Mountain Mike

I will also add that my credit card lists my Cabelas order as pending. Maybe not a good sign as to the shipping status.

I had a conversation with someone who bought one in the first batch. He said it was a couple days before he got a tracking number although he felt it shipped the day he ordered it. He received it in 6 business days by UPS.

Wasn't there a thread somewhere in which the person did some tests analyzing the frequencies being transmitted in certain modes? Although that would not account for how each mode is processed. Testing and learning will be the key.

Wow great video! 

So no shipping info. I know someone who needs to hear about this. Thanks

I was already paying full price plus shipping at Kco. Cabelas added the tax but my mental health is worth a few extra bucks. 4-7 days!

Just ordered one. 

Thanks Steve. I have been studying the manual and feel I have a good grasp on the frequency weighting  between the different modes.  I guess that what has prompted me to ask the question. It looks like park 1 and field 1 should really hit harder on high conductive coins than park 2 but I haven't seen a video or test that confirmed that for me. I was just hoping someone would point me in the direction of a video showing park 1or field 1 pounding a coin that park 2 doesn't hit as well. Just for my own peace of mind.

I've been sitting back reading the reports and watching the videos. I want to thank all of those who taken the time to try to help others. Now that there is a fair amount of tests and videos are out I thought I should start taking some notes. On the first 6 tests that I made notes I noticed that all of them ended up getting their best results using Park 2 after some minor adjustments . Some of these tests involved finding good targets in and around iron while others were depth tests. I am still waiting to see how TNSS test on deep silver  turns out. So what have you guys found Park1, Field 1 and 2 modes to be better at? Surely Park 1, Field 1, and 2 modes have an advantage in particular situation that I haven't noticed. Can someone give me an example or 2 based on real world testing? Thanks  

13 minutes ago, Skate said:

That would be the irony of all ironies. Charging a customer restocking fees for an item that isn't in stock, has never been in stock nor is expected to be in stock anytime soon. That's like buying a lottery ticket for a dollar and then having to pay the store back $50 for losing. 

Ha you got that right  but at this point nothing would surprise me. I tried to make a simple call to Kco to ask them but after calling 5 times over 2 days and waiting on hold till I finally hung up (one hold was 35 min) I just asked someone else.

36 minutes ago, Norm S said:

The anonymous guy that bought 6 from Cabela's has never stepped forward nor has any of the guys that bought one at a premium price. Cabela's website said allow 7 - 10 days for delivery.. I think the entire Cabela's story is a bunch of BS. Think about it are you going to lay out $5394 for six detectors not knowing if you can sell them at a premium especially not knowing if Minelab shipped all the pre ordered Equinox to their dealers for distribution.. I don't believe a word of the story.. Just one dude bragging to another.   

I'm not exactly sure which part of the Cabelas story you don't believe. I have no idea about the guy buying 6 but I know for a fact that that Cabelas did sell some. There is some pics on one of my EQ facebook groups entitled " unboxing and testing my new EQ from Cabelas". Also I had messenger conversations with 2 people that bought their EQ at Cabelas. The reason I had these conversations is that I was trying to figure out if there were any penalties for cancelling a preorder with Kco as both of them cancelled at Kco. BTW there are no restock fees or penalties. 

This info was on "North American Equinox Users" FB group

You guys have been waiting since September! wow! I ordered on Dec 22 and have at least 100 people ahead of me. yay. Kinda depressing when dealers are getting 1 to 6 at a time.

That's a lot lower than I thought they would get. 6 wow. I'm still gonna keep a good attitude and see what the second shipment looks like. If they get 6 on that one then I don't know.

Precious cargo !!! Equinox on board !!!

The main difference between a park mode and field mode that I see is Iron bias and recovery speed. Park 1 seems to be set up for lots of iron with a iron bias of 6 and a recovery speed of 5. Park 2, field 1, and 2 have a iron bias of 0 and a speed of 6 or 7. Remember park 1 and field 1 have the frequencies biased toward high conductors like silver coins. if I were looking for silver coins my decision between park1 and field 1 would be based on how much iron is at the site. Park 2 and field 2 have the frequencies biased toward finding low conductors.       This is purely speculative on my part and real world experience is what really matters.

The speed thing is pretty interesting. If you have a target at the edge of detection a couple really fast sweeps might help the ID come in better. Its an air test so who knows. 

36 minutes ago, Northeast said:

Nuke 'Em, did the tv show Detectorists help or hinder your image in the local community?  Art and Garfunkel certainly wouldn't have helped 

Either way, very funny series.  Looking forward to being able to watch series 3. 

Season 3 is available as of today on Amazon. I feel a binge coming on.

Well at least you have a cheap date for V day. Probably just gotta buy a couple beers and a hand massage. 

Just in case you order a unicorn and get a donkey. Hopefully the ability of the user to update the software would take care of most potential problems. 

The EQ is pretty cheap. The cost of a happy marriage can get expensive. You taking the EQ on the trip?

Nice! Congrats! Hope its awesome!

3 minutes ago, JoeRivers said:

Well this was supposed to be my Christmas present when it was prepaid in October my dealer said it would be in by ,then Santa Clause ? the ? and no present under the ? for me so when I get my equinox she’ll get her flowers and chocolate ???

Seriously that was funny. Since I'm in the second hundred at Kellyco mine might still be a Christmas present----Next year

Hope you guys aren't so wrapped up in this that you forget Valentines day is next week. Equinox might be the least of your problems. LOL 

Probably just gonna enjoy that new detector smell for a few minutes.

Charge it 

test garden

put my socks back on after it blows them off

brag to the wife about money well spent