Joe D.

😂Yeah, some of the targets were multiples! It got to be a little taxing towards the end! But no pain, no gain! The heat was worse than the kneeling!🥵 The next outing may be this morning! Before my legs seize up!😂 👍👍

I Finally got back to the park where i found the Kennedy Half in February! Went with the AT Pro again, but i had the 5x8 stock coil on this time! I haven't used it nearly enough! The 8.5x11 is waiting for a new coil cover, so it was a no go! It was still very steamy out, but i managed to find enough good targets to keep me on task! Now when i say "good" targets, they are not of the caliber that most of you post! But that's the hand I'm delt, living where i do! The beaches have been very lean as of late, and i needed to get my legs, ears, and brain, back to hunt mode! I thought i found a nice chunky silver religious pendant within the first five minutes!🥳 But after cleaning a little, it was just plated pot metal!😞 Oh well, at least that got my heart pumping! I detected a little over two hours, and the legs and sunlight started to faulter! It was a decent hunt! And i have alot more ground to cover there! Even if only to retune my body and senses, until the beaches liven up a little! Next hunt there will be with the Knox!👍👍

Like being on Shore Leave in the Navy!⚓👍👍

😄?? I guess that they are not planning to change the vulnerable connections in the rear??!😞 I love the function and weight! But i hope a better design is upcoming! Field use will reveal all!👍👍

Yes sir, I too feel your pain!😞 Covid 19, and beach renurishment, have killed my finds! The "silver lining" is that I've gotten to catch up on my "Forum" education!😁, and my "Honey Do" list! 🐕🏠😞 👍👍

Hey Aaron, I have one on my Equinox, and love it too! I will never keep a plastic one on any of my detectors again!👍👍

I'm the exact opposite on using my pinpointer! I use it constantly! On the beach, in the wet and dry sand, i only use the scoop to dig the target and get it to the surface! I then kick the scoop of sand to fan it out! Than i either see the target immediately, or if it's hidden or too small to see, i use the pinpointer! After testing the hole, and then the fanned area with my coil!! In the water, i use the scoop in the normal way! Letting the water sift the sand out! I guess i'm weird!👽 It sounds complicated, but actually goes extremely fast! And my Scoop arm never gets tired! I've never damaged anything shaking it around in the scoop, since doing it this way! Inland sites, i wallow out a space behind the target with my Sampson shovel, and shove the pinpointer tip in to locate it! I rarely ever cut a plug, because South Florida soil usually does not plug well! It just falls apart, and makes a mess on the surface! My way is nearly invisible when I'm done, and does little to no damage to the turf! Also, I'm probably one of the few using the Treasure Products 585 Probe in this way! But it has worked great for me! My knee's don't mind the bending and digging! When it was new, i dipped it in liquid rubber,( not the handle) and slid a cap on the tip! when that wear's out, i just recoat and replace the cap! 👍👍

Hello 🛶, Did you get the Equinox yet? And got to try it out??👍👍

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Yeah, that would have got the blood pumping!! Still, on my local beaches, that is a decent haul! Gold not withstanding! Plenty of targets in the ring range! Next time, for the Gold!!👍👍

Hello again "R", I've done some teeth sifting in both areas! Made several yearly trips to the Peace River, when i was younger! And to the Venice Beach area to sift with my son! Fun times!! I was just a snorkeler, (me and the ocean 🤢 don't get along so well!!) so i didn't get out to the requisite distance ( about a mile offshore) at Venice for the "Big Stuff" but i found plenty of smaller and broken teeth! Same at Peace River! But also found other things there like pieces of horse's, sloths, arrowheads, etc... Nothing for a Museum, but every piece tells a story, and is valuable to me! I've always been into fossils, old things, and history! So detecting came naturally to me in the teenage years! After getting married, and having kids, my focus had to shift due to a Special Need's son! But no worries, everything's good, and i have been back detecting now for about five years! If my family where into the outdoors the way i was growing up, i would still be doing fossil hunting over there to this day! But alas, i take what i can get! Good luck finding the "Megs"!! And the Gold, with the new detector you buy! Be sure to show us your finds, including the non-metal ones!!👍👍

Welcome "R", That's a nice Cat! I would suggest following what the Treasure Coast "Fleet" salvagers use in their hunts! That's pretty much the depth range that they are using in, after they "Jet" the bottom! I don't know what forums that they follow, but I'm sure that many check in here! And Welcome to Steve's forum!👍👍

Great Job Tom, Nice stuff for a first trip! I was out yesterday in the rain, to give it a go! But most of my beaches have been renurshed! So the good stuff is deeply buried until we get some good erosion! Which is a double edged sword, being hurricane season now! I'm sure you have plenty of place's at home to satisfy your detecting need's too!!👍👍

Hello Kevin, That's one beautiful, and historic area you live in! Glad to have you on the forum! Bring on the finds!!👍👍

Welcome "H", So many detectorists in AZ! Wish i was one of them!🤣 Keep finding the junk; you are bound to find the "good stuff"!!! In the meantime, learn your detector here!! And watch out for 🐍🌵!! Keep us posted!👍👍

The "soil" I'm detecting in shows signs of having been taken from the "garbage dump" or an "aluminum can recycling plant!! At some point!! That may be why I'm so crusty looking!!♻️🤬💩😂 (The coin look's Great!! By the way!!)👍👍

Argyris, Congratulations on being such a dedicated student of the Equinox! You are already "light years" ahead of me, in such a short period of time! I'll just follow behind you, and the forum "Yoda's"! And try to sponge up as much as this thick skull can absorb! 🤯👍👍

Welcome "B", You can't go wrong with the 600! Just be sure to give it some time, and don't get frustrated! "Patient's pays dividends"! As you stated, plenty of information here on the forum to keep busy with learning; no matter what detector you decide on! Good Luck! Keep us posted!👍👍

Welcome David, Are you former military, (Shhhhh!🤫 Seal Team Six!!) Don't worry; i have clearance, through Potus!!🤣😂 Just kidding!🤔 Enjoy the forum!👍👍

Welcome Boris, Arizona is a Great area to be detecting! So much history! I would love to have that in my backyard! Good Luck!👍👍

"No Cigar" for ML! Close is only for "Horseshoes and Handgranades" ! They did this to themselves! When thousands of current Equinox customers are asking for the same thing! They owe it to them; and their stockholder's to listen! 👂 Or at least, let the secondary market do it for them!! 👌 👍👍 (All been said before! Many... times!)

I wish you Good Luck💰 with both! Tons of experience with both on this forum! Question away!👍👍

Argyris, I can see why the other's remember you! I "Like👍" you alot already!!🤣👍👍

Welcome Cheryl, Thanks for the offer! Are you planning on getting back into the hobby? Do you plan on repairing and using it! That would be cool! Good Luck👍👍

Welcome Felix, Give us an idea of what you hunt with, and what you are finding!👍👍