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Actually rattle snakes are getting a bad rap here. If you don't mess with them or step on them or make them think you are going to, you have little to fear from them. "Don't tread on me" was our flag early on. There is a fascist minority in every country. Unfortunately they often seem to have exerted their influence to hold power and seek ever more power. Nothing I know i
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When I went thru my Deus phase I got the 11 inch coil and regretted it. It's a great detector, I even tried a GMP for a bit (still have the coil). XP makes great stuff considering. Best of luck, Del. I took to the 'nox much easier.
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China has lots of competition for enslaving the masses. At the risk of sounding paranoid, they are everywhere!!!! Now that I think about it, paranoia may be the only rational explanation. I'd hug my Equinox and go to the beach, but the low tide has been slowly stolen and they (THEY) are stealing an hour tonight... Would they still do this if their parents were married or their mother was
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Different strokes for different folks as they say. I have had all the CZs you listed and still have 2 3Ds. The Equinox is an evolutionary upgrade. It is improved in many areas and there are other new units that are excellent as well. A CZ will always be a great unit. It would be difficult to out hunt an expert CZ hunter. But the Equinox will give you easy access to virtually all types of hu
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I bought this mid November when it came out. As always, Clive's books are well written and full of practical tips and advice on wringing out performance from an incredible tuneable detector.
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In considering coil disparity I feel compelled to add that while the Equinox is an excellent detector and will find most of what the MDT will, the price difference is a premium for the cutting edge advantage of the remaining finds... But one shouldn't overlook the difference the 15 inch coil makes to the muscle, joints and endurance of us golden year gold hunters. Even the 11 inch seems to
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I have been doing zero carb for 7 months and lost 40 lbs. My father used to say if you haven't tried it don't knock it! I have had tons of well meaning people say very critical things about it. I've listened to both sides and looked for bias and opinion vs citation of studies (verify it really applies) and life experience. I have source checked and I am very comfortable with my
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Just a reminder Threshold runs backwards to me. Zero is all signal and as you go to -9 you are eliminating signal. So noise at zero is eliminated at -2 or -3 (usually that is enough). It is explained well in the manual, but who reviews that? We all should and especially with a new and unique detector! Just sayin...
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I know this is not rocket science but we have NASA-Tom for that. The learning curve may flatten out but never really ends. As I see it, the key to learning any detector but especially the Tarsacci is running through the frequencies and settings to see what woks best for you and your ground. You don't have to do it forever, just until you see what effect each has and learn to adapt to the
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As I said before one really needs to try various combinations. Dimitar strongly recommended, for relic/in land hunting, leaving on the Salt and dropping Black Sand to see if that worked better. As I recall NASA Tom explained the BS was a toggle filter and Salt was like a fine tune in this connection.
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Hey Dew.
At first it is easy to flip a setting and not be aware of doing so. I have checked the settings so often that I can now do it with a glance.
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Dew, just for grins, next time toggle through all frequencies and see the difference on the ring. My findings are that highest is not always best on deep gold. In my test 12 hit harder than 18. It may not be the same for you, but it is so easy to check...
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I have a F-Pulse coming. I have 2 Carrots- one on my dirt belt and one on my beach belt. The speaker broke off the beach one. I have a habit of shaking off the sand with a flick of the wrist and it came loose and rattled for a while. I finally opened it up and discovered why it only vibrated. I've used Minelabs, the old Garrett Pro Pointer and several others over the years and all worke
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Just waiting patiently.
I gave the Tarsacci a day off and used the 'Nox yesterday. I am really spoiled by the weight difference. It's not bad so much as it can be better...
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Me, too. In the few years I gave been doing this the resale has dropped and the cost of shipping has all but doubled. It's hard to know how much to ask.
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Can't dispute a single word. Just replaced a coil less than a year ago for the same reason. I've had all the bells for my Excals. Owned a Sword, an 800 & a couple 1000 blue and greens; had OBN do a PP job; CF shafts; built several custom headphones plus a GGs and on and on. Yeah, I paid for my tools. I found a fair amount of gold, silver and coinage. I felt pretty competent wi
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Dew, it's subjective and tied to our local conditions, but I've got 3 Excals and several years (year 'round) using them and my hunting buddy has 3 and 10 plus years beach hunting (many thousands of hours) with them, and we both believe the Tarsacci is deeper and at least as good as the Excal finding gold on our beaches. We have kept using the Equinox in some cases, but the Excals
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From my vast experience, and discussions with the creator, normally it's do it once and forget it. However, be aware of hearing the GB slip and falseing set in. Bounce the coil and if there is noise adjust it out. Look at your GB settings before making changes and return there if no improvement can be heard. Adjust Salt then with same deal- 3 or 4 numbers at most here. Failing that togg
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A rose by any other name... I pointed out it's 13 years old. I should have added it IS a darn fine detector and will work as well or better, than the day it became the default go to unit for a whole lot of relic hunters.
There are some major improvements in the field that would be considered 'new' tech, but most of it is features and adjustments not raw performance. I would not
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