Minelab Vanquish Update

[Iffy Signals]

Nice that it has multi IQ. No update on prices or release date.

 

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[zazuk0]

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[cudamark]

Good price points. It's a shame that it isn't waterproof. Will the coils work on an Equinox?

 

[Peter67]

Good price points. It's a shame that it isn't waterproof. Will the coils work on an Equinox?

Not waterproof? On the picture of the 540 i can read waterproof and weather proof.

 

[smokeythecat]

Not waterproof. A good old fashioned land machine.

 

[sandmartin]

Not waterproof? On the picture of the 540 i can read waterproof and weather proof.

Only the coil is waterproof. Crazy.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Coil is waterproof to 1 meter, controls are only water resistant per Minelab


From Minelab Website.

WATERPROOF
Waterproof coils up to 1 m (3.3 ft) and Water Resistant control pod (with optional Rain Cover)

https://www.minelab.com/usa/metal-detectors/vanquish-340

 

[Iffy Signals]

Is 3.3 feet normal for a coil? Ive always gone deeper with all my machines in the past and never thought i had to worry.

 

[bologna321]

If equinox coils work i want one with a 6", i can't swing the price for an equinox now but i can afford this

 

[smokeythecat]

I read somewhere here the EQ coils do not work. I am not sure however. I'd call Minelab to get it straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

 

[bologna321]

Thanks Smokey, I was hoping for a budget multi freq machine i could put a sniper coil on and bluetooth. Will have to wait and see what happens.

 

[smokeythecat]

Bologna321, Vferrari, who can do the electronic math a lot better than me posted elsewhere yesterday it is just lacking more than having the unit waterproof. It doesn't have the range of operations the Equinox series has. Find his post and read it, if I were you. With what machines you have, it may or may not give you an advantage, the difference will be on your skill at detecting. Unless you just want a new toy of course!

 

[ColonelDan]

I intend to get the 440 for my 10 year old granddaughter as an upgrade to her GoFind 40. We hunt mostly on our Florida beaches so multi IQ is more important to me than the Simplex waterproof benefit. I’ll take the Minelab water resistance and multi freq over the Nokta single freq and waterproof housing for the kind of hunting we do...especially since she never ventures into the surf anyway. When the day comes that she may be proficient enough to get into the water, an Equinox will be in her future and the Vanquish will go to her younger brother.

One other reason I’ll take the Minelab is based on years of familiarity with and confidence in Minelab products.

Just the rationale from my beachside foxhole.

 

[bowwinkles]

Coil is waterproof to 1 meter, controls are only water resistant per Minelab


From Minelab Website.

WATERPROOF
Waterproof coils up to 1 m (3.3 ft) and Water Resistant control pod (with optional Rain Cover)

https://www.minelab.com/usa/metal-detectors/vanquish-340

Post corrected by dumb phone.

 

[smokeythecat]

Yeah, inquiring minds want to know about the dishwasher.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Cook is waterproof, how about the "dish washer"?

Post corrected, posting from smart phone.