Tony

Brad....have you had any corrosion problems with the charging pins (on the detector pod). I do plan to rinse after every hunt and maybe a bit of Isopropyl alcohol on the pins afterwards.

36 minutes ago, TampaBayBrad said:

No Kidding! 75% of the caps that I used to dig before learning their ID were Corona. Must be the beach advertising on the TV that they do. "If you're at the beach, you gotta drink Corona!" Ha!

It's weird but I've got this urge to grab a 24 pack of icy cold Corona.....it is summer down here afterall.

30 minutes ago, fishersari said:

For me I'm chasing fine gold jewelry which Beach LC is much better than deep mode or any other mode on my beach.. 

I think I shall probably do the same but I will do some beach tests between the two....I'm guessing not much between the two modes.

I'm reasonably experienced in beach and saltwater detecting....both VLF and Pulse for over 30 years now so hopefully I won't be scaring off all the seagulls with my bad language.

I'm kind of reluctant to fully submerge the Manticore...I've got the Excalibur and old Garrett XL500 for that sort of work.

I shall be reporting in due course.

Thanks,

Tony

What the heck is up with Corona bottle-caps......I need a new custom Corona audio theme.

I;m convinced the Corona bottling plant is located in Perth, Western Australia and not Mexico.

Thanks for the info......very impressed so far but has the Excalibur got the edge on bottlecap ID ?

>>>> sorry that was a rhetorical question 🤔

I've mocked, chastised, ridiculed, protested about most of what Minelab does......so, I decided to put up or shut up and finally purchased my second (new to me) Minelab detector.

I decided to get a full Manicure.

I will go on record and say this........an air test on my gold wedding band left me utterly gobsmacked in just how far it was able to detect it. If this can translate to real beach conditions then I will be beyond impressed. Fortunately, my local beach sands are typical white coral sands with the occasional pockets of black sands on some of the more enclosed beaches.

Tony

Would the "Deep Beach" setting achieve similar results. It engages the "Prospecting" audio theme automatically.

Also, if you select All Metal, are the ferrous Limits no longer relevant?

Thanks,

Tony

Actually, when all is said and done, I can have a good laugh regarding Minelab's business model....afterall, I've ever only bought one new Minelab detector ever......and that doesn't look like changing anytime soon. My new Excalibur was bought new for $1599 back in 2018, and now they want extra $700 for it !!!

1 minute ago, phrunt said:

That's accidently using deep heat cream for toothpaste, been there! 

I was thinking Deep Heat cream for Haemorrhoid cream 😡

33 minutes ago, Ridge Runner said:

It is said “ Nothing Last Forever “ but tomorrow if I so wish I can order another Minelab detector and get my 15% Vet discount off of it .

 Minelab I may stand alone but I thank you for for a great product you have put out over the years.

 Chuck 

Talk about rubbing salt into wounds....you guys get a 15% discount and we get a 25% price rise.....💩

BTW......all my T-shirts are now sold out 🙂

13 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Maybe it’s only the Aussies that need to get out the Vaseline

Saw this shipment at the local dock this morning.......looks like plenty more to be offloaded from the ship.

Those small jars of Vaseline just won't cut it.

I've pre-ordered a 1000 of these T-shirts......I don't think it will be enough.

Shows the back of the T-shirt......and then the front.

1 hour ago, schoolofhardNox said:

I would buy one of the X coils if it gets me more depth than the DD coils do. Cautiously optimistic to see what happens

Me too.....but I'm confident the price will stop me in my tracks.

That is a serious coil to swing.....I've gone back to using the Coiltek 14" DD on my GP3500. I found that the open 18" Detech DD was a little "grabby" on the sand...mainly due to having three leading edges. The flat Coiltek skims the sand nicely but can suction stick to the very wet sand. Depth is very similar between these two coils.

Happy hunting !

I’m guessing all the care and quality designed components and manufacturing probably goes into Codan’s HF radios and transceivers. Codan equipment is very well regarded in Australia……I guess when you’re dealing with equipment that may relate to a life or death matter then quality and reliability isn’t something that is compromised. When it comes to metal detectors then maybe not so much. The problem is a GPZ7000 costs the same as two high end HF radios !!!

1 hour ago, George Kinsey said:

Over 40 great detectors in my collection. Just added another Coinstrike, Patriot, Nautilus DMC, Fisher 1265, New Fors Cor Relic, XP W6 Master. Would you have me committed? Nice.

Why stop at 40........50 is a nice round number.

https://www.detectorprospector.com/metal-detector-database/fisher-coin-strike-r117/

6.2 KHz

1 hour ago, Northeast said:

maybe production in China is a step forward

Could well be.....I mean there are plenty of quality made electronics coming from China....Apple comes to mind. It really depends on companies deciding the "quality" of their products. Chinese company could make a GPZ7000 for $500 or $5000 depending on what parameters their client companies set for any given product.

I wonder where my GP3500 was made ?

What's to stop Minelab ceasing all detector production in Malaysia........and moving everything to China 😬

I meant to ask how your Manticore compares to the GPX on pure depth?

Makes perfect sense.....that is some serious dedication to get the deep silver.......and gold as well 💪

My beaches are relatively clean down here....surface hairpins, bottle caps and tent pegs are my main enemy.

Happy hunting.

SOHK,

Can you not use minimum DISC (on your DD coils) to take care of the bottlecaps and iron targets. I run my GP3500 just "clicked" out of All Metal. There is no loss in depth and the caps, hairpins,and fish hooks are blanked out.

You are an inspiration for other Minelab PI users on the beach 🙂

10 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Yep, $1502 NZD for an Excalibur 2 without GST, $1386 AUD, funny how they price things differently for different markets and how much people in those markets are willing to pay.

 

That's the equivalent of about $900 USD......I think they are paying around $1600 USD in the USA !!!!

That's close to $2500 in Aussie dollars......holy moly.