Report From Terry Soloman

[Gerry in Idaho]

With age comes wisdom and what I like about King Soloman is his openness to new technology and willingness to try it.

I speak with so many hunters who are stuck to one brand or machine because they are successful.  Nothing wrong with, but when something new comes along that can do the same old and more, or is that and lighter, plus 100% waterproof and better selection of tones...it will eventually put more treasures in the point.  The only negative, is the learning of the new and what to do with the old.

Open mind and acceptance to new concepts and detector technologies is what allows the hunted out sites to give a little more.

Are you on board with new or going home with the same old girl?

Thanks for sharing Steve, as Terry is a well known and respected voice in our community.

[daryl curtis]

hi guys are there any other reviews out there of people using a 600 as im looking at one of these for myself and on for my partner any help to point in the right direction would be grateful cheers guys 

[Whitbey]

18 hours ago, phrunt said:

Well, after going off getting an 800 I've decided to bite the bullet and get one.  The real world tests are coming back much better than I expected, I figured there was going to be quite a bit of negativity due to how hyped up it was, that negatively just doesn't seem to be there.

In saying hyped up I'm not saying by the people who already had access to one, it was hyped the most up by people wanting one! It seems it was worth the wait.

I might just have to start doing some detecting other than gold prospecting to get the most out of it though, at least that can be done almost anywhere.

Since you having your NOx soon in hands, maybe you can show us some field test on gold, would be very interesting to see how the NOx works on small gold nuggets in the field of production units, and also a test of the NOx versus Gold Monster would be very interesting. I see that you own a Gold Monster. Please show us a comparison test against the NOx! You will be the first one to give a test like this,since I don't see any test on gold nuggets anywhere yet.

Thanks

 

[Steve Herschbach]

Equinox 600 versus Equinox 800

Equinox First Gold Nugget Photos

My First Equinox Gold Nuggets

So What Is Gold Mode Exactly

Gold Monster 1000 versus Equinox 800

 

[Whitbey]

1 hour ago, phrunt said:

Sure I will do that, I have a variety of sizes of gold now I can test on from my finds with my Gold Monster 1000 and the Sluice.

My results are likely to differ to people elsewhere though as we have very mild soil here, even in our gold areas.

 

Thanks PHRUNT, would be very interesting to see your test, even with mild soil, any test is better than no test!

Looking forward to it, and I know , I will be not the only one!

[steveg]

On ‎2‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 6:21 PM, Mark Gillespie said:

I have so much to tell but I'm waiting to compile the bulk of what I've learned.  I'm awestruck to say the least.  Just can't believe what I'm seeing/hearing.

 

 

I can't wait to see/hear what you have to say.  Are you going to post it here?

Steve

[Brushcreek]

That is great as I always wondered if he would ever admit another machine was close to being as good as the Tesoro's, it is nice to know he is honest and willing to talk up another brand. Nice to see the Equinox getting positive reviews. 

[Steve Herschbach]

Terry and I and some others have a similar problem. We are getting older and we have too many detectors. When I got my hands on Equinox I had the same epiphany as Terry - I just don’t need all these other detector’s anymore, and this one is lighter and more capable than all of them so time to simplify things. If I had to get rid of every detector I own but one, I would keep the Equinox. And that includes my GPZ 7000!

[Chase Goldman]

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Terry and I and some others have a similar problem. We are getting older and we have too many detectors. When I got my hands on Equinox I had the same epiphany as Terry - I just don’t need all these other detector’s anymore, and this one is lighter and more capable than all of them so time to simplify things. If I had to get rid of every detector I own but one, I would keep the Equinox. And that includes my GPZ 7000!

Wow.  Can't make that determination yet since I haven't yet had my opportunity with the Equinox.  But knowing what I know so far and seeing what I have seen,  and hunting what I hunt, I think I could easily get away with three detectors (GPX (deep relics in highly mineralized soil), Deus (travels lite, low profile, and ultra HF operation to 80 khz for thick iron and mid conductive relics), and Equinox (water, beach, and general purpose) to easily cover all my scenarios.   After I get my Equinox will do your "If I could only have one" thought exercise and it will come down to either Equinox or Deus (GPX is too specialized and cannot be used at all under certain conditions, perhaps similar to the GPZ).  We'll see which one it is in Culpeper this March (whichever one does best in thick iron with high mineralization will be declared the winner for me).  But I'll still keep all three, lol (just like you plan on keeping the GPZ, Gold Monster, and Equinox, plus one or two others).