Minelab Equinox 600 Metal Detector Depth Sensor Multi-Frequency VLF

Product Information

From my experience using the Equinox 800 I very seldom set my Iron Bias setting above 4 and usually stay within the 2-4 range. I have tested and found that Iron Bias settings over 4 will start to reduce the sound quality of the target, making it more faint and harder to detect. Is The Iron Bias Setting Different Between The Equinox 600 and 800?

Search Profiles: Default Iron Bias Settings for the Equinox 600 and 800 How Do You Change The Iron Bias Settings on the Equinox? EQX 06 – a 6″ round Double-D search-coil for hunting in areas filled with trash and sensitive to small targets. It also works well in difficult terrain. These include the 6" round DD coil and the 15" elliptical coil plus a range of spares and other accessories. Plus we have the new COILTEK range of coils, specifically designed for the NOX only. The main reason that early BBS and FBS detectors were so slow was down to the processor power of the electronics. As models advance, so did their electronics’ processor speed, the last machine (and best) being the CTX3030, which still remains a current model after more than 8 years.So why do we need detectors with fast recovery rate? Simply to allow the machine to separate targets close to one another. This can be two solid targets next to each other (e.g. nail and coin) allowing the detector to analyse each target individually. Or to stop a target’s response being blanked-out (swamping out) by ferrous materials in the ground ( Feoxides). The EQUINOX Series features both the 600 and the 800 but there is very little difference between them, in fact it literally only comes down to some features in the settings and the Audio options.

There are special conditions where advanced settings will be required, like difficult soil conditions, for instance. In such cases, having your user manual at hand will help a great deal for reference. Although the wired headphones are convenient, the Equinox 600 is just compatible with wireless headphones but does not include them. We asked Minelab about if they differ and they said that the new Equinox models have a ‘tuned’ version of Multi-IQ. They did not specify how, and to be honest, I’m not sure we’d understand if they did, but it suggests marginal improvements that are down to processor efficiency. The search modes also remain the same. Field, Beach and Park are all accessible, with the Gold search mode being reserved for the Equinox 800 and Equinox 900 models. The metal detector has four tone options: 1, 2, 5, and 50, affording you the advantage of adjusting tone and volume shift between ferrous and non-ferrous items. In the same vein, there are three levels of detection speed, and yes – adjustable. For instance, you’re likely to get more accurate results on close, valuable targets if you compromise on the depth and vice versa. In all, you could fiddle with the settings until you find the right balance for a particular terrain.

EQUINOX 600 Tech Specs

Equinox 600 is a high quality and reliable all-purpose metal detector. It offers the treasure hunter all the benefits of a well-known and respectable brand, including comfortable, well-balanced and lightweight design, adequate user experience, and stable performance. There are tons of features, despite the fact that this model is a younger brother in the series. The tool is suggested to be used by seekers with low to medium experience in the hobby. The learning curve will not be very steep, though, due to the fact that the machine was created with user’s comfort in mind. On the other hand, due to some innovative approaches, even a complete newbie is likely to take advantage of this instrument, and spot some cool finds right away. To assess the item properly, find out more about its tech specs, features, and also what are its differences from Minelab Equinox 800. New Features

I’m guessing these started by people trying to squeeze extra depth, be it doing an air test, or swinging a coil over a testbed where a target’s location is known. It’s not essential, but most detectorists prefer wireless audio and one great benefit of choosing the Equinox 700 over the Equinox 600 is that it comes with the new Minelab ML85 low-latency Bluetooth headphones. These headphones are an upgrade to the ML80’s Minelab supplied with many of their detectors for years now, and are a faster, comfortable upgrade. Financially, this is something to consider, as a good set of Bluetooth headphones can be expensive and that cost is absorbed into the price of the 700. But, if that isn’t important to you, then it’s another reason to save money and buy the Equinox 600 which comes with wired headphones. At Crawfords Metal Detectors we recommend wireless headphones, they aren’t essential but we feel generally make detecting a more positive experience. Wireless Audio Compatible Compatible with High-Speed wireless audio via WM 08 or fast aptX™ Low Latency / Bluetooth headphones. Another special feature of the Minelab Equinox 800 is its ability to bypass false signals. While looking for lost metal pieces, you will rarely experience interferences from power lines or electronic devices in your vicinity. Things you need to consider Again, to reiterate, what the Advanced Settings do primarily is offer an extra degree of control over functions shared by both the EQUINOX 600 and EQUINOX 800. The EQUINOX 600 has the same features, but keeps it simpler.It is a different method of simultaneous multi-frequency metal detection. That is, you are not switching from one frequency to another for your detection, but two or more frequencies are being received, transmitted, and processed concurrently. If the need to detect gold nuggets is a seldom activity for you, then the Minelab Equinox 600 is an okay fit. It serves to detect gold well, better than other multi-purpose detectors you might find in the market. However, Equinox 800 might be a better fit if detecting gold nuggets is what you do regularly. Equinoxes’ key difference is that the Equinox 800 has a gold mode with enhanced performance on detecting small gold nuggets. 4. How deep can the Minelab Equinox 600 detect? Most of the confusion I have seen online revolves around Minelab’s new Multi-IQ simultaneous multi-frequency technology and the frequencies employed by the two detectors. The EQUINOX 600 is limited to 5 kHz, 10 kHz, and 15 kHz single frequencies, while the EQUINOX 800 also offers these plus the additional higher frequencies of 20 kHz and 40 kHz. This does not mean that the 600 is not employing the full multi-frequency range as part of the Multi-IQ processing. Multi-frequency operation is identical in the two models and provides the same maximum signal response to targets in Park, Field and Beach Detect Modes., The real magic of EQUINOX is in the Multi-IQ technology (not the single frequencies), therefore you can rest assured the EQUINOX 600 matches the EQUINOX 800 in this regard.​ To compensate, users would use minimal discrimination and add audio processes to analyse all targets under the coil, listening for non-ferrous targets amongst the iron. `Good’ users were those who could process all the sounds and recognise to diggable targets... brain power secondary processing!