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That volume test is great thanks Chase ? One thing to consider though is that the loudest 2 use speakers and the quietest 2 use piezos. I know the ml 600 headphones aren’t intended for water use but the LS PELSO are and when using speakers under water they will be very quiet, I know this because I have the ones from Hungary which were on eBay and look identical (I can see the speaker on Kellyco pics) The hungarian headphones are so quiet underwater and get quieter the deeper you go, piezos aren’t bothered by water pressures so I’m guessing the 2 piezo based headphones will be much better underwater.

Steve, the amphibians I had and used on the ATX were very loud... at first... they were “blow your ears off” loud on the ATX but quickly leaked water and became very quiet, so I sent them back to the USA... (pita) get my second set, within a couple water sessions same thing... sent back to USA (mega PITA)... anywho this went on until I just ended up selling them after they came back one time. i have a couple mates who’ve had these and they went quiet so I ended up opening one of them to find the piezos corroded, all the hot glue (or whatever it was) falling off, wiring corroded... just the poorest quality. if these are just amphibians with an equinox connector then STAY AWAY. The knob on the side introduces more potential failure too for no good reason...

Hey all, I’ve recently picked up and old blue Excalibur 1000 from eBay that I plan to dive with. My only problem is the headphones aren’t the “blowing my ears off” kind of loud. It’s got the original blue headphones on it and I was wondering since I know the Excalibur 2 is incredibly loud it it just how the blue headphones are or if it’s not working 100%, They are easily audible out of water though. Thank you!

I’ve dived with the equinox to 3m for a total of probably 5 hours and had it underwater for probably 25 and so far so good. I’ve noticed at 3m that the screen starts to compress so the clear casing contacts the lcd screen inside, ascending immediately undoes this so it’s not a real problem but how deep have you taken it or how deep do you think it’s really good to? look forward to hearing anyone’s opinions ?

Yeah it seems they put a small amp inside the equinox and it just doesn’t have the power to run anything for water use. An external amp would definitely fix it but it’s a PITA to have another set of batteries to charge or replace ?

Amazing, that “Manta” PI sure looks interesting, hope Fisher make a solid waterproof case for it whilst keeping it lightweight.

This is so true, there is often a black sand layer of decaying crap not far down, often it stinks but has little effect on detectors. I detected on what I now know to be volcanic rock and it really killed the equinox’s depth to the point where it was practically useless. The Pulse Induction detectors I used also took a hit to their depth but still useable. there are so many variables out there that there isn’t really much conclusive evidence about any detectors abilities to be honest, everyone says how “DEEP” their machine is but as Steve says, it’s all relative

Ok good to know! Dont want smelly headphones ?

I’m thinking about attempting some alternatives for water use, I’ll post them if they ever come into existence

They are easy enough to pop apart, just pull the squishy part and the rest pops out with it or use a flat head to get in there. You could probably stuff some foam in there or other material for sound blocking. Had another cracker day yesterday and my first SCUBA with the equinox, had so much fun too! ? here is yesterday’s top treasures:

I’ve taken the equinox underwater with the Hungarian headphones twice now and I think I’ve experienced the best and worst scenario for the equinox. Firstly I went into a popular rock pool which I’ve detected successfully with one of my Pulse Induction machines (ATX) with decent success although I did ok, I had to greatly reduce sensitivity and increase pulse delay for it to be stable but still it was enough to find about 60 coins and a few rings in this small pool HOWEVER, the equinox was very very unhappy in these conditions and struggled to signal when the coin was placed on the rocks which was 2- 3 inches on our 10c coins (which is very similar in size and conductive to a nickel and therefore general gold ring territory) but when detecting purely through salt water it was capable of 7-8” on the same coin (just estimating but it was MUCH more than over the rocks) I messed around with sensitivity, discrimination, different modes (was using beach 2), sweep speed, swing height, ground balancing with tracking on and off, recovery speed as well as testing to see if the test items would register in all metal (if they came up as iron) to no avail, I don’t know what kind of rock it is but detectors clearly don’t like it. Next outing was a sandy beach with sandstone rocks and clay base which the detector functioned adequately over. I only used beach 2 and found recovery speed 4 is good because swing speed is slower under water so theoretically gives more depth, the sensitivity couldn’t really be run over 14 (I was 2m deep in salt water) at this location apparently but 10c targets were recoverable from 8” The Hungarian headphones aren’t very loud underwater (even to my 24 year old ears) which seems to be a theme with the equinox so I believe it COULD be that the 3.7V lithium battery is insufficient to run these kind of Piezo’s but I’m far from an expert. Anyway, the nox went well and found some smaller than usual gold pieces ? Today’s treasure:

I’ve received my Hungarian headphones and so far they seem alright, they don’t blow your ears off like an ATX with it’s waterproof headphones but they are probably equivalent to using my whites surfmaster DualField in terms of volume. It seems that some tones are much louder than others through these headphones. in my case, tones 12 and 13 DO ACTUALLY blow your ears off but all other tones are standard really. edit: ok they have a faulty connection in the wire that goes through the band, opening and closing the headphones over my head causes them to stop and start working ?

Appreciate the report, looks like I’ll steer away from these as I’m going to be mainly under water ? Someone mentioned the Hungarian ones are very loud and it looks like he’s selling them again.

He said when they are back for sale they’ll be $85 again. But still we are paying $20 more than the Garrett version of the same thing just for the equinox plug. my hearing is fine but I really want loud ones to hear over scuba bubbles!

But Bluetooth latency can be very effected by EMI, that’s why pro-gamers use wires because in competition the Bluetooth signal becomes delayed because of all the other Bluetooth signals from other peoples controllers.

Mine has been canceled also “Greetings. Unfortunately there were technical problems with the product. I have to cancel the order.” maybe there is a problem with using these phones with the equinox for one reason or another, my luck!!! or maybe minelab don’t like other people selling them for the nox cause the Hungarian ones are gone too!?

Just ordered a pair too as the Hungarian ones are no longer listed so I’ll let you guys know in 3weeks what they are like

Yeah it’ll cost a lot to get a connector especially to Australia but that’s a really good point, if they suck I’ll chop the connector off and get the ctx headphones or something lol.

Found some cheap-ish waterproof phones on eBay and also noticed that they do the same ones with the Garrett connector, anyone tried them? https://m.ebay.com/itm/Underwater-headphones-for-MINELAB-EQUINOX-600-800-METAL-DETECTOR/183235707657?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20180306143914%26meid%3D548e73500f864ba4b6f03cb386904682%26pid%3D100935%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D253645860653%26itm%3D183235707657&_trksid=p2056116.c100935.m2460

Finally some people noticing the lag lol, I made a thread and nobody said they noticed, it is very annoying and definitely pronounced with higher swing speed. Its possible that areas of higher interference could cause higher latency too.

Anyone tried them yet?? I’m going on a holiday in the near future and it looks like they have lowered the price on these + they are actually available at this point in time! cheers!

Are you a dealer or tester? because it doesn’t seem normal people can get these anywhere.

Always nice teaching young kids to kill stuff ?

I just wrapped a layer of tape on the male end of upper stem so that the can can clamp solidly down on that. Has made it really firm but won’t be convenient if you take it apart a lot.

Really curious to know how these Hungarian waterproof headphones are going for underwater use so far because a couple people do have them. loud underwater? comfortable? Other notes? I’m just so keen to hunt in the water and still no proper release date for the minelab phones! thank you ?