LOL, mines better than yours!
I have more gold than you and I didn't need lessons to find it
The Equinox Line is the Best Sub $1000.00 All Terain Detector on the Market
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I have more gold than you and I didn't need lessons to find it
DaviDs
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I have more gold than you and I didn't need lessons to find it
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adamBomb
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Its been happening with every new detector and will continue to happen as long as new detectors are released and we don't have any kind of official testing. Do you know how many threads I used to read comparing the cz21 to the excal? It was like every day a new one. One person found the excal deeper and the next found the cz deeper.
MiTreasureHunter
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I would love to see that test done and filmed. I'm not saying its not true, but I'm saying have not see results that even closely compare. I am a freshwater beach and water hunter so I am very much a jewelry hunter, its pretty much my only type of hunting
. I had a CTX-3030 and I got rid of it. It absolutely did not see tiny gold, my type of hunting that made it worthless to me. I have a NOX 600 AND 800 and while they will see smaller gold chains it's definitely not from several inches away. I have an XP Deus that see's the same gold chains about the same distance away as both NOX models. Also have an AT-Pro I can rub the chain on the coil directly and not get any response lol. Talking small gold chains people, not meaty chains that about any detector will see.
I will be more then happy to actually film these tests and post the video on my YouTube channel. Seeing is believing.
I have access to several different gold chains of difference purity 10K and 14K, and several different chain loop designs for testing purposes.
Once again not arguing or stating these machines can not see the chain, I'm skeptical of the distances stated.
I hope to trade my 600 off for a Makro Multi Kruzer, which showed promising results on gold chains and to add more variety to my detector collection.
Surf Master
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DaviDs
Calabash did depth tests , and other tests ATMax, against the Nox, the Nox won, sorry to bust your bubble. I do like the Garrett Carrot however
Calabash did depth tests , and other tests ATMax, against the Nox, the Nox won, sorry to bust your bubble. I do like the Garrett Carrot however
DaviDs
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I do like the Garrett Carrot however
Lol, yeah, we grabbed every detector that we had at the time. Also had an explorer and ??? Pin pointer but both had problems from sitting in storage and wouldn't work.
Surf Master
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SOS DaviDs
That Explorer is wanted by the Captain Silver
give him a PM , and he need's some coolaid 
happy hunting .
That Explorer is wanted by the Captain Silver
give him a PM , and he need's some coolaid happy hunting .
DaviDs
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It's all good. I have nothing to lose or gain from publishing my results. Heck, reread the last sentence of my post. Real tests in the ground, make such a big difference.
As far as the CTX, my program is based on a 14k gold earring back. In real world use, the CTX has found more than 40 earrings and five necklaces. Also, I have used four CTX's, same program and swing technique and had identical results. The results are repeatable...but in all fairness, I paid for the tips, training and program.
woodbutcher
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You guys living near the beach have got it made.And I’m not talking just metal detecting,all the chics in the bikinis,fishing,swimming,I could go on...I’m living in good old pennsyltucky,either raining all the time or so hot I can’t breath,,and I don’t own a pool or a umbrella so I’m SOL and just envious
DaviDs
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woodbutcher
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Um, yeah.
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That's awesome.lol.
graybeard
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I have dug quarters, dimes and pennies deeper with F75 LTD, DFX and AT PRO. I know the F75 LTD and DFX are not water proof, but the AT PRO is.
I don't hunt in or near water much so I buy what works for my style of hunting.
If the Equinox 800 can't get past the trash, how can it get deeper? If Minelab ever makes a smaller coil it might get in between the trash, so I can find deeper coins other than nickles.
I have no problems of finding smaller coils for other detectors. Why is Minelab dragging their feet on releasing accessories?
Martin_V3i
Elite Member
Heck no! I pulled a Wheat at Settlers today, right in the center of a hot spot "we all" beat to death really hard over years. Way more other coils than mine, from other's machines than my Equinox, missed that one. Pinpointing ain't a snap with the Nox but I think that when the Nox unmasks missed coins here in spots like this...it is a keeper.
The Equinox KILLS in separation.
BufordCityDawg
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Firs of all, than you for the comparative reply. I would agree that based on your hunting, that you have no need for the Nox.
It doesn't change my mind as I would factor salt water hunting into the equation and would therefore give the Nox the nod over the detectors listed giving up a little depth for the ability to use in salt.
Side note, I also agree that Minelab is really screwing the pooch on their slow rollout of their accessories.
BCD
MiTreasureHunter
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Less then a half mile from Lake Michigan as the crow flys. 8 public beaches in my tiny tourist town. If I'm not working and its a nice evening I'm at one of them during the Summer. This weekend will kick off the beach season and it looks to be a pretty nice weekend...finally.
Good luck in the water. Hope to see some wonderful west Michigan gold.
BCD, my statement still stands. Nobody needs to change your mind. Your beliefs and experience should be all that matters to you.
Is the Equinox a good machine, yes.
Is it perfect for everybody, absolutely not.
I have absolutely no issues with folks thinking they have the best machine out there. I have issues with folks that think they have to cram their views down everyone's throat. That they are 100% correct and everyone else is wrong.
I also have issues with folks thinking they are better than everyone else. Just because they get their coil over things others do not. I have seen them on here and on other sites. One had to start planting fantastic coins to show others he was the best.
We ALL have the same hobby. We have the right to enjoy the equipment we bought. Just because someone finds an awesome piece of gold with ANY machine, doesn't mean that their machine is better than another.
Sure the Equinox MIGHT get deeper or might separate targets better than SOME detectors in SOME soils, HOWEVER, it like EVERY OTHER machine has limitations.
MINELAB knows that. They are not stupid. With all their own testing, engineers, and experience they priced it far below the E-Trac and the CTX. IF it would have out performed them in their labs they would have priced it accordingly.
Enjoy your machine, get whatever you are searching for and live your life. We only have one.
I will enjoy my machines and my life hunting the way I enjoy and share my finds on here like everyone else.
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pescadore
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I must have misunderstood your other post. Good job on the wheat. That place has been pounded.
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adamBomb
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I'm cracking up at this lol. I come from PA but now live on the NC coast. PA does have its advantages, like 4 seasons and its not a 100+ every day from June-Sept. But you are far from the ocean. I am not sure I would be into MD if it weren't for the beach by my house. I can go every day to the same spot and find different things.
ChrisMD
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I’ll know for sure soon
I’ll know for sure soon when mine comes in. I have a ballfield right next to my house that used to be a civil war homesite. It’s been pounded to death my everyone and their mother, and since it’s only two blocks away I’ve especially beat it to death.
I pulled the last good target, a CW infantry button, out after regridding the entire field with a new F75+ and 5” coil horizontal and vertical, twice with one of those in boost. I dug every single possible and faint single. I used survey flags to mark every couple of steps to make sure I didn’t stray off course. The last coin I pulled (not including fresh drop clad) was an IHP about a year and a half ago.
I’ve hit this same field and gridded it out with an AT Pro, Etrac, CTX 3030, Mojave, and an Omega 8000. It’s a tuff field, and full of iron. I have no idea what was really going on here, because I’ve pulled way too much 1800’s silver and civil war relics for this to have been just a homesite.
Since then, I’ve been back 9 times (I can walk there, easy escape from the wife), and haven’t pulled nothing. I’m a believer that no area is truly hunted out, but I’m calling this field hunted out with current equipment’s capabilities. I’ve also gridded it completely one more time with the F75+ in Fast Audio tiring to pick out any squeakers in the iron, and came up with nadda. The only other option I have at this point would be to start digging all the iron up and clear the field, but the county might not like that.
When the Equinox 800 comes in, I’ll also grid it out horizontally and vertically, and I’ll film it on this GoPro Hero6 I’ve been trying to feel motivated to use. Before I dig any targets, I’ll check them against the F75+ and Mojave, which are the only detectors I have in the stable minus a EuroTek Pro I’m selling. I’ll post the whole video unedited and hyperlink to any key events that happen. That will remove any doubt about a lot of questions that typically come up.
Lastly, I’ll do the test after hitting 100 hours on it. I detect about 40 hours a week so it won’t take long to get there.
All good tests need a measure of success and failure. So I’ll say up front that for me, if it squeaks out even one old target I’ll notch that in as a win.
I’ll know for sure soon when mine comes in. I have a ballfield right next to my house that used to be a civil war homesite. It’s been pounded to death my everyone and their mother, and since it’s only two blocks away I’ve especially beat it to death.
I pulled the last good target, a CW infantry button, out after regridding the entire field with a new F75+ and 5” coil horizontal and vertical, twice with one of those in boost. I dug every single possible and faint single. I used survey flags to mark every couple of steps to make sure I didn’t stray off course. The last coin I pulled (not including fresh drop clad) was an IHP about a year and a half ago.
I’ve hit this same field and gridded it out with an AT Pro, Etrac, CTX 3030, Mojave, and an Omega 8000. It’s a tuff field, and full of iron. I have no idea what was really going on here, because I’ve pulled way too much 1800’s silver and civil war relics for this to have been just a homesite.
Since then, I’ve been back 9 times (I can walk there, easy escape from the wife), and haven’t pulled nothing. I’m a believer that no area is truly hunted out, but I’m calling this field hunted out with current equipment’s capabilities. I’ve also gridded it completely one more time with the F75+ in Fast Audio tiring to pick out any squeakers in the iron, and came up with nadda. The only other option I have at this point would be to start digging all the iron up and clear the field, but the county might not like that.
When the Equinox 800 comes in, I’ll also grid it out horizontally and vertically, and I’ll film it on this GoPro Hero6 I’ve been trying to feel motivated to use. Before I dig any targets, I’ll check them against the F75+ and Mojave, which are the only detectors I have in the stable minus a EuroTek Pro I’m selling. I’ll post the whole video unedited and hyperlink to any key events that happen. That will remove any doubt about a lot of questions that typically come up.
Lastly, I’ll do the test after hitting 100 hours on it. I detect about 40 hours a week so it won’t take long to get there.
All good tests need a measure of success and failure. So I’ll say up front that for me, if it squeaks out even one old target I’ll notch that in as a win.
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