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At least you guys in the US get the Minelab sale, even in Australia when it's an Australian company their "Anniversary" sale doesn't exist. A bit like the Military discount, give it to the US veterans but not the Anzacs (Aussies/Kiwis) So, they celebrate their 35th Anniversary in the USA, but nowhere else, even their homeland! Nothing more than a pre-emptive strike at the pending Storm that let's face it, is a detector that will mostly only be sold in the USA and trying to pair back some sales going to other brands. Minelab have given themselves a unique position for a business, loved for their detectors, disliked for their business methods.

My Manticore has paid for itself with finds already and I traded in another Minelab detector to a great dealer who is a member of this forum and that deal was good for both of us. The brick and mortar dealers are the ones that are really getting the finger. Minelab could show some respect to their “loyal” customers who paid full retail price for their Manticore and gives us a factory direct 30% discount on the coil of our choice or a WM09………. similar to what Nokta did when they released a coil and shaft upgrade for the Legend. I’m not holding my breath on that happening.

I didn't know about the First Texas crap. There is no need for dealers now.

I don't disagree. We all are used to things going on sale, but what is different here is the magnitude of the sale on a relatively new product. A full 30% discount. $100 or $200 off would be more the norm and a couple hundred bucks usually enough to goose sales. A discount of this magnitude does go overboard as $500 is not a trivial sum to anyone, and so the risk as you are pointing out that they are going to really piss some people off. Minelab in particular has a large number of users who like the products but really dislike the company for various reasons. If they did not maintain the technogical edge they have a lot of people would jump ship. Unfortunately metal detector users have a long history of getting mad about things, but in the end performance wins out most of the time. People complain but not enough will actually switch brands that it matters. Unless the powers that be see it hit the financial bottom line complaints will fall on deaf ears. Minelab is not alone in this at this time. First Texas (Fisher, Bounty Hunter, Teknetics) is selling factory direct on eBay at prices that actually undercut what dealers pay for the detectors. Not only are they giving dealers the finger, but anyone that bought one in the last year is now seeing people getting them for half what was paid just a short time ago. A guy just got a F75LE with two coils for $355. The value of used First Texas product is plummeting fast.

I’m in the same boat Steve, just hoping they are submersible 🤞🤞🤞

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Thanks friend! I picked up the Manticore last night. With gift cards I was able to get it for half the sale price. What would you recommend for accessories, 8" coil first? Even used those are out of my price range, for now. Mrs-Menace would never let me see the light of day again if I came home with one of those for the foreseeable future. I'll practice with the Manticore, save up, and then see if I can join you in PI land. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep an eye on the Algoforce E1500. Unfortunately I think I'm running through some higher mineralized grounds. This is the best I can do for now, so I guess I'll have to give it a try and hope not to go insane from frustration.

good on you

Nugget Finder 12 inch Zsearch for the 7000 Coiltek 11 inch round for the 2300 Minelab stock 6 inch for the Nox 800

For myself I tend to use the following coils the most: GPZ-7000 14x13” Stock DOD GPX-6000 10x5” Goldhawk Mono GPX-5000 14x9” Evolution Mono Equinox 900 6” DD Gold Bug 2 6x3” CC

CHeers!

Big welcome from southern Europe!

Welcome back !

All I can say is, for the price, I'm impressed after seeing the Nokta FindX. I'm not a fan of the pole mount control housings in general, but this is better than some. The unit telescopes way down which is nice. Hard to see if the shafts are round, but all they need do (if not) would be to make the handgrip/pod rotate into being parallel with the searchcoil folded flat and you could likely get this in a backpack. OK, we have wired headphones, but there are dedicated headphone kits available where the transmitter is hard-wired to the "audio out" and then wireless to the headphones. A wireless pinpointer could then pair with the headphones. If you could put that wired transmitter under the arm cup, you would then have counterbalance for even the minimal 2.6 pounds it weighs! OK, maybe it won't hang with the big boys in highly negative ground (as far as anyone knows yet), but I bet it does just as well or better as most single frequency VLF Motion's in the recent past. Battery source: 2300 mAh Lithium Polymer... Not too shabby. Most of all, I'm impressed with the simple-to-the-point layout of the display and controls in thumb's reach. Maybe the ID number size is smaller than some, but possibly looks to be readable without glasses. I like the fact the lower shaft fastens to the center of the searchcoil. That goes a long way to help lessen "toe heavy" large searchcoils if attachment is below center instead. We have a global economy, whether we like it or not, and competition is a good thing. We as consumers get what we want at a better price it now seems. Like "phrunt" says, "Good on ya Nokta"!

Quartz.

Very nice finds. Looks like a Bolo knife.

Maybe, but there is gold there....and a lot of it if it is that easy to find. And that last piece looks a little chunky. That is a great sign. There will be good spots there. Figure out the ground.

I'm out of likes just on this post today! We need more pics from you! We know Simon and the others have plenty!😆🍀👍👍

I don’t think they’ll take the ammo rounds, but other items would be nice. They once accidentally had some what is known as DU ammunition on display not knowing what it was, and it had to be removed by some specialists because it was scratched due to being fired. Military guys will know what I’m talking about. It’s a good idea not to dig up any military ammo at all, and as there were some more recent exercises after DTC during the Vietnam era and later, they practiced with more potent stuff than what they used during the WWII era.

Interesting

That's a good lookin' haul ! 👍

I found this very beautiful stone on the banks of an Australian (VIC) river. (Merrica River) It took me by surprise as it was stuck in a root and is perfectly smooth and egg shaped. Does anyone have any ideas of how this was created? And what stone it is? Our theory was that the roots grew around the stone, it was exposed and then the water smoothed it into shape. Or the rock was originally a larger shape. It was able to spin around inside where it was sitting. Any ideas welcomed.

The Queenstown coppers took a cool photo on their night shift a couple of nights ago A different set of lights flashing above their car 🙂 Fingers crossed you can find some gold while in Queenstown Mitchel.

That is a good idea and I wish I had known about it earlier. I found some live ammo rounds and some other artifacts I would have dropped off. I've only been out to that one spot and found the buttons I posted and the one lapel pin.