You might see where tin foil comes in, it may be around 3-5? The test i saw on youtube i was surprised that the 800 failed. When he went low on the iron the machine did start to tone a small amount with id very jumpy with it bouncing in the 12-17 range i think. But again was stock coil. Problem is besides my ctx my other machines do not have a 11 inch round stock coil. I may repeat his test with the v3i and the ultimate coil and see what happens. Keep posting i am reading everything you post and others posts on their tests as well, all info is good info!
Well, I don't know how the gent has his detector set up.
Can also say, Impact has 7x11" coil, Deus with round 11" coil.
Doing bobbly traps with nails. Deus wins and has bigger diameter coil. But in bigger iron , impact could win.
Just like fisher f75 with 7x11" coil compapred to Deus 11" coil, bobbly trapped nails coins, Deus wins , and wins even bigger with 9" LF coil.
Multi freq on Equinox, Minelab has done some thing special wilth iron rejection or iron mitigating,,whatever it's really called. Iron bias setting is a big driver here with Equinox performance.
For a one coil detector setup, Equinox might just be top dog right now. For depth, separation, unmasking, higher mineralization soil, salt water, ID accuracy of buried targets- all these across the whole conductive spectrum.
This may have been Minelab's mission and goal.
So yes Equinox not an end all, just maybe good jack of all trades detector.
And a lot of folks can't afford multiple detectors.
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