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Here's the rest of the beach finds from that hunt

Yeah, sorry about that. My very first hunt with the Equinox was at a beat up cellar hole. My first hunt at a beach was the one I posted. So it was my second hunt with the machine overall. Here's the results of the cellar hole hunt. I did about 4 hours at the cellar and 9 hours at the beach.

Hi Cal-Cobra, I dig a lot by choice. I have always been that way Here's that days trash. I separate by ferrous and non ferrous. I feel it is one of the reasons I have been able to detect for 48 years now. But I must admit the reduced weight of this Minelab machine is a welcomed improvement

I finally had a chance to hit the beach with the Equinox 800. My first hunt was at a cellar hole. It did fairly well considering I did not study up on it. This past week was it's maiden voyage at a beach. I was a little more up to speed at programming it. The machine exceeded what I thought I would get on this hunt. The is a moderate to heavy EMI location with not a lot of shoreline to escape away from it. It handled the EMI a little bit better than the CTX or the GPX. My very first target was a junk earring stud. Nice, sort of micro jewelry. A little while later a part of a silver chain. Hmmm. Then another tiny chain and heart. Hmmm again. Next a silver chain and small ID bracelet. OK what gives? Three chains from a beach I hit a lot and I never found one chain. But the Equinox had more surprises in store. 2 Buffalo nickels right in a row, and then a thin gold heart. Probably attached to something bigger originally. And at last call, it gave me a beautiful .583 gold earring w/ice. Probably fake ice, but ice just the same Next week I'm splitting the day with the GPX and Equinox at a beach I have found close to 70 silvers in a relatively small area of about 120 x 20 foot section. All around 14" deep. I will cleanse it again with the GPX and then see what small things I missed. I am anxiously awaiting beach day !!

I never liked comparison videos. It is too easy to slant the video to your brand. Now, I do trust some seasoned people for their opinions on the machine they are trying. Those I always watch. But someone new to the hobby that has just bought a machine has no business telling me how it performs

All very good information. Thanks guys. I'm not in a nugget area, so it's beaches and cellar holes for me. The 5000 is a killer at the beach. No complaints on it. Now the reliability of their DD coils is another matter

I bought the CTX the first day it was available. It worked well for a while and then started saying "Coil not detected" and would not work. I'm thinking your Equinox problem may be a coil problem, but not in the cable. It may have something gone wrong internally, in which the the coil is recognized by the machine. Just a guess based on a similar situation I had. I bet they give you a new coil. You are a lucky person to already have your machine. I am jealous LOL.

I had nothing to do with it

I do a beach that has a train, that energizes it's tracks about 30 feet from it. I'm using the GPX 5000, so is the DD coil still the best option? Not sure if the mono coil will handle the salt and EMI. I run my machine fairly hot too. Deep silver at 14" is common , but sometimes you have to wait until the rails de-energize, in order to hunt. I have a 12x15 mono coil, but always thought it would not work well in that environment? Thoughts??

You may want to try that area twice, once when you get the machine and once after you have had the machine for a while. It may take some time to get the best settings for that type of situation. I'm guessing it would have to get some coins out of there with the fast recovery, and at depth target id. Let us know how it goes.

Could be that the flag ship detector is still in the works. If the Equinox is second string to something bigger, then I better get to saving my change for the top dog. I'm still hoping for that pulse discriminator that Santa reneged on!

Definitely have it shot if you have access to an XRF. Would love to have one of those handy. It would be interesting to see what it is made of. I'm just about to get back to the beaches here on the east coast. Starting to get antsy lol Nice hunt!

Every time I read more on it, I like it better and better Who knows with the 17" coil it may perform In ways my CTX can not on the beach. The same goes for iron infested areas on dry land. The CTX will probably win in the open areas of the beach, but there are some patches where iron nails are everywhere. This is where I want to see what it can do. Interesting to see what part 4 is all about

WOW. Unbelievably sad. I have talked with John many times and he has always been good to me as a dealer. I can not comprehend what he is going through right now. I will get something out to him tomorrow. Life is short and there are no guarantees, so enjoy every minute of it while it is there.

Thanks. I had to get that word in my name somehow. I got a feeling I will be with this machine for a long, long time. I do a lot of beaches in the winter and cellar holes in the summer. Spring and fall I split between the two. The fast recovery with stable ID make this an ideal addition to my other machines. The only thing that can make it better is if it handles EMI better, or at least equal to the CTX.

Hi everyone, I'm glad to be here and happy to see a forum where people are as excited about the Equinox as I am. I'm mainly a Minelab guy, and inching closer to detecting 50 years. Not quite there yet Mine is on order and I have plans for an exciting spring season with it. Looking forward to seeing what others think of the machine, when theirs arrives. HH