fwcrawford
Well-known member
I've been checking out the Equinox forum for a while trying to decide whether to get one or not and after reading how everyone is amazed with the machine, I decided to get one.
I have also been corresponding with "Earthlypotluck" for several years, and he has been telling me about how he is amazed by this detector
I got it last Thursday, put it together Friday and after reading the manual a couple of times, I took it out to a site that my buddy and I have pounded over the last few years.
I figured this would be a good test site for it and really did not expect to find anything.
The grass is high in some places and a lot of the area has overgrown now not leaving much area to detect, but I decided to give it a try.
I turned the detector on, ran mostly the default settings and began detecting a small side yard.
After about 15 minutes, I got a repeatable signal with a VID of 19-20.
I pinpointed the location and dug down about 6" and recovered a small coin that turned out to be a 1909 wheat penny.
I was shocked not only to find this coin so soon, but with a new detector that I am not completely familiar with yet, running mostly on factory settings, and in a site that
we have been pounding with many different detectors over the years.
There was also about a 3" nail in the hole with it, yet the signal was very good and repeatable from both positions I tried.
Now I realize this is not a great find by any means, but to make this find in these circumstances to me is awesome.
Needless to say I am impressed already with this detector, and now realize what all the positive comments on its performance are about.
Thanks for looking!
I have also been corresponding with "Earthlypotluck" for several years, and he has been telling me about how he is amazed by this detector
I got it last Thursday, put it together Friday and after reading the manual a couple of times, I took it out to a site that my buddy and I have pounded over the last few years.
I figured this would be a good test site for it and really did not expect to find anything.
The grass is high in some places and a lot of the area has overgrown now not leaving much area to detect, but I decided to give it a try.
I turned the detector on, ran mostly the default settings and began detecting a small side yard.
After about 15 minutes, I got a repeatable signal with a VID of 19-20.
I pinpointed the location and dug down about 6" and recovered a small coin that turned out to be a 1909 wheat penny.
I was shocked not only to find this coin so soon, but with a new detector that I am not completely familiar with yet, running mostly on factory settings, and in a site that
we have been pounding with many different detectors over the years.
There was also about a 3" nail in the hole with it, yet the signal was very good and repeatable from both positions I tried.
Now I realize this is not a great find by any means, but to make this find in these circumstances to me is awesome.
Needless to say I am impressed already with this detector, and now realize what all the positive comments on its performance are about.
Thanks for looking!
