Six inch coil frustration

[Steve_K]

I've had my equinox 800 for a couple weeks and have only gotten to spend a few minutes here and there with it. Was going to do some hunting today with the small coil. Plugged it in, the machine won't boot. Just get the rotating bars, a beep, and the bars again. Switched coils and it boots just fine with the larger one. Dealer suggested a factory reset, did that, after a reset it shows Er 41 and shuts down. If I go back to the 11" coil it boots just fine, switching to the the small coil I have to go through a reset to even get the error code. Waiting on a call from the service center now, hope their customer service is as good as I've heard.

 

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[Bayoutalker]

Is it the Minelab 6"coil or another brand?

 

[sgoss66]

Steve_K -- sounds to me like a faulty "chip" in the 6" coil; that's just speculation, but I do know that Minelab will get you taken care of, in a timely manner...

Steve

 

[Steve_K]

Is it the Minelab 6"coil or another brand?

it is a minelab coil

 

[smokeythecat]

Probably DOA. They'll take care of it.

 

[Steve_K]

Posted this in a minelab group on FB. Very first reply identified the problem. The dealer sent me a CTX06 coil. It should have been an EQX06 coil. Hopefully he'll send another and I can return this one.

 

[smokeythecat]

Well, that would do it. The 6" coil, the right one, will do a lot better in the trashy areas. The bigger coil is better for wide open field hunting.

 

[IDXMonster]

The CTX coil is a 300$ coil so they will be wanting that back...and if they don’t, look me up please.

 

[IDXMonster]

And while I’m here,I’ll agree with Smokey in the regard that along with the speed of the Equinox, the 6” coil will be a godsend in the garbage. I’m starting to see the genius in the machine, and it has ALOT to do with running the speed at 6 or 7. Even at 7, I’m seeing small US coins coming up from 8-9” without a doubt, and this is amidst quite a bit of trash and nails. Any slower than 5 and I don’t believe it has any advantage over the CTX running in “Fast”, but that’s just an opinion. The 6” will allow you to hear each target more clearly and assess it better.

 

[Steve_K]

Talked to Bart this morning at bigboyshobbies and he confirmed I had the wrong coil. He was very apologetic and is sending me the correct coil which I already have shipping notification for. He also emailed me a prepaid shipping label to send this one back. Great service!!

Steve

 

[Steve_K]

And while I’m here,I’ll agree with Smokey in the regard that along with the speed of the Equinox, the 6” coil will be a godsend in the garbage. I’m starting to see the genius in the machine, and it has ALOT to do with running the speed at 6 or 7. Even at 7, I’m seeing small US coins coming up from 8-9” without a doubt, and this is amidst quite a bit of trash and nails. Any slower than 5 and I don’t believe it has any advantage over the CTX running in “Fast”, but that’s just an opinion. The 6” will allow you to hear each target more clearly and assess it better.

I'm excited about using the small coil. I have been hunting a local park that has been hunted to death just trying get familiar with this machine. I have found several Rosies and a few lincoln pennies but they have all been at least 5" deep amongst a lot of trash. This morning I got a slight hit, decided to dig and pulled a duplex nail out of the ground. Checked the hole and still had a good signal and dug out a Roosevelt dime, very happy with this machine to this point.

 

[Bayoutalker]

Talked to Bart this morning at bigboyshobbies and he confirmed I had the wrong coil. He was very apologetic and is sending me the correct coil which I already have shipping notification for. He also emailed me a prepaid shipping label to send this one back. Great service!!

Steve

Bart has always done right by me. I really am glad I found him to do business with.