Captorofsin

17 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Yes, Vanquish would be a step up from DFX, though I always have to caveat that with it depends on your ground and your targets. But yeah, I'd put a Vanquish up against a DFX anytime with no fear personally. The only thing the Apex offers you is a really sweet physical package, and nice headphone/pinpointer wireless integration. But keep in mind if you are a control junkie nothing will match the DFX (except V3i), and personally I love the Signagraph meter design, light years beyond a simple target ID number. But in the end I honestly only keep my DFX because it runs my Bigfoot coil. That, and since I started detecting with a White's almost 50 years ago, well, I need to have at least one around. 

Tomorrow I'm going to get online and do comparisons between the both vanquish models and both the equinox models.

I did like my dfx. I had it pretty much mastered. It's just that it died, and I thought it would make more sense to take the money that I would sink in fixing my DFX to getting an upgraded like one the vanquish or one of the equinox.

47 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

True that… I always think Equinox when thinking Multi-IQ. Having run the Equinox, Vanquish, and Apex, I can say Vanquish can equal Equinox in many ways, and is basically just a stripped down variant of the Equinox. Both are 4th generation multi from Minelab. Apex frankly is a first generation effort, more on par with my White’s DFX for performance. But I still have the DFX and sold the Apex, for whatever that’s worth. Until Garret makes a more refined, more powerful version of Multi-Glex, it’s simply not on the same class as Equinox/Vanquish Multi-IQ. All the right ingredients are there though, and I look forward to seeing what Garrett cooks up next.

If you are looking for bang for the buck, the Nokta Legend would surely be worth a little waiting.

So the ace Apex and the whites DFX are pretty much in the same "bag"?

Vanquish a little better than the whites dfx?

I used to own a whites DFX (until it died on me). 

I'm looking for something just as good if not better than the whites DFX.

What are everybody's thoughts on this?

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So a vanquish is more or less an entry-level equinox?

I will be mostly hunting beaches, parks, and playgrounds. The once in a blue moon home site.

I don't give two darns about prospecting.

Hello everyone. Thanks for answering. It looks to me like the Apex and the vanquish are pretty much in the same category.

Hello. I've been doing lots of research but I think it's about time that I consulted some experts in this field.

What is the difference between

Minelab multi IQ and Ace Apex multiflex technologies

On 5/17/2021 at 7:41 AM, F350Platinum said:

The Equinox goes from 5-40 Khz when in MultiIQ, both the 600 and the 800 do. Single selectable frequencies are limited on the 600, 15 Khz is as high as it goes. With update 3 they added 4 Khz.

The equinox go from 5-40khz 

Or 

5-15khz

On 5/15/2021 at 8:34 PM, kac said:

May want to check out the Ace Apex, Vanquish don't do so well on the beach as they have a fixed ground balance. Apex has a saltwater mode.

Ace Apex has Multi flex, right?

Nox vs Apex

18 hours ago, Joe D. said:

   First of all, welcome to the forum Cap!! You found a great place to seek detector advice, as clearly shows in all the previous posts!! Did you ever post in the Meet and Greet section?? What part of Florida are you in??

    I don't know how I missed this post, but boy, it was highly educational, an entertaining!!👏👏👏

   If this post could be put into music, I would say it was the "dueling banjos" theme from "Delerverence"!!🤣😂

   I'm done here!😜

Cap!!, what detector did you end up buying???

  Now I'm really done here!!👍👍🤣

I have not bought yet. I have some financial engagements that take priority right now.

I had to out this on the "back burner" for right now. I will probably wind up with a NOX. probably will not be until next spring.

Does anyone know anything about Garret Multi flex? I might have addressed this earlier. Been a minute....

I will probably be out there swinging that detector a couple of hours every day in the afternoon. Mainly beaches (freshwater and saltwater) and parks. Do I really need the two extra frequencies (that the 800 has) for parks and beaches?

I can swing $650 to $700. 

I could not justify paying $2,500 like with the CTX 3030

I can't remember where I saw this. But I saw some sort of adapter for a metal detectors handle. It was a piece that you put right up under the control box that way the weight of the metal detector is not being supported by the control box but it's being supported by this adapter that can go up under the control box.

Does anyone know anything about this?

I was entertaining the idea of the CTX 3030. Just for the price tag of right at 2400.00, I don't know if I can justify that purchase. I'm thinking that would be way overkill for just beaches and parks.

My labs been tweaking their multifrequency technology for 23 plus years and Garrett just starting to toy with that technology.

Again, I will be mostly hunting Florida beaches (saltwater and fresh water) and parks. 

In an "nutshell", go with the nox 600, right?

Is there is difference between multiflex (Garrett) and multi IQ (minelab).

Most of my honey will be at the beach (fresh and salt water) and parks.

Apex vs nox 600 at the beach.

The only thing that doesn't make any sense to me is about most of these beach detectors (including the apex) is that the entire machine is NOT weatherproof/waterproof.

It seems like a beach a detector would be at least weatherproof. Considering the salt air and considering that salt air is very bad for electronics.

I goofed. It wasn't a fisher but a Garrett MD. Multi flex technology.

Is this comparable to the box 600?

Please see link below. 

https://garrett.com/sport/ace/apex

I could have sworn last night that I found a fisher metal detector that had something similar to a mine labs multi IQ. 

I did some more research last night. I found  fisher that has multi frequency (like minelab multi iq). I cannot find that detector this am. Does anyone know about that?

What about the equinox 600 or Fisher f75?

Hello everyone!! I am new to this forum. I have been doing soem serious research. I live in Fl. I will be searching mostly beach, homesites, and parks. Jewelry and coins. I really am NOT concerned with prospecting or relics.I have narrowed down to three detectors (see below). I am not wanting to pay $$$ for features I will not use. Is the multi IQ (minelab) really worth it/necessary for what I want, or would I be okay with a single frequency? TIA for any input

Fisher F75

Vanquish 540

equinox 600