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I'm more disturbed than interested by these equinox guts photos. 

Wont be long after the first units get delivered before the Chinese knockoffs are   Also available, right?

Happy new year   

i expect as in every other detector, using the speakers takes more power and will cause the batteries to drain faster. How much faster is an open question. I already bought a 9000 mAh charger I can use to recharge either the equinox or the Bluetooth headphones ( or earbuds) should either need a recharge while detecting. I'm going to have a holder for the charger mounted under the arm cuff or  highest point of the detector so as to not disrupt the balance,  which if anything is likely to the nose-heavy side. 

Merry Christmas fellow EQX waiters. 

Im not at all surprised newly placed orders could take another 2 months after early placed preorders. I'd I love to have the manual to study for last few weeks of waiting. It could be that the reason ML is holding off on the manual is to permit any last minute revisions to it, knowing that they can probably hold off on printing until quite near the release time. Whatever it is I'm sure they'll post it by mid Jan. Before the first units go out to dealers. 

I got my f-75 with DST in September it cost $550 with no extras. Although I have no complaints, I wish I could have had a chance to get the f-75+ package at only $100 more. 

On 12/16/2017 at 9:02 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

Still waiting for my new pinpointer so I am guessing that late November/early December ship thing did not happen.

On 12/16/2017 at 9:02 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

Still waiting for my new pinpointer so I am guessing that late November/early December ship thing did not happen.

I ordered mine dec18 but can only guess as to when it will be shipped. I hope it at least comes by the time my EQ800 arrives

As stated in a separate thread , I think a concentric coil option would be nice to have, interestingly the xterra 705 stock coil  is a concentric.  

Regarding equinox performance, this will be the first detector I've ever purchased at the time of release. I intend to use it most of the time in 2018, and to follow what users are posting as to their experiences with it, and relate that to my own. 

   I will be following a few forums ( but nothing on Facebook- which I stay away from) though I'll trust THIS forum and Steve to cut through to what's relevant and what's not. 

   I'm so glad this site and Steve will be available during the roll out period of the equinox and beyond 

Awesome news! Happy to know that preordered equinoxes will be on their way shortly after the start of the new year. Anyone notice if when the manual will be available on the website??

We don't yet even know how much minelab will charge for the two coils that will be available for the Equinox. If they go for a modest $150 or so each I can see getting one or maybe both. But if they cost $200 or more each I will likely wait till I've had some real experience using the new detector. I think the 11" dd coil that's standard will suit most situations well. And other accessories may become available later on, maybe even a concentric coil. We will see. I really dislike changing coils in the first case, unless they have dedicated lower rod. 

On 12/17/2017 at 8:06 PM, GB_Amateur said:

A Teknetics Omega (7.8 kHz) coil working on the Fisher F75 (13 kHz) is a big surprise.  Even the Tek T2 (also 13 kHz) coils supposedly don't work on the F75.  Guess I need to do some experimenting myself.  I have several coils for my 19 kHz Fisher Gold Bug Pro, and those work on the Tek Gamma (sibling of the Omega).  Going to be interesting....

 

 

works fine, though I haven't used enough to see how TID is using them compared to the stock coil, but I don't think that disqualifies them. I have them and they work so why not use them?

I got curious about the dd vs concentric question with respect to the Equinox and  looked into that question with respect to xp deus, and I could'nt find any examples of a concentric coil on the deus, which I find rather curious. If anyone knows why that is I'd like to know. Has one even been tried and is one even available ? 

Thank You Steve, I don't know why it hasn't been commented on before this. I know the Nox has not even been released but I hope Minelab offers up a 9" or 10" concentric coil like the one  the x terra 705 came with as its stock coil ( although I really preferred the 10.5" dd on the 705)

i think for the equinox I'd rather get a concentric coil before I got a small or large dd as an accessory coil, unless I had very expansive fields to detect.

i am often confused by the multiple signals that dd coils give on shallow targets. I think I will try the 5"x10" concentric coil from my Omega on my f75-I've already tried the 5"x10" dd from the Omega and it worked well. 

I'm wondering how the Equinox would perform with a concentric coil, as compared to dd coils , assuming one is offered as an accessory in the future. ?

Not a mention of it by anyone on minelab owners Equinox forum. I think we all by now expect Equinox news when the website comes back online hopefully sometime before the end of the weekend

14 hours ago, Morris said:

Ordered mine Dec 6 at 4:01 PM.  I check here a couple times a day to see if anyone is getting them and seeing the new reviews. 
I have not been able to get on the Minelab site this afternoon. I wonder if they are down for updates. 

 

I couldn't get onto minelab.com Friday night and also couldn't help thinking they were  updating the site with equinox announcement ( hope hope)

I think what Steve is saying is that if it didn't come from minelab it shouldnt be trusted

Only makes me even more anxious to get mine. Pretty impressive demo, even without the comments. 

I pre-ordered my Equinox 800 on October 8 and paid for it up front. I knew I wanted to get one from the start, but had to first sell another machine in order to make ordering the Nox possible. I'm anxious to get one in my hands like everyone else that has one on pre-order, but right now I'd be happy if minelab put out a firm delivery date.