Has anyone heard whether the Equinox will have a true all metal mode or not? I know you can switch from a discrimination screen to an 'all metal' screen, but I am wondering if the all metal screen is really just an open screen with no discrimination as opposed to a true all metal mode that is bypassing discrimination like AM on the X-Terra and PP on the Excalibur.
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True all metal mode?
- Thread starter Reeseb
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dewcon4414
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Id be surprised if it does since it has a TID screen.......... but that would get me off the fence for sure. You just cant beat the Xcal in PP mode. THATS what they need to improve on...... REVERSE disc is a big deal for water hunters.
Dew
Dew
Jackpine Savage
Active member
Prospecting mode will definitely have true all metal so there is no reason to think it won't apply to all selectable single frequencies.
BTW AM on the X-T is an "open screen", prospecting mode is all metal.
BTW AM on the X-T is an "open screen", prospecting mode is all metal.
dewcon4414
Well-known member
But then the bbs Xcal uses it ...an the CTX dont. This isnt a gold machine....it just has the ability to hunt with that freq. Its got a lot to do..... so it going to depend on what the programer think this machines strength is.
Jackpine Savage
Active member
dewcon4414 said:
On the other side of the coin, why would they not make it as effective if not more so than the X-Terra series for prospecting? The X-Terra is competitive with other 19 kHz machines for that.
The 40 kHz option wasn't put in as an afterthought so I'd have to think the Equinox will take it up a notch at least.
dewcon4414
Well-known member
Im not a tech person, but i dont know that you can make a machine do it all WELL. Im guessing something has to suffer........ is it a better water machine, dirt machine, or gold machine. We wont know its limits until we get it. Im hoping its a true AM like the PP mode on the Xcal where you can reverse hunt and not a processed signal that tracks the long it runs. They say it wont over shadow the CTX for depth....... but in salt water a PP mode like the Xcal it may well equal it.
Dew
Dew
Neil
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This is what I was thinking also, the prospecting mode is already on the Xterra which I believe it is as some have termed a true all metal mode.....it would only make sense it gets carried forward and possibly improved on. The prospecting mode is definetly the deepest and most sensitive hunt mode on the Xterra 70.
Which leads to another thought that if its on the Equinox and improved at all, what would be the value then of the Gold Monster is it? the minelab gold machine in this price range. Certainly wouldn't make good marketing sense to have two machines with similar performances without one having some valuable feature that would separate it and make it a seller.
On the other side of the coin, why would they not make it as effective if not more so than the X-Terra series for prospecting? The X-Terra is competitive with other 19 kHz machines for that.
The 40 kHz option wasn't put in as an afterthought so I'd have to think the Equinox will take it up a notch at least.[/quote]
Which leads to another thought that if its on the Equinox and improved at all, what would be the value then of the Gold Monster is it? the minelab gold machine in this price range. Certainly wouldn't make good marketing sense to have two machines with similar performances without one having some valuable feature that would separate it and make it a seller.
Jackpine Savage" [quote=dewcon4414 said:
On the other side of the coin, why would they not make it as effective if not more so than the X-Terra series for prospecting? The X-Terra is competitive with other 19 kHz machines for that.
The 40 kHz option wasn't put in as an afterthought so I'd have to think the Equinox will take it up a notch at least.[/quote]
dewcon4414
Well-known member
But im told its a processed AM mode like the CTX in multi freq. Which for salt water hunting is needed.
Jackpine Savage
Active member
Bryan V said:
Yup, I was incorrect in assuming that since the Gold Modes would have it that the lower single frequencies would as well. The 5, 10 and 15kHz frequencies are in an open screen all metals accepted discrimination mode when the horse shoe shaped button is pressed just like the X-T 705 when in AM mode.
Tom
I don’t know. I can’t imagine getting rid of my Gold Monster even if the Equinox is a good nugget hunter.
The simplicity and performance of the Monster is pretty addicting.. It’s a very unique detector..
Minelab was probably smart releasing it before the EQ. They might not have sold so many if it had been the other way around..
Seeing the performance and build of the Monster also gave me the confidence to immediately order the Equinox the day of the announcement..
Bryan
The simplicity and performance of the Monster is pretty addicting.. It’s a very unique detector..
Minelab was probably smart releasing it before the EQ. They might not have sold so many if it had been the other way around..
Seeing the performance and build of the Monster also gave me the confidence to immediately order the Equinox the day of the announcement..
Bryan