Minelab Equinox 800

Minelab Equinox battery replacement (teardown)

Manufacturers are brainy enough not to make the batteries that can’t be removed. Sooner or later there will be a need in repair, and replacing the batteries in electronic devices is one of the most common situations. Here’s a photo report of how to open and remove the battery from the Minelab Equinox machine. According to the owners, the whole teardown process lasts about 3 or 4 minutes. Continue reading

Minelab Equinox 600 Recovery Speed Test (a complicated one)

Should you only buy a Minelab Equinox 800, or a Minelab Equinox 600 will be quite enough? It’s a really tough question, I am actually thinking on it right now. Until then, here’s a Minelab Equinox 600 recovery speed test in its complicated version, when a coin is located underneath the rusty nails. In your opinion, can the junior cope with this task? Continue reading

Comparison: Minelab Equinox 800 vs XP Deus vs Minelab CTX 3030

It’s time to know the whole truth about the new Minelab Equinox 800. Are you ready for it? Won’t you fall down in a faint, call a doctor, and all that stuff? So, here’s a comparison between the Minelab Equinox 800, XP Deus and Minelab CTX 3030. Note that the Equinox 800 is the cheapest machine among these ones. Continue reading

Minelab Equinox 800 Depth Test on beach sand

Three months have passed since you knew about the arrival of the revolutionary Minelab Equinox. For today, there is only one thing we can say for sure – the Minelab Equinox is better than the Garrett ACE 250. All the rest is in question. There aren’t any key factors even for the Minelab X-Terra 705 owners to get rid of their machines and urgently buy the Equinox units. But if you own such device as the Minelab Safari or a higher level one, you shouldn’t be distressed about the Equinox at all (Minelab officially described the Minelab Equinox abilities as the ones between the X-Terra and Safari detectors). Here’s an interesting and rather rare depth test performed on sand. Using: the Minelab Equinox 800 with a stock coil. Continue reading

Minelab Equinox 800 Salt Test (sand & saltwater)

The Minelab Equinox 800’s fate depends significantly on its ability to work in salt sand and water. As if it’s impossible to hunt because of false signals, who will be pleased to own such a versatile machine? Here’s a Minelab Equinox 800 salt sand/water test to watch. Continue reading