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19 hours ago, Sinclair said:

I've made up a little clip showing the 2€ vs Pulltab problem:

 

 

Good video Sinclair, you are exactly right.   I have had my Equinox 800 for 2 months now, detecting six days a week only on beaches and in the sea here in Spain.  The main difficulty in Beach 1 with the 2 € coins is that they sound more or less the same as a pulltab.  For the last 6 years I have used an AT Pro,  pulltab - 53   2€ - 65   1€ - 75, in addition pull tab has a distinct double tone and a harsh sound, and the iron audio button is much better at identifying beer bottle crown caps than the all metal button on the Equinox.

The Equinox goes deeper and is more sensitive and stable and is a great machine without doubt.  I am not trying to compare here, just giving my experience.  In my opinion for a machine that has two dedicated beach modes, it is not the best machine for coin shooting on dry sand.  I also have a problem in the sea in beach 2,  still trying to sort that one and will make a separate post about that later.

Happy hunting

51 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said:

I have seen positive and negative comments online regarding submerged coil drag with the Equinox stock coil.  Haven't taken a dip yet, so was wondering what the experienced water hunters think about it.  Thanks.

Been using mine in the sea with no problems, feels much like the Excalibur to me in terms of drag.

HH

5 hours ago, dewcon4414 said:

Basically you are creating a low form of electrolysis with salt water.   It WILL corrode inside and thats a small hole to get into to properly clean it out.   You will start getting snap crackle and pop and eventually phones will go in and out.   there will be a cable as an accessory coming which may serve your purpose for fresh water, but not salt water as is.   Your conditions arent as harsh as salt water corrosion.   drop your phones in fresh water you can likely just blow the water out and you are good.

Thanks to Steve and Chase for pointing out where my thoughts were wrong.  I had no intention to cause confusion, I just did not think it a good idea to use the Equinox underwater without a waterproof connector.  As a sea detectorist I just hope some waterproof headphones arrive very soon, a shame not to be able to use the machine to it´s full capabilities until they are available.

HH

24 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said:

This statement is not accurate with respect to water entering the machine through the headphone connector.  Please see this post for more detailed info regarding the jack.

 

I don´t to wish to be pedantic here Chase,  but surely if you use a non waterproof connector into the audio socket of the detector and put it under water then it is going to leak.  That is why the waterproof headphones or the extension cable with the waterproof connector are needed for underwater use, otherwise why would they bother, they would just have standard non waterproof 3.5mm jacks on them.

 Just my thoughts.

HH

 Also, make sure the mini plug is compatible with the Equinox jack which is recessed to accommodate the watertight, screw-in headphone plug.  Right angle plugs likely won't work without some kind of pigtail adapter.

From what I understand, if you plug a normal 3.5 mm jack into the headphone socket, then it will allow water into the machine.  You would need the waterproof jack as supplied on the forthcoming waterproof headphones.  As far as I know there are no "normal" headphones that have this jack fitted.

HH

Thank you very much Steve for starting this forum and for your hard work and unbiased information.

I know it takes up a lot of your time and patience, and is much appreciated.

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Gee, I sure like it when a question is asked and I see answers already provided! Thanks!! Yes, Equinox has a Noise Cancel function that can be invoked at any time, that scans and chooses between 19 “channels” running from -9 to 0 to +9. You may also choose any of those offsets manually. Finally, choosing specific single frequencies, again with the available channel offsets, is a fallback for the worst situations.

In my opinion Equinox handles electrical interference quite well. I work in some areas that have issues, especially in the lower frequency range with some detectors, and have yet to find a place where I can’t get decent operation due to EMI.

Thanks for all the informative replies,  Very helpful

HH

I use a Garrett AT Pro for dry sand detecting, and when hit by EMF, usually from bar internet systems,  the operating frequency of the AT Pro can be adjusted to try and eliminate it.  There are four slightly different frequencies to choose from.  Just wondering if Steve knows whether there are adjustments that can be made with the Equinox, apart from turning down the sensitivity of course,  to alleviate interference from EMF.

HH

59 minutes ago, TreasureGuy said:

They call the Equinox the Platypus... Plenty more information if you go sniffing around... It's all on public domain and free to see...

Notice the chips ID´s are blanked out, normal practice for security reasons

It should not take 3 days to update a website, particularly for a company like Minelab.   Any updates or changes could be done offline and uploaded in minutes.  Maybe Minelab are just fed up of being bombarded with questions about the release date of the Equinox and just shut the website down for now 

Been trying to get on the Minelab website all morning, looks like it is not  working.... interesting.

Anyone else tried to get on the Minelab website today ?¿

Thanks very much for your reply.

I only ask because Minelab say it is waterproof to 10 feet so there must surely be some waterproof head phones available as your picture shows.    From what you say I am assuming they have to be bought separately.  They look like the old Koss phones I used on my Excalibur, in which case I will wait until there is an adaptor to be able to fit some decent waterproof ones. 

As you say wireless will be fine on the dry sand, no problem there

What waterproof headphones can you use with the Equinox in the sea ?

Why did they not fit a CTX 3030 headphone socket so we could use the phones we already have ?

Is there an Equinox to CTX 3030 headphone adaptor available ?