drove over and picked up my EQ800 today as soon as I received a phone call.

Very happy camper, hopefully my area will begin to thaw in March.

Canada only received 2, mine was #1 and Clive Clynick (clivesgoldpage.com) gets #2

Curious if anyone has any news about Canada receiving any units?

I haven't heard anything yet....

it should be inducted into the Metal Detector Hall of Fame

really looking forward to the reports/videos of production units running the final SW in various sorts of dirt (and snow/ice). Should be fascinating and will allow the EQ-less to live vicariously through their efforts.

dang, 20 pre-orders = 1 EQ, and the dealer probably wants one, there goes any possiblility of my getting one, lol

couple gin and tonic's for me....then cancel my appointment with the shrink....

8 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Even a good news thread goes south.... 

actually I'm from the North, lol

I simply want Minelab to tell us what they're doing to deal with the shortage of units...

transparency, and if they did so I'd shut up, lol

58 minutes ago, mn90403 said:

I didn't make my Equinox purchase from Gerry.  I didn't have to prepay because of my 'relationship' with my dealer but Minelab wanted to send to prepays first so I followed the rules.  Bill will have my detector this weekend and send it to me.  I'll have it for my beaches early next week!  I'll tell you when I get it.

Dealers don't want to get caught in the who's first game.  Please don't ask them how many.

Steve has said the fire storm was about to begin and now it has.  Two months from now it will probably be out.

Mitchel

The 'fire storm' will only be out if Minelab recognizes the amount of interest in their new detector and seriously ramps up production...personally I see this getting worse and worse as a few finally get out and the reports (of just how good/versatile it is) begin coming out....

so the fire storm really begins next week and will build as folks see how few have actually been shipped out....we're talking very large Worldwide demand here folks...

oh and Minelab, if you're listening, it's absolutely necessary to let us know exactly what you plan on doing to put this fire storm out....cheers....

"The Truth Is Out There...and It Hurts"

Minelab seems to be a master of obfuscation. Clearly they indicated they have been building units since December

so, what, about 2 months of builtup units simply needing the final FW update....This would seem to translate into

a lot of units ready by January....so what's holding things up and can we just expect a trickle of units to each dealer into the months ahead?

A nice shot of clarification as to the production/shipping process would really help right about now...

I can picture every employee there in Aussie land with a stack of units using their work computers to install FW updates, lol...

If only a couple units arrive in Canada for the entire month of February (with no solid indication of a timeline for more units) this boy, for one, is going to be very pissed off....

3 minutes ago, SavingThePast said:

you nailed it!   I sold off my racer and racer2 to pay for the nox and I dont get out as much as i was so I am past the point of owning multiple machines. I am hoping the nox offers most everything I hope for and its going to be my only machine.

good you did, Kruzers will hurt their resale ability (and price) also...

maybe it will become like the phone sellers whereby you'll get $50 tradein for 'certain' select models, lol

I for one need a Nox Detox...

7 minutes ago, dirtyntx said:

Hang tight and conserve energy for the upcoming XP vs Equinox wars! 

Equinox wins the logistics battle vs the Deus hands down....+ the comparable cost battle...qed

and I don't even have one yet. I never bought a Deus even though I could have had I so desired.

2 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

It's 6:30 AM Friday in Australia as I type.....

getting exiting, lol....I get my Social Security check tomorrow also so it will be a big day for me, haha

2 hours ago, relicmeister said:

Do you think people would be upset if Minelab says they shipped out GOFINDS

by mistake?

not if it's the "66", lol

definitely understandable! now go find that gold coin! I do think the forum and especially this 

EQ section will roll along nicely with less done on your part, if/when we actually get them, lol.

also, that photo is fabulous. I'd much rather be there (or looking for nuggets) than dealing with

xxxx here, lol, though for the most part we're a pretty good group of md'ers.

your words did cement the notion of the EQ being a great detector, of that I have no doubt. and hopefully very soon we'll be getting some sort of official notice from Minelab as to where it stands on "getting them into our hands".

cheers

kind of looks like the ruskie who's got that prototype put some sort of neoprene sock on it?

maybe we could all chip in and help poor Minelab ship them via air freight, lol

the 'last minute' firmware changes might have botched things up is my guess but glad they happened.

For Canada I'm guessing I get mine (will drive to my dealer locally) on March 1st cause we're Canada

and we get everything late, costing much more or simply not at all, lol

Brandon (Dr Tones), a tester says the apple wireless buds work great and Apple doesn't support Apt-X

the same price in USD ('the peg') would then translate into more aussie $. they don't need to do anything...

I believe there is a MAP price for dealers, nothing to say they can't ask for more, just not less (advertised).

take a hot new car for example. you think the dealer will take sticker for it if there's a line outside?

some pricks will try to price gouge on ebay once folks actually have them in hand, just wait, lol

3 minutes ago, TabZilla said:

The photo of the carton contents you posted shows two charging cables. 

It is on page 4 of the thread.

the official minelab page for the 800 shows "carton contents" and 2 are shown

52 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Absolutely, thank you! I do need to double check something however. The Equinox 800 may come with two charging cables, one for the detector, and one for the WM08. It is the same cable, and it would be crazy to not be able to charge the WM08 while you are charging your detector. Time for an email to clarify.

the what's included photo shows the wm08 getting its own cable. so 2 will suffice for me, 1 home, 1 car

2 hours ago, NSC said:

Thanks Steve and I am looking forward to seeing your  further testing on this.

I like to use sports earbuds in the Summer. I gets pretty hot and they help in that regard.

I am currently looking around for a decent pair of AptX "sports" earbuds that will be OK for a Equinox

I ordered these, have had them for a few days now and they're great (for music only so far).....only $30 from amazon....

Anker SoundBuds Slim+ Wireless Headphones Lightweight Bluetooth 4.1 Stereo Earbuds with AptX Superior Pure Sound IPX5 Waterproof Sports Headset with Metallic Housing & Built-in Mic 

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Wow, I guess I still get surprised now and then. Minelab has yet to learn that the time to sell accessories is when a customer has the credit card out and is buying the detector. Time to talk accessories. Now, no coil prices, no ETA - that is going to cost them and dealers lots of accessory sales. Many people will get the detector and after the excitement dies down, decide the stock coil is good enough.

and there will be no cheap, 'lightly used' ones on the market either, lol