Double Nickle Trifecta

Dan(NM)

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Dec 3, 2014
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Equinox 800
Modified Explorer 2
Raptor c-31 digger
31" Lesche Sampson
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All Treasure Hunting
I took my EQ800 to an old high school that I've been hunting for the last few years to see what the Nox could do. I started off in park 1 and the very first target was a solid 13 within 3 minutes, turned out to be a 1912 V-nickle at close to 5", I did my happy dance and knew this was going to be a fun machine. First impressions, of course, light, very fast and the responses left no doubt when you hit a good target. I'm not 100% sold on the sound of the wireless head phones, I think I'll end up using my Killer B's when I find the adapter for the WM08 I'll say this, nickles lock on 13 solid. I ended up with a double nickle trifecta, first time for me. 2 V-nickles, 2 buffs and 2 Jefferson's came out within the first hour. I found that customizing is very easy on fly if you can remember what the advanced settings do. I love that I can adjust the tones and the breaks much like my CTX and it's very easy to do so. Overall, I feel like it was worth all the waiting and can't wait to get a better grasp of what this machine can really do after a few more outings. I did dig a 9" wheat, the numbers bounced, but, I did get a repeatable high tone, very impressive!!
 

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Coil-2-Soil

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Mar 21, 2017
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Congrats on all the great finds. Thanks for the post on the Equinox. I have been keeping my eye on it. Glad to see some reviews coming in. HH
 

jimzz977

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Jun 23, 2012
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Minelab Etrac
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Nice hunt Dan glad you got out with your new machine good review
 

masterjedi

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May 24, 2014
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Oregon
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Minelab's CTX 3030, E-Trac & EQ800, Fisher F75LTD SE & F44, Whites MXT All PRO, Whites TRX Pointer & Shovel, Predator Tools Raptor hand digger & Ranger shovel. Grey Ghost Ultimate headphones.
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Hi Dan-
Were you not digging low tones with your Etrac/CTX? Seems both of these machines would have found these coins at just 5"?
Gary from Oregon
 

BLK HOLE

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All Treasure Hunting
The Double Trifecta now that is the way to break in the new machine! Still hunting my first V nickel, but like all the other things on my bucket list it's in the ground somewhere. Congratulations on a great hunt.
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Massachusetts
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
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Congratulations on the super mid-tone hunt! Those old nickles are very nice. :occasion14:

I bet that elephant gave you some good luck! GL & HH
 

dirtlooter

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Jun 5, 2014
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mid western ARK
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impressive, congrats
 

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Dan(NM)

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Dec 3, 2014
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Central Texas
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
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Detector(s) used
Equinox 800
Modified Explorer 2
Raptor c-31 digger
31" Lesche Sampson
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Hi Dan-
Were you not digging low tones with your Etrac/CTX? Seems both of these machines would have found these coins at just 5"?
Gary from Oregon

Hey Gary,

I have been guilty of cherry picking from time to time :) But, these guys were surround by low tones, I know I've hunted this spot with 2 tones ferrous with the Etrac more than once
 

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