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Relic, gold nugget, beach metal detecting
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Minelab GPX 6000, Minelab Manticore, XP Deus 2
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Axiom Initial Thoughts And Hunt Updated
abenson replied to CarsonChris's topic in Garrett Metal Detectors
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I've owned the Manticore since it came out and have at least a couple hundred hours on it. The best advice I can give is, don't assume others peoples settings are going to work for you and your sites. Setting people use in the UK won't necessarily work in the US. Tom Dankowski's setting for Florida beaches won't necessarily work on California beaches, etc, etc. Other people have already said this, you can't run a Manticore setup like an Equinox. The Manticore is a totally different animal and you need to forget what you know about the Equinox for the most part when using the Manticore. Sensitivity and Recovery speed settings on the Manticore are some of the most misunderstood in relation to iron contamination and high mineral ground. In my ground I prefer either General or ATLC when hunting most land sites, recovery at 5 or 6 and sensitivity at 19 or 20. It's stupid for people to say run your sensitivity up to 25 or 30 or whatever if the result is counter productive for the site. I have videos showing how counter productive running your sensitivity up can be on high mineral ground. If I run my recovery too low or sensitivity to high, the Manticore actually loses depth and the target ID is very unstable. So the best advice I can give is either bury some targets or find some targets in the wild and go over them using different settings to see how the Manticore reacts. General is probably the best program to start in if you are new to the Manticore. Start by using the stock settings and make adjustments to target tones to see which you like best 1 region all tones, 2 tones, 5 tones, etc. then which audio theme and audio profile you prefer. once you have it setup for the audio you prefer, then start making adjustments to recovery speed and sensitivity settings over a buried target until you get the best audio and target ID response. The last thing I would mess with is the upper and lower ferrous limits and that's after you have at least 100 hours on it. And finally, take into consideration what software version you are using because there are settings on the new version that aren't on the older version that you may or may not like. Stabilizer is one of those that may or may not help with your sites, I personally don't use the stabilizer. Hope that helps. here's a video showing how sensitivity can be counter productive in a high mineral site.
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At Rye Patch I'd start with the 7x11 mono. The deeper coil of the 2 will be the 11x13 DD.
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Manticore Gets A 1909 S Vdb USA Penny
abenson replied to Jeff McClendon's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
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I don't really care for the Garrett headphones either. I just bought the WR-1 receiver and now use my killer bee headphones which sound much better IMO.
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Good choice for the money. The Axiom is rain resistant. It's available in 2 different packages. One of them comes with wireless headphones. The international package comes with wired headphones, not even sure it's available in the US but it might be.
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As long as it's detectable, it's big enough for me.
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Axiom Vs Sdc 2300 Video
abenson replied to Lead Detector's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
I thought the same thing when I saw the video. Looks too big to be .01. But good video anyway. -
AlgoForce E1500 Vs The Rest
abenson replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Steve I'd say your assessment of the above is pretty spot on. I have a few of those machines and have seen most of the others in field right along side the ones I use. Not having seen of used the E1500, I still think your assessment is accurate. Companies price products the way they do for a reason and I wouldn't expect a 2k PI to outperform a 6k or even a 4k PI.- 45 replies
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I've been doing a lot of testing between the 4500, 6000 & Axiom over the last month or so. What I'm seeing is the 6000 is better on small gold up to about the .50 gram point. From .50 grams and up they are pretty equal until the targets really start getting deep, then the Axiom is doing better. Both machines are limited by coils at this point. Smaller coil on the Axiom and it may be right on par with the 6000 on small gold. Same goes for big deep gold. If a bigger coil was available for the 6000, it might be right on par with the Axiom. Now mind you this is not backed by actual in field wild targets, but I still think it's a pretty good reflection of actual conditions. I will say for the range of metal detecting I do with a PI, which includes gold prospecting, beach hunting and relic hunting, the Axiom is the best overall.
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GPX 4500 For Civil War Relics
abenson replied to Tom B's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
My favorite coil for relic hunting on the 4500 is the 14" Coiltek DD, stock 11 DD is the my favorite. -
GPX 4500 For Civil War Relics
abenson replied to Tom B's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
I've used the GPX series of detectors for relics for at least 6 years now. Iron reject works to about 6" depending on coil size and yes it will knock out a 16d nail at that depth. I currently used the 6000 and really don't miss iron reject thought. Most of the stuff I'm after is deeper that 6" so iron reject is kind of pointless for me. -
Thoughts And Prayers For Cpt Ghostlight
abenson replied to walkerrj's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Oh man sorry to hear that, best wishes and a speedy recovery.