That is it in a nutshell! If you know YOUR machine then you will find stuff. I had a Compass RM-7A for my first detector. Big, heavy shoebox thing but I took the time to learn it's whispers and pulled a coin that the previous owner said I COULD never find with it. An 1852 trime proved to me that the knowledge of the machine is very important. My favorite machine to this day is the Garrett Groundhog, I have not equaled it in depth with any machine I have used. Now that may be because I have not gotten my coil over something as deep as a quarter at a measured 14" (yes I had a tape measure on me, and I know I may have dragged it down a little) but the find was there and had no nicks or digger damage on it. I think the reason I found the deep coins was due to the threshold and not having a VDI screen, and had to trust that the machine was whispering to me.
Equinox RANT
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That is it in a nutshell! If you know YOUR machine then you will find stuff. I had a Compass RM-7A for my first detector. Big, heavy shoebox thing but I took the time to learn it's whispers and pulled a coin that the previous owner said I COULD never find with it. An 1852 trime proved to me that the knowledge of the machine is very important. My favorite machine to this day is the Garrett Groundhog, I have not equaled it in depth with any machine I have used. Now that may be because I have not gotten my coil over something as deep as a quarter at a measured 14" (yes I had a tape measure on me, and I know I may have dragged it down a little) but the find was there and had no nicks or digger damage on it. I think the reason I found the deep coins was due to the threshold and not having a VDI screen, and had to trust that the machine was whispering to me.
Thank you.
Just like a very expensive camera helps the photographer take better pictures. An award winning picture can be taken with a less expensive camera if the photographer is in the right place at the right time.
Anybody with ANY detector can see a huge gold ring in the ground IF it is within the reach of the signal the detector puts out. Folks with a VDI machine might think just another zincoln and pass it by. A person that has a machine that just beeps will be happy to dig the target and get the huge surprise.
So do we say chalk one up for the Tesoro Mojave? NO. We say congrats to the USER.
And since my Equinox has been only getting over small silver dimes or none at all, While Kevin with his E-Trac has pulled 4 silver Washington's and two silver dimes, I would say my Equinox is defective. Certainly it can't be that Kevin is getting over the silver before I do!
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pescadore
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Iffy signals = more masked targets = more silver ...point made and proven. All else I call BS. Different coil angle, sweep speed, over reliability on VDI, etc. Many reasons why targets were passed on the other times. How many 3 silver consecutive hunts have you had since? I found a seated just about 10 feet from the usual parking area and starting place in Greenville. Probably walked over 100 times by some of the best detectorists in the area with the best detectors. Was it the miracle detector I was using? No.
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dgerst
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This thread reminds me of the time I came home about the time the Kirby vacuum salespeople had my wife convinced that she would be risking the health and safety of our family if she didn't buy it. Why? Because of all the dirt the new Kirby had picked up behind our old one during their demonstration. So I said "I'll just go ahead and run back over it with our old one again." They
freaked 'cause they knew what the outcome was going to be. Heck, my old one picked up more than theirs. They left.
It takes a heck of a lot of swinging from many directions to hunt out a site. Any decent machine will find more.
freaked 'cause they knew what the outcome was going to be. Heck, my old one picked up more than theirs. They left.
It takes a heck of a lot of swinging from many directions to hunt out a site. Any decent machine will find more.
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choppadude
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I have said on another forum that I have gone over a site with the Nox pretty well and then gone over the same site again with the Nox and found things I missed the first time. Therefor....the Nox is better than the Nox.
Well you convinced me! I am putting my Equinox up for sale and buying one of them Equinox machines! Thank you for taking the time to test these 2 machines against eachother!
Coin Operated
Senior Member
You're welcome. No charge for this valuable service.
I am sure glad for that. My credit is so bad, stores refuse my cash.
I can't speak to the depth of the Nox in relic hunting, because I haven't had the chance to take it to a relic site where depth is an issue. Can't say how it acts in a nail bed for the same reason. But I can say that it is the best I've ever used in a park/ballpark/soccer field setting that is carpeted with aluminum pop tops and ring-pull tabs. And when they come out with a smaller coil for it, I'm sure it will do even better at that. Now I did get to take it on a relic hunt in rough country where depth was not an issue because the nature of the ground - nothing sinks past the clay level and that's not very deep. My impression of the machine after a full day's hunt in brush is that the ergonomics of this machine isn't great. I didn't find anything that I wouldn't have found with any other machine I've used in the past 30 years, but I would have expected a little more design finesse in the handle, arm rest, etc. Maybe the great design of the Deus spoiled me. Got to say the Nox is much more intuitive to learn than the Deus, at least in my humble opinion. To each his own.
Coin Operated
Senior Member
I feel your pain. Me, I'm down to having only one key.
maxxkatt
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Regardless of the machine, the good targets have to be under your coil. So newbies should invest more time in their research in finding sites with a higher probability of having valued targets.
Dirt clown
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Glad to read this. I read a post of a guy saying it was the best detector released in years. This was before the prototypes were even released
I never listen to fan boys.Digstrashtomuch
Senior Member
I watched a video on YouTube today where a guy was comparing the Deus, Equinox and a Mojave in heavy iron and the Deus with a High frequency coil and equinox called a target a good target and the Mojave called it iron. Guess what, it was iron. I own all three machines and each machine has its strengths and weaknesses and NO machine will obselete any other.
You are so right. I have pulled good things out of trash with my CZ-21 and with my Tiger Shark in the water. I used to swear by the CZ-21 till I tried a Shark. I realized then that each machine has it strengths and weaknesses. I will always use my CZ-21 as my go to machine but I will also go over the same spot again with the Tiger Shark to pick up things I missed. I am sure the Equinox will also go over a few spots that are shallow enough I won't drown it.
Gauntlet
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He had a YouTube channel, but does he belong to an MD forum and have a sidekick?
That's how you can ID an expert....
I know a DFX with a bigfoot coil will smoke an Equinox. Ask me how i know!
I know a DFX with a bigfoot coil will smoke an Equinox. Ask me how i know!
Larry, Have you gone over the same target on the beach before it was dug?
DFX isnt a depth monster with a bigfoot coil. Its the area it covers. Its why a Bigfoot coil can sell for $1200 for a DFX. If you ever watch what your car wipers do to raindrops on a window? Well a bigfoot coil does the same thing with good targets. Larger volume of targets=more gold. And you pinpoint with the tip so no time at all in recovering target. 17" CTX coil you waste time trying to find the target. Detector will know what i mean if he ever used one. I own 4
