Minelab Equinox Iron Bias Advanced Settings Tutorial

[@KermitHowell]

Thank you for making the Equinox Tutorial series of videos. They're very helpful to me. I'm one of those folks who learn better seeing a video showing exactly what to do.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

I’m so happy they are helpful! ☺️

[@Afterburner]

I am REALLY glad I found this channel - It explains a lot about the 600 Equinox and settings. I've been detecting with Minelab gear for 11 years, but this detector is a really different animal from my other ones. Many thanks!

[@RelicDirtyhands]

You’re very welcome ☺️ If you have any questions let me know and I can help answer them.

[@nitro200flyer3]

I just ran into this channel ..I purchased my Equinox 800 About 6 month ago used it about 10 times in two month and put it away ..I did find quite a few things and even 2 gold rings but I was confused with the settings and reading the manual was not helping..This set of Tutorials for the Equinox are pure Gold..Cant not thank you enough for this but also hope Minelab reaches out to you and some how compensates you..I Subscribed and Pounded the shit out of that notification bell ..Thanks again and hope you do some more like may be Tips and Tricks of the Equinox ..and so on

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Correction at 1:30 if you do not want to miss the “non ferrous” not the ferrous amongst the trash, a lower iron bias is recommended. To view more Minelab Equinox Tutorial playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLpymZHu8sv5nwrk34ID53OxszE8fjuDFC

[@davidgathman2320]

Great set of videos! Thank you for putting this together. It is very helpful.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

David Gathman you’re welcome! I’m happy you find them helpful 😊

[@patreasurehunters]

Informative tutorials. New subscriber.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Thank you 😊

[@RobeGlem]

Many thanks... You don't even know how helpful

[@captainmidnight7012]

So people say you should set this at 2 others say 5 , any thoughts 💭 ? Thanks in advance.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Charles Saine depends on you and your site.. it’s a versatile machine, I personally feel the lower you can handle the iron bias the better.. if your having trouble with iron you can start increasing it slowly and find what setting you prefer.. but the higher the iron bias the more chance you may leave something behind. I personally have been using it on zero but may increase it in extreme conditions this year.

[@jamkpa]

As always another great tutorial video! You do such a great job and a service to the detecting community. On a side note, have you ever thought about doing voice overs professionally? If interested, perhaps contact a voice over talent agent. Or perhaps you are doing professional work already. I think your work speaks for itself of the quality of your skills. You can always use your created videos as to demonstrate the work you do. Best wishes...just a thought.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

john k I’ve thought about it but I feel that I may still not be up to par 😊 but it would be fun to do something I enjoy professionally, maybe someday 😁

[@jjdiggins422]

Another awesome vid!!! Thank u👍🏼😁

[@RelicDirtyhands]

jj diggins you’re welcome 😊

[@craigtalley]

Another great tip thanks!

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Thanks Craig 😊

[@RobeGlem]

Hello. Today after the Equinox update, there is a new option in the settings of Iron bias-F2. Can you help me understand the action of F2? Please

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Robert Glembin hello Robert, from what I understand, they added a new enhanced iron bias setting. You can choose the original FE or now F2 if you’re digging a lot of nails and bottle caps do to falsing, you may prefer this new F2 setting. I’ve seen so little information on it. Anything else I may say, could be my own assumptions. I’m going to do the download and try it out this weekend.

[@RobeGlem]

@@RelicDirtyhands I tried on the Bottle Cup and it works great but I don't understand yet how high the F2 setting can affect the entire rest of the detector interpretation. I mean other metals, coins, jewellery or even depth. If you had all these aspects in mind during your tests. Please

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Robert Glembin okay I have the specs, I’ll try to get out a tutorial to explain the difference between and how to navigate to F2 👍

[@luvbgrass]

@@RelicDirtyhands do you know, will the updated F2 settings work in Multi Frequency mode, or does it have to be ran in all metal mode. Thanks

[@RelicDirtyhands]

luvbgrass yes it works in multi and it’s recommended to use all metal with F2

[@herve2528]

bonjour je fais que la mer et je trouve que l'iron bias a 0 donne plus de puissance et permet de moins masquer une bague en or qui serait prêt d'un ferreux est ce que je me trompe ? merci

[@RelicDirtyhands]

vous avez raison 👍😊

[@stringfrenzy]

Good job

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Ohio Metal Detecting thank you Josh, I hope your arm is better.. looked painful!

[@stringfrenzy]

@@RelicDirtyhands It was not a very pleasurable experience at all. I'll get through it. Thanks.

[@wdbrown7635]

Well done...again.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Dean Brown thank you 😊

[@hardyakka6200]

very useful and well done Laurie but on the other hand grrrrr.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

hard yakka lol I know I know, we are at the end of the tutorials 😁

[@jeanlucchasse3571]

Thank you.

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Jean Luc Chasse You’re welcome 😊

[@925inder2]

I have mine set at 1

[@RelicDirtyhands]

925inder I don’t think you would miss much with 1 😁 what recovery speed are you running?

[@925inder2]

@@RelicDirtyhands Anywhere between 4-8, but generally 5-6 .7-8 in trashy spots with targets no deeper than 7"

[@RelicDirtyhands]

925inder I’ve kept it at 6 all last season, I’ll be increasing it as well in high trash..anxious to try it out 👍 at the fields I’ll decrease for depth.. it’s pretty fun 😁

[@ashtonal.2634]

I think the iron bias is just as much a mystery as threshold, both a waste of time

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Ashton Al. High iron bias less falsifying from iron but you can miss stuff mask by iron. Low iron bias gives you a natural response but you may dig false targets. It depends how much patience a user has. I love using zero iron bias and pick through dense iron. Sometimes I’ll throw it into a max iron bias when I have less time and patience.

[@decoman100]

still lost

[@RelicDirtyhands]

How can I help 😊 0 iron bias gives you the natural response to iron. The higher it’s raised the more the detector will classify it as iron. Are you having difficulty with iron? If so what type of iron? Large iron relics or nails?

[@jjdiggins422]

Another awesome vid!!! Thank u👍🏼😁

[@RelicDirtyhands]

Thank you 😊

[@jjdiggins422]

Hope to keep getting more great vids I watched all of them a lot lol

[@RelicDirtyhands]

jj diggins I hope to add to this series but digging season is starting, I’m going to try hard to incorporate my setting and why I’m making that selection for the different sites I find myself at this year.. 👍

[@jjdiggins422]

Relic Dirtyhands that will be helpful I’m learning but still chasing settings cause of the certain areas I go to are trashy and I’m not sure how much iron bias and recovery rate to use. 🤔

[@RelicDirtyhands]

jj diggins what I plan to do is slowly increase or decrease certain settings. If I’m not looking for depth but better separation in trash I’ll slowly increase my recovery speed to 7-8 but by doing this I loose depth.. the iron bias, I would leave on default 0 but I did notice in most extreme trash, iron infested sites.. it was tough on the brain trying to isolate and analyze each signal.. if I get tiered I would raise my iron bias slowly until I felt less falsing on iron.. but again I would use this in moderation as many of our sites have been hunted a long time.. therefore I want to hear the targets being masked.. by iron.. this is where I love the versatility of this machine, the more you understand what these setting are, the better someone can choose the right settings for their sites and conditions.. iron bias and recovery speed are local settings, so changes you make won’t affect your other modes.. recovery speed is for separation or it could be used to boost depth and target I’d accuracy by increasing it but you get less separation and risk leaving targets behind unless it’s a non trashy site.. Iron bias is for unmasking targets or increasing the likelihood the detector thinks it’s iron. Hope this helps somewhat. 😊