The sell off has begun

[sphillips]

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[sgoss66]

Iron Patch --

WAIT. Let me see if I am hearing you correctly; I haven't "seen you around" lately, on the sites I frequent. Are you saying that the DEUS has replaced your Explorer?? WOW!!! I am shocked!

And it sounds like you are/have considered a CTX, and have at least a tiny bit of interest in the Equinox -- but will probably just stick with the Deus?

Wow!

Steve

 

[Junkironkid]

I'll give it a few months in the real world of people like us. Until then I'm sticking to my E-Trac. If I bought every new thing that came out I'll be broke. If it performs as good as my E-Trac or better I will buy it. I like the ideal of a Lite machine that I can swing all day. I can swing the E-trac all day long but feel the weight at the end of the day.

 

[smokeythecat]

Junkironkid, I just bought a new Tesoro Vaquero. It goes REALLY deep and has a dual discrimination circuit on it. I have had one before, so no learning curve. If a new machine comes on the market and I'm interested, I do not look before I leap, but wait. A lot of folks who buy on hype (I would never do that...more than a few times of course), well, we sell the turkeys in the next few months after purchase. There will also be used machines of any brand a few months after introduction for one reason or another.

 

[marjam]

I have watched alot of videos on the nox thus far, and it looks pretty good. I seen it compared to an at pro and a deus, and in this particular video, it was neck and neck with the deus. The advantage it has over the deus though is it is waterproof. Do a search on YouTube where these three are compared. I wasn't too sure about it until i seen this video. It changed my mind.

 

[smokeythecat]

I have not seen a real life video on the Equinox yet. When I say real life, I mean in ground with iron in it, especially groups of nails and larger items, wadded up aluminum foil, cut pieces of aluminum cans, I was an expert crunching them at my house with a lawn mower, very mineralized dirt with hot rocks and such. Planted coins with no trash and air tests don't give a good picture of ANY machine's capability. Real live tests are what is needed. And a video is not absolutely necessary, I'd take someone's word for what they did.

 

[smokeythecat]

I agree with some others who think they designed it to punch through the AT Pro market. I have a hard time believing it would replace any of their high end machines. It should sell very well. And like every other machine out there, some will like it, some will love it and some will dump it later in the year. That's just the way it is.

 

[marjam]

I have not seen a real life video on the Equinox yet. When I say real life, I mean in ground with iron in it, especially groups of nails and larger items, wadded up aluminum foil, cut pieces of aluminum cans, I was an expert crunching them at my house with a lawn mower, very mineralized dirt with hot rocks and such. Planted coins with no trash and air tests don't give a good picture of ANY machine's capability. Real live tests are what is needed. And a video is not absolutely necessary, I'd take someone's word for what they did.

Dirtfishing has done a video in a trashy park showing its recovery speed. While he doesn't find anything extraordinary, it shows its capability to find targets in amongst trash. He does a pretty good job of real life scenarios. This might be something that would interest you if you haven't already seen it.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

I have not seen a real life video on the Equinox yet. When I say real life, I mean in ground with iron in it, especially groups of nails and larger items, wadded up aluminum foil, cut pieces of aluminum cans, I was an expert crunching them at my house with a lawn mower, very mineralized dirt with hot rocks and such. Planted coins with no trash and air tests don't give a good picture of ANY machine's capability. Real live tests are what is needed. And a video is not absolutely necessary, I'd take someone's word for what they did.

this one may be what you are wanting, Or at least heading that direction

 

[smokeythecat]

I'll test it on the worst spot on earth. People there use GPX 4000 and 5000's which are PI machines because the dirt is so bad. So when I say it's bad, it's bad. Most vlf machines don't do well there. My best use in the dirt has been the XP Deus and the Tesoro Vaquero with the big loop. My buddy's Excalibur couldn't find a thing, he also has a CTX I think 3030? Not sure, but it got squat, and the AT Pros at my spot have been useless. Only 30 more days for the big cat's test.

 

[erte]

maybe with lower recovery speed it will go deeper...

 

[littlehugger]

I think Minelab is aiming the Equinox at hobbyists who want high end, but cant afford the CTX.
It seems to be the CTX without its most expensive features.

 

[A2coins]

Ive seen the same also

 

[Opie]

I honestly believe you'll see a sell off going the other way in 12 to 24 months, there's no way either 600 or 800 is that durable. I had one and can say from experience, go fully submerge it in water and see how much the handle flexes. The machine is so light it feels cheap. I understand Minelab has gone all out for the new customer repair facility and I hope it is true, because I flashed back to my Etrac handle issues (That Minelab would not warranty cover) and when comparing the Eq 800 to the Etrac, the Etrac has a considerably more solid feel to it. The Etrac though slower still performs slightly better and I really could not see anyone who has any time on a CTX dumping that for either equinox.
Stay Gold!
Opie

 

[smokeythecat]

A final word, I'm getting so blasted old I've probably bought my last machine. I sold off some others, now back to two.

 

[bklein]

Tejon still one of them?

 

[☠ Cipher]

I think Minelab is aiming the Equinox at hobbyists who want high end, but cant afford the CTX.
It seems to be the CTX without its most expensive features.

It is fundamentally different than any FBS machine, and the beginning of an entirely different line. FBS machines will likely stick around for the foreseeable future, but they will have a Multi-IQ counterpart. You'll likely see an E-trac level machine based on Multi-IQ, and a CTX level machine based on Multi-IQ. The Equinox is akin to the Safari in terms of features and where it will place in the multi-IQ hierarchy.

 

[HighVDI]

The Equinox will send a Ctx 3030 crying to mommy in a dense layer of trash. I've hunted next to them and wasn't impressed. Perhaps a different site might show different results.

 

[fano169]

Ctx is a totally different detector, than the nox

 

[smokeythecat]

Bklein, I just noticed I never responded to you. Yes, I sold both Tejons and the Vaqueros and my Nox 600.