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Detectors we sell with Multi-IQ: Minelab Equinox 600Minelab Equinox 700Minelab Equinox 800Minelab Equinox 900 When Minelab started developing our EQUINOX detector, we looked very closely at all of the current market offerings (including our own) to reassess what detectorists were really...

Source: Minelab.com - I have seen some confusion on the internet regarding the differences between the Minelab EQUINOX 600 and EQUINOX 800. I think that the EQUINOX 600 is being somewhat overlooked because it’s not the “top model” but, in...

In 1881, as President James Garfield lay dying from an assassin's bullet, Alexander Graham Bell hurriedly invented an electromagnetic device in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the fatal slug. This would become the predecessor to today's metal detector.More than 100...

This is a great article by Steve Herschbach ( Detector Legend ). I have clipped some of it below with a link to the full article on Minelab's website. I have seen some confusion on the internet regarding the differences...

“It’s really hard to explain the feeling,” said Mark as he watched the 17-year-old pace a playground with a metal detector in his hand. “Getting somebody else involved in the hobby, it just brings a smile to your face. This...

Steve Styles walks along the surf line, sweeping the round coil of a Garrett ACE 300 metal detector back and forth across the sand. He listens for the telling beep-beep-beep in his earphones that will alert him to the possibility that he’s...

Chris Langston of Oswestry Unearthed was using his Garrett AT MAX metal detector with a friend and two guests from Australia on a patch of land which had recently been used for a wedding party when he discovered one of...

A Florida man metal detecting is asking for help finding the owner of a necklace filled with a mother's ashes that he found in Siesta Key. Shawn Rauch posted a photo of the necklace, engraved with the word 'Mom,' to...

What the what???? It is the dream of all Metal Detectorists....GOLD. But what if you found a MASSIVE 3 POUND ( yes, POUND ) gold nugget? A man in Australia, who prefers to stay anonymous, just found a gold nugget...