TONY HUNTS ALTERNATIVE NOX 800 SETTINGS.
THIS IS A REVERSE TONES SET UP USING LOW TONES ON ALL NON FERROUS SIGNALS WITH VERY HIGH TONES ON ALL FERROUS (IRON) SIGNALS. THIS IS MY PREFFERED NOX SET UP. IT LETS ME USE AN ALL METAL SET UP THAT GIVES ME IRON SIGNALS IN VERY LOW VOLUME IN MY HEADSET INSTEAD OF USING A THRESHOLD HUM TO LISTEN TO. ALL GOOD NON FERROUS SIGNALS WILL SOUND WITH A VARIABLE LOWER TONE DEPENDING ON THEIR METAL MAKE UP AND HOW MANY TONES YOUR USING.
MINELAB ACTUALLY STATE WITH THE EQUINOX YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE THE THRESHOLD TONE LIKE YOU DID WITH PREVIOUS MODELS. WHAT I AM DOING IS LISTENING TO THE REJECTED IRON WITH A QUIET VERY HIGH TONE IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE I AM IN ALL METAL WHICH I FIND BETTER THAN LISTENING TO SILENCE ON A REJECTED TARGET.
MY PERSONAL CHOICE WITH THIS PROGRAMME IS TO USE IT IN FIELD 1. THE SAME OR SIMILAR SETTINGS CAN BE ADAPTED OR USED IN THE OTHER MODES SUCH AS PARK 1/2 OR BEACH 1/2
PUT THE NOX INTO FIELD 1 OR OTHER CHOSEN MODE BEFORE ENTERING THE SETTINGS BELOW.
TO SET UP YOUR EQUINOX
USING THE SETTINGS COG WHEEL BUTTON SCROLL ACROSS THE SCREEN FROM LEFT TO RIGHT STARTING WITH THE FIRST ICON BELOW
NOISE CANCEL - SETTINGS BUTTON ON NOISE CANCEL, HOLD COIL JUST OFF THE GROUND AND PRESS THE ACCEPT/REJECT BUTTON TO SCROLL THROUGH ITS CYCLE LOOKING FOR BEST CHANNEL. NOISE CANCEL OFTEN, WHEN CHANGING FIELDS OR IF INTERFERENCE IS TROUBLESOME.
GROUND BALANCE - IN THE UK, BECAUSE OUR SOILS ARE PRETTY GOOD MINELAB RECOMMEND GOING WITH A VALUE OF 0 (ZERO). ONCE FAMILIAR WITH DETECTOR THEN GO WITH G/B. I TEND TO ALWAYS USE 0.
VOLUME 25. - DO A TWO SECOND PUSH ON THE SETTINGS BUTTON WHILE IN VOLUME WHICH WILL BRING UP THE SECOND LAYER. CHANGE THE SETTING OF 4 TO 1 IN THE FIRST SECTION WHICH IS THE IRON VOLUME.
THRESHOLD - I LEAVE THRESHOLD ON 0 (ZERO). EVEN MINELAB SUGGEST ON THE NOX YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE A THRESHOLD. THIS IS THE REASON WHY I USE A VERY HIGH TONE ON FERROUS (IRON) TARGETS AND RUN WITH THE IRON PART OF THE NOX SCREEN IN LOW VOLUME.
ALL THRESHOLD DOES IS BASICALLY THE HUM NULLS WHEN YOU GO OVER A REJECTED TARGET SUCH AS IRON. THRESHOLD SERVES NO OTHER PURPOSE.
TONES
5 TONES IS MY CHOICE BUT YOU CAN USE 2 TONES IF YOU PREFER
CHOOSE 5 TONES ON THE BUTTON. YOU NOW NEED TO PRESS THAT BUTTON AND HOLD FOR TWO SECONDS WHILE YOU ARE IN TONES TO SHIFT UP TO THE SECOND TONES LAYER. THIS WILL ENABLE YOU TO CHANGE THE TONE IN THE 5 DIFFERENT SEGMENTS ON THE DETECTING SCREEN. YOU MOVE ROUND THE SCREEN TO EACH SECTION USING THE ACCEPT AND REJECT BLACK BUTTON WHICH IS SITUATED ON THE FAR RIGHT OF THE KEYBOARD. START WITH THE FIRST SECTION -1. TO -9. YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE VALUE FROM 1 TO 25. THIS WILL BE ALL YOUR IRON SIGNALS WHICH WILL SHOW AS A MINUS NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AND SOUND AS A VERY HIGH TONE NOW INSTEAD OF A RASPY LOW TONE.
SECOND SECTION 1 TO 10 SHOULD BE 6
THIRD SECTION. 11 TO 20 SHOULD BE 10
FOURTH SECTION 21 TO 30 SHOULD BE 15
LAST SECTION. 31 TO 40. SHOULD BE 20
ACCEPT & REJECT.
ON GOING INTO THIS SECTION YOU WILL SEE. – 9 THE IDEA IN THIS ACCEPT & REJECT SECTION IS TO BE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT, ACCEPT OR REJECT CERTAIN NUMBERS/TARGETS. IN THE UK WE DO NOT REJECT ANY TARGETS BETWEEN 1 – 40 BECAUSE THERES TOO MUCH TO MISS WITH OUR HISTORY.
WHAT I DO IN THIS SECTION THAT MINELAB HAVENT DONE FROM NEW IS ACCEPT THE NUMBERS 1 AND 2. IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, THOSE NUMBERS ON THE BEACH CAN BRING IN VERY FINE GOLD CHAIN, WITHOUT THOSE NUMBERS ACCEPTED YOU RISK LOSING THINGS. TO ACCEPT 1 AND 2 SIMPLY PRESS THE PLUS BUTTON UNTIL YOU GET TO THE NUMBER 2, PRESS THE ACCEPT BUTTON ONCE WHICH WILL ACCEPT 2. REPEAT BY GOING TO 1 WITH THE PLUS BUTTON AND PRESS ACCEPT ONCE WHICH WILL BLACKEN THE NUMERS 1&2.
LAST SETTINGS BUTTON
PRESS ON THE RIGHT HAS TWO LAYERS. FIRST ONE IS THE SPEED. I PERSONALLY USE THIS ON 5 ON THIS PROGRAMME BUT VARY IT TO SUIT YOU. A TWO SECOND PUSH NOW ON THIS SAME BUTTON WILL TAKE YOU TO THE IRON BIOS SETTING. A VALUE WILL COME UP AS A DEFAULT ON THE SCREEN OF FE 0 . CHANGE THIS TO 2 OR 3. THIS SETTING CAN ALSO BE ALTERED TO SUIT THE USER AS AND WHEN. THIS SETTINGS BUTTON IS THE ONE THAT CAN CHANGE THE EQUINOX THE MOST AS FAR AS DEPTH AND SPEED IS CONCERNED. ALL OTHER SETTINGS ON THE EQUINOX ARE MOSTLY TO DO WITH VOLUME AND TONES AND AS SUCH PURELY PERSONAL.
SENSITIVITY.
ADJUSTED ON THE PLUS OR MINUS BUTTON. MINELAB DEFAULT IS 20. I TEND TO USE IT IN EITHER 22. OR 24 TO SUIT WHERE I AM.
ALL METAL. ( HORSESHOE BUTTON)
BY PRESSING THE HORSESHOE BUTTON EACH TIME YOU START DETECTING YOU ARE LISTENING TO EVERY SIGNAL ON THE SCREEN.
THE WAY THIS PROGRAMME IS SET UP YOU WILL BE HEARING ALL YOUR IRON SIGNALS (THAT HAVE A MINUS NUMBER) IN THE BACKGROUND AND ALL YOUR GOOD TARGETS WILL SOUND AS DIFFERENT LOWER TONES DEPENDING ON THEIR MAKE UP.
POUND COINS 22-23
50P. 15-17
ROMAN DENARI. SILVER. 20 +
ROMAN BRONZES FROM 8/9 (MAYBE 20)
HAMMERED COINS FROM. 3 TO 20+. DEPENDANT ON SILVER & SIZE.
PUT A 5P OR OTHER STEEL BASED COIN ON THE GROUND AND YOU WILL HEAR THE VERY HIGH IRON TONE THAT YOU SHOULD IGNORE.
