sandgroper
Elite Member
Today I had the opportunity to test one of the new Minelab Equinoxs at an open day for a prospecting supplies shop, and I was really keen to find out how deep it goes. So what we did was buried a shilling (silver coin, about the size of a quarter) about 9in down in soft sand. To my surprise, and to the surprise of the bystanders, the equinox did not pick it up. I know the CTX would've given a clear signal. So, one of the operators in charge changed the mode (we were on both park 1 and park 2) and also put the sensitivity to max, but still we got nothing.
So we thought we'll take 2in of the sand away, and this time we got a few blips, but nothing that would make you stop to investigate. Finally at 5in we got a clear repeatable signal.
I am not sure what happened there, but 5in for a $1000+ detector is pretty poor. I swung from a few different directions, and the instructor played around with the settings for a fair bit, but what we saw disappointed quite a few of us. Maybe the detector was faulty, and I do understand that the detector is quite new in the game, but I know for sure I won't be buying one anytime soon.
So we thought we'll take 2in of the sand away, and this time we got a few blips, but nothing that would make you stop to investigate. Finally at 5in we got a clear repeatable signal.
I am not sure what happened there, but 5in for a $1000+ detector is pretty poor. I swung from a few different directions, and the instructor played around with the settings for a fair bit, but what we saw disappointed quite a few of us. Maybe the detector was faulty, and I do understand that the detector is quite new in the game, but I know for sure I won't be buying one anytime soon.