My Equinox 600 field thoughts

[budaf250]

Smitty

When you have been around as long as CalaBash Digger has big the finds he has then and only then can a guy like you beat up on him.
Stop and look at just a few finds that Calabash has found. He speaks with many years and hours of hunting experience behind him.
Watch a few of his test videos. He pull no punches on a machine that test.

 

[woodbutcher]

Smitty

When you have been around as long as CalaBash Digger has big the finds he has then and only then can a guy like you beat up on him.
Stop and look at just a few finds that Calabash has found. He speaks with many years and hours of hunting experience behind him.
Watch a few of his test videos. He pull no punches on a machine that test.

How many years?

 

[Oldsjunkie]

How many years?

Good question. Also, what finds qualify to make ones opinion superior to the opinions of everyone else?

Let's face it folks, we're wandering around this big earth with 10" circles hoping some poor sucker dropped something a long time ago and it stayed less than a foot or so deep so we can luck out and walk over it with the right tool, at the right speed, on the right angle, with the right amount of moisture in the ground to help accentuate that particular alloy's frequency that day, holding our tongues right...

 

[tnsharpshooter]

I think we're seeing varying opinions of the Nox due to the various types of hunting we do.

If you pay attention you'll notice a pattern from all the different reviews.

Those of us who like to hunt iron infested or heavily hunted sites and get every last good target tend to think the Equinox is pretty damn awesome. This is the group that I fit into, and for this type of hunting it really does stand out as being an amazing machine IMHO.

Some other folks prefer to hunt cleaner sites, or virgin sites and just get the easier targets, which is fine too. For this group, the unmasking abilities of the Nox may not be as important as a rock solid TID like found on FBS machines. To this group the Equinox may very well be just a good well rounded detector at a decent price.

Just depends on how you use it. To each his own.

That is why I used the 2 words site depending above in post.

And why it is also a very good idea for folks to describe the sites they are indeed using Nox and rating or trying to relate to other detector models.

Real clean ground for copper and silver = Etrac, CTX, any of the fbs types, if ground mild enough cz3d..

Start adding more mineral, and or iron and or nonferrous trash can be a whole different ballgame .

But we should all realize here.
Not all folks have fbs detectorss or even a Deus. They may be in fact buying their first detector or upgrading from a lesser performing detector.

So they are looking at their options.
And price may be a factor in their decision.

 

[Mikey48]

Good question. Also, what finds qualify to make ones opinion superior to the opinions of everyone else?

Let's face it folks, we're wandering around this big earth with 10" circles hoping some poor sucker dropped something a long time ago and it stayed less than a foot or so deep so we can luck out and walk over it with the right tool, at the right speed, on the right angle, with the right amount of moisture in the ground to help accentuate that particular alloy's frequency that day, holding our tongues right...

Now that sounds like we're all pretty pathetic.

 

[Oldsjunkie]

Now that sounds like we're all pretty pathetic.

I've heard that from people before. Then again, most of those are "Normies" who haven't seen a silver reeded coin edge peeking out of the dirt at em...

Here's to pathetic treasure!!

 

[NCDFX]

This has all the makings of the 2016 MX Sport slap fight. Some of the same people, too. Ah, those were the days....

 

[woodbutcher]

Well lets see... People come here to read and get the most accurate info they can on detectors. I just put him to task , he said that it was basically the same as other detectors in its price range. correct? I just wanted to know what detectors he ACTUALLY compared it too in its price range....to see if his opinion had any weight to it from actual comparisions or if it was JUST his opinion. In MY threads when I post about a detector test or how it stacks up. People take me to task.. how did you have it set up? You didn't do it right? you should have did this or that, you don't know what your talking about...and on and on.

When I take woodbutcher to task people start crying foul.. WHY? Like I said we all have rights to our personal opinions but if your gonna get offended when someone questions it well that's not my fault..Woodbutchers opinion is just that HIS opinion . He took a machine out and walked around with it for 15 hours and DID NOT test it against another machine.

So when he says it about the same as other machines in its price range... My question is how would he know ? He hasn't compared it to them in the field or the garden....

As far as that AT PRO business is concerned he also ranks it with XP Deus too...

I guess what makes me act that way is I see the cheer leaders come out and start cheering ....over a review that is no more than his opinion and not based on any real world test or test garden results..

People come here LOOKING for facts about detectors. Woodbutcher you want to say its no better or no worse than detectors in its price range. Then give us some FACTS as to why it is or isn't.

You stated its probably deeper than the AT PRO but not by much though... My question to you sir how would you know when you have not even run a basic depth test... I know you have not done one because if you had you would have never said that statement to start with because you would have known better

Yes it is inchs deeper than the pro. Bury a deep target and swing over it...

I hope that answers the WHY part of your question.....


Thanks for your honest review ..
BTW if a person read his review and passed on a Nox to get AT PRO it would be almost criminal on how short changed that person would be because of woodbutchers review.

I have a test bed I made in 99 or 2000,So it's about 8 or 9 years old.I have mercs at 6,8,10 inches, measurement from coin to top of dirt,no grass.I also have a 8 and 10 inch silver Washington there.
Equinox will hit up to 8, nothing on the 10 inch dime or Washington.
At pro will hit 8 inch coins,no 10 inch coins
Xterra 705 with tornado hits all 10 inch coins,2 points higher on ID then the 6 and 8 tho.
Etrac stock coil will not hit the 10 inch coins.
Safari stock coil will hit 10 inch dime,but not quarter. At 10 inches.
F75LTD will hit all in boost.
Racer 2 will hit all 8 inch coins,not one 10 inch coin.
At max will not hit 10 inch coins,only in am not in disc
AKA Signum 7272 will hit all coins in turbo
T2 classic will hit all except 10 inch coins
Deus 4.0 will hit all but 10 inch coins.

 

[detectingMO]

I have a test bed I made in 99 or 2000,So it's about 8 or 9 years old.I have mercs at 6,8,10 inches, measurement from coin to top of dirt,no grass.I also have a 8 and 10 inch silver Washington there.
Equinox will hit up to 8, nothing on the 10 inch dime or Washington.
At pro will hit 8 inch coins,no 10 inch coins
Xterra 705 with tornado hits all 10 inch coins,2 points higher on ID then the 6 and 8 tho.
Etrac stock coil will not hit the 10 inch coins.
Safari stock coil will hit 10 inch dime,but not quarter. At 10 inches.
F75LTD will hit all in boost.
Racer 2 will hit all 8 inch coins,not one 10 inch coin.
At max will not hit 10 inch coins,only in am not in disc
AKA Signum 7272 will hit all coins in turbo
T2 classic will hit all except 10 inch coins
Deus 4.0 will hit all but 10 inch coins.

your results are very similar to mine

 

[woodbutcher]

I have a test bed I made in 99 or 2000,So it's about 8 or 9 years old.I have mercs at 6,8,10 inches, measurement from coin to top of dirt,no grass.I also have a 8 and 10 inch silver Washington there.
Equinox will hit up to 8, nothing on the 10 inch dime or Washington.
At pro will hit 8 inch coins,no 10 inch coins
Xterra 705 with tornado hits all 10 inch coins,2 points higher on ID then the 6 and 8 tho.
Etrac stock coil will not hit the 10 inch coins.
Safari stock coil will hit 10 inch dime,but not quarter. At 10 inches.
F75LTD will hit all in boost.
Racer 2 will hit all 8 inch coins,not one 10 inch coin.
At max will not hit 10 inch coins,only in am not in disc
AKA Signum 7272 will hit all coins in turbo
T2 classic will hit all except 10 inch coins
Deus 4.0 will hit all but 10 inch coins.

Those results are with all machines wearing the stock coil except the xterra,it had a 7.5 kHz tornado coil...The Signum 7272 had a stock 8.5x12.5 3 frequency coil on it.All frequencies hit all coins in turbo mode.
I usually don’t post my results from my test garden because everyone has different soil,different ways they set them up,etc.Its just a general Idea for me ,and some play time when I’m bored.

 

[yacorie]

maybe everyone on this thread can send me 1 silver coin and I'll make a fresh test garden...

 

[ohiochris]

I was a little dismayed with the EQ 600 the first couple times I had it out , but then something just clicked , I started sifting through the heavy trash with it and finding coins deep enoigh that the ATP has no chance of finding. I have numerical ID 's for the things Im looking for memorized and remember the ranges of numbers , I can cherry pick easily in heavy tras or in the open without worry I am missing anything. The performance is actually better than I expected. It does seem a little unbalanced as far as weight distribution , but its all about adjusting to something entirely different , it will take a little while to get fully used to it. I started out in this hobby using the big metal box ancient whites detectors , Im sure not going to complain about a three pound one thats a little nose heavy....after a little time in the field with it the feel will become normal and what others will be compared to. The equinox may not be everybodys cup of tea , but I also feel that anyone describing it as average just needs to spend more time with it. This thing blows detectors like the ATP away , though for some it might take longer to realize it.

Between the unmasking ability and it smacking 8"+ dimes like they are sitting on the surface , I couldnt be happier with mine. But to each their own.

 

[diggindaboot]

I have a test bed I made in 99 or 2000,So it's about 8 or 9 years old.I have mercs at 6,8,10 inches, measurement from coin to top of dirt,no grass.I also have a 8 and 10 inch silver Washington there.
Equinox will hit up to 8, nothing on the 10 inch dime or Washington.
At pro will hit 8 inch coins,no 10 inch coins
Xterra 705 with tornado hits all 10 inch coins,2 points higher on ID then the 6 and 8 tho.
Etrac stock coil will not hit the 10 inch coins.
Safari stock coil will hit 10 inch dime,but not quarter. At 10 inches.
F75LTD will hit all in boost.
Racer 2 will hit all 8 inch coins,not one 10 inch coin.
At max will not hit 10 inch coins,only in am not in disc
AKA Signum 7272 will hit all coins in turbo
T2 classic will hit all except 10 inch coins
Deus 4.0 will hit all but 10 inch coins.

Wood if you made that test bed in 99 or 2000 then your bed is 18-19 years old. I would say it doesn't get much better than that. Maybe those coins have sunk a little maybe not.

It's plain to see though that all those machines basically offer the same depth which was your original point.

Put those same detectors in the hands of Calabash and you know they would instantly get 5 more inches of depth except the AT series.....well because he's Calabash. LOL

 

[ohiochris]

I have a test bed I made in 99 or 2000,So it's about 8 or 9 years old.I have mercs at 6,8,10 inches, measurement from coin to top of dirt,no grass.I also have a 8 and 10 inch silver Washington there.
Equinox will hit up to 8, nothing on the 10 inch dime or Washington.
At pro will hit 8 inch coins,no 10 inch coins
Xterra 705 with tornado hits all 10 inch coins,2 points higher on ID then the 6 and 8 tho.
Etrac stock coil will not hit the 10 inch coins.
Safari stock coil will hit 10 inch dime,but not quarter. At 10 inches.
F75LTD will hit all in boost.
Racer 2 will hit all 8 inch coins,not one 10 inch coin.
At max will not hit 10 inch coins,only in am not in disc
AKA Signum 7272 will hit all coins in turbo
T2 classic will hit all except 10 inch coins
Deus 4.0 will hit all but 10 inch coins.

I think it would be a miracle for the AT pro to hit an 8 inch dime , in some areas they wont hit an 8 inch quarter. Throw a little masking in there and they wont see one at 5 inches. But soil composition plays a big part.

 

[diggindaboot]

Smitty

When you have been around as long as CalaBash Digger has big the finds he has then and only then can a guy like you beat up on him.
Stop and look at just a few finds that Calabash has found. He speaks with many years and hours of hunting experience behind him.
Watch a few of his test videos. He pull no punches on a machine that test.

Calabash hasn't found anything any other detectorist wouldn't have found walking the same fields. Let him come down here to Houston Tx and see if he pulls the same 1700's stuff. If you don't walk fields that have 1700's or 1800's metal in them, you aren't going to find them.

And to Parrott, Wood....how many years has Bash been detecting ?

 

[diggindaboot]

I think it would be a miracle for the AT pro to hit an 8 inch dime , in some areas they wont hit an 8 inch quarter. Throw a little masking in there and they wont see one at 5 inches. But soil composition plays a big part.

Where I live a Pro can hit an 8" dime all day. Every day.

 

[ynnek4]

I have a test bed I made in 99 or 2000,So it's about 8 or 9 years old.I have mercs at 6,8,10 inches, measurement from coin to top of dirt,no grass.I also have a 8 and 10 inch silver Washington there.
Equinox will hit up to 8, nothing on the 10 inch dime or Washington.
At pro will hit 8 inch coins,no 10 inch coins
Xterra 705 with tornado hits all 10 inch coins,2 points higher on ID then the 6 and 8 tho.
Etrac stock coil will not hit the 10 inch coins.
Safari stock coil will hit 10 inch dime,but not quarter. At 10 inches.
F75LTD will hit all in boost.
Racer 2 will hit all 8 inch coins,not one 10 inch coin.
At max will not hit 10 inch coins,only in am not in disc
AKA Signum 7272 will hit all coins in turbo
T2 classic will hit all except 10 inch coins
Deus 4.0 will hit all but 10 inch coins.

My Deus and Nox 800 hit my 10” dimes in my garden with no issue. My CTX struggled to do this (ran very hot in manual 24-25 sensitivity). What is my point? Everyones soil probably varies.

 

[ohiochris]

Where I live a Pro can hit an 8" dime all day. Every day.

Awesome !!!....

You a very much in the monority though and should be picking silver left and right

 

[woodbutcher]

Wood if you made that test bed in 99 or 2000 then your bed is 18-19 years old. I would say it doesn't get much better than that. Maybe those coins have sunk a little maybe not.

It's plain to see though that all those machines basically offer the same depth which was your original point.

Put those same detectors in the hands of Calabash and you know they would instantly get 5 more inches of depth except the AT series.....well because he's Calabash. LOL

My fault,,,my test bed was made in 2009 or 2010,,lol..I lose track of time I guess..Still,it's been there awhile.
And here in my soil in Pennsylvania,the at pro with stock coil hits hard on the 8 inch Merc in my garden,with correct ID

 

[bergie]

l
Equinox can hunt behind both Etrac and CTX all wearing 11" DD coils and indeed make finds - site dependent.


I don't know the verdict is still out on that one for me
It has not found anything in the nail infested sites that I run the 3030 in. When this weather straightens up get a chance to hit the old drive-in we will see. The 3030 and I have pulled a lot of silver out of that drive-in.