Dan(NM)

My gut from the beginning was this is a winner. I was #1 on my dealers list, but, due to a family tragedy, he suspended his business. I'm 15th or 16th on another list and have paid in full. I can't wait to take it back to all my spots that had produced last year!!

I sat on the fence for 3-4 years after the CTX came out, I can't believe what I was missing out on. Not gonna happen this time, going in full bore and buying both coils as soon as I get a price.

Speaking of clocks, they might as well left the one on the CTX off. Could it have been any smaller lol

I have this on hand and use it for everything that charges by usb, never have thought twice about if it was the "right" thing or not. I have no worries that it'll do the job for the Equinox, headphones and WM8.

There is no Exchange2 for the Equinox.

   Thank you Steve for the swift reply, I 'll pass the info, not the pic, along. That's  what I thought I had seen a while back, not being a water hunter, never given it much thought. The waterproof aspect isn't a concern for me being I don't water hunt here in the middle of the desert. It would seem that beach hunting covers a rather large audience according to the number of posts on all the forums. All is well once more !!!

That screws into the headphone jack to make it waterproof without having to plug in waterproof headphones? It seems some guys on another forum are getting worked up about the Nox needing extra accessories to completely waterproof the machine if your not using wp headphones. Thanks!!

For me is a combo of all the following...

It's called a noise cancel button and yes, the Nox has one, as does the CTX, Etrac and the Explorers.

They may use the same set of phones, but, it will have a different connector.

Steve,

I was under the impression that this was an accessory part and did notcome with the machine, if that's the case, and it does, problem solved!!

9 minutes ago, steveg said:

Yes, Dan, that's what I meant to say, 1/8 MALE to 1/4 FEMALE.  DUH!  My bad!  (I edited my post, to fix it).  What I was really asking was is stereo to stereo correct?  

On the CTX, if hooking to the control box itself, I believe the male needs to be mono, and the female stereo, is why I was asking...

Steve

You know, now that you mention it, I'm wondering if one plugs into the Nox directly(who would) (me) if it's wired the same as the CTX jack(mono)  I'm running an 1/8" angled male patch cable with a 1/4" female end mounted on the back end on the Nox. I use a Periscope Probe and need to plug directly into the machine. I've tried plugging the Periscope to the WM 10 but, for some reason when the audio goes from the WM10 thru the Periscope then to my phones, the audio get distorted just enough to throw the sound off. I'm hoping that's not the case with  WM08, if it is, I have my plan in the works!!!

5 minutes ago, steveg said:

Yep, it is, Dan.  I am almost positive that it's 1/8" for the Equinox...

SO -- yes, I need an angled adapter as well, but don't know what we need...female 1/8 stereo to male 1/4 stereo, 90 degree, I assume?  Can you shed any light, Steve?

Steve

I would assume, an 1/8" male stereo to 1/4" female for the 1/4" male jack on the headphones. I may have one in my stash.

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Thanks Mark. I like big pictures - the say a thousand words thing you know  Speaking of which...

Is that an 1/8" jack on the WM 08? I sure hope not, if it is, I need to buy an angled adapter.

Thanks  for the info Steve, excellent write up!!  I have 4 spots that I'm convinced are "worked out" I have been hitting these places hard for the last 3 years with the Etrac and CTX, with every size coil(Etrac) and from every direction until finally they've played out. I'm betting the Equinox is exactly what the doctor ordered as all of them are polluted with iron and trash. I'm banking on the speed and the flexibility of the use of tones to bring to light a few more quality finds.  I'm getting both coils if they are available at the time of the shipment of the Nox. I'm thinking even with the big coil, the recovery speed might offset the size of the coil in relation to masking(hoping) I'm very much looking forward to putting the Nox to the test in these spots, if it does what I'm hoping, and I'll be surprised if it doesn't, it'll be the perfect clean up machine for the CTX.

Thanks for the clarification, I couldn't understand a word he was saying and the translater mode was doing a lousy job. Thank you. Sounds like it's the same type used on every other machine and I do like  the idea of being able to adjust the pitch of the pinpoint tone.

This might help answer how well it responds to small targets, although it will not answer your other questions, but, it's a start. The first target was found at 5" which is very impressive and I'm guessing in most mineralized soil to boot.

 Steve, I remember seeing in a video(Russian tester) that the pinpoint mode has a separate sensitivity adjustment. Now, I believe the Nox has modulated audio which can help to identify deeper targets from the more shallow ones. I'm thinking the pinpoint sensitivity could come in very handy to also help determine the depth of a target along with the modulated audio.  Have you experimented with the pinpoint sensitivity yet and do you feel this a feature that has any real benefit to it? 

4 hours ago, Equinox1881 said:

Just wandering how long it takes to fully charge the equinox battery?

I believe I read 5 hours, but it can be recharged on the fly with a portable power bank while hunting.

Thanks for posting this Steve, very interesting indeed!! So, it looks like the EQ800 is just the beginning of a new line of Minelab machines.

It sure would be interesting to see an EQ1000 with target trace and a 2-D screen.

Excellent!!! Thanks for the update and the link

Welcome Randy, I got sick and tired of the pissing and moaning and the outright childish behavior on the Facebook pages so I left all the groups. And you're right, this place is a breath of fresh air compared to most forums that have anything to do with the Equinox. I guess those guys think that if they threaten Minelab with buying another machine that's going to prompt Minelab to drop what they're doing and start production just for them. Again welcome Randy and we look forward to your input with all the experience you have in the hobby.

Thanks Derek, that's what I needed to know!!

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54 minutes ago, Redneck said:

Sweet on the modulated audio!  That makes sense that the depth meter isn't watched closely .  

The more I read, the more I'm liking this thing!!

Hey Buzzard, did you get to handle the Equinox? Did it feel nose heavy or did it feel balanced?