cudamark Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Yup, Beach 1 and 2 are not the greatest modes (in the Equinox choices) for tiny gold/platinum, but, better than most other machines. In the dry sand, it another story. Gold 1 and 2 are the best (naturally) and I find Field 2 is the next best. I have some gold items I use to test with and some of the smaller items only give a signal (in an air test) in those three modes. The Excal won't see them at all regardless of settings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Stock Excal Vs Stock Nox... I would say they are close. What's killing the fresh drop gold is the amount of Nox's out there.. the good is they are not listening for those deep targets. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCadrin Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Stock coils. On wet sand using discriminations on the Excal, the Nox will easily beat the Excal. I can run my Nox in Beach 2 mode with a sensitivity mode of 24. In the water, pinpoint mode of the Excal has been deeper by at least a couple inches. The best I can get the Nox is a sensitivity of 21 often lowering it due to the waves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okara gold Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 CCadrin. Your results sound just just like mine. Just wasn’t sure about the ExCal in pinpoint in the water. I also enjoy a threshold for that is what I’m accustomed to over many years and it isn’t as chattery as the Nox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Years ago I seen the potential of hunting in PP with the Excalibur and played with several idea's on how to get the most out of the All Metal mod. I found there were targets below the threshold that were being covered up if you were using stock head or anything besides what I made............ From my testing and work I was able to squeeze a few more inch's in depth from building a better set of Head phones and tweeking the audio. Being able to hear what no one else can is a big advantage. One reason I feel I have no problem hunting the wetsand or in the water and being able to find targets the Nox, CZ21. CTX, Whites DF and Excal hunters walk right over. The funny thing now is, the AQ bangs hard on targets my excalibur can barely pick out. April 2011 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okara gold Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Nice video Joe! The pinpoint mode is really the way to go. It certainly punches deeper and is not as noisy as Disc especially in the salt water. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/13/2020 at 4:29 PM, Joe Beechnut OBN said: Years ago I seen the potential of hunting in PP with the Excalibur and played with several idea's on how to get the most out of the All Metal mod. I found there were targets below the threshold that were being covered up if you were using stock head or anything besides what I made.. Such a great example of the PP mode. A little secret, tip, on collapsing holes. Dig slow and swing the scoop left and right about 35 degrees each way while going down. I have noticed that just shoving the scoop straight in when a hole is loosened-up just creates a pressure wave to drive the target deeper. ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicR Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I used a Excalibur for about 10 years then Equinox for nearly 3 years on beaches using stock coils. I am sure i am digging deeper holes with the Equinox in wet and dry sand than the Excalibur. Also I am surprised sometimes with the Equinox finding the smallest of earrings. The Excalibur had issues with the standard control knobs , the coil wiring perished , end caps came off , the shaft became loose, bad connections to the headphone, headphone failure etc so i am not so sure that it is more robust than the Equinox. i am more than happy with the Equinox performance in wading, wet sand or dry sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 10/13/2020 at 6:07 PM, okara gold said: Nice video Joe! The pinpoint mode is really the way to go. It certainly punches deeper and is not as noisy as Disc especially in the salt water. What really makes the difference with the Excalibur's ...are the head phones. You get a good set of head phones on there and "You know what to listen for In PP" .......that Excalibur can not be beat in it's depth. One reason I do encourage everyone to buy the Nox.... Fresh drops, and micro targets. trashy areas...NOX rules. Leave the old deep targets for the excalibur. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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