machines I've used. Where the Nox shines is its ability to pick goodies out of iron. Have fun!
It's about time there's a other video without an Aussie talking, nothing against our mates but it gets really hard to understand these chaps sometimes nice tutorial.
Thanks for that video. I've been researching this machine through videos here and I was a little confused about the whole manua/auto GB and the auto tracking features. This cleared it up nicely.
I did ground balance here it went as low as 35 anyway I tried it it was great you did me a favour I knew about this but I forgot few things anyway after a hour trying my new knife out I put it on gold wow coins yipee it works great if you do the gold one
Great video! thank you so much for this awesome information, new to the hobby and just bought the 600 and trying to learn all the pro,s & cons to get the best results hope this works on the beach?, please respond, thanks
Very important to point out to new comers first step is to scan for a piece of clean ground before starting the ground balance process. 🤙 Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter
Eloy Garcia it’s very true. There are very little videos for the Equinox. The company should of made instruction videos for all the features. You can only learn so much from the 30 page manual
Before you begin, shouldn't you make sure there are no metal targets under the coil? Minelab manual: Raise and lower the coil repeatedly over a clear patch of soil that does not contain any targets.
Question: For the Equinox 600, what has happens if you do not ground balance before detecting in a park on soil? Also, do you need to ground balance before detecting on the beach on the dry sand or wet sand?
So when would you need to use the autotracking ground balance, when you know that the mineralization of the soil changes as you are hunting? Like going from sand dunes down to the beach type of situation, I imagine it would be better to do it separately in the 2 different areas, but just for example?
So much easier to understand watching someone do it vs the"Manual", what are your feelings on upping the iron bias a little to quiet down the machine? I noticed my 600 was chattery at 0, but a 1 was really quiet.
Thank you! I bought the 800 a few months ago and this is a great video. Question: Does the ground balance technique work for all modes including gold modes?
Gold mode defaults to tracking ground balance, and Minelab recommends keeping it on tracking for gold mode. I'm assuming it's possible to manually or auto gb in gold mode though.
great video ...quick question ..can I use normal Bluetooth headphones with this machine without having the little box thing to send to headphones ? thanks
Hey Duane. Thanks for the question. No. You don't need the wireless module. The wireless module is a way to use corded headphones "cordlessly". You plug corded phones into the module and the module connects wirelessly to the detector. Then you just clip the module on your belt. So the module is sending the signal from the corded phones to the detector. You can just use aptx low latency headphones or earbuds with the Equinox 600 right out of the box, no module is necessary. I use Soundpeats q9a+ earbuds. Also check out the Miccus SR-71 headphones. These are the SAME EXACT headphones that come with the Equinox 800 but without the Minelab emblem. Let me know if you have any other questions.
oh great you realy have made me feel great I been trying to find out about this ...thanks so much for your information realy is appreciated ….MANY THANKS ….
When looking for clean ground prior to ground balancing, does it matter what sensitivity level the machine is on? The following is my problem. I turn the machine on. I set which detecting mode I want. Normally at this point my sensitivity is already set at 20. I then pinpoint to check for clean ground so I then can do my noise cancellation. Only problem is when I am checking for clean ground, I can't seem to get clean ground with my sensitivity at 20. Does it matter if I lower my sensitivity just so I can find clean ground and then do my noise cancellation and than ground balancing? Then after that turn my sensitivity back up to 20.
I was noise cancelling by your video and could not do a good ground balance......then I found out your video didn't noise cancel correctly. I still am not sure how the coil is suppose to be.
Im confused help?......I see many using 0 (ZERO) ground balance on the NOX ?...... why use that vs doing a manual or auto GB at the site before you hunt ?.....am I missing something?
Generally speaking minelab recommends leaving ground balance alone. But depending on your ground conditions you may get better results by ground balancing. Just experiment for your conditions.
Thanks for that. Appreciate the lesson. BTW where did you get the descriptive text menu bar above the - settings + buttons? My 800 does not have these. Cheers.
Iffy Signals Apologies, Iffy. Apparently you can adjust the first tone only on the 600, but you can change all tones on the 800. From the manuaI page 47. I haven't experimented with this at all.
Franta Frantantak I don't believe it matters. All metal just means you've pushed the Horseshoe button to hear the iron. Maybe others will chime in about it.
Minelab does recommend leaving it at 0 when using multi tones. But you may find that your ground conditions cause the machine to be unstable without ground balancing.
On my at pro in my area it gbs at like 90 ..on my 600 it wants to go on very low numbers..like 4 or 6...the highest I have seen it was like 12 on auto tracking..wtf? Any ideas?
though I had some problem with sea water It also th-cam.com/users/postUgkxa-FNYUOM93a388gi9a4brtSCEVmrHgJH land for finding any things very easily. (thought it would work as normal due to it being water proof within certain parts of the detector), on dry land and sand worked well. My first one, so still have lots to learn
Very clear and helpful tutorial on ground balancing. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful. 👊
thanks for the demo. i've used my 800 about 5x w/out doing this lol, & i've still found 3 rings & 2 silver dimes
Awesome. You may never need to ground balance, but at least it's an option if the conditions call for it.
It’s nice to have guys like you that understand all the electronics and how it works I just like to point and shoot thank you for sharing
I'll have to watch this a couple more times to get it down pat but I want to hit the ground running when my 800 arrives. I've got it down. Had used mine several months now. Thanks.
Your my hero. Just bought this machine and you have cleared up so much for me with your videos on the nox600 !
Thanks for a simple, easy to understand tutorial!
My pleasure!
@@wayneetcetera good day sir,, equinox can operate inside tunnel?
@@rodenpuig1157 I suppose? What exactly do you mean?
Thanks mate , I’ve had my nox 800 for a couple days now, I wasn’t sure if I was balancing it correctly. Your video was extremely helpful!
Great video. Keep making these videos please. There are not many videos that show how to use the settings. Your lighting and video quality is amazing, your description is clear and easy to understand, and it’s helping me a lot. Reading the manual only gets you so far. Many like me, learn better seeing rather than reading. Thanks!
Kyle Thanks so much for the kind words! Any requests for future videos?
wayne_etc as I just got my detector. And it has so many videos. If you could make a video on basic setup, how to setup and use the different audio features, discrimination, and going through the different settings, noise cancel, tone, ...
Great work
Very informative video I was going to buy the 800 but watching a couple of videos today I think 600 would be better for me and saving $300 as I only want to do the beach and parks
i killed parks and beaches with my Vanquish 440, they are dirt cheap. might be another option. Absolutely fell in love with my Equinox the minute i put it together out of the box.
My husband just followed your easy and well explained tutorial, thank you 😊
Fantastic. 👊
Excellent video! I just got my first metal detector, which is a 600 and you videos have been a huge help
Thanks mate, I’ve only upgraded to a Nox800 from a Garrett ace 300i and that has helped big time
I need a day to just chill so basically I am watching all your videos today thanks
I'm pretty tech but this video helped me find the auto ground balance feature. Thanks
Glad it was helpful. HH. 👊🏻
Really good easy to understand video I now know all 3 ways to properly ground balance my equinox 800 👍 super video thank you
Thanks man. Glad it was helpful. 👊
that was a great demo on how to G.B the equinox. many thanks
When you choose a field and set-up according to manual....each field has a ground compensation/balance level built into it and in the upper New England states, that has served me very well. The other methods of ground grab, I have never had to use. Going to states with more of the heavy red clay type soil quite often needs the addition of the auto ground tracking or ground grab.
Thank you for doing this video!!!! Minelab should have put out some how to videos for the Nox!!! I have been using the quick start program. I did use tracking one time ,but could not get it to work today. Now I know what I did wrong!!! Great job!! HH & GL
Jersey Digmore Thanks
Glad it was helpful.
Thanks for the video. That is the incorrect way to noise cancel. You do not put the coil on the ground. You hold the metal detector straight out about above the ground, You are noise cancelling for surrounding EMI not whats in the ground. Manual Ground Balance, Auto Ground Balance and Auto track were correct.
Don Thanks for the comments Don. You are correct sir. I did the noise cancel the lazy way.
Don- That can be argued...lots of EMI can come from the ground as well. Minelab has always stated to hold the detector up..and (I do this with my gold machines) however there is a well known authority that says to keep the coil on the ground.. and that is how some of us have been doing it with the CTX Just FYI
strick
You could argue that but EMI is really just RFI (radio frequency interference). Your going to get interference from powerlines, cell towers and radio towers 90% of the time not from the ground unless your metal detecting over power lines laid in the ground. This comes with the territory of any digital circuit.
For wet sand and shallow water you have to noise cancel while coil is in the ground or else you will keep getting false signal in high sensitivity.
Thanks for the tips and the vids, I learned a lot. Will GB on the sand at the beach and the air in my neighborhood.
If I’m not mistaken. When doing a noise cancel. The coil should be in the air and it on the ground. At least that’s what the manual tells me.
You point it towards the source of the EMI. If its coming from the ground you put it on the ground
MrDoccus that’s for noise canceling
Excellent video on ground balancing
Glad it was helpful. 👊🏻
Awesome thank you. I'm getting the 800 just waiting for it and this was something I was wondering. I'm following you now!
Red Beard Relic Hunter Thank you sir. I just subbed you as well. HH.
@@wayneetcetera just ordered the nox getting it tmrw fixing to sub ur channel if u got time check mine out as well
I like they way he did this, I’m going to go practice on mine
Hope it helps. Happy hunting👊🏻
It has helped already
Very helpful video , thank you 😊 just purchased the same detector .
Good luck with it and have fun!
Me too, but im slightly discouraged. Ive seen several videos showing poor depth on the 600. Have you experienced this? Mine was just dropped off by FEDEX an hour ago from kellyco. I cant wait!
@@tommcfarland5368 Not at all. I've been very pleased with the depth! Even the small coil gets impressive depth.
@@wayneetcetera Awesome! Im excited to see what i can find that my Tesoro and Omega missed down here in Georgia. Thanks for the reply!
@@tommcfarland5368 My pleasure. I have to admit my Tesoro Eldorado uMax and Vaquero were some of the deepest machines I've used. Where the Nox shines is its ability to pick goodies out of iron. Have fun!
Cheers for that it going to take a while to get my head around all these different buttons and stuff
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
THANKS FOR SHARING. BRAND NEW TO DETECTING AND JUST GOT NOX 800
Awesome! You'll love it. What were you swinging before?
@@wayneetcetera BRAND NEW. THE LAST ONE I USED WAS MY DADS OLD WHITES DETECTOR WAY BACK IN THE EARLY 70'S. I HAVE A BIG LEARNING CURVE AHEAD OF ME.
@@starman10548 I had one of those big clunky Whites also!
@@wayneetcetera I BELIEVE IT HAD ONE OF THOSE BIG 6 VOLT BATTERIES. I MAY HAVE IT STILL WILL HAVE TO CHECK THE BACK OF THE STOREROOM.
@@starman10548 I had no idea how to work it. Still found a few goodies. Mine was a Sears detector made by Whites.
I'm new to this - thank you!
Glad it helped👊🏻
Excellent video instruction! You made it very simple to understand.
john k Thanks John.
Thank you! Quick and easy to understand.
Thanks for the kind words👊🏻
It's about time there's a other video without an Aussie talking, nothing against our mates but it gets really hard to understand these chaps sometimes nice tutorial.
Lol. Thanks m8! I've got several equinox 600 vids :)
Thanks for that video. I've been researching this machine through videos here and I was a little confused about the whole manua/auto GB and the auto tracking features. This cleared it up nicely.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
I did ground balance here it went as low as 35 anyway I tried it it was great you did me a favour I knew about this but I forgot few things anyway after a hour trying my new knife out I put it on gold wow coins yipee it works great if you do the gold one
I’m glad it was helpful. HH👊🏻
Very informative. Thank you.
Instructions say to hold coil in the air when noise cancelling. And I've also seen where they say to hold up and towards nearest EMI .
Yep. I generally hold it the coil about waist high.
Great video! thank you so much for this awesome information, new to the hobby and just bought the 600 and trying to learn all the pro,s & cons to get the best results hope this works on the beach?, please respond, thanks
Very important to point out to new comers first step is to scan for a piece of clean ground before starting the ground balance process. 🤙
Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter
You’re exactly right. 👊🏼
For beach use, should I complete auto GB (holding the button and pumping the coil) and leave off tracking?
A learning curve/thing, mine is on the wait list, thanks for shareing
Jon DAVID My pleasure
Thanks for the sub.
Salut l ami super video merci du partage à bientôt 👍✌️🌿
Content que tu aimes ça. Merci d'avoir regardé. 👊
Ground balance, got it, Thanks so much.
Glad it helped!
Thank your for this tutorial! Useful!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching. HH.
I was thinking of doing it like the Deus. Straight up in the air!!
Honestly I don't think it makes that much of a difference.
Great video, thanks for posting! That’s the video I needed.
Glad it was helpful.👊
Outstanding thank you Sir
My pleasure. 👊
Thank you soo much you’re my hero!
I aim to please 👊🏻
careful you could become the Equinox how too guy...I'm looking for just that guy
Eloy Garcia Thanks for the vote of confidence Eloy. When I made this video I had only been out with it twice (three times now), but I'll do my best!
Eloy Garcia it’s very true. There are very little videos for the Equinox. The company should of made instruction videos for all the features. You can only learn so much from the 30 page manual
Before you begin, shouldn't you make sure there are no metal targets under the coil? Minelab manual: Raise and lower the coil repeatedly over a clear patch of soil
that does not contain any targets.
Thank you very much !
My pleasure. Hope it was helpful. 👊🏻
I have heard that "manually" ground balancing is key to get the depth that everyone brags about on the nox
Experiment and do what works best for your conditions.
excellent video 👍👍
Glad it was helpful 👊🏻
Very helpful
Thanks! Glad to hear it! 👊🏼
Good info thanks!
My pleasure👊🏻
Very helpful - thank you.
My pleasure
thanks, I was doing the ground balance wrong. Guess I didn't read the manual carefully. was used to using the AT Pro.
Did your equinox come with the label for the modes? Mine does not have that..
Спасибо из России. Подписка и колокольчик.
VERY NICE VIDEO - THANKS FOR SHARING - LIKE #176 - HAVE A NICE DAY
Love that Detector
Good tutorial, thank you 👍
Glad it was helpful.👊
Question: For the Equinox 600, what has happens if you do not ground balance before detecting in a park on soil? Also, do you need to ground balance before detecting on the beach on the dry sand or wet sand?
Minelab recommends leaving the ground balance at the present level unless you're searching in mineralized ground.
Nice
So when would you need to use the autotracking ground balance, when you know that the mineralization of the soil changes as you are hunting? Like going from sand dunes down to the beach type of situation, I imagine it would be better to do it separately in the 2 different areas, but just for example?
Yes, that's a good example. Or maybe a field where you know ground conditions change. But yes, you could just do it manually.
Very Helpful. Thank you.
Cory Killorin Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Everyone below🔻 seems to have the best way of doing things, LOL but I came here for the ground balance.
And I'm glad you did.
Great info man. Thank you
My pleasure 👊
So much easier to understand watching someone do it vs the"Manual", what are your feelings on upping the iron bias a little to quiet down the machine? I noticed my 600 was chattery at 0, but a 1 was really quiet.
Geaux! I'll definitely be experimenting with iron bias settings. Stay tuned.
Awesome!
Following
TheFulbrook Got you.
What setting do I need for pebble beach. With nox 800.thank you.
Thank you! I bought the 800 a few months ago and this is a great video.
Question: Does the ground balance technique work for all modes including gold modes?
Gold mode defaults to tracking ground balance, and Minelab recommends keeping it on tracking for gold mode. I'm assuming it's possible to manually or auto gb in gold mode though.
Awesome I got one on order myself. I subscribed and can't wait to see what you find with it. T-Hawk
Backcountry Diggers Thanks. I'll be watching for updates!
Great video thank u just subbed
Thanks, Wayne good information
JIMMYCROSSBONES My pleasure Jimmy.
great video ...quick question ..can I use normal Bluetooth headphones with this machine without having the little box thing to send to headphones ? thanks
Hey Duane. Thanks for the question. No. You don't need the wireless module. The wireless module is a way to use corded headphones "cordlessly". You plug corded phones into the module and the module connects wirelessly to the detector. Then you just clip the module on your belt. So the module is sending the signal from the corded phones to the detector. You can just use aptx low latency headphones or earbuds with the Equinox 600 right out of the box, no module is necessary. I use Soundpeats q9a+ earbuds. Also check out the Miccus SR-71 headphones. These are the SAME EXACT headphones that come with the Equinox 800 but without the Minelab emblem. Let me know if you have any other questions.
oh great you realy have made me feel great I been trying to find out about this ...thanks so much for your information realy is appreciated ….MANY THANKS ….
Good informative video mate. Thanks for sharing.
Rusty Recovery Thanks for watching. Glad it helped. hh.
Thank you.
My pleasure! 👊🏼
Thank you love the info thanks for shearing
Radu Blaga I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching.
Good video. Thanks for sharing.
New York Metal Detecting My pleasure. Hope it was helpful.
Hi Wayne, what does it mean AU symbol.? I just got EQ600 and after automatic ground balancing the detector showing me this message.
Sorry for the delay...are you sure you weren't in the noise cancel option?
When looking for clean ground prior to ground balancing, does it matter what sensitivity level the machine is on?
The following is my problem. I turn the machine on. I set which detecting mode I want. Normally at this point my sensitivity is already set at 20. I then pinpoint to check for clean ground so I then can do my noise cancellation. Only problem is when I am checking for clean ground, I can't seem to get clean ground with my sensitivity at 20. Does it matter if I lower my sensitivity just so I can find clean ground and then do my noise cancellation and than ground balancing? Then after that turn my sensitivity back up to 20.
If I have my setting already loaded why would I want to do FP.great video on how to but I would not need to do a FP 1st
That's the beauty of it. You can gb if conditions call for it, or you can leave it alone. I generally don't gb either. Thanks for watching!
Appreciate the video!
My pleasure!
Thanks,great info vid
👊
I was noise cancelling by your video and could not do a good ground balance......then I found out your video didn't noise cancel correctly. I still am not sure how the coil is suppose to be.
Just raise the coil out in front of you.
Equinox 800
Vs
Xp deus w5
Which is this best product ?
Whichever one you learn the best. I have friends who do great with and love the Deus.
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Im confused help?......I see many using 0 (ZERO)
ground balance on the NOX ?......
why use that vs doing a manual or auto GB at the site before you hunt ?.....am I missing something?
Generally speaking minelab recommends leaving ground balance alone. But depending on your ground conditions you may get better results by ground balancing. Just experiment for your conditions.
Thanks for that. Appreciate the lesson.
BTW where did you get the descriptive text menu bar above the - settings + buttons? My 800 does not have these. Cheers.
Glad it was helpful. The text is preprinted on the screen protector.
@@wayneetcetera thanks Wayne. Ill have to get one, cheers
@@michaelclark2840 Your detector should have came with them.
@@wayneetcetera thanks Wayne. Ill check the box again.
Thanks Wayne, can you change the tone pitches on the 600?
Iffy Signals Hey Iffy. You can change the number of tones, but not the pitch of individual tones.
wayne_etc . Ok thanks Wayne
Iffy Signals Apologies, Iffy. Apparently you can adjust the first tone only on the 600, but you can change all tones on the 800. From the manuaI page 47. I haven't experimented with this at all.
What is better? Ground Ballance in All Metal, or in Disc. mode?
Franta Frantantak I don't believe it matters. All metal just means you've pushed the Horseshoe button to hear the iron. Maybe others will chime in about it.
Just subbed. Getting mine soon. Keep the vids coming. HH, Sebastian
925inder Thanks for the sub. Got you back.
I don't use the autotrack. I may give it a try.
I don't either. If you decide to try it let me know how you like it!
@@wayneetcetera will do👍
Great video but I'm seeing alot saying leave ground balance at 0? Im not sure why
Minelab does recommend leaving it at 0 when using multi tones. But you may find that your ground conditions cause the machine to be unstable without ground balancing.
@@wayneetcetera thanks bud
On my at pro in my area it gbs at like 90 ..on my 600 it wants to go on very low numbers..like 4 or 6...the highest I have seen it was like 12 on auto tracking..wtf? Any ideas?
Interesting. What kind of ground? I've never ran mine with tracking turned ON.
appreciate the vid,, thanks HH
My pleasure. Hope it helped.
When parked on Noise Cancel your machine displays "AU". What is that?
That means the Equinox 600 is ready to Auto noise cancel.
@@wayneetcetera thanks for the information. Very helpful
@@petershellady3407 👊
Hi,
do you balance the ground effects every time you go hunting?
do you really need to do this?
when to do it or not?
allvideo44 Yes, every time. Even if moving from one spot to another. Unless you can't find clean ground.
Equinox has automatic ground balance tracking so for most uses there is no need to ground balance manually
Matt Wolbaum I wouldn't run tracking in very trashy spots.
Nice. Thanx .
Aren't you supposed to noise cancel up in the air
Probably. Try it both ways and see what results in the best performance.
Thanks
👊
cool, thanks!
Lazy Tourist Reviews My pleasure!
Thank u
My pleasure.