Unboxing the Minelab Equinox 900 and Testing Targets

Getting my brand new Minelab Equinox 900 set up and run through a variety of test targets to get a feel for the new VDI numbers. Stay tuned for the next video where I'll take the pull tab challenge put out by ‪@rdoggtreasurehunter5583‬ and dig only pull tab signals for at least 50 targets.
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Unboxing
02:25 - Assembly
03:35 - New Coils
04:57 - Slight Fit Tolerance Issue?
08:07 - Cable Winding
09:11 - Cable Winding Mistake...
11:51 - Test Target Assortment
16:05 - Testing Targets
26:14 - Wrap Up
This video was shot on Dec 14, 2023
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[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Let’s go, let’s go treasure and adventure💕🇺🇸🎉✌️🌎👵🌺

[@ScoopyJoe]

Thanks for watching!

[@somebeachdetecting]

Bro I have had my 900 for about 5 months... It is awesome.. takes a few to get the feel for it.. but man it finds the treasure!! Have fun with it! Happy Holidays 🎄

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yeah I just took it out today and it was great, seems to be a bit less noisy than the 600 on high sensitivity and much better target separation/pinpointing (at least it feels that way). It's a tiny bit lighter and feels like it's weighted better on the arm cuff so it's less effort to swing. I did the pull tab challenge today and thought I'd only be out for a couple hours but I was enjoying it so much I ended up being out for almost 7 hours lol. Thanks for watching and Happy Holidays!

[@somebeachdetecting]

@@ScoopyJoe yeah the sensitivities something I have to work on I have two 800s so I'd always run them pretty high but it doesn't work like that on the 900 I usually work in the surf at around 18 and then in the wet on the beach around 23 just depends on the emi that's around as well as the mineralization.. you just got moved around to find out where you want the sensitivity but I was worried if I dropped it down to 18 it wasn't going to hit nothing but I usually hit targets 9/10 inches on sensitivity 18 so I'm not so worried about it.. looking forward to future videos.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yeah on the 600 I would usually run under 20, down to the low teens in playgrounds and such because I didn't want to go very deep or get interference from the metal equipment. I found anything over 20 too noisy in our mineralized beaches or trashy ground. I might go higher now on the 900 since it handled 20 so well in a very trashy park already. Still getting used to the new VDIs, it does seem like some/most targets are just double what they were on the 600, but not all.

[@digginggopher]

Big headphones like that suck when it's really hot, conversely it's nice in the cold I just got a deus one, I purposely got the back phones instead of the headphones, they are a little smaller I'll see how they are in the heat I don't have enough experience with headphones to say one way or another, but supposedly you can find deeper targets that just come up as a noise, no vdi Arrow is nice, I've put on many coils backwards by accident and don't notice till I extend the arms

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yeah it's pretty unlikely that I'll ever use headphones, too uncomfortable for me and I can still hear well enough on my own... for now hah. It's actually an unintended benefit of the circular shafts that can go out of alignment, you can at least rotate them any which way and it does make it easier to store them flat.

[@digginggopher]

Quarters have been the same from 1968-1999 Dimes and quarters were the same till 1999 and 2000 plus they are steel Nickels were nickel till 82 1982-2000 they are nickel copper 2000 plus are steel 2012 plus are steel for loonies and toonies

[@ScoopyJoe]

Thanks for the info! I wish our clad was made from nicer alloys these days.