darksky10

hi everyone and I’d like to just share my experience with a problem that happened with my equinox 800. I’ve been using it on land for maybe three or four sessions and then I decided to go into a local bay and try my luck in waist deep water. I discovered that transmission to the headphones stopped when the pod itself was underwater, and I couldn’t hear anything through my headphones, so I had to go purely visual and look into the water at the pod itself as I hunted. Not a dealbreaker but after an hour or so, my pod gave me a CD error code While I wasn’t sure what that code meant, I assumed it meant coil disconnect. I decided to leave the water and pack up. Once I got home, the error code would not go away, and then machine would shut down. After several tries the machine would no longer go on either. I unattached the coil connection to see if maybe water would come out I just couldn’t understand what was going on since the machine is rated for underwater usage, though not very deep of course. Ultimately, I had to send it away for repair I tried one company in the Midwest in the USA without response so then I saw that Detector Center in Pennsylvania also worked on equinox detectors and my detector was still well under the warranty since it was purchased in 2021 I just want to say that Mike was fantastic and the communication was surprisingly fast when I called on a Friday at almost 5 PM Eastern standard time and Mike answered the phone and was very helpful and I got the process started. Great news is that I got a new pod back in about 2 to 3 weeks (just to be sure, I sent the POD and the coil) I build optical systems as a profession and I do tech-support and I try to adhere to this type of standard myself, so I really appreciate it when others do the same thing and I was treated really well! Kudos to Mike and Detector Center for showing me that they really care about Detectorists! That said, I’d really like to know why the machine leaked, which is what was indicated because it gives me some trepidation about going back in the water with this unit. I do have an Excalibur II that I’ve used for many years. I have done my own repairs on that machine so that’s going to be my only water machine I suppose for now. Any opinions on the Nox for pod submersion in water at maybe a foot or so? I will give Mike an email as well to ask about this

Thanks for the response. “No pods available now” - I hope this is not the case as this model is widely available from many sources. I have a trip planned where I was hoping to use my Equinox 800. I will let thus forum know how it turns out. Thanks!

hi everybody and I’m new to this forum but I’m sure not new to metal detecting as I’ve been doing this for 40 years. Are you I’ve used an Excal II For many years now. I had a friend who had a one year old equinox 800 and I bought it from home so it is still well under warranty and I did call the North American representative and left a phone message and I hope they get back to me. for many years now. I had a friend who had a one year old equinox 800 and I bought it from home so it is still well under warranty and I did call the North American representative and left a phone message and I hope they get back to me. I was detecting in a bay For the first time and was in waist deep water and having pretty good success bringing up a toy car and some clad and of course the perfunctory sinkers. The bay bottom was very heavy and tough mud so I would let the detector go and use two hands with my long handled scoop. Right near the end of my session, I got the CD error message. I left the water and packed up. I surmised that CD meant coil disconnect and so at the car I checked the connection and it was tight as hell. My battery was Almost fully charged as well. when I got home I turned on the machine and all I got was a little screen with nothing on it. So that’s the way it is now. There are no functions or detecting with the unit. I don’t think there’s gonna be a quick fix but I wondered if anyone else experienced the same situation and I do hope that the North American Minelab people are responsive. Any comments would be appreciated and I’m happy to join this group! I really enjoyed using the detector while it lasted and had a really good experience when I was land detecting With this machine at my grandson!