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I have seen this Goldmonster and Gold Bug 2 conversion done by different people and it really does compliment the PI’s for finding the targets and determining what they are. I would think that the detector engineers could make one of these setups a micro mini me unit that could be a little over a pound and have a lot more information and depth over conventional pinpointers to go with you in rubbish situations or for patch hunting. Any thoughts on this?

This afternoon I finally put on the 11" Commander MONO. It performed better than the other beach coils. I searched in generally the same type of dry sand beach. There are few coins. I suspect it has been gone over many times with VLFs (I've done some of that myself) and what is left it trash. There was one earring (magnetic) and one ring (also magnetic) with the assortment of other beach trash. Conditions aren't right for wet sand hunting. Waves and tides are small.

X-Coils and modifications I’m guessing are the best of the best for performance if one is willing to go down this expensive and risky route. But I am not finding any information on comparisons with the X-coils being used on Minelab’s top deep seeking detectors, one being the modded GPX-5000 against the GPZ-7000 using the 15” X-Coil concentric or any closely sized X-Coils. Not sure if anyone has both these detectors or if they have had the opportunity to compare these two different setups but I know this is an interesting question for the serious professionals, any information or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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My old GMT still works as I gathered up these little pieces last fall in a couple days. Was quite a bit of work digging down to bedrock. I used the 6" DD coil most of the time.

What's annoying to me is I always prefer a more rounded coil design to elliptical shapes.....if I hadn't bought the M8 coil a few months back then I would have chosen the M9 coil. I will be really mad at myself if I buy this coil and if I do then I will state the fact right here on this forum so that I can be justifiably flamed considering my previous comments 🙂

As round as a Minelab coil gets due to the design. I think I'm going to give it a miss as I just don't see a use for it for my needs, unusual I'd not buy a coil just to get the complete set 🙂 I just can't see me using it. If I was a water hunter I'd like it, meant to be good cutting through water, and the lightest coil for the Manticore. So glad to see Minelab embracing making more coils for their detectors than the initial offerings.

I don’t have a caliper. After rechecking it multiple directions on a clear ruler, it appears to actually be a little over 25.5 mm, and a shade under 26 mm. It is about 1 mm thick.

Doesn't look round

I have tried sidelighting, frontlighting, backlighting, you name it. Parts of it look smooth like a plug from a junction box. But, that should be a different metal. Also, I don’t see a break-off point, and a lighted magnifier does make it look like there was a rim which might have had denticles. I almost wonder if it is another railroad mashed coin, but it seems to have a uniform thickness and circular shape. Were blank planchets for old style coins a different diameter than the struck coin?

Thanks! Someone else was using a program called Forager and seemed to be doing quite well too. I’ll have to look that one up.

Prior to using the Manticore on the beach, I would have never contemplated using a pinpointer for beach work ever......but now I'm reconsidering that view due to the power and sensitivity on tiny targets that the Manticore senses...........I keep thinking I'm chasing ghost signals only to finally recover the smallest of targets......and this is using the M15 coil !

I was thinking the same thing but something else as well - they might be there to protect it.

trade pending

I will read the articles occasionally, but on this forum you have two guys posting their stories for free and you have walked right past them. Lanny and Ghostminer both could add to the value of ICMJ

These jacks are fine untill they take a lateral hit. Then the wasabe starts to show us. A bit of coaxe seal protects and also reduces the capacitance problem a lot. cjc

I'm thinking those reapers know where the big gold is.

Very sorry to hear that--a keen student of the hobby who in turn taught us all a lot. GB, clive

If Minelab had released a 5" to 6" sniper style coil then I would have given them a positive response to that size but splitting the difference between the M8 and M11 with the new M9 is about getting current Manticore owners to empty their wallets again to the tune of over $400.

Technically those 'spokes' are known as 'denticles'. According to the Red Book, large cents had diameters as small as 26 mm -- the early ones. I think the quality control back in the early years was lax enough that the diameters of the planchets (blanks) could be different and still make it into production. Is it possible yours is a bit larger than 25 mm diameter? Great hunt you had there! Hopefully the CW buffs here can help you identify your bullets.

looks good John.

well ill be keeping the tdi sl 😃

I still get the magazine, still a good read. I do "third" nominate klunker to add his expansive knowledge to the magazine.

I will continue to support our local dealers of course but my contribution is small without many others doing the same.

May 3 2003 Phantoms And Reapers Last night we were sitting around a small campfire discussing our new exploration project when the temperature dropped a bit and a light mist rolled into camp. It was not enough to get us to move into our campers and we tried to ignore it for a while as we drank a few beers. I threw some extra wood on the fire to ward off the night chill and we resumed our conversation about the canyon with Paul. He seemed to know the canyon pretty well and had spent many Summers there. He told us it was unpredictable. Weather changed quickly and sometimes he saw strange lights flickering in the distance at night. He’d heard voices many times as well but could never find where they were coming from or make out the words. He said he had gotten to the point where he wouldn’t camp there alone. Not even near the entrance where our new camp would be located soon. He said there was something weird going on there but couldn’t figure out what it was. Paul told us that one night he heard voices that woke him up out of a sound sleep. He came out of his tent and saw two figures carrying lanterns but when he hollered out to them they vanished right before his eyes. Jacob just shook his head and said those were phantom reapers. He said he’d seen them back in the 1937 season. He went on to say they are there to collect souls when ready. They might be spirits of miners who died out here. Now all this talk was starting to creep me out some and I did my best to change the subject but Jacob and Paul kept right on talking about them. Finally, I had heard enough and retired to my camper for the night. TO BE CONTINUED ................