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I thougth I might share my experience with the Equinox 800. A little about me. I started metal detecting with the Fisher original gold bug in 1987 hunting gold nuggets in North Georgia. I read the manual once and started using it. The gold bug was a good gold hunting machine. Several years...

Ok, first off this is NOT a thread about which make or model of a detector is better than another one. This starts to many verbal jousting matches. It is a business and marketing question: Why Garrett is not responding with new detectors to counter the Equinox, Vanquish and Simplex+ which are...

Anyone using a Simplex+ now? If so what are your observations so far? In a previous post I stated that I was considering selling my Nox 800 and buying another simpler detector. Well I decided to keep my 800 and buy a Simplex+. someone said wait till the Vanquish is available in the US. The...

I have had my 800 since march 2018. Yes, it was a long learning curve for me, but I stuck with it. I am not trying to knock the 800, it just may not be the right detector for me. However, the main thing I don't like about the 800 is it jamming too many targets in a narrow 40 slot TID range...

Ok, some rules on this discussion. Let's try to keep it away from my detector is better than your detector. I know that will be hard for all of us. When did it start? Who Started it? For the sake of this discussion let's assume the arms race was started with the introduction of the Garrett AT...

found this link to an interesting article by the co-founder of Minelab Bruce Candy. Maybe a lot of have already seen this article. It goes pretty technical pretty fast. But some things are interesting that I can understand...

My wife worked for Intel for many years. I remember back in the late 1970’s she brought home a chart that predicted the micro processing power for their chip line for the next 30 years. It was a steady upward curve from the old early pc chip the 8088. Guess what, it was almost dead on the money...

Howdy from South Texas! I was big into metal detecting when I was a teen back in the 90's, but took a very long break from it until this past winter when I got my hands on an Equinox 600 and dove right off the deep end into the metal detecting world! I am a video producer by day. Have been for...

Was talking to a Kellyco salesman today and they have the 800's in stock. He said they occasionally run out, but have a steady stream of orders with Minelab keeping a pretty good supply on hand. So is this just Minelab ramping up production? or the demands for the 800 slowing down. I guess...

I dismissed these headphones early on because of the deep bass or lack of a decent mid range or high range their speaker elements. well today, just testing out some new settings on my 800 at the park, for the fun of it I used the ML80 wireless headphones. Still don't like the sound range bias...

I like to get out in the open fields and dig the easy obvious signals just as much as the next guy, but I also enjoy the challenge of sifting through thick iron & trash trying to pick out every last detectable good target. From what I've seen the 6" coil on the Equinox is perfect for this task...

Amazon sales of at max vs equinox 600 and 800 Here are some interesting stats. Keep in mind these only represent a fraction of the metal detector sales since most come through dealers outside of Amazon. As an amazon seller I have access to tools to show unit sales of most amazon items for...

Ok, I only have one criticism of the Garrett AT Pro. I loved the machine, but really had problems with the water proof coil connector when changing coils. No it never leaked, but it was a real task to get those darn pins lined up so you would not bend them before you screwed the conector in. Ear...

Normally I don't hunt this trashy park on the weekend because it is slammed with people and absolutely no parking available. However I just could not wait till Monday to test the 6" coil from Minelab. So I circled the parking lot for about 5 min and got a parking place and started hunting. I...

I know lots of people here will get a new detector and keep the old ones for different reasons. I am a one detector man since when I get a new detector I have to sell my old one to help with the cost of the new one. But the real cost of a new detector is the time you must put in learning the...

I had been looking at the Equinox 800 for the past two weeks in the forums and on youtube. I was convinced it was the detector for me. But i was very disappointed on the 2-3 month delay everyone was quoting. I called a large dealer who I buy things from and he quoted 3-4 months. But then my...

I received the nox 800 today. it came with wireless headphones and the WM-08 transmitting module. which has the better latency speed, the bluetooth headphones or the WM-08? I wonder why they were included in the box? Seems like I don't need them unless i am missing something. To my ears the...

I have had my channel for years now but decided to start making Metal Detecting related videos again. Right now I just finished up a couple videos that Minelab Equinox owners will want to check out. I plan on repeating the test I did with the Equinox on several other popular metal detector...

This is the Ultimate Minelab Equinox 600/800 VDI Numbers and Tones video covering Rings and other Jewelry. I cover Platinum, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Stainless Steel, and Aluminum Rings. Pendants, Earrings, and even go over various different style Pull Tabs. A lot of time was put into this...

I just completed a very nice Test/Demonstration video on the Minelab Equinox 600 / 800 covering Coins, both Silver and clad. I did a lot of editing to make this video stand out from the average target test. Make sure to check out my other video covering Rings and Jewelry! Hope these videos...