Rob in (ca)

The handle looks very comfortable……TID of 71 ? 

I would hoped by now Garrett would of rebadged A cheaper & lighter V3i & TRX pin-pointer …….Think they would of sold a boat load of them …..oh well ….R.I.P Whites 

Some Beaches on The Southern California Coast has very  high Levels of Black sand, to where The Nox will give iron grunts on good Targets.

‘The Nox is still useable, must Operate it as  a PI Detector, you just need to dig all Targets including Iron. 

I wish a Detector exist that would discriminate Trash from Jewelry…..wait…. there is …..it’s called dig it all 

The Nox Smokes on Small Jewelry ….. very Good ID  & easy to setup

Great coil ….. Not to big or to small 

Some are saying a new Detector announcement  at Detectival  2022 ……. The First week of September ……… I’m hoping for a long overdue CTX 4040 😎

Good Stuff

Hate to bare more bad news on your already bad day …….. hopefully you bought a genuine Minelab and not a Chinese Knock off Counterfeit  ☠️ 
 

Hopefully That’s not The case & you get it fixed soon. 😎

On 3/10/2022 at 12:39 PM, phrunt said:

A new CTX might be in the GPX 6000 housing 🙂  When I do park style detecting my aim is silver coins and even though the CTX was released in 2012 it wins the battle hands down against the Equinox on deep silvers in my mild relatively junk free soils, there is really no competition as it gives far more target identification to make the dig decision easier and has superior depth especially on the smaller silver coins.  For this purpose the CTX is already outperforming the Equinox, so a newer one with faster processing which is a given and whatever other advancements they've been able to make in the software and hardware in over a decade would be a very appealing machine for me.  This isn't saying the Nox is bad, before I had my CTX I thought the Nox was awesome, the CTX is just better.

I have no doubt the Equinox has decimated the CTX's sales and any new CTX will have trouble taking that back for many especially with the far higher price point, although I'd want to buy it.

My poker Chips are also on a new CTX on a 6000 housing, really only 3 things on CTX needs improvement, recovery / cost / weight.

CTX going on 10 years old still a remarkable detector,  just look at it’s resale value, which is insane , for 10 year old technology. 

My Equinox 600 goes very deep  at Huntington Beach & Bolsa Chica Beach’s ……can’t comment on other beach’s  ……..very happy ……..I’ve also used PI’s in The Pass …….with good luck.

With The 600 I really only need one detector …..works great on Beach wet sand / Dry sand & My local Parks 

 Buy it now ! …….. like Steve states The CTX 3030 even it going on 10 years old, Has Insane Resale Value over here In The States ………Just deep coin hunting……nothing beats the CTX ……The Nox is a little better for Relic & Jewelry Hunting also has Prospecting Mode.

The Chart shows The GPX 6K must be the cats Meow  

Hunting only Deep old coins …….CTX 3030 hands down……...equinox is more versatile and half The price 

Once The Deus ll floods the market And it’s a success, The used Original Deus most likely will come down in price ……… A dealer buddy of mine said the used Detector market is crazy…..  if your not selling a Deus or Equinox……Good Luck 

Now that’s hunting in The Muck 

Hopefully Deus ll has a Wide Target ID Scale……….. putting The Remote in your pocket & going by sound, works great for Relic hunting…….sucks For the Trashy Parks……we will soon see. 

Notice The Coil has MF on it as well

Hopefully The New Deus is got A Better VDI Number Scale

Wow …..$55 for 99 cents worth of plastic ……your other cheaper option would to look at Detect Ed’s heavy duty coil savers  ……..Looks the same as the stock ones 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Detect-ED-Coil-Saver-Coil-Shaft-WASHER-kit-for-Minelab-EQUINOX-600-800-/294266704359?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Sad ……...what makes these counterfeiters keep keep doing what they do……because people keep buying there stuff………just saw a fake Teknetics G2+ for $149 …..what a deal 

Inland jewelry hunting ……focus on shallow/ recent drops surface to 5 inch  (easy digging ) …….  Move fast to the next target …..… hunt only  in active sports fields- Tot Lots - wide open areas of the park…….  The ORX  would work just fine  especially with the elliptical coil…….dig all ……..your going to dig aluminum Trash …….hey you just enjoyed a nice fresh outside day with exercise. 

The V3i having Ground Balance Issues from day one …… very expensive to produce ……don’t think Garrett wants to deal with it……..honestly $1600 selling in today’s market…….good luck. …..maybe a scaled back V3i ??

60% of the jewelry I find with the Nox is single digit numbers….just gotta dig them all 

With all those parts he can build a detector.