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  1. When the wave conditions are right, soft waves and sand can bring lighter targets in. I could have 100 14's banging my ears. On those days, I skip 14's.
  2. No, Rings of course can ID at 14. Yes, 95% of my tabs come in at 14. I get a few 13's and 12's. Like today, my conditions did not warrant skipping tabs. I dug 1 a solid 14. However, when the wave conditions are right I could have 100 14's banging my ears. On those days, I skip 14's. Now opposed to the D2 Inconsistent pull-tab numbers that range from 48-64. With almost no back-to-back repeat numbers. Drives me insane and makes it impossible to have ANY comfort zone on skipping tabs. šŸ™„
  3. The only machine I have experience on is the D2 with 100 scale. I HATE it. Throws gold and pull tabs all over the place. My Equinox makes calling tabs 100% easier. Almost impossible to skip any tabs with the D2.
  4. Possible you need a battery replacement.
  5. Pretty sure I am out on the beach tomorrow with the 13". The coverage is awesome and the ability to punch Black Sand is good. šŸ˜Ž
  6. Ugh, memory. I think the wrap-around number was 24-26 depending on coin condition. I did not use any Disc. [I think] What was more disheartening was the frequency. Anything over 9kHz had to be throttled way back due to the Black Sand here. Depth performance was affected. My friend was here running the MDT. I just pulled a gold chain with the Equinox. The MDT could not even hear the chain laying on the surface. That did it for me.
  7. I liked it......But could not get past the iron-wrap around. Here in Mexico there are bi-metal coins and the Tarsacci would throw those into the positive end of discrimination. Also, while it handled Black sand good. I could not hunt past 9kHz in Black Sand. I thought this was a handicap for gold. If not for the Iron-wraparound on these particular coins. Might have kept it.
  8. We have had the Manticore here and my friend was supposed to be here but has been busy. Last year it had done well but the black sand conditions were better, with any luck it will be here in three weeks.
  9. My conditions change a little. At no point this season has the D2 been great with recovery in the moving water. There was a short window where the 13" coil seemed to work [a little] in the wave wash. But it got rough again and the Black sand has increased lately. My general feeling right now is there does not seem to be an advantage in Tracking or Manual GB in the wave wash. My manual GB numbers have ranged from 82-87. I did experiment one day with going to a Dive program for recovery but that did not seem to solve much. Going to set-up a custom dive program to see if I can get recoveries made in the wave wash. Not very comfortable with the 9" coil on the beach. It feels like I am out there with a teaspoon. When the reactivity is above .5 the coil really shortens up audio response and swing speed becomes an issue. I keep the reactivity low, so I get a broader response on targets, and I can maintain a decent swing speed. I have to do more testing with magnetic accept and reject. For almost two years I ran magnetic accept. Now with this new program on magnetic reject my fear is the machine is not responsive to small targets. Both the Equinox and D2 would come home with their fair share of small bits. But now, the D2 rarely finds any. Two days ago, I had a smaller target that in my opinion should have had a much better response.
  10. Yes. I bought a second hand D2 that needed a pod replacement. No issues with the original receipt.
  11. Many Equinox users cranked up the sensitivity and noise cancelled. The goal was to try to force the machine to make the best choice.
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