I was not able to make it back last weekend, I ended up working. I was using the stock 11", however I did just purchase the 6' coil that I am excited to try out on some trashy sites.
As for the settings, I have not played around too much with them, and usually just run everything in park one without changing much. The recovery speed setting I believe defaults at 5, and is on a 1-8 scale I believe. It helps sometimes in these trashy sites to help work in between targets. However, now that I have the small coil I will likely use that for those sites. Park 1 runs in 5 tones, but park 2 goes all the way up to 50 different tones. I personally like the 5 tone, especially after much success with the racer in 3 tone.
There is a new update, a new frequency for the equinox, 4 kHz. Normally the kHz options are 5, 10,15, 20, and 40 kHz, and Multi. I almost always run in Multi, however if there is some interference like power lines nearby I will cycle through through until it quiets down.
There is so much more potential with the Minelab I have not mastered yet. There are so many settings and customization's I can do, and I will try to learn more but honestly I have had great success with it just turning it on and going.
I have been driving around my side of town but have not come across anything of interest, but we will see.