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Ocean7

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Minelab Equinox 800
Minelab Explorer II
Garrett MASTER HUNTER 7
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Witch is better in wet sand salt water beach equinox 800 or excalibur
Nox 800 IMHO. Excalibur if you are diving.

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@4:33 min. Nox 44% of salt water beach users (popular bloggers)
That's not by accident.
@8:37 min. chart

I disagree with Merrill's note on Nox 600/800. Per users I've seen Online and this little video:
sod busters - did I drown my Equinox 800

There are many who never had this flooding issue. What percent? Who really knows?

Merrill has a I rate METAL DETECTORS!

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Hope this helps!
 

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cudamark

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XP Deus 2, Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 3 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
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They both work quite well. For smaller targets, the Equinox works better. For deeper water, The Excalibur would be my pick. For depth, I give a slight edge to the Excal if you match coil sizes for comparison. The Nox is much more versatile however, and much lighter. Rather than get either one of them, I would recommend the Equinox 900, or a Deus 2. They both can be used deeper than the Nox 800 (although not as deep as the Excal). They're both lighter still, and perform excellent in salt water.
 

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metalhead

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Mar 24, 2012
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Ace 250
Sovereign GT
Minlab Safari
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They both work quite well. For smaller targets, the Equinox works better. For deeper water, The Excalibur would be my pick. For depth, I give a slight edge to the Excal if you match coil sizes for comparison. The Nox is much more versatile however, and much lighter. Rather than get either one of them, I would recommend the Equinox 900, or a Deus 2. They both can be used deeper than the Nox 800 (although not as deep as the Excal). They're both lighter still, and perform excellent in salt water.
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Treasure_Hunter

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Minelab_Equinox_ 800 Minelab_CTX-3030 Minelab_Excal_1000 Minelab_Sovereign_GT Minelab_Safari Minelab_ETrac Whites_Beach_Hunter_ID Fisher_1235_X
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I own both, they both work great in salt water and on wet salt sand, the Nox is much lighter than the Excal.
 

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