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Relic Hunter?
- Thread starter John (Ma)
- Start date
I love mine for relic hunting and I used to be about a 90% relic detectorist, but since I have an Equinox I have delved into water, beach and yard...it does it all quite well.
Interesting enough the beach water combo has been the most profitable, but will always be a relic / field hunter at heart.
Jeff
Interesting enough the beach water combo has been the most profitable, but will always be a relic / field hunter at heart.
Jeff
Greg (E.Tn)
Well-known member
I like it as a relic hunting machine. I usually run it in Park 2, multi-freq, 50 tones, then select all metal so I can hear all of the iron as low grunts.
It's hit on items so tiny I couldn't see them and my pinpointer wouldn't hit on them.
The numbers are squirrely for relic hunting, though. TID for some brass and lead overlap, and P-caps hit really low on the TID--around an 8-9.
On my most recent relic hunt, .58s were ringing up around 17-18, eagle cuff and shirt/coat buttons rang up 13 and 17 respectively; camp lead came up reading anywhere from 9-17 depending on the size of the lead.
In other words, the TID wasn't a BIG help identifying targets. I was hunting under some high tension power lines and hit a repeatable mid-tone that read "9" and dug the percussion cap. The larger buttons seemed to come in around 16/17, but I dug a larger Virginia 2-piece that was heavier that rang up a 27-28. I was thinking coin as I dug it.
Depth was not a problem though. I dug a .45 round ball that had to be every bit of 10" deep and it was a solid, repeatable signal.
My previous relic machine was a F-75.
Hope this helps
It's hit on items so tiny I couldn't see them and my pinpointer wouldn't hit on them.
The numbers are squirrely for relic hunting, though. TID for some brass and lead overlap, and P-caps hit really low on the TID--around an 8-9.
On my most recent relic hunt, .58s were ringing up around 17-18, eagle cuff and shirt/coat buttons rang up 13 and 17 respectively; camp lead came up reading anywhere from 9-17 depending on the size of the lead.
In other words, the TID wasn't a BIG help identifying targets. I was hunting under some high tension power lines and hit a repeatable mid-tone that read "9" and dug the percussion cap. The larger buttons seemed to come in around 16/17, but I dug a larger Virginia 2-piece that was heavier that rang up a 27-28. I was thinking coin as I dug it.
Depth was not a problem though. I dug a .45 round ball that had to be every bit of 10" deep and it was a solid, repeatable signal.
My previous relic machine was a F-75.
Hope this helps
I've been loving mine for relic hunting. I wouldn't saw it's the best in heavy iron, at least not with the 11" coil (my Multi Kruzer with it's 11" coil handles iron pretty well). I have, but have not yet tried the 6" coil, I'm sure for heavy iron it'll be much better.
It loves old soldered tin cans and that flat rusty tin/flat iron at old sites, but it also loves silver, gold and buttons like no tomorrow. I've made some very nice finds with it this year, overall I'm very happy with it.
It loves old soldered tin cans and that flat rusty tin/flat iron at old sites, but it also loves silver, gold and buttons like no tomorrow. I've made some very nice finds with it this year, overall I'm very happy with it.
BootyHunter
Active member
You better believe it’s a relic hunter. I Relic Hunt 95% of all of my Detecting time. This year since I received the equinox February 12th I have found over 90 bullets, 2 South Carolina button, a Riflemans button, several Eagle buttons, several flat buttons, a 10lb Parrot Shell, a complete stirrup and lots more. Best relic machine out in my opinion. Awesome in mineralized soils and heavy iron concentrations. I run mine in Field 2 2 tones.
Smigo
Active member
I use mine for relics and just recently have been trying it on gold. I think its an excellent machine. In gold mode it definitely handles the bad ground better than my Terra 705 did. Wish it had a 10" elliptical coil option though for gold. It's supplied coil is good but can be a pain getting caught up in sticks. It's a great all rounder.