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AA Battery Extender For Equinox?
Nuke em replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
I'm not worried about running time . I will use it till it runs out then recharge . I do have a 26800 mah power bank that i bought months back if i am out and need to charge it up at digs . But i will most likely be keeping an RNB equipped ET or Explorer with me too. -
Do you reckon we can all get this syndrome ? Just wondering if scientists can bring a cure out before the Nox comes out ? Dont think they need to hurry though !!
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I hate Facebook , glad i no longer use it . Full of poo and poo stirrers . Would love to know who these people are that are stirring it up about the Equinox and what their motives are .
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A mate said he saw on Facebook that someone somehow made a battery explode or something , is the machine still on course for release sometime in the next month ? Its probably all crap like most things on Facebook but just wondering .
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Beach Finds 18-01-18 , Another Silver
Nuke em replied to Nuke em's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Pity about the club the way it went . -
Beach Finds 18-01-18 , Another Silver
Nuke em replied to Nuke em's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Where do I know you from ? -
Beach Finds 18-01-18 , Another Silver
Nuke em replied to Nuke em's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Our new Pound coins are 12 sided though . -
Beach Finds 18-01-18 , Another Silver
Nuke em replied to Nuke em's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
The second line from the bottom are the new Pound coins . The line above are the old Pound coins that are no longer in circulation but can be banked . The new ones are the same style as the old Three Penny bit that we had in 1937 to 67 but slightly thicker and wider. -
Beach Finds 18-01-18 , Another Silver
Nuke em replied to Nuke em's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Its mostly built up here too. Looks good but much to deep to find much in most places. Roll on Thursday. -
Equinox Plays In The Surf - Videos
Nuke em replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
I cant wait for mine . But for a while i will stay with my Explorer's . I will use the Equinox later when i can give it a proper test when finds are more plentiful . Even if people might think my finds aren't too bad . I want to learn the machine before i throw it in the deep end ! Excusing the pun. -
I am on that forum and its where i find things out . There is a section in the restricted area that goes into a bit more depth . I haven't read it properly so cant go into detail . I think i will be using my Explorers till i have sussed all the settings . In a way if detectors get to perfect it will get boring in the field if all the surprise goes . I dont expect perfection , just lightweight / waterproof and have a combination of Terra and ET with a touch of Deus . There is unlikely to be any real improvement on VLF machines in depth and i think its all about gimmicks and different ways to capture peoples imagination these days . The Equinox might be simple to many but i might have to study the machine before i get out there with it. I am too used to the easy menus and functions of the ET and Explorer's LOL .
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Well after seeing the beach yesterday and finding nothing but trash and also having bad weather last night i went back for another look . I went to the areas that i found my last 2 rings and left the main beaches i normally go to alone . I got there at around 6am and saw the beaches hadn't got any worse and looked better than yesterday so i switched on my Explorer XS and got stuck in . Yet again i started to find lots of coinage about , though mostly in hot spots and sometimes in lines along the beach which slopes up to the road. I walked around a mile or more till i got to the area of the other beaches then stopped . By the end of the search at around 8.30am i had found another Silver ring , 3 coins worth 50 Euro Cents and another foreign coin like the one i had a few days ago , and another with a hole in it . My spendable coinage score was £30.34p this time . I am working for the next 6 days so thats me out of the scene till Thursday next . Really winds me up passing the beaches in my work and not being able to check them out .
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Sometimes slower is faster ! I could run rings around the F75 and Deus on beaches . Land is very different unless in the dry ploughed field or maybe shallow pasture. I never felt the Terra was good in hard ground , but their air tests are good and thats why they worked on my beaches so well.
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The AT and Deus would out sell the CTX anyway , they are a different price range . The CTX only sells so poorly compared to many because of the price . If the price here in the UK wasn't the price of a small house i might have kept mine . Even if i didn't like it much . Other reasons for its lack of sales are the weight and complicated menu and many people kept moaning about lack of updates . Though i always thought the Exchange 2 was for downloading programs . I doubt that the Equinox will get many updates unless the machine has issues after release . The Equinox is going to have the Deus and AT types for dinner and any others in that price range if successful .
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I had a 70 in 2007 but didn't use it and sold in 2008 . It was only in 2011 when i bought the 705 that i found where its best suited . And thats on dry beaches , its a real killer on stone beaches or fluffy sand . I feel that it wasn't that slow but being slower than machines like the Deus and F75 made it better on beaches . The Deus and F75 are a bit jumpy on beaches . The Terra's are a bargain if searching dry beaches , they pay for themselves quickly . I didn't like their build quality much and sold each one well within their warranty then bought another . Each machine made a massive profit . £9454 and 14 Gold rings overall till mid last year when i sold my last 705 . Will be interesting to see what the Equinox does .
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I wonder what the improvements are going to be ? I might consider 1 as a scouting machine . It would have to be better stem wise . Wish they would put a coil cover on too.
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Nice finds. As for the possible Gold . Test it on the ET and also check the weight . I reckon 6 g if 9 or 10 k and a low medium tone , if Gold. Now am i right ? I think its white Gold.
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My mate told me that the FBS at best transmit only a few freqs at a time . And maybe the Equinox will too ? Not being any good at electronics i wouldn't know and as long as they work i dont care either . In any case the fact still remains that they are the best on the salt wet other than a PI . The V3i is supposed to be multi freq and uses 3 freqs , are they used the same way as FBS or do they run together ? They can be used singularly too like or similar to the Equinox .
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Beach Finds 14-01-18 Silver Today
Nuke em replied to Nuke em's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Going to be very windy tomorrow "Storm Georgina" or something . Its a long tide and the tide is out early so i might go . I will go straight to the area i found the Gold and Silver rings from the last searches . It didn't look that good for finds this morning but then i gave up early , hopefully it will be better tomorrow . I can only stay out from 6am till 10am anyway . -
Beach Finds 14-01-18 Silver Today
Nuke em replied to Nuke em's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Went back this morning and found nothing except rubbish . We have had some bad weather and its messed the beach up. Tonight there is more bad weather which could turn it around again . Will be my last chance till late next week if i go tomorrow. -
Why do i want the Equinox ? Well , apart from being waterproof and lightweight i dont need it ! But i do have to lighten the load on my back and shoulders a bit . I dont think it will increase my finds rate , i find lots of coinage anyway and in the next few years i think the cashless society will kill coin hunting on the beaches . I suppose thats when i really need the Equinox , for in water detecting . I will also use it as a replacement for my last Deus and use it on land when i do digs again . The machine that matters most to me is the next machine . The one that replaces my ET and Explorer's . Till then , they are staying in my inventory .
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This morning i got up early and did one or two things before going to the beach for a 10.30 am start . I didn't bother checking the main beaches i do but got a Bus to the furthest beaches that i dont normally do . I started on the beach and a lot of the time it was quiet but then as before i was finding coinage in lines and next to groins . I had a long walk back to the normally better beaches but didn't care , all the while i was finding something i was happy . I was hoping for another Gold but that wasn't to be this time and by 2 pm i had to get a move on and walked back to the main beaches over a mile away . One of my last finds was an old Silver ring , i also found 6 fishing weights but haven't taken a picture of them , they just go straight into the bucket. My total for today was £36.40p , a Silver ring , 6 lead weights , a Foreign coin i couldn't identify and for the American here a US Dime from 1979 . My next trip is on Wednesday but the weather might stop it , its going to be very wet and rough . But then again who cares .
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What Will The Equinox Be Best At Finding?
Nuke em replied to mn90403's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
Hopefully it will be best at everything . But first it has to find its way into owners hands . -
Equinox In Wet Salt Sand. By Neil Jones.
Nuke em replied to Gerry Freeman-Smith's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
I cant wait . Wish Minelab would hurry up. -
Equinox In Wet Salt Sand. By Neil Jones.
Nuke em replied to Gerry Freeman-Smith's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
Its on a restricted site elsewhere . Paid subscription is needed too . Theres more to the Equinox than most know . Wish i could say but i will be skating on very thin ice i think. Even i am limited on knowledge.