Ferrous Grump

Thank you for the full explanations!  

I purchased the bone conduction headphones and found my head is too big for the and I never came close to understanding its full potential.  I went with aftermarket headphones for my water hunts.  I just ordered the WSA2CL today to use on land and very shallow water.  

I'm looking to buy a pair of great sounding wireless headphones.  Something close to my water hunting Aqua-Teks would be great.

UPDATE:  I found the WS5 are a stand alone interface with the coils where the WSAII-XL requires the remote or "puck"

Yesterday, I spoke to a guy who helped me decide on purchasing my Deus II in August.  He asked me if I'd tried the Relic program on the beach?  I hadn't but gave it a quick test and it was much different than I was used to with my normal Beach setting.  He said it is now the only program he uses in the saltwater sand of eastern North Carolina.  He showed me a nice silver necklace he found that day.  I wonder if this is something to test further or if any of you have used this with success?

5 hours ago, Skullgolddiver said:

After suffering from broken bonephones, I salvaged a pair of Grey Ghosts I had on the Ctx and modified the connector to use the same pins as the bonephones.

They sound loud and clear and I would not go back.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr8apzNqGvF/?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==

I'd like to know how to change them over, I have an extra pair of Grey Ghost CTX 

4 hours ago, King-Of-Bling said:

The shocking (but not surprised) part is the fact that with all the hype 2-3 years ago , they couldn't sell 100 units. And now it gets worse. They decide to offload the remaining batch to basically a wholesaler. But wait , there's more ! The marketing maniacs decide to jack the price up another 5 bones. I would be embarrassed if I was on their team. Can only imagine what these winners are gonna come up with next.

It was a certain let down after the initial introduction and I feel a lot of trust was lost with The Fisher company.  Meanwhile, I'm surprised other companies haven't tried to capitalize on the idea of a better discriminating  PI machine.

Thank you.  I applaud you for addressing concerns from other AQ users!

28 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

 I would not be basing my buying the AQ on it's discrimination abilities......

Chains are the AQ weakness..

What size of gold chain are you talking about?...Air test.......... it did poorly on 3 different sizes.

 

Thank you Joe. 😉

I am curious as what response it would give a different depths and if the chain is laid out straight.

Thank you for saving all dug up targets.  It gives us without an idea of what to expect.  Of course All Metal will produce just that!  I read earlier it will not pick up very small items.  ...say a ear ring stud.   Yes or no?

Oh MY!  A few weeks ago I pocketed 50 bottle caps from surface and Equinox.  I was digging all signals.  Thank you for cleaning up whatever area you hunted!    After seeing this, I agree with Joe that the water and early winter is the spot for the AQ

I am guessing the next logical shipment of the next AQ or 2 will go to Florida.  ...if not there already.   

On 6/30/2020 at 11:56 AM, Carolina said:

Joe, I don’t think you have had the control head or the battery three feet yet. I know how tall you are and you would need a snorkel or be drowned one.😂. That’s unless you have dropped it down. Even chest deep and a two foot hole it would not be three feet so I wouldn’t give it any worries. Like Steve said, it’s the power cable that’s the problem. Nice of you not to tell Rodney, class act.

After I asked the depth question to Joe, I realized it was intended for the control box.  I typed before thinking...again.

My Plans?   Beach nourishment has been recently completed to almost all local ocean side beaches within the past 4 years.  Aside from fresh drops, the unsettled sand allows heavy targets to sink fast.  The waves on most days give me a beating if I try to venture out.  So with the AQ, I plan to hunt the shallow water and hit a few swimming holes within the Intracoastal Waterway. 

Sting Ray

a.k.a.  Ferrous Grump

Thank you for once again sharing the AQ in action!   

Question:  It appears you are taking the machine deeper than the 3 foot depth limit.  Am I wrong or did you make an adjustment that I did not read in another post?

That is certainly good to know while detecting close to today's sun worshipers!   My CTX will sound off when lightening is near.  

Thank you ALEXANDRE TARTAR for taking the time to demonstrate both good and bad targets.    So silver & gold necklace laying straight will certainly give a different tone from an iron wire.  I realize a copper wire will give off a strong non-ferrous tone.  I look forward to more questionable targets such as bottlecap, pulltabs and lead.   Again, I would expect they will force me to dig to positively identify.

I want everyone to know about the great service & advice I have received from Steve's Detector Rods!  

Yes there are other replacement rod companies out there but I can tell you that "steveg" stands by his product 100%.

I had an issue with one of his  older shafts.  The bolt started to rust.  As soon as Steve found out, he ordered a higher grade stainless and sent me one free of charge!  On my couter-weighted Equinox shaft, I dropped it and busted the counter-weight off and Steve as soon as I contacted Steve about purchasing a replacement, he sent it out that day!  He is very easy to communicate issues or questions and I can't say enough good things for how he has helped me out!

As the recent days have past, I have noticed some of the notable detectorist have received their machines.  Steve & Joe (obviously), Clive just posted on Facebook.  Has anyone else had a chance to lay hands on this beast?

I admit, I was disappointed (just a wee bit) about your report of it picking up bottle caps and hair pins.  With my first PI (Sand Shark)  I could usually tell a wire or hair pin but dug them anyway expecting a chain.  Bottle caps are a big issue on the beaches I hunt.  The good thing is they don't sink deep before being extracted by someone!    

Thank you Steve for your honest, easy to understand review and I hope your surgery went great!  Get well soon!

I have been lurking in the various threads about this machine for quite awhile!  It has been very frustrating with the on again, off again production release.  I must say that Fisher did not send out any Minelab type hype media as a teaser and for that I congratulate them.  Yes, I have watched the YouTube Impulse videos but it didn't appear to be a Fisher promotion only examples of performance.  Although I am reluctant to dive into something new on the market, it is my hope this machine will be a joy to use along the Atlantic beach coastline.  I rarely hunt more than 3 hours before needing a break and the waves are usually too strong for me to jump in deeper than knee level.  I threw my name into the hat and hope to be part of the lucky group of USA first users!

I was fortunate enough to rescue this 1 carat stud that was lost on the beach while flying a kite.  The Excalibur II and CTX-3030 could not read the signal of the matching stud before the search.  The Equinox 800 in Gold mode 1 worked!

2 hours ago, Tnsharpshooter said:

Have you done detector reset?

Yes and same problem.   Recently, it is working as it should.  Just a quirky occurrence.  

On occasion, when connecting my Equinox to wireless headphones (either Minelab or SoundPeats), my machine will run the 15 second search with the WI-stream and then stops searching.  The Bluetooth symbol does not appear.  It just runs using the external speaker.   Today, I was going to record this problem before sending it in for repair.  Of course it is now working.  So could it be possibly a problem with being on the beach?  There is much more EMI where I am staying.

At the end of your video, you showed how to set FE & FE2 settings(7:20ish mark).  You did this in Park 1 and then went to Gold 2 mode.  My understanding is that the FE2 setting is local.  Here is what the ML manual states:

Iron Bias adjustment is local; only the current Detect Mode Search Profile will be affected by changes to this Advanced Setting.
 

From Russia eh?   Any mention to who they selected for the USA in 2020?   

I seriously wish the update will allow mode selection to backward and not 7 clicks to go back to previous mode.   Wishful thinking.   Solid target ID would be very helpful