bigtim1973
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Go for the Deus 2 in whatever configuration you are considering before you even think about an equinox 900.
I traded my initial full deus 2 set up for a brand new eq900. Very bad mistake on my part. With the eq900 and 11 inch coil I had a very bad EMI experience on an outing. Not to mention a few other quirks like double beeping on targets not on the surface and the pinpoint function going haywire during that EMI experience too.
It was the craziest thing I ever experienced with any metal detector. So much so I decided I was done with minelabs.
If you was going to primarily use only the 6 inch coil on the eq900 there shouldn't be a problem. As it IDs good at depth and has good separation. But it would take you forever to cover an area well if you only had limited time to detect. Especially inside of city limits where EMI is common where you would not be able to use the 11 inch coil.
However, with the eq900 in the same area in which i could not use it the nokta legend ran absolutely smooth with no EMI interference.
So I traded in my less than 5 hour field time pristine condition equinox 900 back to my dealer.
I have gone back to XP in which I have been using their products for the past 3 or 4 years.
i have an XP ORX, XP Deus 1 and an XP Deus 2 Master.
I did have the deus 2 full set up with the remote. But I started leaving the remote at home and used it as a WS6 master before XP offered it separately.
As far as the Deus 2 goes I am perfectly happy with the WS6 master configuration.
Maybe Jeff, Screen name Jmaclen, will chime in a bit here. He has way more run time on the eq900 and the deus 2 than I have.
He tried to steer me away from making the trade initially when I reached out to him on his thoughts about what my intentions were. Needless to say I should have listened to him!!!
Jeff was right
I traded my initial full deus 2 set up for a brand new eq900. Very bad mistake on my part. With the eq900 and 11 inch coil I had a very bad EMI experience on an outing. Not to mention a few other quirks like double beeping on targets not on the surface and the pinpoint function going haywire during that EMI experience too.
It was the craziest thing I ever experienced with any metal detector. So much so I decided I was done with minelabs.
If you was going to primarily use only the 6 inch coil on the eq900 there shouldn't be a problem. As it IDs good at depth and has good separation. But it would take you forever to cover an area well if you only had limited time to detect. Especially inside of city limits where EMI is common where you would not be able to use the 11 inch coil.
However, with the eq900 in the same area in which i could not use it the nokta legend ran absolutely smooth with no EMI interference.
So I traded in my less than 5 hour field time pristine condition equinox 900 back to my dealer.
I have gone back to XP in which I have been using their products for the past 3 or 4 years.
i have an XP ORX, XP Deus 1 and an XP Deus 2 Master.
I did have the deus 2 full set up with the remote. But I started leaving the remote at home and used it as a WS6 master before XP offered it separately.
As far as the Deus 2 goes I am perfectly happy with the WS6 master configuration.
Maybe Jeff, Screen name Jmaclen, will chime in a bit here. He has way more run time on the eq900 and the deus 2 than I have.
He tried to steer me away from making the trade initially when I reached out to him on his thoughts about what my intentions were. Needless to say I should have listened to him!!!
Jeff was right
