Cal_Cobra

George now that you've tested the EQ800 and the Gold Kruzer, can you give any comparison between the two using EQ800's prospecting mode in contrast to the Gold Kruzer?  

I'm not a prospector, but the higher frequencies might be good for some of my tough mineralized relic sites (heavy desert alkali soil handicaps the VLF machines I've used at these sites).  

Thanks,
Brian

Nice mod.  I'd like to try both versions before making the swap, as I haven't really had any issues with the straight shaft due to it's lightweight.  I bet with the 15" coil on it, it would be a totally different ballgame. 

The F75 is probably the most ergonomic detector I've used, an S-rod with a pistol grip.  I will say though, that after swing the EQ800, Racer or Kruzer, the F75 is feeling a little heavy these days 

Anyone planning to go to the Rye Patch Nugget Shoot Out in September?

Now that I have the EQ800 we're thinking about going to check it out.  

HH,
Brian

On 6/4/2018 at 9:44 AM, Tometusns said:

I hope these pics will convey how I feel about the Equinox. ? 99% found in pk1, default settings except iron bias set at 3. Sensitivity set to what location dictated. Tom

That's a nice pile of finds ?

On 6/3/2018 at 11:33 AM, Mark Gillespie said:

Yes, Yes, Yes.  I too have not scratched the surface with potential adjustments.

Actually, I've not had a need to .

BINGO!!

Although far from a KISS design, it employs a KISS user interface and default settings.  With it's ability to real-time sample the ground, it's continuously adjusting GB/mineralization adjustments on the fly to aid in better depth and unmasking, and that along with Minelabs superb Noise Cancel go a long way to getting world class depth.  Now you have speed, light weight, ease of use, power, waterproof and a ton of adjustments on top of that IF and when you need them. 

I've found .... for me .... the best detectors are the ones I need to fiddle with the least, the EQ fits that bill for me. 

I'm with Strict on this one, haven't touched half the features, but just from what I have used, I can tell it's a great machine with tons of potential, great depth, fast recovery, good unmasker, great in mineralized soil, with tons of additional features and settings for different types of ground.

Gold chain?

I had great luck with Park 2 and Field 2.  Next time I'm at the same spot I had good luck with Park 2 at, I'll switch over to Park 1 and see how it does.  Might use the 50 tone audio though, I'm getting dialed in to the whispers and warbles of deep coins in the 50 tone audio, so likely stick with it, but I'll try the 5 tone for a bit to see how it does ?

21 minutes ago, sillllvar said:

Way to go sniffing out the merc ? 

The irony, but still

6 hours ago, kiwijw said:

That's incredible for a totally thrashed well hunted site that has been left to die. Like you said, any one of those bits of lead could have been the find of a lifetime. Some nice finds & you would have had a blast. The little bottle is cool & you didn't even need your detector for that one. Thanks for sharing.

Good luck out there

JW  

Thanks!  I'm sure if one was to dig all conductors, as one should at a 250 year old site, something good might come out of there, like a old coin.   I'm going back next weekend, got a bit more insight as to where ground zero was, so may do better there, but who knows, it's where you find it.

10 hours ago, Mark Gillespie said:

Nice relics

Thanks!!

6 hours ago, steveg said:

NICE digs, Cal!  Looks like a tough site to hunt, based on the amount of non-ferrous junk.

Has the Merc been through a fire?

Also, that round-ish piece with the "keyhole" in it -- is that a lantern piece?  I have dug those before, on sites of that same era...

Neat little bottle, too...

Steve

Hey Steve!  Yeah it's a lantern part, no idea how I missed that, I should've know it.  Not sure on the merc, it's totally possible.  Need to ezest it and look for a date, but no matter what the date, it's at least 100 years newer then what should be at that site.

Cool that detectorists can snag an old intact bottle now and again.  Yeah happy with the opium bottle! 

6 hours ago, Jackpine said:

I don't know what some consider hard hit but that is a huge amount of non-ferrous targets left to be found .  The previous hunters must have been cherry picking.

Good job!

They were likely cherry picking high conductors for the most part.  I'm going to research the site a bit more to get a better idea of the layout, there's a ton of low conductors to dig through, but you never know what might show up in the low-mid conductor range, can get some nice buttons in that range, coins too.

Nice job!!

I can't wait to take the EQ800 nugget shooting.....patience grasshopper....

The MK is a great detector!

Had some business to do out in the country over the weekend and hit a recommended spot that produced in the old days. It's been hard, hard hit, so hard hit it was left to wither away. I don't mind taking a crack at those kind of sites.

At any rate, I gave it a try for a few hours and was pleasantly impressed with what I was able to dig up on this site left to die. I think I may have dug a half to one of those cheap stamped brass 49er buckles, but this one is a plain Jane. Also got a civil war era eagle button but it's seen better days. Some kind of neat buckle all twisted up, but the prize was a surface find - I believe that tiny bottle is an opium bottle? And of course, leave it to me to find a merc that's likely 100 years newer then the site!!!

The canslaw was punishing!!

Not too many small arms shells, zero shotgun shells (amazingly!) but some BIG OLD LEAD (bottom) !!!  
As large as a couple of those pieces are, there could be anything from a gold coin to a silver dollar still out there IMO ?

Aside from aluminum, not many conductors left!

This poor eagle button:

Felt good to get out!!  

I did a lot better at the sale I was picking stuff up from, but there's nothing like detecting old sites

HH,
Cal

On 5/18/2018 at 1:24 AM, Randy Dee said:

Hello Cal

Your mystery object in first photograph is a screw down grease cup with the top part missing, the top would have been just over 1" deep and filled with grease and it would have occasionally been screwed down to pressure more grease to a revolving shaft on a tractor or farm machinery these date as far back as the old steam engines used to drive thrashing machines.

Here below is a Google link to many of the same.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=g_n3WpyyHsTVwQLs-rUI&q=Images+of+a+screw+down+grease+cups&oq=Images+of+a+screw+down+grease+cups&gs_l=psy-ab.12...4428312.4459676.0.4462524.35.32.0.2.2.0.201.4719.0j30j1.31.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..2.31.4398.0..0j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j0i10k1j33i22i29i30k1j33i21k1j33i160k1.0.OWi0IxFg99M

 

Randy thanks for taking a crack at it.  It's similar in shape, but it's 1850's or older, it's cast and all hand finished.   It's something either per-industrial revolution or early IR, it's not 20th century for sure.

TY&HH,
Cal

Introducing the worlds first Equinox, the Equinox 100 was shown at the West Coast Computer Faire c. 1977. 

 Wow this things been in development for like 40 years!

Nicely done, I like those older little buckles.   

Is that a flat button under the buckle?

Great hunt, really super finds!!

Wow settled in 1639, so coins from the 1500's are possible, wow, that's amazing!

Nice token, the desert was kind to it !!

I get flutey tones with deep silver and copper.  The 1838 seated dime I just dug had a nice flutey tone to it, soft, flutey, and deep.  

On 5/8/2018 at 12:50 AM, Sinclair said:

Did you have a chance to compare them, yet?

Nope not yet.  I've been working so much and my wife is about to have our first child, so she's concerned the baby's going to come any second, so she's apprehensive to let me out of the house on the weekends to go detecting, that the few precious times I have been able to get out, I just detect...not even any videos.  Later this summer or for sure this fall.    Their definitely very different machines and both have a place in my detecting tool box.

Dang relatives - lol

You'll probably find a gold coin on your first trip out, just make sure you use the special beginners luck gold mode

3 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Thanks Cal, I usually don't sell any of my finds. I did recently sell some early dog tax tags to someone who collects them.

 

Cool.  Only reason I asked is I showed this post to my wife and she loves the last two rings you found, if you want to part with them, let me know.  She loves the old style jewelry.