woodbutcher
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Priced about the same,so who has both and can give a little insight on the pros and cons on one machine compared to the other?
I held the 600 and the sport one in each hand. The sport was meatier and well built. The 600 light and fragile to the feel.
I opted for the Sport as I have always been a white's guy. In my opinion it was a crime to associate the MX sport to an MXT one of the finest all around machines White's ever marketed. I have no opinion on the 600 as I have no experience with it. I did have a short time with the 800 and if I had to do it over again I would have ponied up the extra 2 bills for the 800.
Keep in mind the 800 is wireless and will not be useful submerged, so you would have to cough up more for wired earphones
I think both are great detectors but I think the Equinox is the better of the two.
I can't say one bad thing about the Sport but the fact that the Nox is multi freq,
super fast, and much lighter (better balanced) than the Sport It is my pick of the two.
That being said the Sport is a better built machine (sturdy), Made in the U.S by a great company,
and is a very deep machine. I was surprised at the depth I can get with sens set at 3 or 4
No need to run it hot, I like the Nox better but I'm still a fan of the Sport.
Good luck with the 600 I have a feeling too that something was wrong with your last one,
I remember you saying the I.D on coins was bad but mine I.Ds coins great,
Hope this is a better experience for you but if you try it and still don't click with it let me know and I'll trade you my Sport w/ waterproof phones for it.
Good luck and Happy Hunting Pete!
Thanks for the info Ron.I unpacked the nox tonight and ran it through the test garden.Definatley seems more stable than the first one I had,numbers seem to lock on better too.Very well possible I had a first run bug in mine,or the new software update is in this one,I bought it new so I’m assuming it came updated..I’m thinking I’ll hold onto it for awhile,I do like Minelab s nice tones,and it’s not a hard machine to look at either,pretty sleek.lol.
Thanks for the info Ron.I unpacked the nox tonight and ran it through the test garden.Definatley seems more stable than the first one I had,numbers seem to lock on better too.Very well possible I had a first run bug in mine,or the new software update is in this one,I bought it new so I’m assuming it came updated..I’m thinking I’ll hold onto it for awhile,I do like Minelab s nice tones,and it’s not a hard machine to look at either,pretty sleek.lol.
Me and Ole Sharpshooter were talking. You need to contact the guy you sold that Equinox to and tell him about the bugs in it.BTW I see your off the Tesoro kick this week..... You crack me up sometimes.
I’ll hafto look back and see who bought it,but surely he would have installed the upgrade I’d think,,but I’ll hafto contact him..as for the tesoro,still have one left and plan on keeping it.Theyre a lot of fun calabash,never know what’s gonna come outta the hole.
Here we go with the Tesoro fan boy.... BTW just thinking about it your just pretty much digging everything with a Tesoro. You could do that with any ole detector.
What you guys call fun seems like a dull way to hunt to me. A one tone machine almost makes me go to sleep thinking about it. A sore thumb from turning the disc knob does nothing for me.
A digital detector running multiple freqs at one time now that's fun in my book.