Any water hunting regulars out there using the EQ? Wanna know more about this....

[DeepseekerADS]

I do love my modded Excal II. But hearing some 800 testaments here and there.

I want to see more threads about the EQ and water.

I remember those times where a CTX couldn't cut it = thus I stuck with the Excal.

Anybody got leaks, anybody got problems with the 800 in the water?

 

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[cyborgmudlark]

hey there, ive got more than 40 hrs underwater in 6 feet or less of salt and no drama at all except the external speaker sounds weird now. everything else is sweet, i prefer a 6" coil as it runs stable submerged in saltwater at higher sensitivity (20-22) than the stock 11"(15-18) and creates way less drag, but ive used the 11" underwater quite happily for 6 hours continuously without too much fatigue, just the 6" is a real pleasure to swing underwater comparably.

 

[rc2125]

The Nox' work great in the water. Used a few all summer, wading and diving. They are super stable and pretty deep. Freshwater here, but hunt many beaches that are very very tough for certain other detector's to cope with stability. Lack in volume output with piezo's, but useable. They can sometimes see certain gold items that an excal or ctx cannot, which accounted for almost $400 in gold for me this past season (items excal's can't see). Not perfect, but have a lost going for them, great for the price for sure. .....long time excal user, and had a couple ctx's too, awhile back

 

[DeepseekerADS]

They can sometimes see certain gold items that an excal or ctx cannot, which accounted for almost $400 in gold for me this past season (items excal's can't see).

I've watched Youtube videos where the Nox picked up a stretched out small gold chain, and the Excal would not. It is doubtful I'll ever use my CTX in the water, an earlier version before ML modded for the water leakage problems. I've been thinking of selling the CTX, I'll ponder that once the weather gets me out dirt digging again.

 

[flgliderpilot]

I've watched Youtube videos where the Nox picked up a stretched out small gold chain, and the Excal would not. It is doubtful I'll ever use my CTX in the water, an earlier version before ML modded for the water leakage problems. I've been thinking of selling the CTX, I'll ponder that once the weather gets me out dirt digging again.

Detecting one while testing, and finding one are two different things. The Equinox picks up chains as a '1' which is basically every bit of foil, gum wrapper, etc. If you hunt a trashy beach dry sand you will go completely insane if you stop and dig every '1'. One day I committed myself you digging every '1'... I scratched that idea after 30 minutes.

On a clean beach, in wet sand, or in the water I do usually dig those signals though but have yet to find a gold chain.