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I just spent a short while at the famous Nevada Rye Patch over Monday evening and into Tuesday afternoon. The desert this year is extra beautiful and green in the summer with all of the past recent wet weather. I hoped to stay dry doing some detecting and perhaps find some Nevada gold. Well, I at least completed one goal, but failed on the other. I had to wait out a rainstorm for about an hour after a late day arrival. I grabbed my ML GPX 6000 with Goldhawk 10x5 coil and gave the area a test. There were still some puddles on the ground and the top several inches of ground were soppy wet. The 6k is a bit noisy, even with the 10x5 coil, and the saturated ground added to the noise. As it would soon be dark, I decided to pack up the 6000 and use the Garret Axiom with 11x7 mono coil the next day, as I've been able to get it to run more quietly in some tough areas due to the added controls and lower sensitivity levels it offers. The next morning was overcast, but the puddles were mostly gone. After a bit of fiddling to lower audio on the Axiom to 4 threshold, 2 sensitivity and volume 14 while using my ML Koss 1/4in headphones, I was off detecting. Since Rye Patch has been very heavily detected over the decades, my experience has been there aren't too many signals to expect, so I was happy to get my first within 5-10 minutes. I got a faint, but repeatable signal near a sagebrush bush, even with a low sensitivity setting of 2. I figured it would be a shard of bullet or sliver of iron can, but nope, it was a caliche-encrusted, very coarse nugget down about 3 inches! What a way to start the day with a success. I figured I'd cover that area even more slowly and after finding 2 tiny slivers of iron, about 30 minutes later I got an extremely faint signal. A few scrapes and it was in the pile and turned out to be an very tiny nugget! This one was about sesame seed size and also very coarse. The Axiom with its extreme stability and almost no falsing with the audio/sensitivity lowered, still hit that tiny target, very impressive! I renewed my efforts the next 4-5 hours, since it was a race against time. The clouds darkened quickly and it began to look like rain coming yet again with huge dark patches of clouds building nearby. I did dig some other small trash signals and a couple of recent bullets, but no more gold. As the first rain of the early afternoon started to soak me, the thunderstorm hit HARD and I decided it was time to head out. I'm glad I did because the main road in/out had some flash flooding and unfortunately is going to have considerable water damage for a while in spots. People with 2wd vehicles might have trouble passing in the near future. I was glad to finally score some Rye Patch gold after being skunked there in the past. I can now check off finding Nevada nuggets from my list. Low and slow, as others often state, was key, as was making my Axiom as quiet and stable as possible to discern solid signals from saturated ground noises. Also, determination was key. I told myself before the day's hunt, if signals are there to be dug, then there can still be gold, and sure enough there was.

Just got done laying out all the finds from my week long trip to a campground, it was an old hunting lodge and camp before it changed hands twice to become a full fledged campground. I was going to tumble the coins first but decided to do them and all the others I've found together. I've been here 3 times now, thought I hunted the heck out of the place but find I was wrong. I'm getting better as a detectorist, and now have a better detector, the Deus 2. 🙂 Probably a combination of both. Over the course of a week hunting anywhere from 3 to 6 hours a day, I got all the stuff below: 262 coins, oldest was a 1926 buffalo nickel. 3 rings, one is either gold plated or filled, estimated at 1950-1965. Got it pretty well cleaned up, it looks cast and has some gold solder where it broke once. Old script "V". The pictures don't do it justice, it's really shiny. Got a working hand torch, a cheap but working flashlight, an old duck call, keys, and some stuff used to make a bracelet. One 1930 wheat and a 1978 penny with what I think may be a laser hole in it, it's just too perfect. The only silver I got was the tiny iron cross on the earring. 3 very old buttons were the relics, one from the late 1800s and two much older. Quite a week.

My last 3 patches have all been below old reef mines. The old timer's surfaced the ground below the reef workings until the ground got to deep then sank holes. I found a few scattered pieces on the surfaced ground and the mullock heaps down further and thought I got most of the gold. Then I tried the left and right edges of the surfaced area. Standing on the bottom of the slope and looking up towards the reef mine at the top, the right hand sides on all 3 surfaced areas were barren of detectable gold but the left sides had a narrow strip of ground running down the slope that the old timer's didn't dig that was full of species. Makes me wonder why they didn't dig a bit further to the left. Were they all right handed diggers? LOL. Here are a few pics with some of the results.

Over 9 oz so far. A couple more pics after processing the species before I sold them . Gotta love the gold price at the moment. 🙂

Time to rejoice everyone, because the impossible is now possible! You see, a detectorist on another forum, told other members that Target Trace on the Manticore can distinguish between aluminum trash and gold jewelry. Imagine that? No more digging any of that trash when hunting for gold jewelry! Yes, you read that right. TT on the Manti can actually defy the laws of electromagnetism. However, before you throw out all your other detectors, you probably should know that she's a Minelab Rep and also thinks TT shows the shape of the targets😁

I’ve seen a bunch of them over 6” but that’s takes actually having the detector and digging the holes. For 18” to happen it would have to be a Real Nugget though, and those are very few and far between these days, with any model of detector. I’ve dug some deep ones with Axiom but so far they were not gold. My deepest gold nugget with Axiom so far was around 12” more or less. I don’t get into depth quotes much, never have, because frankly when nugget hunting I don’t care. I just dig big holes fast, and only pay attention when the pile of dirt goes beep. I’m not going to scrape down an inch at a time trying to see how deep stuff is. So most of my depth stuff is pretty fuzzy, as in “wow, that was pretty deep.” Truth is out of the tens of thousands of nuggets I’ve dug (not exaggerating) the vast bulk were less than a foot. The bread and butter smaller nuggets don’t get found to great depths.

The second nugget I found weighed .10grams, but has some caliche/mud atatched to it still. It was very very faint in "fine" timing and sensitivity 2. I tested the signal while still in the ground changing settings. At sensitivity 3, the target was much clearer and definite. I did switch to "salt" setting and did not get a response at sensitivity 2 or 3. After the testing, I set the Axiom to a sensitivity of 3 for most of the rest of the day. I did use sens. 4 briefly, but preferred the quieter 3 setting. I believe the ability to manually select different modes or timings on the Axiom are what set it apart from more automatic units like the ML 6k. Got salt? Switch to salt mode without need to swapping to a different DD coil. Too many tiny shards of iron from cans or wires wasting time? Switch to normal timing to knock out the tiny targets. And even low sensitivity settings find the gold, and quite tiny and coarse too. I have more sub .1gr nuggets with the Axiom so far than I ever got with the GPX 5000 and even my SDC!

what the speakers wrote to you is very correct and based on reality. I'll give you my opinion, I don't know if it's correct but it's what I think, the 5k is a great machine but you should spend a lot of time with it and equip it with the right coils for each use. The targets you will spot with the 5k is a dream for any vlf, personally I have sold all vlf's and am 100% committed to the 5k so my ears are only tuned to the sound of this machine. if you manage to become one with the gpx then your ears will pick up magnetic iron and noble metals with a high success rate. if you have appetite and passion to learn this machine then by all means buy it, if you buy it and get disappointed then you are not really ready for this machine.

While you are fundamentally correct in your assertion regarding TT and target shape correlation, what the man is saying is not necessarily "completely" wrong. While the TT doesn't actually show the shape of a target, the traces can show TID variability that occurs with non-symmetric targets, co-located targets, and seemingly "stable" TIDs can show smears and shapes other than a dot. The traces the man describes may very well align with his real life experience digging can slaw and pull tabs. Do you have actual field experience with the Manticore that contradicts the man's assertions and actual experiences regarding the correlation of his TT plots and target predictions? Also, speaking as a site moderator and from past experience, no real good can come from documenting your interactions with others on another MD site and quoting others who cannot defend themselves here and doing so with minimal context. Even if the individuals and site go unnamed it can put Steve in an awkward position with the principles of the other site - doesn't take much detective work for people to figure out was is going on to have it boomerang back. So while it's worth it to continue to discuss the nuances of Manticore target trace in this thread, let's just take the high road and put a stop to airing your differences of opinion and drama with these unnamed people from your anonymous detecting site, if you don't mind. Thanks for understanding.

Just a reminder - if you get into real bad salt ground go to Salt Mode. It will lose the smallest nuggets, but allow more sensitivity and possibly get better depth on larger nuggets by eliminating the salt signal. Buried test nuggets really help in situations like this. Great report Mark, and congrats on finally getting that Rye Patch gold!

The 5000 is a great detector especially for gold however it has rudimentary discrimination features compared to detectors like the Equinox mentioned above, it's mostly a dig it all detector so you'll need to dig just about every target, no issue with gold nuggets as that's just what you have to do nugget hunting but if you're chasing coins and jewellery as well then the 5000 may not be the best choice as you generally don't want to dig everything in places where these can be found so having some discrimination can be a very nice thing to have. Ideally a GPX 5000 and Equinox or even the much cheaper Nokta Legend to replace the Equinox would be a good combination.

The 5000 is a powerful detector and if you learn it’s language the subtitle differences in the way the audio report changes over a target you may be able to tell with some success what it is saying this is iron trash, or that is an aluminum can but not 100% accurately hunting gold is difficult it sounds like a lot of things depending on a long list of variables all non Ferris metals can and do at time sound like a gold nugget, sometimes iron too. trash in an area tells you the targets are not all gone and some may be what you are looking for and trash can overwhelm you too at times. Early gold miners lived where they prospected the packed stuff in, they did not pack most of it out and you are confronted with all of it it driver experienced operators nuts digging trash after trash many days in a row. The great strength of the 5000 is it can ignore many of the minerals in the soil (PI detectors in general)and gold lives in areas of high mineralization but unless you have listened to it for years you will not have the benefit of speaking its language. The 5000 is very tunable to conditions but the learning curve is very steep you don’t learn a new language in a day(s) same with the 5000 and as mentioned it has many coils to choose from that’s another thing to learn what coil is best for the conditions, but a skilled operator can make it sing. Now the 5000 has been around for some time and in the hands of skilled operators you as a new user are going to follow in those same footsteps but for a while not understanding it’s language at a big disadvantage, the new detectors bring new tools and have very small differences, they are easier to operate… are more powerful, 40% more powerful the 7000 claims, the 6000 better at tiny gold, the axiom more stable and some iron discriminations good at small gold too the 6000 and axiom are easier to swing, they are less complicated to operate. My first gold detector was the 7000 it’s easier to use than the 5000 but it’s and overweight corn fed beauty. These things are why experienced detector operators buy new technology for thousands of $$$ looking for the missed gold. Starting out with the gpz 7000 it took me 6 months to find my first nugget it can be discouraging. PI detectors are dig it all machines as much as you can. Jewelry, coins and relics have fewer variables coins are consistent in shape and composition and they have discrimination you can cherry pick but have difficulty where gold lived and why most everyone has both. But you are very lucky, here our host one of the most knowledgeable in the world at this we do here who has compiled the most comprehensive resource on every detector you can think of, read and understand his words and that will bring you the 100% you seek and much joy as you take your journey. learn, appreciate where this takes you and you will find success in the friends you make and personal growth… and some gold too, enjoy the journey that is the real treasure.

I’ve made arrangements to have this thread sent to the right people at XP so hopefully we’ll see what they have to say or what they can do.

We all want that, the holy grail is a PI machine like the GPX combined with the Equinox with it's target ID's and discrimination properties. Sadly no such detector exists.... hopefully one day.

June 16 2002 Part Two Well glory be we found Jim. He was laying in a depression he had fallen into. His radio had hit a rock and broke and his knee is sprained. He was nearly ¾ of a mile from the pumps. We kept on calling and he finally heard us and hollered back. Aside from being a little dehydrated he seems to be ok except for his knee. He will have to rest it for a few days and see how it feels. When we eventually limped our way back into camp Jacob was full of questions. He wanted to know if he had hit any of the hooligans with his Thompson. Jim told him he didn’t think so. They must have come back around after Jim had fallen but were scared away by Jacob. Jim said there were three of them from what he could see and they were firing guns either at him or around him with the intention of running him off. We all needed a day of rest and that’s just what we did. Except for Jacob who did the gold cleanup from the previous day’s 40 yards of pay gravel. There was 13 ounces in the jar. We were all pleased except for Jacob. He just shook his head and said there’s that unlucky number again. When sundown came we had to send Vern up on first night watch. It was no fun up there alone with these thugs running around. I just wanted to get back to mining. TO BE CONTINUED ..................

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” After 3 failed attempts, the Manticore itself updated. After downloading the Ml 105 update to three different computers (multiple times each), and trying 4 different cables and jiggling the hell out of those cables to get a connection, I finally succeeded in getting the INSTALL prompt. First attempt-the prompt disappeared. The second attempt-it got to 1%. Third attempt-it got to 2% (hey, at least it was headway!!!) Fourth attempt-it made it all the way to 13%. Fifth attempt-it made it to 22%. Sixth attempt-it made it all the to 100%!!! I don't give up easily but was awfully close on this one. I think I was holding my breath the whole time on the sixth attempt. When I say "attempt", I am referring only to the times that I got an INSTALL prompt. In all, probably close to 50 tries on downloads, cable connection attempts, and the all important "jiggling" of the USB connectors. If at first you don't succeed-jiggle the hell out of the USB and expect different results. (This is a true story and probably under embellished if anything.)

Another 4 weeks of tumbling resulted in these results. I was running 3 tumblers.

I have a few theories why the left hand edges have gold and not the right. 1 - The surfaced area was very rich and the original diggers found less and less gold the further they dug to the left hand side so they abandoned it . Probably. 2 - They started digging on the right hand side for whatever reason. Working right to left across the run of gold , throwing the overburden behind them on the already dug ground . So there could be gold on the right edge covered by overburden that's out of range of my detector. Possibly. 3 - Pure coincidence and the pattern that is emerging is all in my head. Good chance. But I'll always be giving the left hand edge of similar sites a lot more attention. 4 - Most of the diggers were right handed. Unlikely. I think the diggings have been worked twice , 1870's and 1930's going by the dates of coins found . Anyway it was good of them to leave some for me.

Save LOTS of money and buy a used Equinox 800. All you will ever need!

The 5000 can find coins jewelry and relics at great depth. That is why they are used on the east coast of the US. They are not as good at discriminating between targets, so if there is a lot of trash you will dig a lot of it. It really shines in ignoring high mineralization in the ground, which is critical for gold nuggets. I would reflect on what you really want to spend most of your time doing, and if this is your first detector have realistic expectations - many spend a long time finding their first gold as before they are successful they have to learn where the gold is going to be. If the place is hunted out, or there were no big nuggets to start with, detector choice is not going to matter much. Location matters.

I would recommend getting rid of that plastic wrapping around the body of the case. You are blocking most of the air from getting to the case to help cool the electronics inside the case. There are several temp sensitive components inside that can affect performance of the detector. Mike

Considering I dug around 300 holes in the place, I hope I'm giving detectorists a good name. They also appreciate me digging all the live ammo there. Didn't find any this time. 😀 RV campgrounds are awesome places, most haven't been detected. That is if you don't mind a lot of modern coins. 🤔

Usually I log onto DP early in the OZ morn. was watching live cricket 10.30PM OZ and logged on and as I`m off detecting tomorrow that was very fortuitous.Manticore upgraded Thank you Gerry from downunder.

I will say the Equinox 800 and presumably the Equinox 900 is fantastic on tiny gold, I've found bits down to 0.009 of a gram, that's 0.13 of a grain.

Thanks for the good report. Any gold from there is good right now.

Yes, around 30 of the 84 Zincolns I got were all in the same spot with the 8 keys. Can't imagine what that was about. They were all right next to a tree. About $20 in change total. Best part was the compliments I got from staff that they couldn't find any of the holes I dug 🤣

I did politely explain to her how she was completely wrong, but she not only refused to believe it, she told me not to reply to her anymore 😆 Thing is, I normally couldn't care less what she believes about TT. But, she is Admin and owner of the site, and there are a lot of newbies on that site that will take her word for it. Imagine being a newbie and shelling out big bucks for a Manti, because an "authority" told you the Manti's TT shows the shape of the targets and can also distinguish between gold jewelry and nonferrous trash? I just find it hard to sit back when someone is giving biased, misleading, and outright erroneous information to newbies.

The cache of rare Civil War-era coins unearthed in the Bluegrass State includes finest-known 1863 Double Eagles as well as several interesting varieties and errors. Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) was honored to recently certify an incredible cache of rare Civil War-era coins found in the Bluegrass State. “The Great Kentucky Hoard” (as it had been designated) includes a group of finest-known 1863 Double Eagles and hundreds of US Gold Dollars dated 1850 to 1862, as well as a small number of silver coins. Several interesting varieties and errors were also discovered. https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/11795/kentucky-hoard-civil-war-coins/ Short video of the find in the field

Pulled this 3.17 gram nugget at 20" out of our claims with Reese Townes aka Gold Seeker 5000 on Sunday. It pinged real loud. Had a great day with 4.35 grams total in the last hour of digging. Always good to hit a "patch". Worked my hole hard before it finally showed. I absolutely love this coil. Really smoothes out the 6000 and finds little bitty crumbs and big gold at depth. Game changer for digging and detecting our claims.

Hi All, my first post here. Hope this is the appropriate section for this topic. So I'm new to metal detecting. Bought a Minelab X-Terra Pro a week ago. I live on an old farm dating back to the mid-late 1800's or so. Figured I'd learn in my back yard and maybe find something special. Things were going ok, apart from realizing how much iron trash there is on an old farm, but last night after the first rain in a few weeks things went south. Both the X-Terra and my pointer were telling me there were targets everywhere, I mean literally everywhere. Almost lost my mind after a few digs of finding nothing, not even a nail, just red soil...even a handful of it triggered my pointer. Is this a thing? Too high in iron content making my soil nearly impossible to hunt? I'd love to hear anyone's similar experiences and/or tips for success. Here's the first something special I did find during the dry spell. Late 1800's I think? Almost looks as though it went through a fire, which lines up with what history I know of the place.

In general I’m not a fan of calling out other forums or people who are not present. But I also see no evidence that anyone really knows who this person or person is, as not naming names was a proper decision. If they are saying that Target Trace directly maps target shape, that would be incorrect. As is the idea that is can directly tell gold from aluminum. That said, the nuances revealed in the display can aid in determining both. What is being mapped are the target id numbers. Since a round item tends to produce a strong singular target id, the mapping also tends to be solid and round. Ragged irregular targets tend to have sparky target id numbers, and so produce irregular mapped displays. So while it’s incorrect to say shape is being mapped directly, it’s more nuanced than that. The display certainly does aid a knowledgeable operator in making at least some better calls about the target shape. Gold from aluminum? No. But again, it’s not entirely black or white, as an expert jewelry hunter might gain clues from the display. It’s all in nuance and how things are presented and perceived. Without knowing the actual source material it’s impossible to say. But really, does that matter? What does matter is imparting some good information here about what the display does and does not do. I think focusing on the social media presenter is a distraction. Now, if this person can be identified via information presented here then I’d ask that the references that allow that be scrubbed, but for me I have no idea who they are based on anything presented here, and don’t care to know. If anyone thinks differently say so. Seems like a tempest in a teapot really as somebody I’m associating with at the moment is having a deep personal emergency that puts stuff like this in proper perspective. Be nice if everyone can just chill out and move on.

This is also why all the covers I make have a very thin neoprene lining backing the material. It helps insulate the machine from heat. Very much like middle eastern countries where they wrap themselves head to toe in lightweight light colored garments to insulate themselves from the sun. Additionally Minelab has told me they have already put the "NOT HAPPY" on several after market cover designs for the Xterra Pro, The Nox 900 and the Manticore, because they are not allowing an opening for the speaker. This causes two problems. It muffles the sound from the speaker as well as the fact that it traps heat inside the cover and makes over-heating worse. All of my covers are designed in consultation and advice from Minelab to make sure I am designing something that enhances the protection of the machine instead of being detrimental. Attached are a couple pictures of how we design the back of the Manticore and the Equinox 900 detector covers to make sure we get unimpeded sound and proper heat dissipation. I also design the cover with a small elastic piece over the charging port. This protects the gold plated contact charging points, while that elastic allows you to easily insert the charging cable and keep it in place. Doc

Welcome to the Forum You have made a good choice as there are lots of experienced & helpful folks here. Others, more qualified will chime in I am sure. Detecting in mineralized soil can be a real challenge, especially when wet & conductive. That is what you are experiencing after the recent rain. The moisture activates & connects the soil electrically so it is seen as one big background target to the detector and your pin pointer. You have a good detector and as the soil dries the false signals will start to dissipate. In the mean time, it may help to reduce the detectors Sensitivity to a very moderate level, add some Discrimination to cut out some of the Iron responses and sweep the coil more slowly & evenly. A lower frequency choice will also help, as will a medium fast Recovery speed and a good Ground Balance. The Xtera Pro being a single frequency detector will still struggle a bit on that type of ground. Be patient and learn as you go. It sounds like you have a very interesting place to hunt. That is a nice pocket watch case. There will be a lot of small iron and other types of trash, but the more you dig, the more you learn and it gets it out of your way to find the good stuff being hidden. Have fun and keep us posted with your questions and successes.

I haven't been chasing deep or big nuggets with my Axiom so far. I've swung the 11x7 mono coil nearly exclusively because its small and light. Apart from those advantages, its finding tiny gold, even near the surface I've missed with my gpx 5000. At some later date, I'll probably buy the Garrett 13x11 mono and rescan some areas with the hopes of picking up some deeper and bigger nuggets. Generally, I don't dig many nuggets past 6-8 inches, but have gotten some 12in+ in the past. Right now, with hard-baked dirt, I'll likely wait until fall and rains to soften the ground before I switch to a bigger coil. For now, I'm happy finding a nugget or two per trip that have been missed in the past, even if they tend to be on the smaller side.

June 17 2002 Things were quiet last night. Jim refused to go to the hospital to get his knee checked out. It is badly swollen and he is out of commission. He volunteered to sit up at the pump today which would allow Vern to help me shovel gravel but I told him to wait until he is feeling better. Vern must guard the pump and water line during the day so with Jim out of commission it leaves just me to feed the tom. Jacob doesn’t have any concentrates to clean up so he will help me as much as he can. The heat is not letting up but no one complains. Jacob says it will get even hotter come July and August. For someone who is 85 years old Jacob did more than could be expected today. The two of us were soaked in sweat and we sent 15 yards of gravel through the tom. We are hoping to get the trommel back up and running soon. TO BE CONTINUED ...............

It’s all covered earlier in the thread so not news really. But I do wonder where he wandered off to, has not logged in since Feb 27 - he apparently has “Gone Bush” on us.

I have Sunday off (Father's Day 😎) and I have loaded your settings on my D2. I don't have a saltwater beach, but I do have a sandy lake beach nearby, so I'll try to see if I can replicate what you are experiencing. And maybe some of the other salt water hunters on here could do the same and post their results, because more users showing the same results may grease the wheels at XP, so to speak. 😎

Thanks Cap'n, I pitied myself the first couple days but then hunted smarter. Also grid searched the tent areas that were empty because of the bear, they were telling people about it. Tent areas are closer to the dumpsters where the bear visited nightly. The other surprise was the place I got a lot of coins last year, just kept hitting more. Something was happening in that spot where a lot of money was dropped. Looking at the old aerials shows nothing in particular. Could be that V1.1 is far superior to V.71 too. Even with the 13" i was able to pluck coins out of trashy areas.

Thanks Mark, I really exceeded last year's total for coins there, might be an indicator of improvement in V1.1, or that I just got better. I was using the 13" coil, used the 9" a little bit but didn't notice any real difference.

Mark, WTG! Crazy wet weather for Northern Nevada. It should be drying out here real soon, but that includes Summer temperatures 🥵 Rick

I used a generic carbon fibre upper which only needs the two control box mounting holes drilled (fairly accurately). The lightweight battery sits in my Camelbak pack/harness. As for coils, maybe an 11” open style mono would be a good starting point. The 6v lithium battery is only 400 grams ! Most of the overall weight is felt when bigger coils make the setup nose heavy but a bungee will solve most problems. I found with the smaller coils then no bungee is needed. I run a 3500. Hope this helps, Tony

The Legend does not lose stability at higher sensitivity and has no issues with small gold. It is very similar to the Minelab Equinox 800 on small gold nuggets and pickers.

I have an old MacBook Pro with USB 2.0 ports and so I downloaded all the updates on that machine. I got no response from the update software from Minelab. I ran a utility to "watch" communications on the USB 2.0 port and both the earphones and Manticore were correctly identified by the port, but the Minelab utility program did not send communications to the device to check for software versions. I then downloaded everything again on my new MacBook Pro with USB 3.1 using an Apple USB adapter. This did the trick, both updates were loaded on first try. Some cable companies do not wire their adapters completely, or correctly. The Apple adapters are expensive but you get a quality product that works. I picked mine up at Best Buy. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-usb-c-to-usb-adapter-white/6622138.p?skuId=6622138

I tried out the update today. It definitely does make target TID's more stable. The big red numbers for iron make these tired eyes happy. And the sound boost works well for wind gusts too. All in all, 👍👍

If I'm still around when a machine can correctly call gold vs aluminum , I will be a rich man. As it is , I've found several pieces of gold with the ML Nox that read in the negatives with a dig-it-all approach. No discrimination used. These #s would typically tell someone "don't dig , it's iron". You might want to bail out of her "Club of Fools".

Welcome Giorgi! The two posts above are correct, but if you are going for a lot of different types of targets and want good junk iron discrimination, a multi-frequency VLF detector like a Equinox 800 or 900 would be very useful, especially around rivers, in the water, and elsewhere for relics and coins - at least to start out with. The 5000 has a lot of different settings and is not as easy to use and they are expensive to start out with. Good hunting!

If your main objective is nugget gold, then a PI detector will serve you well, and the gpx 5000 is a great detector for finding gold. There is a learning curve on how to use it, however, so keep reading the manual and the forum guides. There are more recent detectors that have less of a learning curve perhaps, and find smaller gold, but they are much more expensive. Be sure to check your detector is an authentic gpx 5000 by checking the serial number on the minelab website.

Sorry I did not reply sooner as I was in Nevada chasing rattlesnakes, trying to find a few pieces of gold and being run out of the desert by afternoon thunderstorms. Minelab and most other manufactures usually are not ones to run discounts or freebies on the new detectors. The EQ-900 is one of their most popular sellers. I doubt we'll see any promos on it for quite a while. Are you interested in the EQ-900 for General Use (Coin/Relic/Jewelry) or Gold Nuggets? The pics below are of the 1st piece of gold I recovered in 2023, with the EQ-900. A nice 6 gram specimen.

New manual to go with the new update https://www.minelab.com/__files/f/505058/4901-0428-2 Inst Manual, Manticore EN.pdf https://www.minelab.com/usa/metal-detectors/manticore