maxxkatt
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I have talked to numerous newbies and long-time owners of detectors and some seem apologetic about their beginner’s detector they are using.
Well they should not be. I hunt with my son and he uses an Ace 250 and I hunt with my Equinox 800 on our civil war relic hunts. And guess what? There is not much of a difference at all in the quality of our finds.
I private messaged a forum member recently about a CSA belt buckle he found. In the private message he informed me that he found it with an Ace 250.
Then there were the verbal detector wars back in spring of 2018 on “which is better the AT Pro or the Equinox 600 an 800?”. Some of those very hot verbal debates got reprimands from the forum admins. The AT Pro vs Equinox debates have died down. And guess what there are thousands of detectorists using the Garrett AT line and finding tons of good stuff as there are thousands of Equinox users finding tons of good stuff.
It is all about learning about the art and theory of metal detecting and applying this knowledge on your hunts with your AT Max or Equinox 600.
In march of 2018 I was so happy to receive my 800 after selling my AT Pro. But keep in mind three years prior, I was so happy to receive my AT Pro after selling my Fisher ID Edge.
Guess what? The first six months using the 800 I was finding less quality targets hunting the same parks and fields as I was with my AT Pro. Why? I knew my AT Pro pretty good since I had been using it for 3 years.
Had I not sold my AT Pro, I probably would have sold my 800 several times during that six months. I got caught up trying to use all the new and advanced 800 features without really understanding how to properly use those features. I also had a habit of asking other 800 users about the settings they used for different situations. This kept me from properly using the 800. You cannot just copy other people’s 800 settings. Why? Because you are not hunting the exact same site they are hunting. This is the biggest mistake I made and any newbie can make being new to the Equinox 800.
I saw two young boys recently in the park using a bounty hunter Jr. One was swinging and one was digging with his mom’s garden trowel and they were finding aluminum screw caps in that park just like I do using my 800. They didn’t even see the need to use a pinpointer. The digger just got down grubbing around with his trowel and hands. Hopefully those boys will continue to enjoy their Bounty Hunter Jr. and gain more experience.
Well they should not be. I hunt with my son and he uses an Ace 250 and I hunt with my Equinox 800 on our civil war relic hunts. And guess what? There is not much of a difference at all in the quality of our finds.
I private messaged a forum member recently about a CSA belt buckle he found. In the private message he informed me that he found it with an Ace 250.
Then there were the verbal detector wars back in spring of 2018 on “which is better the AT Pro or the Equinox 600 an 800?”. Some of those very hot verbal debates got reprimands from the forum admins. The AT Pro vs Equinox debates have died down. And guess what there are thousands of detectorists using the Garrett AT line and finding tons of good stuff as there are thousands of Equinox users finding tons of good stuff.
It is all about learning about the art and theory of metal detecting and applying this knowledge on your hunts with your AT Max or Equinox 600.
In march of 2018 I was so happy to receive my 800 after selling my AT Pro. But keep in mind three years prior, I was so happy to receive my AT Pro after selling my Fisher ID Edge.
Guess what? The first six months using the 800 I was finding less quality targets hunting the same parks and fields as I was with my AT Pro. Why? I knew my AT Pro pretty good since I had been using it for 3 years.
Had I not sold my AT Pro, I probably would have sold my 800 several times during that six months. I got caught up trying to use all the new and advanced 800 features without really understanding how to properly use those features. I also had a habit of asking other 800 users about the settings they used for different situations. This kept me from properly using the 800. You cannot just copy other people’s 800 settings. Why? Because you are not hunting the exact same site they are hunting. This is the biggest mistake I made and any newbie can make being new to the Equinox 800.
I saw two young boys recently in the park using a bounty hunter Jr. One was swinging and one was digging with his mom’s garden trowel and they were finding aluminum screw caps in that park just like I do using my 800. They didn’t even see the need to use a pinpointer. The digger just got down grubbing around with his trowel and hands. Hopefully those boys will continue to enjoy their Bounty Hunter Jr. and gain more experience.