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MX Sport 749.00 - ? - Equinox 800 899.00
Ridge Runner replied to Ridge Runner's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
My ace in the hole was the Equinox 600 that I was going to slide next to the 800. In my opinion should push the price of all other detectors lower in price. This is all relating what the detector has to offer and how it should be priced. I could have put up any detector that was waterproof. Being waterproof was the first factor to come in to the evaluation of this post I started. I’m well aware that all detector companies will sell their product at a price that a profit can be made. I believe also some will still be buying single frequency detectors years from now . We humans will pay the price of something if we like it and a lot of people like single frequency detectors. If Minelab didn’t come out with the Nox all of us dumb butts would have been happy with what we had ! For over fifty years I’ve been happy with a single frequency detector but Minelab has really upset my apple cart. If I die today it will be nothing but unrest knowing I could have been swinging a Nox if Minelab had come around sooner.haha Chuck -
Both the MX Sport and the Equinox 800 are waterproof and that’s about where the two are alike ends. Now if we want to put the detectors that have the option to run in different frequencies then how would you place them in price? I speaking about the ones that have other frequencies but still run only one at a time . Now remember the Equinox is at the top with a price of 899.00 and a true multi frequency. Would you want to slip it in between the Sport and the Equinox in price? Maybe we could lower the price of the Sport and place the ones we’ve been talking about in it’s spot.. Just thinking out loud but everyone has their own opinion. Chuck
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Deus keep saying the ORX will be out by the end of November. I find it hard to believe that someone in the good old USA don’t have one in their hands as I write this. When a new detector like the ORX hits the market so does videos and dealers telling you what they have you can’t live without. This flood of info is not generated over night but long before we see the first unit. It’s also talk if you really want to coin hunt with the ORX you may see the need to buy the X35 coil. As all know it don’t come cheap! This is just another detector that’s running one frequency at a time. I believe the thing it has going for it is being under two pounds. I think just about every grandkid I got could swing it . They talking about the price may hit around a thousand and with nine grandkids forget that. Chuck
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I see I need to clarify on what I said . If First Texas can come out with a detector equal to the Equinox 800 are better in what it has to offer and weight, I’ll make the trip. I just don’t see the need to advance to the rear when what I want is already here in the Equinox 800. The trip that I was talking about is six hundred miles but for some that’s on the market now I wouldn’t walk across the street for . Minelab has set the level in excellence with the Equinox 800 in capability,weight and price. I speak only for myself when I say this. The day of a detectors face covered in knobs is history and I came to that conclusion with my Eagle 2 in 1991. That has to be what 27 years back to 91 and yet some still don’t get it . That is anything less is less! Chuck
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Hey Fred I don’t see nothing wrong with that. A little of something is better than a lot of nothing. Hope they invite you back and you even do better the next time. One thing about gold it don’t make any difference if it’s small are large it’s still gold. Chuck
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Geotech ( Carl ) The day First Texas comes out with a true Multifrequency detector let me know. I will drive from San Antonio to El Paso with money in hand and buy it . I will also treat you to a steak dinner. I wish you well on this endeavor. Chuck PS Maybe it will go from First Texas to Texas First .
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Hey Buzzard Don’t feel bad about that . I can’t walk talk and chew gum at the same time anymore. Chuck
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Not saying all but most comparison is between the Equinox and whatever they want to show off. I’ve seen this video between the Equinox and the New Anfibio before. The funny thing is he put the Anfibio in deep mode to do the testing . Is someone telling me I got to put the Anfibio in this mode to get the most depth. My thinking is when I turn a detector on and set the sensitivity as high as I can get it to run that’s as deep it’s going. I guess with it I hunt this field with the regular settings then go back and hunt it in the deep mode. I say Bull Sh-t ! Have you notice that most never say what the ID is showing. I’d like to see and I’m sure some are out there testing against their own detectors. I guess over in the U.K. maybe you want to hear a fair to good tone at fifteen inches. Just maybe the ID is not important to you but to me it is . Give me a detector that shows a good ID at 6 to 10” and that’s all I’ll ask for . If beyond that it don’t give me a ID then it’s up to me to dig are not. I did like the tone when it detected something . On hearing some others it was like scratching on a black board . So many times the person doing the testing never had a Equinox in their hands before. I could take and nail a coffee can lid on to a broom handle to make the other something less if the need be . Chuck PS Why don’t you just let your detector stand on it’s own.
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It is so many single frequency detectors out there and yes some do have more you can access. It really don’t make any difference it’s still one frequency at a time. What I can’t understand is more are being made and if not on the market already like we’ve seen this year . It will be another nugget and coin detector should be out by the end of November. Oh it’s telling how many frequency you can hunt in but still one at a time. I know I sound like a broken record saying one at a time but that’s the truth of the matter. When Minelab came out with the Equinox they raised the bar at a higher level that others have yet to reach . This is what all of the other detector companies have to strive for . If they can just equal the Equinox will keep them in the running. I don’t see Minelab just sitting back without looking at the Equinox saying how can we make it better. I myself is swinging a single frequency detector and I do like it . I’m not saying they don’t have a place in the detector market but over time will be less and less . I’ve owned a Equinox 800 and I loved it but had it with the wait on a small coil so I sold it. If some others don’t come out with something to equal it in early 2019 I’ll get me another Nox . Chuck
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Steve I’m incline to agree with you on our cup run over with single frequency nugget and coin detectors . I really don’t know why they bother coming out with something that so many others have already done .Right now the weight of their detector is the best thing going for them . I can’t say I won’t buy one but if I do it’s because I like trying something new . It won’t be because I need it. If the XP Deus and another had came out with a small coil right away I’d still had both . Just think it will be lots to look forward to in 2019 . ( I hope ) Chuck
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The Deus ORX came out in a blaze of glory but then went dead in the water. One video is a show and tell but the others are all tell .I guess give it time and we’ll learn more. Chuck
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What is fake false now in 2020 could come true. Just take a look at that smart phone you have that was impossible time back . If someone can dream it then it can be. Chuck
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Interview With A Makro/ Nokta Official
Ridge Runner replied to rockhound's topic in Nokta / Makro Metal Detectors
There is a couple of sayings that fits this . 1. Seeing it believing 2. Bird in hand is better than two in bush Without upsetting the apple cart we see it already and we have it already what others want . Now if Makro and Nokta can make it better then that’s another story.haha Chuck -
New XP Orx Features & Settings / Mi6 Compatibility
Ridge Runner replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in XP Metal Detectors
I’ve been looking for videos on the ORX and at first it was one . Now it’s three but two is talk that I can’t understand. The first one they do show it but still don’t understand what they saying. Oh well that’s life ! Chuck -
Soks You are right on the location. Chuck
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Hey Northeast If you win I’ll have to hand carry to you. The trip is going to be hard on me so do you think you could put me up for a month ?haha The Best ! Chuck
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Well guys this may be the one we’ll never know. The trouble is if one got it right we wouldn’t know it . When you call it a unknown and can live with it let me know. What I’ll do is put all the names who played in a pot and draw from that . We’ll call them them the winner. Ok ? Chuck
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TDI Beach Hunter Deep Big Bling Ring
Ridge Runner replied to Gerry in Idaho's topic in White's Metal Detectors
Hey Gerry That’s one great find ! It’s a fact that the man is no better than the detector he’s swinging in front of him . At the same time you need to know what your detector is telling you . The BeachHunter is just another great product put out by White Electronic. It’s a song that says You ain’t seen nothing yet and I believe the same will apply for White’s in 2019 . Chuck -
Calling All Electronic Buffs And Programmers
Ridge Runner replied to Ridge Runner's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Steve I know it’s nothing free in this world and I don’t think this would be either. Time travel back when White’s came out with the Eagle 2 and if you had the Eagle White’s would update it. Then just like magic you had a Eagle 2. The cost back then was a 125.00. They could charge you for every update but they don’t. Chuck -
We see new detectors on the market that offer to run in one frequency at a time. They have several to offer like the new XP ORX. In my opinion I think they can come back at a later day and have a update that could give you a multi frequency to run at one time like the Nox. Back in time it was turn on and go but as we all know today that don’t hold true anymore. That detector has a brain that we can access and I say if I set it up before for a change then I can come later to make that change. I want your opinion so lay it on me . Chuck