IDXMonster
Elite Member
No matter how many videos are made,no matter how many comparisons are made,no matter who says what works best for them...it all comes down to what works for YOU. Sometimes finding that “perfect machine” never happens for someone,whether it be lack of time to spend with it,lack of funds to spend on it or a lack of any good sites. I’ve been fortunate to have found my perfect machine in the CTX,it’s a pretty well known thing. Being the guy who is always looking for an edge and wanting to learn more,I opted to try the EQ800 this spring. After all of the stories of people going to where their CTX couldn’t find anything anymore and finding more coins,I was intrigued! However,it’s just not the case here. The 800 finds coins just fine,that’s not the issue. It just hasn’t made my old worn out haunts “viable” again. So far I have 20 hours total running time in 4 different locations and not one high conductor has come to light. Running it in a more modern place it found clad coins to the 6-7” level no problem at all,there just aren’t any deeper coins there,it’s a newer park. That visit was just for testing purposes. Yes,I know what I’m doing...no,I didn’t forget to turn it on.
I like the machine overall,it still needs that darn clock and a pinpoint trigger but it’s easy to run and easy to navigate the controls. I like the variable volume on the tone bins (CTX speak),the different recovery rates and the ability to pop into a single freq to deal with EMI if needed,albeit at the expense of collecting bottle caps. The speedy noise cancel is also nice,ask anyone who came from FBS! I obviously in all actuality know very little about this machine so far,but I do know one thing. Hunting behind the CTX,run the way I run it,the 800 is going to be on a very meager diet of coins. I’m happy about that to tell the truth,it means that the CTX is everything I thought it was,and the results show. 12-13 hours of hunting with the CTX this year so far and 9 silver coins...including TWO Walkers that were BOTH in with iron(the second Walker still has the rust stain on it). The only way to know if the 800 will stay on board is if I now take it to places I think DO still have accessible coins and look at the results. Setup and operation is a breeze,it should find them if they are there. I rarely dig trash with the CTX because of the resolution of both the FE side and the CO side...it tells the operator a lot about the target(again,for those who haven’t run FBS with the dual number readout). More trash with the 800 may yield more coins,time will tell...but I am not willing to kill myself over a coin or two. I just have better things to do.
Some really enjoy their AT Pro,or their eTrac,or their Kruzer,etc. As long as it is doing what YOU want it to do,that’s all that matters in the end. I now have 5 machines that are good at what they do. But there’s only one that does what matters to ME the best. As time goes by I’ll post back anything I think might be relevant to another EQ user,but don’t hold your breath. There are far better operators of the EQ out there to take advice from! Just get ALOT of hours on the machine you like,it doesn’t get any better than that.
I like the machine overall,it still needs that darn clock and a pinpoint trigger but it’s easy to run and easy to navigate the controls. I like the variable volume on the tone bins (CTX speak),the different recovery rates and the ability to pop into a single freq to deal with EMI if needed,albeit at the expense of collecting bottle caps. The speedy noise cancel is also nice,ask anyone who came from FBS! I obviously in all actuality know very little about this machine so far,but I do know one thing. Hunting behind the CTX,run the way I run it,the 800 is going to be on a very meager diet of coins. I’m happy about that to tell the truth,it means that the CTX is everything I thought it was,and the results show. 12-13 hours of hunting with the CTX this year so far and 9 silver coins...including TWO Walkers that were BOTH in with iron(the second Walker still has the rust stain on it). The only way to know if the 800 will stay on board is if I now take it to places I think DO still have accessible coins and look at the results. Setup and operation is a breeze,it should find them if they are there. I rarely dig trash with the CTX because of the resolution of both the FE side and the CO side...it tells the operator a lot about the target(again,for those who haven’t run FBS with the dual number readout). More trash with the 800 may yield more coins,time will tell...but I am not willing to kill myself over a coin or two. I just have better things to do.
Some really enjoy their AT Pro,or their eTrac,or their Kruzer,etc. As long as it is doing what YOU want it to do,that’s all that matters in the end. I now have 5 machines that are good at what they do. But there’s only one that does what matters to ME the best. As time goes by I’ll post back anything I think might be relevant to another EQ user,but don’t hold your breath. There are far better operators of the EQ out there to take advice from! Just get ALOT of hours on the machine you like,it doesn’t get any better than that.
