Park - Minelab EQUINOX 600 Instruction Manual

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Park

Great for high-trash recreational areas, including most general detecting.
Park Mode is for searching in urban parks, or other recently inhabited sites where there may be coins and jewellery. There is often also lots
of common metal litter including aluminium foil, pull-tabs, bottle-caps etc. Park Mode is a good starting point for other general uses, such
as freshwater detecting, or use for artefact hunting by accepting all ferrous Target IDs.
Park Mode default settings will provide great depth, accurate target resolution and sufficient discrimination in trash-cluttered areas typical
of recreational parks. With Frequency set to Multi, Park Mode will be the most sensitive to a wide range of targets, while rejecting much of
the trash. If in doubt in a new area, or when first detecting, try Park mode first!
Park 1: General / Coins
Park 1 is optimised for modern coins and larger
jewellery with a default discrimination pattern set
to reject many common aluminium foil-like targets (Target ID 1).
Therefore this is the ideal profile to start with to learn EQUINOX,
before experimenting with the other Modes and more specialist
settings.
Park 1 Multi-IQ processes a lower frequency weighting of the
multi-frequency signal, as well as using algorithms that maximise
ground balancing for soil, to achieve the best signal to noise ratio.
Hence Park 1 is most suited for general detecting and coin hunting.
Park Detecting Hotspots
In order to maximise your detecting success, keep
an eye out for areas where people gather. These may
include park benches or under trees and other shady
spots where people have been sitting, or at recreation
grounds near clubrooms or spectator stands.
After festivals or events, there are often many objects
to find (especially coins that have been dropped), but
you may be in competition with other detectorists!
Always make sure you are allowed to detect in public
parks, recreation areas and private property.
Park 2: Fine Jewellery
Park 2 is better suited for smaller targets and greater
trash densities. It will detect a wider range of targets
including low conductors (or higher frequency) targets, e.g. fine
jewellery. All non-ferrous targets are accepted by default. Recovery
Speed is also increased to clearly identify good targets masked by
iron trash.
Target Tone is set to 50 to allow greater audible target identification
rather than relying more heavily on the visual Target IDs. Park 2
Multi-IQ processes a higher frequency weighted multi-frequency
signal while ground balancing for soil.
Difficult Areas - Aluminium Foil
Reject Target IDs 1 and 2 in the
discrimination pattern for Park Mode
Search Profiles.
Modern parks typically contain a high
amount of aluminium shards from discarded
trash (e.g. drink cans, pull tabs, ring pulls,
etc.) As aluminium is a non-ferrous very low
conductive target, its Target ID falls within
the same range as fine jewellery.
Park 1 is a good option in highly
contaminated parks. Rejecting Target IDs 1
and 2 (or higher if the unwanted aluminium
is larger in size) may also help with digging
less trash.
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