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It's a wig-wam for a goose's bridle. Finest example I've seen in a long time

Nice to hear RR. I'm surprised there are any of us left with a chance at this. My guess was that you'd have it weeks ago. At least you will have it soon

I'm from a land far, far away and even I know that a 'Babe Ruth' anything is awesome!! Well done

Nice write up - thanks Steve. Nice Equinox vid too. The ctx in the video. Is that the R2D2 model? . It's a chatty little fella.

I was going to ask the same thing TGO - the story has a familiar feel to it

A bearded miner with an Elvis hairdo

Hi Rockett. The Z in Normal near gum tree roots is very frustrating. 99% of your targets will just be the roots. Try Difficult/High Yield with the size of the nuggets you are showing. Worth going over your patches in Difficult/General because it will pick up bigger bits that High Yield won't see (providing there are bigger bits there ) I think I read on PA forum that Nenad suggested Normal ground mode can be helped a bit by turning on the Locate Patch Ground Smoothing function from the new update. I have tried this but it hasn't made any discernible difference where I am. Different location may show different results of course. Also, what sensitivity setting are you using? If you are only running 5 or thereabouts and you are finding those small pieces you can try ramping it up to 15-20 in HighYield/Difficult and you might ge pleasantly surprised with a few more bits. Hard to continue with these settings for too long in bad ground or bad EMI but worth it for a bit. Sorry if I'm telling you how to suck eggs

Feel free to start a pictorial thread goldenone That's OK isn't it Steve?

I LOL'd a lot then. Thanks for the laugh Mitchell. Best of luck going forward

Not necessarily a question for you Mike but anyone wishing to answer. I thought if a detector was noisy when still it was EMI and if noisy when being moved it was ground noise. Is the Equinox (or VLFs with a threshold) different in this regard or is the fact that Mike is describing his Equinox as silent when still suggestive that EMI is not the problem? The only VLF I have is the Gold Monster and it has no threshold at all. Even when turned on in the house it doesn't make a noise until put near something metal - so I don't really have something to compare to.

Nice to hear they have replaced your machine. Just curious, does your 3 year warranty start again due to a whole new machine? That specie is particularly awesome!! Congrats

I can't believe soooooo many people lose their valuable rings??? IF I end up getting a Nox I would be happy to find some coins and possibly some jewelry. I know many, many people locally that live on very old home sites and they have never been detected and their owners are keener to have me detect than I am to actually go and do it It is hard to look for coins and relics when there is gold 5 minutes from home!!

Kesybz. I think I know what you are getting at but I think you might be getting mixed up. The 600 has 3 single frequencies that you can choose to use on their own. And then it has multi which accesses all 5 frequencies that the 800 can. The 800 has the 5 individually selectable frequencies plus multi. Is that what you were eluding to or am I not getting your point? Cheers, Northeast.

It's well worth celebrating Walker! Even a newbie with a Go-Find can hear a big nugget just under the surface. But it takes skill and time at the wheel to hear the subtlety of the tiniest pieces of yellow with a 14 inch coil. The Z's are amazing but kudos to you also

Purely a guess but I would have thought there would be nothing sitting on a shelf somewhere until at least April. AND, if the general users getting them now find them as amazing as the testers, and there are no technical/coil issues and the 'haters' have very little to hate about then you may find that date pushed waaaaay back. I can only imagine that there are more people sitting back and waiting for a greater number of positive reviews than there are people who have put their cash on the table already. Personally I am in the waiting group only because I don't have the cash to lay down now. Being a glass half full kind of person it just means that I'll be able to watch all the great reviews and have more bargaining power with the "old ball and chain" when I do open the wallet.

Nuke 'Em, did the tv show Detectorists help or hinder your image in the local community? Art and Garfunkel certainly wouldn't have helped Either way, very funny series. Looking forward to being able to watch series 3.

Have just woken up here in Oz and read the next 2.5 pages of this thread since my last post. I do apologize to people that thought I was stating fact re: the 5% thing. Completely made up and I thought that would be apparent. I was just hoping the guessing would stop. It didn't Steve's algorithm has more substance to it anyway, mine was too simple

Have just been notified by a very qualified, near to the action, right in the hub, closely linked to the manufacturer source that all dealers worldwide were provided with 5% of their pre-ordered stock - not necessarily pre-paid, just pre-ordered. If the dealer ordered 100 they got 5. Ordered 20 they got 1. Any dealer under 20 pre-orders got none. There, now we all know. Can we stop talking about it now The whys, how, wheres, whos and whats of how they get to anyone's door has been the most discussed, boring, not adding anything useful to the discussion brain drain that I have experienced since being on the forum. And you can suggest that "Maybe you should just not read the forum Northeast". The fact is I read the forum every day (actually twice per day ) in the hope of actually learning something new about the Equinox or any other detecting tid-bit that sparks my interest and that generally means I read everything on a couple of Steve's sub-forums. And about 5 pages of this thread is assumption, hypothesis and guesswork about something completely unrelated to how the machine works. And this is one of many threads that are very similar. I am sorry for my rant. But I honestly reckon I've wasted a couple of hours in this sub-forum reading all the threads and getting to the end of many not knowing any more than when I started. This is obviously not directed at you Steve as you certainly have provided masses of quality information and I thank you for it. And it's not directed at any one other person either. Just be nice if the guessing stopped, we patted those on the back as they receive units and we start getting widespread feedback, multiple user analysis, comparisons and more answers that will promote more questions that can actually be knowingly answered - not hypothesised. This is my first and possibly only rant and I feel cleansed. Feel free to delete this Steve if I'm being too harsh.

I actually thought their line about "obsoletes all other single frequency" detectors was a good one. Actually a fair chance that it is 100% true. "Unequalled performance in all conditions". Somebody needs to have a word with marketing about this one. I'm sure they're referring to 'in comparison with other multi frequency machines' but this is just too general. Leaves themselves wide open for more bad sentiment. Better than a GPZ on a 1 ounce nugget at 30 inches? Better than an SDC on a 0.05 gm nugget in WA mineral hell (maybe it is - wouldn't that be cool )? I know I am not comparing apples with apples but that's the problem with the statement - it is not directly comparing anything either. Obsoletes all other single frequency detectors - at least we knew where the comparison was. Really, I don't care if they say that it is the best or the worst, I'm happy with what the testers have to say. But the internet is going to have a field day

I'm thinking that you are pulling our leg Gerry...

Hi Luke, Welcome to the forum and congrats on the Z purchase - I think mine is awesome but... I have only used an SDC, a gold monster and the Z so don't have much to compare it to. I do know that the Z 'sees' far deeper than what the SDC will and will also see gold (and junk) just as small as the SDC. Unfortunately that is not comparing apples with apples though - everyone knows that is the case. Norvic and Madtuna on here can probably chime in with something more pertinent re: comparisons with 4500/5000s as I'm pretty sure they have used a great range of machines. Tips and tricks - the search function here is very handy. Jonathon Porter's posts, Steve H's posts and Phase Techs posts about the Z are all mandatory reading (I think). The little Tags that are on the start of most threads can also highlight worthwhile threads. JP likes conservative settings whilst Steve H runs the machine hot - both of them describe their various methods and reasoning behind them in fairly good detail in previous threads. Don't be afraid to ask specific questions but always try and search the answer here first. I've been following this forum for a fair while now and have asked my fair share of dumb questions and have never been made to feel a fool from the experts. Hope you find what you need

I've read the last 5 posts 3 times now and laughed each time I'm sorry if you 2 don't find it funny but I did

Until I played the video I thought they meant a Coke can

Thanks for posting TN. Nice work JP.

I think this is a great statement. I feel the same way and have never been afraid to ask a question for fear of being made to look a fool - by Steve or any contributor. You have every reason to feel a 'warm glow' for the praise you are receiving Steve