Equinox Leakage and Updates

[@terepage7474]

Start my day with a cup of coffee and your videos! My favorite hobbies are gardening , reading and metal detecting.

[@greghalford2617]

My favorite hobby is having many hobbies like watching Gigmaster videos, metal detecting, motorcycle riding, Wood turning, Wood working, kayaking, and learning new things. and apparently spending money on my hobbies.

[@Gigmaster]

Hobbies can get expensive!

[@TRWN2CU]

Gigmaster, my favorite hobby is ham radio, which I've been doing for 49 years. It helped me get a career in electronic engineering and kept me out of trouble. Very enjoyable hobby.

[@ItAintMeBabe99]

Very excellent close up photos ! Good job !

[@jamesseals359]

My hobby was bowling and the reason I liked it so much was meeting new people and the traveling all that stop after my second hernia surgery now I fish and metal detect when I can love your channel thanks for all the great tip can’t wait to see you set up the 600 nox

[@Billmcd1974]

First. Just got the 800. 👍😁 My favorite hobby is fishing something i did with my dad starting at about 5yo and now at 47 keeps me close as he watches from above. 🙏🎣

[@gettinrings]

That bee hive has been there awhile.. I used to help move 1500 hives around pickle fields to pollinate the pickles.. hard job and many stings even with a suit on. One night I had them coming in my suit though the eyelet on my boot where I skipped every other hole when putting a short lace on my boots. Not fun when there’s about 50 bees in your suit !!!!! But I really loved doing it !!!!!!!

[@Gigmaster]

Wow!

[@tomc.7166]

Favorite Hobby.... Steve, there are too many hobbies to say which one is my favorite but here are several. Traveling to new locations whether it be stateside or foreign countries. Meeting new people in the foreign countries, learning their language, eating their local food and if they have a beach... METAL DETECTING there !!! Lately, the travels have been to Mexico (Los Cabos, Cancun and Puerto Vallarta to name a few). And everyone can't forget... watching the Gigmaster videos!!! 👍👌👍

[@shaunwebb6406]

Great updates Gig! The leakage 800 research they should pay you for! The have a great machine but QC must improve due to leaking units. Thanks 🙏 Shaun

[@gw2606]

My favorite hobbies are cycling, hunting, and now metal detecting all of which puts me outside. I really enjoy watching nature. Like metal detecting you never know what you may see.

[@Gigmaster]

I like being outside!

[@tonyanam5thriver]

My favorite hobby is metal detecting. I especially like researching the various finds we all find.

[@johnayscue8935]

Seems to me that in Minelab's rush to get this machine to market they didn't use quality plastic or didn't test the machine enough. Coil ear breakage now machine's getting stress cracks & leaking. Minelab needs to step up to the plate and redesign or use high quality parts for these machine's. The Equinox is a great unit if these problems weren't so frequent.

[@keith4443]

my favorite hobby is a tie between gardening and detecting. looking forward to yer Nox 600 videos

[@marysuetraxler9907]

My favorite hobbies are working in my flower and little vegetable garden. I love getting outside in the sunshine and looking at the beauty that I have produced. My other favorite hobby is metal detecting with my husband on weekends. He's a pro, but I am learning and helping find old coins and neat relics. We both got exercise and enjoy the great weather!

[@curtbevington77]

Didn't indulge in any hobbies for years... work kept me moving around the world mostly in hot hostile desert places... but when Covid hit and the lockdowns started I indulged a long time desire to metal detect... see when I was a young boy my father bought me a heath kit MD and I never lost interest in finding buried treasure. Fast forward to May 2020 and the first 'stimulus' checks..I pulled the trigger and bought my first MD and my new favorite hobby began anew! I truly love this hobby and found that it filled my need to get outside and enjoy the quiet places where I could just tune out the 'world' and narrow my focus to what was just in front of my coil and sound a those 'beeps'... in those first six months I lost 20lbs and found I was more relaxed and generally happier during and after a hunt... finding 'treasure' was and still is secondary to just getting out. Today I spend most of my time on the beaches be they the Space Coast or the sands around FWB and Destin but the peace I get from my time on the sand listening to surf and watching the sun rise... priceless... truly my favorite hobby.

[@Gigmaster]

Lots of good benefits!

[@NHbeachmetaldetecting]

nice info! hope minelab comes out with a upgraded excalibur with the same components as a equinox and better weight and balance!

[@mikehutchins7963]

My favorite hobby is just being outside in the woods with nature. Never know what you will see. Oh, and I always take my metal detector with me too. 👍

[@Gigmaster]

Always!

[@DIG_5050]

Gig, great research on their problem. Gig, could you ‘scope the charge port on the new unused ‘Nox units you have. Might be interesting to see if there are cracks around their charge ports, too. Keep Digging!

[@Gigmaster]

Will do on my brand new one! Good idea

[@lindapelullo452]

Good idea to check the new unit. Could the coldness of the dry ice created/worsened the cracks?

[@Gigmaster]

No it was just releasing the gas no effect on that area.

[@stevehaineault1885]

Love watching the Ringmaster! My hobby is working in the yard. I enjoy working in the dirt and growing plants!

[@darbysdownhomedetecting]

My favorite hobbies consist of metal detecting, long range shooting & hiking and exploring my local forest (for my KZbin channel) which is loaded with forgotten coal company towns and mid 1800s homestead's that have never been detected!!!!

[@Gigmaster]

I got to check that out! Old ghost towns sound fun.

[@darbysdownhomedetecting]

@@Gigmaster my KZbin channel is (Darby's down home detecting)

[@darbysdownhomedetecting]

@@Gigmaster kzbin.info/door/oZK4yy3rKBwOZpDwDdtr3Q my KZbin channel I do with my son's.

[@wonka2112]

One of my favorite hobbies is 18th century model wooden ship building. It challenges your patience. And in return a beautiful piece of art that can be enjoyed long after you're gone.

[@SwarmJAG1]

My favorite hobby is fishing. I like to do it because it's can be both relaxing and exciting. It's also something I can share the experience with my dad who is getting on up there and years and my kids investing in my future fishing partners.

[@Gigmaster]

Good way to spend time with dad!

[@patrashdigger]

If anyone has the screen unit off the shaft can you take a pic of the little round vent in the battery compartment , I heard it leaks there do to a cardboard type flap

[@scsangler9373]

I'd have to say that my favorite hobby is reading. I love learning and reading allows you to travel to places you can’t go yourself and to experience vicariously new and different things. But I also really enjoy traveling, watching KZbin videos (especially the Gigmaster's 🙂), and metal. detecting ...you never know what you’re going to find!

[@janvafa9959]

Hmmm my favorite hobby? Reading… I can learn new things, see new, faraway, and interesting places, meet fascinating people, time travel (histories), or visit worlds from the imagination… quite powerful really!

[@davidgonzales8148]

My favorite hobby is metal detecting with my Garrett at max . Just the enjoyment of getting outdoors and finding something old .

[@funwithjim]

My favorite hobby is pulling gold from the sand! Thank you, Steve keep up the great videos!

[@Gigmaster]

I like that a little too! 😂

[@hmmngbrd972]

My favorite hobby is quilting. I love md as well. I like figuring out the pattern and working with color.

[@mwdjr3158]

Gig my favorite hobby is saving history primarily civil war relics. Thanks for thinking of us.

[@wjess3569]

I've JUST started metal detecting.. it's great fun.. but, not yet at the top of the list. My fav is ham radio and smoking foods. Ham radio because I've done it since 1958 and talk to people all over the world. Smoking foods because it brings friends and family together.

[@scottt2325]

there are so many plastics that don't crack .. says something about a company that knows the problems but continues to produce a product with that flaw .. I was a material handler in a plastics factory for many years .. that is a simple fix.

[@treasurehuntingnewyork5979]

This is why so many are patiently waiting for the new multi frequency from Nokta makro really is a shame too because the nox really is one of the best vlfs

[@luisperna6308]

My favorite hobby is target shooting, it keeps my visual acuity and it is fun!

[@ld2653]

My favorite hobby is metal detecting. I love finding something that hasn't seen the light of day for hundreds of years.

[@gettinrings]

I just put my Equinox 800 in the mail this morning.. arrives on July 26 to the Detector Center in Pennsylvania because it had water behind the control screen and they have a 10-14 day backlog. They really need to update the plastic on these things !!

[@dawnthemetaldetective3083]

My favorite thing to do is visit with my parents! I live 16hrs from them so I love to go home and hear the stories they have to tell.

[@SheepDogActual]

My favorite hobby is a three way tie. Boy Scoutmaster, Shaping young individuals to be productive adults. Ham Radio, to communicate in as an emergency contact center for emergencies. metal detecting, for the pure thrill of the historical aspect. Great video Gig. New to my 600. Great info.

[@robertmandigo7942]

My favorite hobby is kind of hard to pick because I often combine a couple of them like when I am metal detecting I find that I am rock hounding and collecting cool rocks that I find when digging up a target. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.

[@FloridaSaltwaterLife]

I wonder if that area is getting hot when charging and making the plastic brittle... I will have to feel that area next time I charge mine.

[@mikeunderwood4754]

My favorite hobby is hiking in the woods to find old cellar holes to do some detecting.

[@gregsanderson2470]

That was a monster colony of bees. A friend of mine and I removed a colony from a house that had been abandoned after a fire. The colony had been there since the mid 70z. Very calm gentle bees.

[@burriedhistory]

Metal detecting is my favorite hobby. I also enjoy coin collection. Excluding the headphones, I never had problem with my Nox 800, even after 3 years of use. The microscopic pictures you took motivated me to check the control box of my machine with a 10X loupe: there were absolutely no cracks and, INTERESTINGLY, the shape, material and sealing of the battery charging port looked different than your machine. I believe they may have changed manufacturing procedures and materials, as compared to those machines initially put into market (like mine).

[@royal4463]

favorite hobby is metal detecting because there is a surprise in every hole and history and riches to uncover

[@HardwareTX]

MG conformal coatings makes several coatings that should seal the housing up. Silicone or Acrylic type. They will fill micro cracks. Check amazon. Tape up whatever you don't want seal. Give the rest a few coats.

[@susansmith6680]

CONGRATULATIONS to Richard Spezzano! Gigmaster thanks for all the updates!

[@ggsocal4511]

Nice Spoon Holder, They Reminded me of My days in Metal Shop, When We Finished Our Projects We would Stand Soda Bottles on the Edge of our Furnace (Forge) with wire around the Lip so We could Lower them in when they Warmed up. Then 30 minutes later we'd pull on the wire When they Glowed Red and Stretch the bottle Neck out. Shut Down the Furnace and There You Have It a Two Foot Tall Cool Looking Pepsi Bottle. And Yes Everyone In The Family Had One ! Hahaha GL&HH Greg

[@piedmontartifacts8910]

Metal detecting is my favorite hobby because I really like history. A close second is gold prospecting. Kenny

[@keithsw2566]

Gig, my favorite hobby is playing poker! I like the challenges and little nuances about it!

[@swiftrick15]

I have been lucky I guess. I've had an 800 since they were first released and have had zero problems. Best coin and relic machine out there. The Vanquish is also not TBag

[@swiftrick15]

Also have no cracks or anything. Not sure how that happens.

[@Gigmaster]

The last one i bought has been submerged multiple time now with no problems.

[@swiftrick15]

@@Gigmaster Good to hear mate. Hopefully you have no further troubles.

[@DiggingBuddy]

Besides metal detecting, one hobby of mine is to hunt for morel mushrooms. they're so good to eat! Hope you keep this as one of your hobbies Gigman!

[@1mulekicker]

My favorite hobby is swimming/snorkeling/freediving in cool clear water. Nothing on earth frees my spirit and relaxes me like the feeling of weightlessness floating in cool water, rain or shine. Great video about the leaking/cracks. I would think some kind of clear rubber latex in the leakage prone areas could be the solution to try.

[@Gigmaster]

Ordered some yesterday to try!

[@jamkpa]

Part two of the leaking Nox was informative!.

[@thomasjackson9857]

My favorite hobby other then detecting is Deer hunting, I just love the outdoors and wildlife even on these many days I come home with nothing except my experience!

[@tommystancil891]

Hey Gigmaster my favorite hobby is metal detecting and gigging flounders. I enjoy both and being out in nature and just relaxing!

[@Gigmaster]

I got to get back out there and gig some flounder! I miss it.

[@tommystancil891]

@@Gigmaster We only get two weeks this coming season to flounder and hope bad weather does not ruin anything for us.

[@williamhanos9435]

My favorite pastime is quohoging for little neck clams.

[@getmcghee]

Awesome and informative as we’ve come to expect! I don’t actually have a favorite hobby. I enjoy being outside doing most anytime .

[@rogerchamp1653]

My favorite hobby is reloading. Casting bullets and shooting them. Recycling brass, lead wheel weights to make them go bang

[@gettinrings]

I finally received the return number from Minelab so I can send in my waterlogged Equinox 800. Wow.. that’s some bad cracks in yours.

[@adventureswithjeff6937]

Thanks for this info, I'm gonna put a little flex seal over the charge port next time I waterhunt.

[@markfiorella7447]

i wonder if the salt is causing the problem i would try silicone spray on the plastic

[@TreasureOutdoors]

There is... Superman, EH. Batman... EH. Captain America... EH. Gigmaster? YESSS! WOOOOO! Modern day superhero multi-talented legend! I would say the LEAST they can do for you is refund you for that equinox you bought!! They've GOTTA hook our man gigmaster up!!!!!

[@Gigmaster]

I am not counting on that!

[@cathycarvalho5326]

Thanks so much for planning on doing a 600 / 800 comparison video. I'm looking forward to that. :D

[@jerrydineen2827]

My favorite hobby is definitely metal detecting but I also enjoy finding native American artifacts!

[@ClintonFox29]

My hobbies / hobby consist of gold prospecting and metal detecting. My heart is on a constant treasure hunting mode and the sight of anything gold or silver causes every nerve in my body to BUZZ!

[@gregrakestraw9071]

My 2 favorite hobbies are deer hunting and metal detecting I prefer early morning hunting in both hobbies before the sunrise and relate the detecting to the hunting, finding a ring is like bagging a buck the better the ring the nicer the trophy

[@ppakratt]

Wood turning bowls vases platters n boxes very addictive

[@Gigmaster]

Lathe?

[@bells1054]

Thanks Gig! Another interesting video!

[@upnorthdirtfishing5149]

i notice i bump mine with the shovel digging a plug sometimes , and also i sometimes let mine drop to the ground as im bending to dig a plug this could also cause cracks i try to keep myself form doing it

[@idetectH2O]

My favorite hobby is metal detecting. No surprise here.

[@cabochris100]

I just had a thought about the charging port cracks... What if over time heat created by charging, causes plastic to warp, then crack? That might explain why they suddenly leak after multiple chargings?

[@mag-fed-paintballgermany2194]

Thats interisting!!

[@bretclay118]

One of my hobbies is detailing my truck and of course the wife's car.i also detail my kids cars. My other hobby is yard work. I have a big yard, So metal detecting is in the mix.

[@ohioturkeyhunter]

I am also on theringfinders.com and like you, returning somebody’s lost jewelry is at the top. After that, probably collecting Remington 1100 shotguns. A bigger expense for sure but years in the making has made it fun

[@frankmons4889]

Hobby hobbies detecting rings deep in the wet sand at my favorite beach!

[@theupstateangler]

My favorite hobby is Kayak Fishing and of course using my Equinox 800...!!! HEY GIG, TRY CERAMIC COATING... Best water repellent around besides silicone spray, but silicone doesn't dry.....

[@Gigmaster]

Will check into that! Thanks

[@cabochris100]

Can you see any cracks at charging ports in your other Equinoxes?

[@Gigmaster]

Have not looked yet!

[@BlackDalek]

I’m wondering if you could mix up some liquid resin and pour that around where the cracks are so it run into those cracks? It would be watertight, Just a thought?

[@Gigmaster]

I ordered some sealant i think that would crack. I think it needs to be flexible.

[@mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff]

Is this an early release machine or a more recent one?

[@tedinvt4631]

Great detective work! I heard Minelab will be sending you a job application.

[@Gigmaster]

😂

[@markroche6959]

My favorite hobby is saltwater fishing! Nothing better than being on the ocean!

[@toastyinva]

My hobby is thrifting. It's always fun to find something worth something that ended up in a thrift store or flea market. It's all about the thrill of the hunt, just like metal detecting!

[@Gigmaster]

So many hobbies have that “unknown” that keeps us going!

[@jamesburrell1639]

Metal detecting: It's like being a detective and treasure hunter at the same time. Plus you never know what you may find.

[@KD0CAC]

I do not think in terms of favorite / best , I have had too many hobbies ;) But what I do like is making things for what ever hobby I get into . Haven't gone underwater with my 800 yet , but getting setup with a hookah starting with a Dewalt battery powered oilless compressor . Question though , looking Extreem scoops [ because of you ] and I do not understand how they can have left & right handed scoops - just a straight handle , how can they be either handed ? Thanks again

[@Gigmaster]

Where did you see that?

[@KD0CAC]

@@Gigmaster See witch , battery powered compressor - from Dewalt uses 60v lithium battery . The left or right handed handle for Extreem scoops - was on their site .

[@user-wm8zo7qg4k]

My favorite hobby is not surprisingly “Metal Detecting”. All be it “ The thrill of the hunt “!

[@kayakmagic2240]

My favorite hobby is magic. I love seeing peoples faces light up when you make something disappear before their very eyes.

[@Gigmaster]

I do a little do you have a youtube channel?

[@kayakmagic2240]

@@Gigmaster No KZbin channel. I need to let grandson see me up one 😂

[@Gigmaster]

Send me a video!

[@rijeka2010]

seaghost is best casing for the equinox at the moment

[@AndrewPattullo]

Those cracks are nasty ... must be due to your hot climate .. here in the uk .. my second hand nox800 case is like new....

[@sluggoa]

I hope you can detect that 1852 bee hive house.

[@jonlennon3348]

My main hobby is target shooting and especially precision reloading.

[@outlaw560]

My favorite hobby is making music, I play several instruments.

[@johnsaylock5095]

Seams to me minelabs needs to use a better plastic like what makita uses for their tools.

[@USMC-1911]

You use yours probably harder than anyone but all the breaks your having are unacceptable, this should be recalled I don't have confidence putting it in the water my Garrett at pro and nokta anfibio have never had a issue and both are lower priced than the 800 I think they weren't ready and rushed production.

[@martyv23]

My hobby trying to figure out what my hobby is hahaha

[@rudyceballos8471]

My favorite hobby is , Dirt Fishin for gold at the beach.

[@treasuretalk7026]

MINELAB ALWAYS SAYS ITS THE OWNERS FAULT ...COINCIDENCE....I THINK NOT