Equinox rivals???

[budster]

With the apparent!!! success of the Equinox, has anyone heard any rumors/stirrings/fantasies about other manufactures coming out with challengers??

 

[sprchng]

First Texas is on the doorstep of introducing their new flagship , a pulse VLF hybrid with discrimination , it may be showing up on the Winter equinox and will make the new Minelab obsolete.

 

[lytle78]

Next up from FT is a pure pulse machine for beach use. This has been described many times - it is based n the Aquamanta developed in France by Alexandre Tartar - now a development engineer for First Texas. Deep seeking pulse machine with very short minimum pulse delay (good for tiny low conductors - 10k gold, etc) - and included useful iron id/exclusion to good depth.

Here’s a nice long video - practice your French!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G8sdp4RG73g&feature=youtu.be

After that??? My guess is multifreq. VLF IB machines.

Whatever it is, it will be beautifully ergonomic. No nose heavy set-up, no wobbly shafts.

 

[vlad]

You could say the Equinox is in challenge to success of the V3i/VX3, and the Makro Multi Kruzer and Nokta Impact.
(Nothing brings out more competition {and emulation} than designs that are a measure of new found success by large sales volume....
and the latter two are more than just a new appearance scheme and layout, and a little refinement of an older design)
At the same time the Etrac and CTX lines will continue, but I wonder about the X-Terras (considering their cost+ the price of loops when additional frequencies are wanted-in relation to the Equinox{s}.)

 

[#1Leatherneck]

There is one video to compare the Equinox 800 to. And, that is the V3i! I believe that with it in the right hands the V3i will take back seat to none!

There will soon (hopefully) be a video comparing the Equinox 800 to the V3i!

Naturally, it will not do as well in gold because of the 40 frequencies/kHz.

A detector can only do as it was designed to do.

The Equinox 800 will soon earn the title compared to the V3i as Dummy Proof!

 

[stephenscool]

Next up from FT is a pure pulse machine for beach use. This has been described many times - it is based n the Aquamanta developed in France by Alexandre Tartar - now a development engineer for First Texas. Deep seeking pulse machine with very short minimum pulse delay (good for tiny low conductors - 10k gold, etc) - and included useful iron id/exclusion to good depth.

Here’s a nice long video - practice your French!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G8sdp4RG73g&feature=youtu.be

After that??? My guess is multifreq. VLF IB machines.

Whatever it is, it will be beautifully ergonomic. No nose heavy set-up, no wobbly shafts.

Any time frame for a release date? Been hearing about this project for a while now

 

[lytle78]

Those who know won’t say – those who say don’t know.

Seriously though Carl Moreland of FT said this year but maybe not this Summer. On the other hand he’s the engineer – these things are up to marketing and the CEO.

 

[TellYaWhut]

XP Deus, Etrac, CTX, Sovereign, future Nokta's (or Makro), Blisstool, TDI, and really any manufacturer that can successfully produce a pulse unit with discrimination. Minelab is the King when it comes to true multi-frequency. I believe pulse is the only avenue for others to improve and compete.