Manticore Lots Of Dead Air

[longbow62]

I've really been surprised there has not been as much discussion about the Manticore as I thought there would be since it came out. That is much other than the ability to find one initially. I don't know how hard they are to get presently. Have they not sold that many I wonder? I'm doing what I consider great with mine. I'm far from a detector expert, but have detected long enough with Minelab detectors, and especially the Equinox to understand the Manticore decently well. I'm pretty sure it bridges the gap between say the CTX and Equinox. The Manticore's upgraded EMI mitigation as others have said really sets it apart. I have used AT-HC most of the time, and I personally think it's better than Park1 on the Equinox for silver. I have pulled silver from places I thought there was none left. Places that I had really worn out with the 800. Not like one silver, but several in one hunt. Five this past weekend from a park. The only reason I made the 45 minute drive was because weekend before last I had a 4 silver hunt from another site I was pretty sure I'd be wasting my time at. I ran the Equinox at both these places on the ragged edge settings wise. Park1, F2-0, Horseshoe on, Recovery 3-4, and Sensitivity as high as I could stay stable. I run the Manticore the same way basically AT-HC, lowered Ferrous-Limits, no discrimination/horseshoe on, Recovery 3-4, and only like 22-23 sensitivity. The crazy thing is mostly the silver I dug was not like really iffy. It was straight up I think I need to dig that for sure. A few were that's silver no doubt about it. One particular Merc I dug last Saturday was in horrible trash, but when I hit it I was stopped in my tracks. It was really tight not a lot of wiggle room. It was about 6"-7" inches deep, but I could circle it getting dime numbers a the way around despite there being trash pretty close by. I have also noticed I have no problem calling silver dimes and quarters for the most part. Silver just on average I.D.'s higher than clad in my dirt. I always thought silver rung up higher on the Equinox did too, but to me the Manticore seems to do it more often. It makes it a bit more easy to tell. For instance silver dimes seem to hit 83-84 for me. Silver quarters 90-92. Half dollars 94+. Anyway the more I use the Manticore the more impressed I am with it.        

[abenson]

I'm just out enjoying the great weather hunting with mine. No real complaints except I wish they had the small coil available.

[longbow62]

I'm waiting for the small coil myself, and also hoping they send out an update to improve it where possible. Surely there will be a few tweaks possible. I am amazed there have been no real software bugs found so far.

[Chesroy]

I posted these coments in the comparison forum a few days ago.

As a beach detector looks like its the real deal. I dont beach hunt and live in Europe. 

 I have actually sold my Manticore  was not impressed and felt it was very much work in progress. In the cold light of day not much of an improvement I felt for the high price tag. Its to sparky and to noisey meaning that you have to constantly monitor the screen. More tiring than relaxing. You shouldn't have to lower the sensitivity down to much in normal situations and the max limit of 35 is useless in most situations and I feel was just to help with better specs and a selling point. The headphones are useless in windy conditions and you have no module to help enhance your audio experience. The screen suffers from screen glare at certain angles,battery run time isn't that good and the torch and vibration mode I would suggest most people wont use. The short noise cancel  is not needed as the long press is a must in most situations. I may purchase again in the future but things will need to improve. Deus 2 seems to be the best upgrade at the present time. So thats my feelings at the present. The nox 800 is my preference at the moment and seriously looking at the 900. But Jeffs issues have me holding back to see whats what.

[Dug D]

I'm sure if I keep looking and maybe with a software upgrade I will find the 1600. 

It was easy to find the 269 after a short time with the XT Pro. (and the nox 800)

If they could calm the jumpy signals of all the new machines (from surface to 8 inches) there would be a lot more happy hunters. 😁😁

 

[Medina]

+gazilliondyone to the small coil wish list!

for my ears, screwing with the audio was way more beneficial than going back and forth trying the various presets

[TampaBayBrad]

As a beach hunter, I'm loving it. Have learned the sounds of a good target in prospecting audio and have learned the ID #'s for most targets. One that I still MUST dig is foil above an ID of 10. It's in gold territory and sounds good, so I dig. Nickels are just a hair below tabs usually. Pennies can vary 10 #'s depending on how crusty and composition.

I don't have the problem of it being noisy or chattery. I run beach low conductors, all metal, 0 upper ferrous and 4 lower with low volume iron grunts. I run prospecting audio with recovery speed 4. I jump to seawater when submerged and keep the same settings. 20 to 23 sensitivity usually.

No problems, and I don't dig iron. Yep.....great detector for my use at my beaches.

[TerryinHawaii]

Two day ago, I got a 14K diamond ring.  The weight was 2.2 grams and the ID numbed was 8.

[TampaBayBrad]

9 hours ago, TerryinHawaii said:

Two day ago, I got a 14K diamond ring.  The weight was 2.2 grams and the ID numbed was 8.

Yea, I'd dig anything that showed 8. It's usually foil on my beaches. 😒

[Hunterjunk]

Another gold ring on the beach today , a dozen coins from a hunted out 1800,s site earlier in the week . Gee I hope no more people around here get Manti,s !