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Alot of what's being said here I've said since the nox first came out.
Lots of guys hyped that machine up so much that people think if they buy the equinox they'll come home with a pouch full of silver and gold,,Just find tons of coins in hunted out sites.Farthest thing from the truth,, location is the real key.
It's good tho,but then again so are the f75,kruzer,explorers a
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Woodbutcher
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Personally I don't get any benefit of running a multi frequency machine over a single frequency machine. The fbs do have great ID at depth and I like them but that's personal preference in tones and ID. But for the rest of the market I've done better in my finds from a single frequency machine than with a multi frequency machine. I guess to each they're own,I'm not stuck
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Woodbutcher
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Vanquish and the Quest are both great machines. The Quest will unmask better, not even close.
But the Vanquish isn't a slouch either, I really do like the 440. Two totally opposite machines with different types of people targeted for marketing,and made for two different types of hunting scenarios.
Can't go wrong with either,as long as you know they're strengths over each other an
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Woodbutcher
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Pm replied. A few things I'd like to say about the different explorer series differences. I've owned and really think highly of them all from xs to SE. But the pinpont on the XS and Explorer 2 are not vco,and don't give visual ID in pinpoint mode. I wasn't a fan of the bump bump bump pinpoint doing on XS or Explorer 2..But I did like them aside from that alot.
They all carry
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Woodbutcher
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FBS technology has the best discrimination in the buisness,that's what your paying for imo. Deep and accuracy leads to less holes and more good finds.. I have a etrac and a explorer SE pro, can't imagine not having one
I've owned the XS and while it's a great machine I prefer the ferrous/ conductive numbers on the SE Pro. Thought about selling one, not sure tho. But all FBS
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Woodbutcher
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Champ Ferguson Wrote:
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> Folks, realize that not everyone is as smart as yo
> u are. There are lots of people for whom the Eq
> is their first machine. No shame in reading a boo
> k to learn.
Yea, makes sense for a good read.I wasn't insinuating the book wasn't informative, I just think the machine isnt that
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Woodbutcher
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tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> > > So, time/weather permitting get ready for some
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> > > eos an
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Woodbutcher
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tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> So, time/weather permitting get ready for some vid
> eos and comparison videos
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> No BS videos in areas around me.
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Glad to see your still getting it done TN. I have a question tho, you said no BS videos around you,, are there some other BS videos out there that your referring to?.
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jmaryt Wrote:
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> seems like the 800's are the only player in the ga
> me that's' worth "two sh*ts!"
> and the quality is just not satisfactory. maybe ga
> rrett's new apex can match it!
> and maybe not! one thing is for sure, you can just
> look at the garrett,and determine it is much
>
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That really sucks. Hope they get on the ball and get you one shipped before you get the Apex,,not sure your Deus will beat up on it as bad as the equinox.
Saw you guys loosing all your statues and heritage down there,as if life ain't bad enough huh.lol
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Woodbutcher
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Sorry to hear about your machine drowning. Did you try CPR ? Lol.. All jokes aside, minelab always takes care of they're boys.Im sure you'll have another new one fast with the apex needing a test garden beatdown.
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calabash digger Wrote:
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> Seafood business is competitive in my area and you
> have to be own your game to compete in it. In the
> summer we serve close to a 1000 people a day ….Foo
> d prices have to be right as there are slim margin
> s in making money our losing it....
> Whites didn't or could not compete with
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Woodbutcher
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FCalabash wrote>
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> I actually run a successful multi million dollar b
> usiness.....
Well, shrimpin sure is paying off Bubba Gump.lol.. With that kinda bread you could buy your own forum and kick off anyone who doesn't agree with you.Thats what id do. Unless your overhead in that multimillion dollar shrimpin buisness is more than your taking in, if so just stay here with
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Woodbutcher
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tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> Yeah Rick,
> Some folks logic here is the reason some folks wen
> t broke or bankrupt is because they ran out of mon
> ey. They don’t want to realize why they ran out o
> f loot.
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> Like a dam full of water.
> Let more water out than comes in, what happens?
> Or water quits comi
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Woodbutcher
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Whites has been open since 1950. 70 years is along time and I'm sure theyve lived and still live great lives.Lots of animosity over they're closing, I don't get it.
White has been in buisness 35 years more than minelab who started in 1985. Let's see where minelab is in 35 years,and if they stand the test of time .
Whites closed but left behind a legacy most companies can onl
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Woodbutcher
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calabash digger Wrote:
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> Dont forget...Master researcher, Master treasure h
> unter, dark water diver, and most of all a great g
> randpa !
Damn CD, I didn't realize you were that old. No wonder you like minelab, you get a senior citizen discount. Now it makes sense why you like those light machines, probably got arthr
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Woodbutcher
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I think it's kinda amusing how guys talk about the equinox and minelab when Garrett comes up. I mean, it took minelab about 12 years to come out with anything to compete with the at pro. Sounds a little uneducated to compare those two companies on quality or demand
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Woodbutcher
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calabash digger Wrote:
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> (SOIL) Ok first off it was giving a two way signa
> l. Iron was close by... Test garden has clean hole
> s...if you look at the pin pointer the dime was be
> tween 10 and 11 inches...
> Also I was 70 miles from my house and ground is no
> t as friendly as the soil in my yard.
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> If
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Woodbutcher
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Good find CD, congrats. I have a question tho. I've watched your test bed videos and you have the equinox smacking 12 to 14 inch burried coins in both directions. Why do you think it struggled on that 10 inch coin?
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Woodbutcher
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calabash digger Wrote:
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> I am gonna be thinking about you guys tomorrow whi
> le I am detecting the Confederate camp....might ev
> en paint a big red x on my Equinox to make it look
> a little cooler....
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> Keith as for people valuing my opinion ...I get it
> your loyal cheerleaders on this forum DO NOT. I wi
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Woodbutcher
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