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  1. sgoss66

    Excited about new Equinox

    I have read all these posts, and I totally get everyone's points. I have both a 600 (barely used) and an 800 (used HEAVILY since I got it -- have had it since Feb. 2018, when they were first released), and I've NEVER had an issue (don't hunt underwater, but otherwise that machine has NOT been...
  2. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    Unfortunately, if that's what you are hoping for, it's not going to happen -- not with the Manticore, or any other new machines anytime soon. That ability does not exist with current detecting technology. It would require an ability to measure "density" of an in-ground target, and at this...
  3. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    Minelab never puts out those videos you are asking for, PRE-release. They didn't with the EQX, either. Anyone who "field tests" the machine, pre-release, is sworn to secrecy by an NDA. They are not ALLOWED to talk. The videos you hope for, are always done POST-release, by customers who...
  4. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    DigDog -- Minelab's mantra is "performance is everything," and they usually deliver. I don't expect the MC to be "leaps and bounds" ahead of the Equinox, but I do expect small improvements in the performance. But, even so, I am certain I will be digging plenty of trash with it, as there's no...
  5. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    sube -- yep, that's what I was expecting; just like the CTX does, as you know. Unfortunately, a "false" will still show up as a good target. What we need to hope for, is that the ability of the machine to call a nail "iron," INSTEAD of "falsing," is improved, over prior machines. In other...
  6. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    That was an EXCELLENT video. RICH audio...THAT is the setting I was hoping for!! LOTS of "modulation" with depth. THAT has me excited! Full tones, RICH audio. That is the setting tailor-made for my style of hunting, and my ears... That's the first time I've seen a video that describes those...
  7. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    That's for sure! Steve
  8. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    Dan -- huh. "EVENT" announcement... Interesting. Steve
  9. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    I'll see what my dealer knows... Thanks for the news Mark, and CoinShooter... Steve
  10. sgoss66

    An Update to Steve's Detector Rods' Deus Shaft Project...

    I wanted to offer an update, to announce that production of the shafts is expected to begin in 2 weeks. All of the parts orders have either finished production, or nearly so. Some parts shipments have been received, and the rest are shipping over the course of the next week, per my suppliers...
  11. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    If Minelab DOES introduce an updated CTX-type "flagship" unit (which they very well may -- either now, or almost certainly at some point), whether using Multi-IQ+ as the platform, or some type of FBS3 technology, I HIGHLY doubt it will be priced as you speculate, at least not in USD. I'd knock...
  12. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    DigDog -- thanks for the kind words; I'm glad I didn't offend! Yes, I agree with you that different detectors, and different manufacturers, bring different attributes to the table. There are some high-performance machines out there from several different companies, such that great results can...
  13. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    DigDog -- agree with everything you say here. And I hope you didn't think I was "pushing" the Manticore, or implying that someone should swing a Minelab, vs. any other brand. That was not something I was saying at all, and if it sounded that way, my apologies. When I said that it would "help...
  14. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    DigDog, totally understood, about you being unable to discern slight/subtle pitch differences. Yes, I can tune a guitar by ear, and yet on the other hand, my wife is essentially "tone-deaf," and she'd tell you that (so I am not picking on her, LOL). I completely understand your perspective...
  15. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    DigDog -- I am nearly certain that that iss the way it works, i.e. every VDI on the EQX has a corresponding tone; as VDI increases, the pitch (frequency) of the tone increases slightly, also. That's how the tones are assigned, on the EQX, and that's why there are 50 VDI numbers (-9 to 40), AND...
  16. sgoss66

    Sunray Freedom wireless headphones

    I would love to have confirmation that these are LOW-LATENCY headphones. Just because they will CONNECT to the Equinox, via a Bluetooth connection, does NOT mean they are "Low-Latency." IF they are, the EQX display should indicate so (with the little "+" icon, next to the Bluetooth icon, if I...
  17. sgoss66

    Minelab Manticore

    I was of the impression that on the EQX, the tones relate DIRECTLY to the VDI -- a "one-to-one" correlation. In other words, if using 50-tones, we know that each of the 50 VDI numbers has a tone attached to it...AND, I thought it was the case with the EQX that the same algorithm that assigns a...
  18. sgoss66

    Steve's Detector Rods' Deus II shaft project update -- IT'S "WAIT LIST" TIME...

    Mark, My apologies, but since the XP shaft uses "trapezoidal" tubes, my lower rods won't fit the stock shaft (my shaft uses round tubes). It's much more expensive to build a carbon-fiber shaft with non-round tubes; a non-round tube requires up-front investment in a mold, and then building a...
  19. sgoss66

    Steve's Detector Rods' Deus II shaft project update -- IT'S "WAIT LIST" TIME...

    T-DUB -- my pleasure! Steve
  20. sgoss66

    Steve's Detector Rods' Deus II shaft project update -- IT'S "WAIT LIST" TIME...

    T-Dub -- I have a few pictures from one of my field testers, of the shaft fully extended. I will attach a couple of them here. As for the RC "mount," I'll attach a picture of the 3-D printed "prototype" of the locking mount that will be included with my shafts; the injection-molded...
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