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  1. Not sure what the punishment for prowlers in the womens bathroom might be šŸ˜‚
  2. Well I believe more standard tones would help especially in the deeper water. Iā€™m waiting to see if any of the machines get better depth in the water whereā€™s there is less trash. Running in AM you get the pops rather than the false tonesā€¦ to many tones and any machine can get chatty when run the way you can this machine. i agree itā€™s a very well made machineā€¦. Thou I can tell you problems Iā€™ve hadā€¦.. none of which cost me a ton of money for repairs.
  3. Good points of course. Im hoping the manticore has value for dirt hunting if I ever get up home again longest to hit some of my old spots. I donā€™t get nearly the EMI simply because Iā€™m in the water mostly. But if it chatters because of minerals a lot Iā€™m out. The Deus is quiet in the water. But thereā€™s a lot I donā€™t like about it and itā€™s not cheap either. I seriously wish they would revamp the Xcal. Iā€™m afraid their flag ship if redone is going to again be pricy. I like the CTX but at this point itā€™s hard to call it the flagship
  4. The depth you mentioned is fairly easy to obtain by most machines. Of course I need one I have the option of in and out of the water. Next you have to consider whatā€™s an acceptable loss for the targets you are looking for. You then may need to look at one with more coil options especially for working in trash as well as reducing sensitivity, slowing down, keeping the coil low ( not that I need to tell you this) and possibly using a pattern occasionally. In trash just changing it up occasionally can help. I found in say parks ā€¦. Not running high sensitivity especially with a large coil seemed to pick up high conductors totally missed because the machine was trying to process so much material. Plus you got so much better TID. Go beach hunting I like an 11 or 12ā€ coil. But you lose some small gold.
  5. Dimitar has family members involved as well so itā€™s not a one man show. All seem to be capable designers.
  6. I have a friend who uses the Deus AND the MDT. Iā€™ve not cared for the ML multi unit in the waterā€¦.. and Iā€™m not jumping out there to spend the money on any until more info is in. But most of us who hit the beaches hard consider performance over price since the machine pays for its self rather quickly.
  7. I think niche to me means those who have kept them like me arenā€™t trying to use them as a multi use machine. Iā€™m a water hunter who cranks it up and used AM. I donā€™t have any others detectors now because I donā€™t feel there is a better water machine for how I huntā€¦. right now. If I was strictly a dry sand hunter Iā€™d like pick up another machine. I use the 12ā€ coil for depthā€¦. But the 11ā€ is quieter in the water. Water testing for depth isnā€™t easyā€¦.. and sometimes there just plain isnā€™t anything in that pushed up sand. Iā€™m watching the manticore as a possible backupā€¦. But itā€™s been said this isnā€™t a flagship replacement. Iā€™m also wanting to see if itā€™s worth the money in the water. I noticed Tom D has mentioned the MDT when comparing certain aspects of it. The machine likes round. I did find more micro gold with the Nox in the dry sand ā€¦. But a lot of tiny trash. Most people down here rather they know it or not are ring huntingā€¦.. most of the time they are trying to cover to much beach so technique suffers. No Iā€™m not a fan of the tones nor the digital readout. I do wish we knew what Demitar is working on.
  8. Iā€™ve no insight either. Thou I like some of the suggestions. That machine he did with the different tones I liked. Nice to have the new battery box thou Iā€™ve had no issues. I prefer SteveGā€™s thinner shaftā€¦. I might be wrong but I think he made a deal that you could add that in lieu of the standard on new machines. I could be wrong but it seems the testing is being done out of country to keep things as you said close to his vest. Personally I like leaked info as to what heā€™s thinking for improvementsā€¦. Just a taste. Iā€™m still surprised only the Legend has ā€œbarrowedā€ his salt balance. Has anyone had an issue with the red on your buttons completely disappearing?
  9. Chase Did I read the Nox phone wonā€™t work with this machine? Wonder if they will give us those darn yellows for water huntingā€¦ of course at the $150 extra? They need to give people a choice between phones.
  10. So what headphones are you using? I never really had an issue with the volume on the Nox but I used Tony Eisenhower and phones I made. Just curious why you didnā€™t seem to like the volume
  11. I look forward to your water review. Do ya know if those crappy yellow phones were upgraded? I sure hope so. For the price we should get an optionā€¦ or itā€™s an added cost. As an old smart screen user and CTX user I really like the add. You almost never dug a bottle cap you didnā€™t want to. Side by side targets not IDed properly it helped there too. Not quite dive ready. ML hasnā€™t introduced a new flagship machine ā€¦. These machines are out performing their current one. Iā€™m waiting because of price to see how it performs in the salt waterā€¦. Hopefully not a lot of reduction to have it run smoothly and transition in the surf is good. Really want to see in the near surf how it does on those difficult gold pieces.
  12. Targets pool this time of year. We have a much larger tide swing and winds start coming out of the North. These negative tide cause more waves at low tide hitting th built up sand dune or rises. Good to hunt by watching the wave line in the water ā€¦ just it front of it you get a lot of movement and you tell the cut ins best.
  13. Sooooo howā€™s the hunting going? Not been out much but the red tide was out a bit. I heard someone had a heart attack on one beach because of it. Tomorrow maybe a beach day to see if itā€™s moved ā€¦. Heard it was all the way up to Holmes beach. As far as the ring it was a giveback with no reward ugh. Personally that diamond had to be awfully awfully good because the ring was very simple
  14. Are those cobs? Dats a lot of digging ā€¦ but some nice heavies. You donā€™t always get what you might expect from these storms. Sometimes a month after will surprise you.
  15. I use the tones only after locating a targetā€¦.. I prefer not to hear all the distracting tones when it falses much like any other machine when itā€™s maxed out. I prefer the quick pops to the pings and pongs. Iā€™m not a numbers guy especially since there can be a lot of bounce with a sensitive machine lot of targets dugā€¦ oh my aching back šŸ˜‚. Nice batch of heavy targets too. Was the cross gold?
  16. Take a mole hole or any disturbed soilā€¦. many detectors donā€™t function well. They can even see a dug hole rather than the target at the bottom. When moisture is removed the ground becomes pores signals get weaker because water and salt tends to light up targets ā€¦ a good bit from target bleeding
  17. The MDT has its place when working around difficult moist areas and water
  18. Denny ā€¦.it sound like an issue me and Cliff had initially. Itā€™s not making contact. Remove the screw to the plate and put a thin SS washer behind it. It didnā€™t help when someone released a video with more standard tonesā€¦.. I think we all liked them MUCH better. to answer Steveā€™s questionā€¦. absolutely. Itā€™s real competitive with all the U-Tubers/influencers who wants to be the first to introduce a new machine. New machines is like chum to sharks. Right now ā€¦. There are some very good choices for someone wanting a multi use machine ā€¦.that may do other types of hunting only occasionally but like me needs a good niche machine as well.
  19. Very spot on. Itā€™s a niche machine to me for water hunting. Some I know have already moved on to the newer multi use machinesā€¦. But they still have the machine. Partly because they arenā€™t easy to sell much like an aqua sound that got some what popular here years back. Itā€™s difficult if you donā€™t have a crew to make changes quickly and canā€™t do updates by computer. Some things needs to be changed but there is a bit of resistance maybe because it canā€™t be updated and of course there is the cost. Much like a PI for beach huntingā€¦. Not as many want to use them even thou they are deep. Iā€™ve sold all my machines but the MDT and Iā€™m keeping an eye on the new ones. The future is hear ā€¦. Most everyone wants a multi use machineā€¦. Itā€™s a matter of which will serve their purpose.
  20. ā€œIt's build quality and waterproofing has been improved, significantlyā€ This is yet to be determined IMO. I honestly donā€™t think the Nox was tested in the waterā€¦ it was assumed the sealed casing and universal IP ratings made it waterproof. If itā€™s being made in the same factory using the same mode process with the same quality controlā€¦. Then itā€™s a wait and see for the water guys. ML has very good marketing staff. Well played on waiting hoping to do the same thing the Nox didā€¦. Stall all sales of other detectors. But this times ā€¦. Iā€™m not sure it will work with the quality of machines out there.
  21. No one should take that dealer seriously.
  22. SteveG I agree with you on a lot of that Ferr/con. I more often than not watched that smart screen then checked out the con digit. We all learned the silver tinkle watched deep coins like nickels move to points no where near an air test coin. Took me some time to realize what weak targets wereā€¦ I really gained a lot of depth once it clicked.
  23. So are there videos of it in the water with the screen about a foot down? Wondering how they set it up, how it moved (Tom already said those fins displace more water) and how much water comes out of that speaker? Iā€™ve always plugged those. that cuff had best be good because itā€™s not likely an aftermarket one will be out soon. So with a sliding cuff and no screws/button spring clipā€¦. The end of that shaft could have been used for a cheaper larger battery that doesnā€™t take but a few hours to charge. that extra power could come in handy in the water here in Fl. Once the coil hits the salt water it more about the saline than EMI.
  24. I for one never had a water issue with my Noxā€¦. and mine got wet. I consider any detector that can get used in the water. I wasnā€™t happy getting it thou and they didnā€™t even have waterproof headphones for months which told me it hadnā€™t been tested much. So Tony made me phones and I tested um. Seems Iā€™ll be able to use them. ML knows what their issues wereā€¦ letā€™s hope all were fixed. Not sure why they couldnā€™t waterproof more like the Deus and their warranty didnā€™t increase. I assume Steve you are working on a new shaft? I always like ML so if 90% of the development did go toward the dirt guy on this one for here in Fl it may be a good beach machine as well
  25. Steve I read that as well from Tom. He also mentioned Carl ant that 50% would equate to less than 7% increase in depth. I get good depth here in Fl so Iā€™m more concerned with eliminating EMI and TID especially at depth. Obviously here most are recent drop hunting and getting 10ā€ means they get a good many of them. There also comes a time when gold targets are just beyond reach no matter the machine.
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