Manticore Silver #2 Fty

[longbow62]

I got out again today with the Manticore hitting some empty lots where some pretty old houses once stood. I had been told they have been hunted numerous times, but I have never tried the spot myself. I managed my first Merc of the year, 6 wheat cents, and a little clad. A lot of trash and iron nails in the ground there. I think I'm finding my groove with the Manticore. It's somewhat different than the Equinox. I think the Manticore is telling you a lot more than the the Equinox is, but deciphering it is going to take me awhile. I use 5 tones, and in different programs they seem to sound different, even though I thought I had them sent up the same way in AT-HC-LC-General. Today I used AT low conductors. It did well in that trash and iron nails. The Merc rang up 79-81. It was about 6" deep, and a solid tight round dot on the non-ferrous line . Same with 3 of the wheat cents that came out of the same hole, the 2D looked more like a blob with them. 2 of the wheats were stacked. I'm really paying close attention to the screen when a good tone stops me. I'm trying to look for trends.

I lowered my ferrous limits to 8 and 3 right off the bat before I ever hunted with it. I am still confused when hunting in all metal when the red line appears under the I.D.. I really worry about how correct the red line is because I get a lot of fluctuating between red line and no red line without iron any significant iron grunts. It's really pretty confusing. Maybe I'll figure it out eventually.         

[jim tn]

Nice find! A piece of silver is always good. HH jim tn

[rvpopeye]

Another hunt with silver !  You guys are killin' it today!🥸

[F350Platinum]

Nice looking Merc, glad the M-core is working out for you! 👍

[JCR]

Very nice. Old house sites can be tough, especially with a big coil. Have you tried the smaller coil yet?

[Valens Legacy]

Always nice to find silver and that one looks very nice.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

[strick]

14 hours ago, longbow62 said:

 I am still confused when hunting in all metal when the red line appears under the I.D.. I really worry about how correct the red line is because I get a lot of fluctuating between red line and no red line without iron any significant iron grunts. It's really pretty confusing. Maybe I'll figure it out eventually.         

When hunting in all metal the red like and small grunting will occur in mineralized ground...don't confuse that with a ferrous object. So most likely you are hearing the ground. Over here in Calif when I'm hunting in all metal its constantly grunting due to the ground conditions...A ferrous object will be a larger/louder grunt.. no mistaking that.

Yesterday I dug a dime about 10 inches in depth  and I was getting ferrous grunts and I said to myself lets see if this is a nail...the target was a perfect on the non ferrous line and read 89..nope it was a dime and I seen at least 2 nails come out of the hole while I was digging. 

I don't usually pay that much attention to the shape of the target trace but thats just me...the oniy thing I do is quickly look at where the target trace is in relation to the center line. But maybe some of you guys that like to analyze stuff can teach me something about that later on when the machine has more time on it. 

strick 

[JCR]

Are you still hearing significant Ground noise with a good Ground Balance?

[CPT_GhostLight]

Silver and Wheaties is a good day, Well done! Like every detector, it takes some time to get it down, but it looks like you're well on the way with your new M-Core.

[strick]

8 hours ago, JCR said:

Are you still hearing significant Ground noise with a good Ground Balance?

The only thing that ground balances out tough soil is a PI. 

strick