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For general use I like an elliptical coil of similar size of the manufactures standard coil size. (May be they did their home work) 😁

Manticore is a good device for finding gold, just buy an M8 coil

X12"Spiral 7K Goldhawk 10x5" 6K CT11" SDC Evo12" E-1500 Age Related Me😉

And you can see the blinking light! I think you did it right, and I am going to do the same. Thanks for sharing! I see you have a carbon fiber shaft. Is that to reduce flex and weight? Is it worth the $? Thanks, Randy, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Yes I understand. But XP left the end untreated in the clip [exposed] . This is why there is water egress in the cable. I have since made mine bullet proof, for Salt water hunting. I cut that piece of sheet clip off and attached directly to the coil with Goop Marine compound. First, I treat the end several times lightly to seal it then install like this [see pic]. The open space is for the charge clip which works just fine. Now this may not work for everyone. But since I am a dedicated beach hunter, I never need to remove that crap-e antenna. 😎

I love detecting in Nevada, so much ground and so little time. I also love that Nevada is mineralized right from the bottom to the top, great place to find gold. Keep swinging those coils, and hopefully sooner than later you'll get it over some nice nuggets. All the best, Lanny

I guess Minelab heard our desire for the GPX-5000 in the US… Have ordered quite a few of these new units with 3 years manufacture warranty. Veteran’s 15% Discount also. So let me know if you’re looking for one, also willing to take trade-ins. Have an Equinox 800 with 2 coils 11” and 6” for $495 Also have a used GPX-5000 coming that’s in Excellent condition for $2,500 Coiltek Elite 9” $275 Oregon based so no tax and free shipping. Ron’s Detector’s 208-739-8079 rrlmmc@gmail.com

I had an interesting experience this past summer. I was hunting virgin bedrock in a placer cut/pit. There were some nice nugget finds, and then I started to work a bedrock rise with a vertical edge that dropped about three feet into a larger sheet of bedrock. Piled up against that edge about six inches high was channel material the large bucket on the excavator couldn't scrape out. (Sometimes these spots hide nice nuggets too.) I took my pick and worked some material off the top of the dirt and scanned the bottom dirt with the Goldmonster. I got a signal and watched the display. The bar jumped to the right, then headed back into ferrous territory. With each sweep, it read the same way. I isolated the signal, and it was a flake of gold, about half the size of an oatmeal flake. I was surprised the display hadn't pinned all the way to the right in non-ferrous territory. I kept scraping away top material to detect the ground below. The same thing happened again, the signal ID'd off to the right then back to the left. Another flake of gold, about the same size. I looked closer at the material I'd dumped from my scoop, lots of little bits of magnetite and dark, heavily stained rocks. I worked more material in the same way, and I kept getting flakes with every scrape all the way down to where the jutting piece of bedrock met the bedrock sheet. There were a few larger pieces that pinned all the way to the right, but all the others, a nice catch of flakes, did the iffy bounce. With the Monster it really pays to check out those iffy signals or I'd have left a nice whack of flakes in the ground. All the best, Lanny

Sorry to hear about your issue. Honestly, making a detector with wireless coils then requiring a wire to make the coil work is a silly design. Give me regular wired coils any day, double that if for underwater use.

Mat hols gold really well Yes mat holds gold really well, probably better than Dream Mat. BUT I've never used Dream Mat, hopefully someone who's used both can give you their thoughts. Obviously the down side of carpet is you don't know how you are going till clean up

I think it was the Legend. They could kind of hang around below the Nox and Deus without doing anything. Nokta took that space. Now they’ve filled every nook and cranny.

Thanks Blackjack, I know what you mean by getting things lite, I have went from a 4" dredge, to a 3" highbanker dredge combo, and now to a 2" Keens dredge. Where i prospect has to many big rock to highbank, so a dredge is what i use to get around throse rocks. I do most of my prospecting in OHIO. with small gold. I think i would need to run to fast for the Dream Mat. That is why i ask. I have Gold Hog Mat, and don't like it much, so carpet and miners moss with ripples work good. Thanks for the reply. Dean

Gpx 6000 hands down the 12x7 nugget finder. Heading into my 6th ounce and a few hundred nuggets since I got it. Modded GpX 5000 is probably gonna be the NF 15" evo, but Im hearing crazy good stories coming from down under with the 12"round evo so it may take over with more use.

Hello All, I have several batches of Minelab GPX 5000's on the way. These are brand new, 3-year warranty and coming direct from Minelab. They are $4595.00 MAP price, so if you are interested in one of these units, please contact us ASAP to hold one. I already had a few customers looking for good, used one, now they committed to the brand-new units. Exciting to have some new one back available, as I find the Minelab GPX 5000 one of the most versatile gold detectors on the market. Email us at - rob@robsdetectors.com PM us here on the forums Call us at 623-362-1459 leave message or call 602-909-9008 for text or message. I know for a fact I will not have these long. Rob

You get no manual in the box when you buy a Manticore, just a Quick Start Guide, but you can download a full pdf manual online. Yet 10 months after the last software update, the manual does not mention any of the updates at all. I get that not printing and giving us a manual saves Minelab money, but the one benefit we could get from that is an updated manual when changes occur. When new models ship that already are updated, will new owners downloading this old manual even know that some of these new features exist? In the past there was also an actual pdf that outlined the update details but now we don’t even get that. Best there is now is an “official” YouTube video apparently farmed out to a third party. Stabilizer - All-Terrain Multi IQ - Reduces falsing on iron in heavy iron sites with mild ground mineralization - Adds a tonal nuance to iron to help distinguish good targets from iron - not recommended in normal conditions. Can only be used while in Multi-IQ and in an All-Terrain Search Mode. Stabilizer Filter - Makes the audio weaker and thinner on targets affected by stabilizer Red Target ID - All Metal Mode Only - Target ID is red if iron is detected New Options in the Softkey Menu: Speaker Mute/Unmute Search Mode Recovery Speed Frequency Sensitivity Boost Clear ID Map Flashlight ON/OFF Display Brightness Goldfield Mode – Fixed an issue with small gold sensitivity & discrimination depth. All Audio Themes are now available in Goldfield Mode Beach Mode - Ground Balance has been improved for dry sand. Default Recovery Speed in Beach Low Conductors and Beach Deep have been increased to 4 Audio Boost for Underwater Headphones Default settings for Tone Pitch for Targets IDs in the Coke range changed from 2 to 1 in All Terrain Fast, All Terrain Low Conductors and All Terrain High Conductors UI Languages support added under General Settings (Czech and Hindi added, minor updates to other languages)

All I know is if you run the updater, which claims to have the latest update, you end up with 6.20.0 +73 There is an older 6.16.0-3.71 in a screenshot but I’ve not seen the one you are referring to.

GPZ - OEM 6000 - OEM 11" 4500 - 14 x 9 EVO & 15 EVO & 19 EVO

UPS just delivered my new Manticore earlier today. Just finished charging the Detector and Headphones and everything seems to be working ok. I have the 11 inch coil. The software version on the machine says 6.20.0 +73 and I'm wondering if that is the most up to date version as the Minelab website says there is 6.20.0-3.71 available. Which is correct?? Thanks

SD 2200D price dropped to $950 GP 3000 price dropped to $1,050

I did get the machine only when the 5x8 became available as I like small coils for noodling in the trash. And with Manticore I know it will be a small coil with depth as good as some other detectors large coils. In that regard no big deal. But that does not mean I don't want the 11" coil I paid for! It will still be the coil to use in less target rich areas.

7000 - 15" CC X Coil 6000 - 11" OEM GB2 - 6" elliptical OEM Those 3 coils hardly ever leave any of these detectors now, they suit my prospecting style perfectly. I use the 6000 almost entirely for exploration and thus I prefer the OEM over the smaller Coilteks for ground coverage and depth purposes. It was a hard call between the 15" and 17" CC's, but in the end I realized the times I was glad for a less weight and more mobility were more than the times I was glad for a little more depth, especially as I started working steeper ground.

My favorite detector/coil setup by far is the GPZ with X-Coils 8” - I’ve found many ounces with that little coil. It hits on the tiniest pieces at good depth, but also goes surprisingly deep on larger nuggets. I mostly hunt rocky terrain where the bigger coils I’ve got aren’t maneuverable enough, so they don’t get much of a look in.

The F19 will be for my daughter on the odd occasion she wants to detect for coins. It does really well on our coins with its accurate Target ID on them in mild soils at our ski fields, especially our $1 and $2 coins which are all she cares about finding. The main reason for the "upgrade" over the Gold Bug Pro's was to give her volume control, she's a speaker user like I am, doesn't want to wear headphones so being able to turn down the volume is vital, the Bug is LOUD and embarrassing to use with its loud volume that can't be turned down in a public place. Incredible isn't it, their detectors like the Gold Bug Pro are so dated they don't even have a way to control volume.

I my Deus 2 8 MAR 2024 so she is only 6 weeks old. But, It seems mine might be an older unit. It did not come with a Carbon Fiber lower stem, nor did it come with the screen protector. The deepest this unit has been in the South Florida Saltwater is less than 24" inches, and the antenna wire is turning black at the bottom 😞 I spent $1,430 on the machine, and it is already having issues. I am wondering if I made a mistake buying this. As a former military ARMY soldier, and Scuba Instructor, I know how to rinse and keep gear in brand new condition for years.