Minelab equinox 800, relic machine name given really

[49er12]

Look everyone has a opinion, they r dime a dozen, why do they say it’s a great relic machine and lesser coin machine. Is this garbage talk or truth. All owners give your honest unbiased truth, this machine can hold its own in any soil conditions coins also. Set the record straight I mean come on, the pros and cons, I’m not going to YouTube users give it straight thanks

 

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[smokeythecat]

I do not know as I don't coin hunt. I heard they were better for coins. I used one extensively for relics. When I used it, it held its own with the rest of the mid level VLF machines out there, nothing to say better, nothing to say not as good. In other words, I didn't dig anything the VLF would not have found. And I don't think I found anything less.

Vferrari and I went head to head (just a little competition here) in the bad Virginia ground with the Equinox and my Deus. The Deus nosed it out by a hair. We were in a CW camp that has been pounded since forever.

So to your question, get some more feedback. It is a good overall machine.

 

[49er12]

So your deus is equivalent to 800, price about same, who makes deus and what the advantage, both separation, depth I mean what do u look for in a machine regardless of price, deus and 800, thanks Smokey

 

[Rawhide]

I run in park 2 mode and it disc out a lot of iron that would be a relic find. So is it a relic machine. Well yes as the audio can be adjusted to a slight hum and you know when you go over a ferrous target. The depth can be adjusted but large pieces of iron, naiuls, hinges and such will ring regardless of depth up to 10 inces easily. While there are some Nox Masters out there I am happy with my coins in the tot lots. But have hit some old ground with great results. So it does find relics and will open up new dirt in a old hunting spot. I can say the opposite is true also, iron is disc'd out very well. There is still a lot of ground I need to cover but I am selling my other detectors as I am happy with the Nox 800.

 

[MSpeiser]

I took both my Deus and my Equinox to SC this Spring for 4 days of digging. I wasn't there to hunt coins. I was strictly relic hunting and started each day with the deus. I just like how the deus sounds over the Equinox. After a couple hours I would switch to the Equinox and go over the same area. UNREAL how the site would come to life and I would start finding more buttons, other relics and yes, coins. I am totally convinced this is a great relic machine but you have to have the proper settings to make it so. I want to say something about depth too. I was running the stock 11 inch coil on the nox and dug a 1810 at a whopping 11 inches. There aren't many machines that will do that!

 

[49er12]

Hey appreciate your honesty, I post for others also considering one or the other being price involved you understand, charge both coil and machine separate or same time I don’t no this machine. So unfair as it is choose one machine as if u had enough to get one , means a lot, I’m in pa how far Ohio r u

 

[MSpeiser]

Hey appreciate your honesty, I post for others also considering one or the other being price involved you understand, charge both coil and machine separate or same time I don’t no this machine. So unfair as it is choose one machine as if u had enough to get one , means a lot, I’m in pa how far Ohio r u

I'm in NW Ohio near the Indiana line.