Minelab Equinox 700 vs Nokta The Legend: Two Coils or One Ecosystem?

Roughly nothing, in the Equinox 700's favor, once you count the second coil. Minelab EQX 06 Coil (6 inch) alone costs $225.00 bought separately for the Equinox platform, so the Legend Pro Pack is effectively handing you a small coil for free relative to buying an Equinox 700 and then adding one later. If you already know you want a small coil for trashy ground, which the coil size chart explains, the Legend's price advantage is larger than the sticker suggests.

What you give up is documentation. Minelab states the Equinox 700's waterproof depth, weight, packed length and headphone inclusion in the same listing. Nokta's Pro Pack listing in our catalog states coils and frequencies and nothing else, so you are trusting the manual for the rest rather than the sales page.

The table below pulls only what each manufacturer states in the listing our catalog carries. Where one machine's listing is quiet, the row says so.

You want the documented answer to every question before you buy, not after. A published 16 foot rating means you can wade or hunt through rain without wondering what "fully waterproof" quietly leaves out, and included wireless headphones mean you are not shopping for audio on day one. The full Equinox 700 review covers the rest of what Minelab documents, and the Equinox 700 target ID chart is where to start once it arrives.

Buy it too if you plan to build out the coil range gradually rather than all at once. Minelab sells Minelab EQX 06 Coil (6 inch), the stock Minelab EQX 11 Coil (11 inch) and Minelab EQX 15 Coil (15 inch), all covered in the Equinox coil compatibility chart, so you choose the second coil for your actual ground rather than accepting whatever Nokta bundled.

You already know you want two coils and would rather not buy the second one separately. Five published single frequencies also give you more to tune against a specific site than the Equinox 700's four, which matters most to someone who already knows which frequency their local iron responds worst to. The full Legend review and the Legend target ID chart are the next two pages if this is the one you buy.

Buy it too if price matters more than documentation. $659.00 against $749.00 is a real gap, and the Legend vs Simplex Ultra comparison covers the step below this one in the Nokta line if even that price is a stretch.

Whichever you buy, spend the leftover money on recovery speed before you spend it on anything else. Garrett Pro-Pointer AT converts a slow, blind dig into a fast, confirmed one, and the how to use a pinpointer guide explains why that matters more in your first season than a third frequency ever will. After that, CKG Finds and Digger Pouch and a decent digger from the beginner setup round out the kit for less than either machine costs on its own.