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^^^ THIS, in Florida!...Tourists not knowing any better even feed gators popcorn and bread. Well you go in a lake you turn into bread to a fed gator. No thanks!
^^^ THIS, in Florida!...Tourists not knowing any better even feed gators popcorn and bread. Well you go in a lake you turn into bread to a fed gator. No thanks!
Totally agree, and YEP, it will knock the ATP's socks off!I think it was designed to knock out the ATpro. Which it should easily do at the beach.
I get it, the Excal works in salt, BUT the ear bleeding threshold noise, delicate and easy to break knobs, and tones that only let you generalize a target's ID are what's driving sales of machines like the CTX and Nox....all these claims by ML about this new technology... ...but what I have seen doesn't make me want to put down my Excal...
CTXs accuracy of target ID is simply impressive. While 10 competitors are working the wet sand with their Excals, the CTX gives you the ability to cherrypick with relative certainty. Ie, you are accurately covering more ground than the competition.At least with a CTX most are easy to figure out except the caps with nickel alloy to prevent rust.
Of course all of that is based on settings and technique.
I get it, the Excal works in salt, BUT the ear bleeding threshold noise, delicate and easy to break knobs, and tones that only let you generalize a target's ID are what's driving sales of machines like the CTX and Nox.
Main reason I bought one was the sensitivity to small gold. There are a lot of gold chains out there that none of us can hear.
Going out for my first hunt with it in a few minutes.
Show off! Lol lol lol lol. Gosh, look at all that buttery goodness. Dang!Good luck.
GL!Main reason I bought one was the sensitivity to small gold. There are a lot of gold chains out there that none of us can hear.
Going out for my first hunt with it in a few minutes.
Well, first hunt in the books. What to say about the Equinox...
First of all, the machine is very light, the target ID is spot on, and it is very sensitive. However, it being very sensitive brings some cons with it... it is a very chattery machine. Falses pretty much non stop (this particular beach has a lot of black sand) unless I drop the sensitivity way down. I kept sensitivity at 18 and lived with the falsing. You can tell a real target from the false targets if you have been metal detecting a while. Also, an interesting thing about the falsing... the false signals seem to be attenuated somehow, the false signals are very quiet, compared to real targets that blast out loud and clear.
Hunting in Gold mode 1 was a no-go, saw the whole ground as a target. I hunted in beach mode 1 (18 sens/1 recovery) most of the time.
Compared to the CTX... the CTX feels like a finely tuned Lamborghini, completely stable, deep, and accurate out of the box. the Equinox feels like a tuner car... can compete with and possibly even beat the CTX (on gold), but you will have to put in work keeping it ground balanced correctly (Auto tracking feels too slow), keeping sensitivity as high as you can stand (falsing), etc. it to keep it stable without sacrificing performance. CTX just does it all for you, and does it well.
Totals for the days hunt: 9 nickels, 7 zincolns, 5 dimes, 3 quarters, silver pendant, and an old brass compass. Too lazy to take a picture of the loot, will just have to take my word for it.
Going back out tomorrow to a beach with milder sand.
Sounds like both the tdi and ctx run better on black sand.. But the Equinox can hit the chains. Looking forward to seeing you pull a few out. Thanks for this reportWell, first hunt in the books. What to say about the Equinox...
First of all, the machine is very light, the target ID is spot on, and it is very sensitive. However, it being very sensitive brings some cons with it... it is a very chattery machine. Falses pretty much non stop (this particular beach has a lot of black sand) unless I drop the sensitivity way down. I kept sensitivity at 18 and lived with the falsing. You can tell a real target from the false targets if you have been metal detecting a while. Also, an interesting thing about the falsing... the false signals seem to be attenuated somehow, the false signals are very quiet, compared to real targets that blast out loud and clear.
Hunting in Gold mode 1 was a no-go, saw the whole ground as a target. I hunted in beach mode 1 (18 sens/1 recovery) most of the time.
Compared to the CTX... the CTX feels like a finely tuned Lamborghini, completely stable, deep, and accurate out of the box. the Equinox feels like a tuner car... can compete with and possibly even beat the CTX (on gold), but you will have to put in work keeping it ground balanced correctly (Auto tracking feels too slow), keeping sensitivity as high as you can stand (falsing), etc. it to keep it stable without sacrificing performance. CTX just does it all for you, and does it well.
Totals for the days hunt: 9 nickels, 7 zincolns, 5 dimes, 3 quarters, silver pendant, and an old brass compass. Too lazy to take a picture of the loot, will just have to take my word for it.
Going back out tomorrow to a beach with milder sand.
Main reason I bought one was the sensitivity to small gold. There are a lot of gold chains out there that none of us can hear.
Going out for my first hunt with it in a few minutes.
Well, first hunt in the books. What to say about the Equinox...
First of all, the machine is very light, the target ID is spot on, and it is very sensitive. However, it being very sensitive brings some cons with it... it is a very chattery machine. Falses pretty much non stop (this particular beach has a lot of black sand) unless I drop the sensitivity way down. I kept sensitivity at 18 and lived with the falsing. You can tell a real target from the false targets if you have been metal detecting a while. Also, an interesting thing about the falsing... the false signals seem to be attenuated somehow, the false signals are very quiet, compared to real targets that blast out loud and clear.
Hunting in Gold mode 1 was a no-go, saw the whole ground as a target. I hunted in beach mode 1 (18 sens/1 recovery) most of the time.
Compared to the CTX... the CTX feels like a finely tuned Lamborghini, completely stable, deep, and accurate out of the box. the Equinox feels like a tuner car... can compete with and possibly even beat the CTX (on gold), but you will have to put in work keeping it ground balanced correctly (Auto tracking feels too slow), keeping sensitivity as high as you can stand (falsing), etc. it to keep it stable without sacrificing performance. CTX just does it all for you, and does it well.
Totals for the days hunt: 9 nickels, 7 zincolns, 5 dimes, 3 quarters, silver pendant, and an old brass compass. Too lazy to take a picture of the loot, will just have to take my word for it.
Going back out tomorrow to a beach with milder sand.
Well, first hunt in the books. What to say about the Equinox...
First of all, the machine is very light, the target ID is spot on, and it is very sensitive. However, it being very sensitive brings some cons with it... it is a very chattery machine. Falses pretty much non stop (this particular beach has a lot of black sand) unless I drop the sensitivity way down. I kept sensitivity at 18 and lived with the falsing. You can tell a real target from the false targets if you have been metal detecting a while. Also, an interesting thing about the falsing... the false signals seem to be attenuated somehow, the false signals are very quiet, compared to real targets that blast out loud and clear.
Hunting in Gold mode 1 was a no-go, saw the whole ground as a target. I hunted in beach mode 1 (18 sens/1 recovery) most of the time.
Compared to the CTX... the CTX feels like a finely tuned Lamborghini, completely stable, deep, and accurate out of the box. the Equinox feels like a tuner car... can compete with and possibly even beat the CTX (on gold), but you will have to put in work keeping it ground balanced correctly (Auto tracking feels too slow), keeping sensitivity as high as you can stand (falsing), etc. it to keep it stable without sacrificing performance. CTX just does it all for you, and does it well.
Totals for the days hunt: 9 nickels, 7 zincolns, 5 dimes, 3 quarters, silver pendant, and an old brass compass. Too lazy to take a picture of the loot, will just have to take my word for it.
Going back out tomorrow to a beach with milder sand.
Well, first hunt in the books. What to say about the Equinox...
First of all, the machine is very light, the target ID is spot on, and it is very sensitive. However, it being very sensitive brings some cons with it... it is a very chattery machine. Falses pretty much non stop (this particular beach has a lot of black sand) unless I drop the sensitivity way down. I kept sensitivity at 18 and lived with the falsing. You can tell a real target from the false targets if you have been metal detecting a while. Also, an interesting thing about the falsing... the false signals seem to be attenuated somehow, the false signals are very quiet, compared to real targets that blast out loud and clear.
Hunting in Gold mode 1 was a no-go, saw the whole ground as a target. I hunted in beach mode 1 (18 sens/1 recovery) most of the time.
Compared to the CTX... the CTX feels like a finely tuned Lamborghini, completely stable, deep, and accurate out of the box. the Equinox feels like a tuner car... can compete with and possibly even beat the CTX (on gold), but you will have to put in work keeping it ground balanced correctly (Auto tracking feels too slow), keeping sensitivity as high as you can stand (falsing), etc. it to keep it stable without sacrificing performance. CTX just does it all for you, and does it well.
Totals for the days hunt: 9 nickels, 7 zincolns, 5 dimes, 3 quarters, silver pendant, and an old brass compass. Too lazy to take a picture of the loot, will just have to take my word for it.
Going back out tomorrow to a beach with milder sand.
The CTX is Minelab's flagship machine. You don't think they would put out a new machine selling for less than half the cost and have it out perform the CTX do you?
They made a lighter machine that will hopefully find small gold in fresh water I think. Looks like they tried to put a dent into the AT-Pro sales.
I think we will find that Minelab will somehow soon make a very light machine that will out perform the CTX. How soon? All speculation but I think that is where they are headed. Of course I could be wrong.
Just wish theyd remake the Excalibur blue 800/1000.