Cherry Picker
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My God, I watch a lot of Youtube videos of beach detecting or entertainment and all I see now are Equinox 800s. Have they become the king of the beach now?
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My God, I watch a lot of Youtube videos of beach detecting or entertainment and all I see now are Equinox 800s. Have they become the king of the beach now?
I don't where you have been? Yes, for three years the Equinox has dominated.
Equinox has definitely set the bar for performance,dirt or beach..I'm not a beach hunter but I see the same thing you do on YouTube..Great machine, ID is not so good tho ,,tone is what I use mostly
I use an AT Pro in the water and Ace 400 [or Legend] in the sand, so no, not everyone uses an equinox.
The more videos you watch, the less time spent detecting, or other productive pursuits.
I have all but given up watching any detecting videos, don't think its like I can actually learn something I don't know watching them. Yeah, can be nice to see what others are finding but most of these people are driven by clicks, and it shows in their videos. When they start begging you to like, subscribe and thumbs up, I turn away quick.
Not only that but all these guys with titles like "WOW ! OMG !! Found 4 gold rings today at the beach !! Still in shock !" are just increasing competition for themselves and everyone else [and are probably prone to planting rings], and I am done being an accomplice to that.
Believe me, I'd be out hunting if I could. Today it rained most of the day and even though I use a waterproof Simplex+, I have COPD a medical issue that doesn't play well with high humidity. In fact, it doesn't play well with most outdoor conditions.
Wish I still had my AT Pro. Love my Simplex+ but I liked the AT Pro much better.
In the dirt, it doesn't seem so bad, I still see many different models and the new Legend is starting to pop up a lot more..
Several years the CZ21 and Excaliburs were the Kings, but than I started my mission of recommending the Nox. "Buy those Noxs" and it looks like it has finally worked.
It's a high ratio of Equinox usually. But yesterday i saw Minelab Vanquish, CTX, Excalibur and Deus ll. It's also the most detectorists i ever saw at one time. It was almost as bad as Steve deals with in Asia. Had two guys drop down in my grid in front of me 5 feet and start digging and ask if i found anything. Detecting ethics went in the toilet years ago though.
I would imagine you beach hunters are seeing a huge upswing in hunters. My lifetime dream was to hunt a beach.
You guys just posted too many good finds LOL
Yes we all use Noxy or Excalibur
In the dirt, it doesn't seem so bad, I still see many different models and the new Legend is starting to pop up a lot more. But I realized I haven't seen anything but the Equinox on the beach for a long time.
Correction, I do remember seeing a D2 or 2 out of like 50 videos. On land, it seems to be a much closer ratio of D2 to NOX 800.
I see plenty of equinox's on the beaches. I used one for a while also. I now have the D2 since it's more waterproof and as deep or deeper. I have a Manticore on order though because I did love my equinox but hated the grip angle. The new manticore has a better grip angle and should feel more comfortable swinging. Love the look of the screen also. The equinox changed detecting for many.