Nick Brainard, AKA Relic Hog, began metal detecting with his dad at a young age. The country surrounding his boyhood home in Southern Arkansas was an ideal hunting ground for Civil War relics, and the artifacts his dad routinely discovered helped Nick to develop an early appreciation for our nation’s history.
About six years ago, Brainard cultivated a desire to start hunting a lot more often. By 2019, he had used two different brands of metal detectors, but a number of new models came out around that time and he made the decision to upgrade. “I had heard a lot of great reviews on the Minelab EQUINOX 800 and decided to give it a shot. I quickly found it to be a great machine for digging Civil War bullets and other relics at deeper depths. I also love how I don’t have to purchase AA batteries anymore,” Brainard says, adding that he also appreciates Minelab’s Multi-IQ technology that comes on EQUINOX and VANQUISH Series detectors. “My EQUINOX finds all metals in all soil types, all the time, in one machine. It also works on land or in water.”
