RoobyRoobyRoo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, vive equinox said: What is that ? Seem it’s broken.. i hope it’s just an effect of the pic🤔 It’s a terribly bad kink in the coil cable, shocking they’d keep that in the pic rather than rewrap it. It was noticed earlier by others as well as not enough slack in the cable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenson Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Chase Goldman said: I'll wait for Jeff McClendon's (get back on your feet soon, my friend, you got work to do) and Andy Benson's reviews. They know best how I hunt and what I hunt in and have not steered me wrong. I'll likely pass on this one and wait for others reviews. More interested in the Axiom right now that the Manticore. I really can't see what the Manticore is going to offer that's not already available. Looks to me like it's going to target beach and deep coin hunters. I only hunt beaches with a PI anymore and my days of park hunting are basically over. I'm a relic hunter at heart and a PI basically rules that type of hunting as well. Like others have said, too little too late. Can't keep spending money on every new release that comes out. The Manticore is going to have to be pretty impressive for me to pull the trigger on one. Although I am on a list just in case. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 30 minutes ago, Jennifer said: It’s a terribly bad kink in the coil cable, shocking they’d keep that in the pic rather than rewrap it. It was noticed earlier by others as well as not enough slack in the cable. Looks like it's because ML is just letting marketing run with it and they're ops and engineering folks are disengaged. Whether or not that's true is immaterial because their QA trend and optics are just not great right now. Appeared to be focused on sales and not listening to the customer. Wondering if they even care enough to change as long as sales are brisk. Again, who knows if that's intentional or not, but intentional or not, that's the vibe they are giving to customers who are paying attention to the subtle and not so subtle signals. Would be very happy for them to prove me wrong because that would just be a good thing for the detecting community. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoobyRoobyRoo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, abenson said: I'll likely pass on this one and wait for others reviews. More interested in the Axiom right now that the Manticore. We’re so proud of you, we raised you so well… sniffle sniffle…. Getting my Kleenex. 🥲 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 14 hours ago, Chase Goldman said: Love it! Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at the "Manticore" decision meeting to see what names didn't make the cut. I seriously don’t like scorpions (stung way too many times). Meerkat……..really cute. Manticore……is such a sciagurato choice for a nice looking detector. Still no interest in this ridiculously named detector……… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Ok Jeff, I really want you to get better, but why are you making me translate Italian!!?🍀👍👍 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoobyRoobyRoo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 27 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said: Looks like it's because ML is just letting marketing run with it and they're ops and engineering folks are disengaged. Whether or not that's true is immaterial because their QA trend and optics are just not great right now. Appeared to be focused on sales and not listening to the customer. Wondering if they even care enough to change as long as sales are brisk. Again, who knows if that's intentional or not, but intentional or not, that's the vibe they are giving to customers who are paying attention to the subtle and not so subtle signals. Would be very happy for them to prove me wrong because that would just be a good thing for the detecting community. With what appears to be an excessively tall coil cable grommet, why the heck isn’t it coming out at 45% to match normal shaft position instead of 90%…. Some coil grommets come out at 90% but not when they’re that tall. A built in stress point, no 1st year engineering student would approve this design. Looking closer, it almost looks like it IS a 45 that they’re pulling so tight it’s kinked. It has a slight forward (up) bend to it… I wonder if the marketing wanks put the coil on upside down or the shot is backwards (the control box end of the shaft should be pointed up not down). Maybe not, the attachment point appears to be in the correct spot. 🙄😳🤭🤦♀️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Chase Goldman said: I'll wait for Jeff McClendon's (get back on your feet soon, my friend, you got work to do) and Andy Benson's reviews. They know best how I hunt and what I hunt in and have not steered me wrong. Hugh, it will be a long wait……My Nox 800s are still doing just fine, the Legend is way better than I expected and the Deus 2 Lite that I settled on after selling my Deus 2 remote have my VLF needs totally covered. I don’t need better ergonomics, waterproofing, an extra 1/4” inch provided by a huge coil that won’t be any better than an 11” in high iron mineralization, and an Fe/Co screen to slow me down with something else to look at. I already know with a high degree of certainty what I am about to dig with the detectors I have. When I can hobble or walk, I use a SMF VLF everyday since coins and jewelry are abundant around here, but still not interested in this new Minelab detector. Like I said earlier the Manticore (I need to hear a Minelab affiliated Aussie actually pronounce it) would have to be ‘lights out” better than what I already have to make me seriously look at it in the near future. Plus I won’t be looking at it through the viewpoint and attitude of a couple of famous US YouTube influencers. That crap is not going to influence me. You will have to find another trusted source if you actually believe I am one????? Sorry, won’t be me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 23 minutes ago, Joe D. said: Ok Jeff, I really want you to get better, but why are you making me translate Italian!!?🍀👍👍 Same reason that Minelab have made us find out what the hell Manticore means…..totally obscure and a mishmash of languages (misspelled) to boot. Why they picked that name can only be based on some kind of marketing arrogance. It’s not as fun to say as sciagurato! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbow62 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" I believe it says Minelab on it too. History has shown so far at least if you see that logo you get performance. The Equinox 800 has been very good to me, and if this detector has more features and upgrades that's all that matters to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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