Minelab Equinox available on Cabelas website

[smokeythecat]

Looks like Cabella's smoked the competition! Every time I go there I buy something else I don't need, but never a metal detector from them.

 

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[flgliderpilot]

Tell them to log on to Cabela's website to get the tracking number. For me, it was available on their website a good 24 hours before I ever got the email.

Thank You For Your Order
Order Number: 2505*****
Order Status: Shipped
Order Date: 02/20/2018

YAY

 

[smokeythecat]

Yay is right. Always good to receive what you've bought! Watch out for porch thieves. Really. I have a detector coming today and I called the post office and am intercepting it.

 

[robmenn]

Some of the people that ordered have posted on other forums that their orders are showing SHIPPED but no tracking yet.

Indeed, this is what my order status says on the website.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Please read the asterisked note under the Multi IQ diagram that I cut and pasted above (I added bold letters to make it easier for people to see the relevant phrase). In Multi IQ both the 600 and 800 use the ENTIRE range of frequencies. TNSS and others can confirm this also.

Like I said, except for very rare circumstances, single frequency is really not what you want to do with the Equinox, believe me.

Whats is confusing is some were it states that the 600 and 800 use multi and also someone thinks that 20 khz and 40 khz are in the 600. I think that Multi in the 600 is only the 3 modes 5 khz ,10 khz & 15 khz or all 3 multi. No 20 or 40 Khz at all. So who knows what is correct ?

 

[Jason in Enid]

Whats is confusing is some were it states that the 600 and 800 use multi and also someone thinks that 20 khz and 40 khz are in the 600. I think that Multi in the 600 is only the 3 modes 5 khz ,10 khz & 15 khz or all 3 multi. No 20 or 40 Khz at all. So who knows what is correct ?

Minelab has stated that the 600 and 800 use the identical multi freq spectrum. What they never say is what freqs it really uses.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Minelab has stated that the 600 and 800 use the identical multi freq spectrum. What they never say is what freqs it really uses.

Well some of us think multi on the 600 is a combination of just the 5 khz , 10 khz and 15 khz. as listed .So who is going to tell the truth. Now if all you people are buying the 600 and it don't have 20 & 40 in the multi frequency than there will be a lot of dissapointed people out there.
The charts don't show 20 & 40 khz.

 

[smokeythecat]

Well I for sure don’t know but I assure you the price difference means stuff was left off the lower priced unit. Time will tell

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Multi-IQ consists of all 5 freqs (5, 10, 15, 20, 40 khz) and multi-iq is the same on both the 600 and the 800 per Minelab, below is direct from Minelab website.


"20 kHz and 40 kHz are not available as single operating frequencies in EQUINOX 600. The Multi-IQ frequency range shown applies to both EQUINOX 600 and 800. This diagram is representative only. Actual sensitivity levels will depend upon target types and sizes, ground conditions and detector settings."



https://www.minelab.com/usa/metal-detectors/treasure-detectors/equinox-600

 

[Echoplex]

My order says "SHIPPED" No tracking info yet tho.

 

[vferrari]

Multi-IQ consists of all 5 freqs (5, 10, 15, 20, 40 khz) and multi-iq is the same on both the 600 and the 800 per Minelab, below is from direct from Minelab website.


[FONT=&]"20 kHz and 40 kHz are not available as single operating frequencies in EQUINOX 600. The Multi-IQ frequency range shown applies to both EQUINOX 600 and 800. This diagram is representative only. Actual sensitivity levels will depend upon target types and sizes, ground conditions and detector settings."

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[/FONT]https://www.minelab.com/usa/metal-detectors/treasure-detectors/equinox-600

TH,

I still don’t think people are going to read it no matter how many times that statement gets posted in this thread. Apparently, it is too hard for folks to count all 5 frequencies listed in the pretty picture that accompanies the statement that is supposed to illustrate how MULTI IQ works which is identical in both the 600 and 800. Maybe if we say it 800 times it will sink in... lol.

 

[penggali]

A question for anyone that has received their Equinox from Cabala's, upon receiving your unit did the delivery person require a signature? I cannot find info on this and don't want my parcel snached off my door step

 

[Roger Mn.]

Multi-IQ consists of all 5 freqs (5, 10, 15, 20, 40 khz) and multi-iq is the same on both the 600 and the 800 per Minelab, below is direct from Minelab website.


"20 kHz and 40 kHz are not available as single operating frequencies in EQUINOX 600. The Multi-IQ frequency range shown applies to both EQUINOX 600 and 800. This diagram is representative only. Actual sensitivity levels will depend upon target types and sizes, ground conditions and detector settings."

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https://www.minelab.com/usa/metal-detectors/treasure-detectors/equinox-600

Yes i know what they said so why is the charts on page 28 don't show 20 khz & 40 khz.
This is whats questionable . Why not show it in this chart or did someone at minelab make an error. Why is this confusing ?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Yes i know what they said so why is the charts on page 28 don't show 20 khz & 40 khz.
This is whats questionable . Why not show it in this chart or did someone at minelab make an error. Why is this confusing ?

I don't see what the confusion is on page 28 right side, for the 600 it shows you have the choices of "Multi - 5Khz - 10Khz - 15Khz", Multi-IQ consists of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 40 khz.

For the 800 it shows choices of "Multi - 5Khz - 10Khz - 15Khz - 20Khz - 40Khz"

I know Multi-IQ is all 6 freqs and Minelab states that as well. "The Multi-IQ frequency range shown applies to both EQUINOX 600 and 800"

 

[flgliderpilot]

Yes i know what they said so why is the charts on page 28 don't show 20 khz & 40 khz.
This is whats questionable . Why not show it in this chart or did someone at minelab make an error. Why is this confusing ?

The chart on 28 is referring to single freq modes.

 

[vferrari]

We're up to four repeats now, on our way to 800. Lol.

 

[lookindown]

I would send you a link but might violate forum rules but on the Minelab Treasure Blog. It's in the online manual too, p. 29. And has been corroborated by the testers.

Here is a statement out of the manual referring to a MultiIQ diagram that shows the range of all 5 frequencies combined (5 through 40 khz).

"* 20 kHz and 40 kHz are not available as single operating frequencies in EQUINOX 600. The Multi-IQ frequency range shown applies to both EQUINOX 600 and 800. This diagram is representative only. Actual sensitivity levels will depend upon target types and sizes, ground conditions and detector settings."

It seems that ML threw single frequency operation in there as sort of an afterthought, because they could, technically. Not sure they really thought it would be all that useful compared to Multi IQ which is killing it out there.

IMO ML handicapped the 600 as a means to offer a lower price point machine, but the 600 and 800, hardware wise, have identical capability (other than the missing user profile save button on the faceplate of the 600). ML just chose to dial back the 600 software and not offer the high end audio hardware to justify a lower price point. A business, not technical decision. For me, I want all options available to be able to handle situations I haven't even encountered yet, therefore 800 all the way. No holding back (except I can't seem to get my hands on one, at least not on my terms. lol). A lot of people are also sleeping on what you can do with the non-ferrous tone breaks and pitch adjustments on the 800, which are missing on the 600. You can really set up the machine to audibly cherry pick mid-conductors such as buttons, nickels, gold jewelry, while sorting through low and mid conductive trash. A subtle, yet potentially really, really powerful feature the 600 lacks.

Would the tone break and pitch adjustments make a difference if Im golng to dig everything above iron anyway?...Im going to get the 600 for saltwater use and I dig everything except iron.

 

[lookindown]

I bet some people bought the 800 thinking the 600 only uses three freqs in multi.

 

[toddbbq]

A lot of people believe it as there are posts here and on all the other forums referring to the very same subject.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I have personal contacts inside Corporate Minelab, both the 600 and the 800 use all 5 freqs 5,10,15,20,40 Khz when in Multi-IQ, the difference between the 600 and the 800 is the ability of the 800 to have 2 more single frequencies to select from.