Popular Post strick Posted January 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2023 I had time to make two trips to the beach since our storm's started a few weeks go. You really have to live near the beaches and have the time to take advantage of these opportunities which I don't but at least I got there. Two hunts about 10 days apart. The manticore really shines on the beach. I was using beach General in the deep audio tone. Tried prospecting tone but it was a little too noisy for me....Most of the time I kept the sensitivity at 25 or below if things got to chattery. The beaches here have been stripped clean down to black sand in most places...a lot of the targets are now washed out into the surf. In my limited time I was able to scrape up a few targets and finally broke my gold slump with the manticore with a nice little pendant and probably the ugliest gold ring I have ever found...god only knows how long it has been buried. Most of the targets were not too deep... foot or less. Some were much deeper and many scoops down...The manticore ID's these targets correctly and with a faint whisper but then after the first scoop or two the target may entirely disappear...never fear it's still down there just keep scooping till it's out. Good luck..happy hunting.....and may the good lord save you from digging too much iron with your new Manticore...🙄 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenson Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Yep Manticore really shines at the beach, had mine out 3 times to the beach now. I'm running my sensitivity at about 22 most of the time. Agree about those deep targets disappearing after the first scoop. Just keep digging and eventually the target ends up in the pile. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Wow! Nice run strick, glad you got some gold. Looks like you're getting in stride with that detector! 👍 And ya always find something cool to take a photo of. 😎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 56 minutes ago, strick said: The manticore ID's these targets correctly and with a faint whisper but then after the first scoop or two the target may entirely disappear...never fear it's still down there just keep scooping till it's out. 19 minutes ago, abenson said: Agree about those deep targets disappearing after the first scoop. Just keep digging and eventually the target ends up in the pile. That is one thing I hate with the Equinox too. The D2 and Tarsacci do not do this. Really makes target recovery in the active wave wash a PIA. Def a Minelab thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Nice haul, strick, congrats and well done! Man those are some torn up beaches, that's wild! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaSon Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Great trip, good haul and tips. RE: Pinpointing, can you pinpoint with just the coil like I do with the 800? If so where is the ‘sweet spot’ on the coil to let you know you are over the target? Or do you use the Manticore pinpoint function? Congrats and thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBayBrad Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, FloridaSon said: Great trip, good haul and tips. RE: Pinpointing, can you pinpoint with just the coil like I do with the 800? If so where is the ‘sweet spot’ on the coil to let you know you are over the target? Or do you use the Manticore pinpoint function? Congrats and thanks I've only been one short trip with mine and I pinpointed dead center of coil with some success because that's what I do with my cz-21. Not sure if that is the sweet spot, but it worked for me and my shovel. I didn't use the pinpoint function. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Great finds for only a couple trips and even nicer with the gold. I have not had too much experience beach detecting as with nugget hunting. Interesting what you said about the target disappearing after the first scoop. Looking back I had this happen a few times now and gave up on the target figuring the detector ignored it for iron once some sand was removed. I'll remember this for next time. Thanks for sharing the info. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 13 hours ago, FloridaSon said: Great trip, good haul and tips. RE: Pinpointing, can you pinpoint with just the coil like I do with the 800? If so where is the ‘sweet spot’ on the coil to let you know you are over the target? Or do you use the Manticore pinpoint function? Congrats and thanks Edited: I did not use the pin point once on the beach...it's funny you ask the question because I've had the machine for over a month and dug many 100's of targets with it and cant remember exactly.....in the beginning I did use the pin point when turf hunting a lot but not much anymore.... from memory the hot spot seems to be just forward of the shaft a bit. strick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 52 minutes ago, matt said: Great finds for only a couple trips and even nicer with the gold. I have not had too much experience beach detecting as with nugget hunting. Interesting what you said about the target disappearing after the first scoop. Looking back I had this happen a few times now and gave up on the target figuring the detector ignored it for iron once some sand was removed. I'll remember this for next time. Thanks for sharing the info. As mentioned it happens with the nox as well. It's and interesting thing maybe the target is sinking or the orientation is disturbed...I don't think there is a halo because stuff gets moved around on the beach...maybe some "beach expert" can educate us on how this happens... strick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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