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Garrett Axiom, Minelab Manticore, Vanquish 340, Nokta Legend, XP Deus 2, ORX, FTP Tek-Point, Nokta Accupoint, Gold Hog River Sluices/Flow Pan, Royal High Banker
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Amazon/Metal Detecting Shop (dealer) still has six Whites Goldmaster 24Ks left for $399 currently. There is a Nokta Triple Score for sale on this forum for $399 in the classifieds. Since you are a new member that might not be available for you yet. I think Andrew provided his email address in the ad so you could use that. The Nokta Triple Score can do a decent job for small gold prospecting using its M2 multi frequency mode in Park or Field along with 2 tones or Pitch tones. M2 is using a lot of 39 kHz in its frequency mix. You may also be able to find a used Nokta Legend in that price range on Ebay or in the used section of several online dealers. The good thing about all of the detectors mentioned including the Gold Bug Pro/F19/Time Ranger Pro is that they can be easily used for other types of detecting too.
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Manticore Or The CTX 3030 (Which Is The Best?)
Jeff McClendon replied to cookie58's topic in Minelab Manticore Forum
I am going to be 69 years old in a month or so. The absolute last thing I want to do is swing a CTX3030. I can swing a Manticore with the M11 or even the big M15 coil all day long with no ill effects. If I did that with the CTX3030 I used to own for more than a few minutes I would need a shoulder replacement if I did that too often. It's as simple as that. I don't care how good the CTX3030 is for deep high conductor coins in mild mineralization. I don't have mild mineralization where I detect and the Manticore found me ounces of silver last year including over 100 deep silver coins that I never knew were in the parks I hunt. Plus, with gold approaching $3000 an ounce and silver at around $30 an ounce I want a detector that can also be tuned to find gold no matter whether its jewelry, coin or natural in a wide range of sizes and whether its shallow or deep. The CTX 3030 simply cannot do all of that. As far as D2 vs Manticore. I own and use both. However, I found out pretty quickly that the Manticore is a deeper detector where I hunt. I have to use the D2 13X11" coil to come close to matching the depth of the Manticore with its 11" coil and the D2 has to be run on the edge of instability above 95% sensitivity to match the Manticore at 80% sensitivity here. I don't enjoy swinging D2 with the 13X11" coil for long unless the ground is pretty flat. Just some facts from my experience with all three. -
Garrett APEX for sale, $245 shipped to lower 48 USA. Comes with Viper coil, charging cable, quick start guide and the latest software update. No original box. This Apex has very little use and works as it should. PayPal friends and family preferred. Send me a private message if interested. Thanks for looking.
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Minelab X-TERRA Elite - Micro Gold & Silver Test
Jeff McClendon replied to JtT's topic in Minelab X-Terra Forum
I see a similar difference with the Nokta Legend comparing the same coils LG30 vs LG28. thanks for the testing and video JtT! -
I've never used the CZ7. I have owned and used the other detectors you have. Depending on your soil mineralization, you may have depth covered with the Etrac. At least where I detect in Colorado, none of your detectors would be in my arsenal. The Nokta Triple Score, Nokta Legend, Minelab X-Terra Elite, Equinox 600, Equinox 700, Equinox 800, Equinox 900, Manticore, Deus 2 WS6 Master and Deus 2 Full Remote would be my choices over the Etrac. They are equivalent in depth here and they are way better at picking out good targets from thick trash, even deeper targets, due to their much faster target recovery speed and better target separation. All of them are fully waterproof, have internal rechargeable batteries, wireless audio, great ergonomics and they can be used on targets of just about any size or conductivity. Minelab created Multi IQ tech to improve higher mineralization ground handling and versatility of use. At least where I detect, they delivered on that task. Multi IQ out performs FBS. Nokta did a great job of producing similar tech as Multi IQ. So did XP. I had to run my Etrac at lower sensitivity levels to get it to settle down enough to use here. Running it in automatic settings......sensitivity would be on 8!. As far as the Tejon and Eldorado......I would rather just use a Multi IQ Minelab Vanquish 340. Sorry for my brutal assessment but that is just reality here where I detect.
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My Axiom is an earlier one and has 1.47 software not the latest 1.47.2 update. I still have issues ground balancing the 11X7 focused core DD coil using Fine mode. I would like to update my Axiom to 1.47.2. There is no software update listed on Garrett's site to do such an update. Has anyone that has posted here been able to download the 1.47.2 update? Do I need to contact Garrett Customer Support to ask for a link to receive the update? Thanks.
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Gary Blackwell Hunts With His Equinox 800
Jeff McClendon replied to Jeff McClendon's topic in Minelab Equinox Forum
The only times I did Equinox factory resets was when I updated software, changed coils or when my Equinox had not been turned on in a while. Same with Manticore. -
My first Whites 24k had an issue with the elliptical coil. It would overload very easily on mineralized ground.The 24K I bought from Ryan does not have this elliptical coil problem and it runs smoothly and at much higher sensitivity. So, I can only support what Ryan stated about Garrett running these through their quality control and passing them. Thanks for posting Ryan!!!
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Manticore And Deep Silver Update
Jeff McClendon replied to Jeff McClendon's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Much like some of the all time great single frequency detectors, BBS and FBS do not like the iron mineralization in my area. I owned and used an Etrac extensively. Compared it to Multi IQ repeatedly. It was no contest in the dirt here and Multi IQ+ on the Manticore has widened that gap even more. Over on Friendly you had a guy using a Manticore with less than 30 hours use going up against Tom_ in _Ca with 15+ years experience on his Explorer 2 in “normal” ground conditions.- 44 replies
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Manticore And Deep Silver Update
Jeff McClendon replied to Jeff McClendon's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
Ended up with 117 silver US coins for the year along with over 300 grams of silver jewelry. All of these were found in public parks. Most, meaning at least over 95% of the finds were 6 to 12” deep. I was just using All Terrain General in high iron mineralization. I would have never thought this could be possible after carefully hunting these same parks for years with the Equinox 800 and recently the Legend and Deus 2.- 44 replies
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I bought one a month ago from Metal Detecting Shop. Works great. Definitely not a knock off. Totally legit. It’s going with me to central Arizona tomorrow. Mostly I will use Manticore and Axiom. 24k is my backup.
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The OP’s second post referencing he and is wife, the Deus 2 with 9” coil and referencing coin/relic hunting in mineralized ground in his first post make it clear that they like to hunt together often and would probably like to be able to easily do “detector talk” about the same detector instead of having to transpose and translate information on the fly. So, Manticore with 9” coil and Deus 2 with 9” coil is probably the best way to approach this comparison. At least for me, swinging the Manticore with M8, M9 and M11 coils is very easy and nicely balanced for a person my age (69 almost). Swinging Deus 2 with its 9” coil is very comfortable. Swinging the 11” coil is okay and swinging the 13X11” coil on anything but flat ground is not okay. So I am going to talk about the M9 versus FMF9 coils and what I have experienced using them on Fe3O4 highly mineralized ground for coin and relic hunting. Like others, I trust Deus 2 with 9” coil to currently be the first choice for hunting for those targets in man-made iron infested sites for shallow to 6” or so non-ferrous targets if the user knows how to set it up for higher iron mineralized conditions. For the same coils on deeper targets in that situation, I would pick the Manticore with M9. At least for me, that coil is deeper than the FMF9 and the Manticore is more likely to hit deeper than 6” non ferrous coins/relics with better audio and target ID information where I detect in Colorado. The same happens for just trying to get a beep dig response on edge of response targets. I would trust the M9 over the FMF9 for that type of detecting too. If XP releases the HF2 elliptical coil soon, all of this may change. Like a couple of other posters, I mostly choose my Manticore for the type of coin, relic and jewelry hunting I do over Deus 2 with 9” or larger coil. I do often take Deus 2 to parks that I have hit hard with the Manticore and I usually find some non ferrous targets. The same goes for the opposite scenario. They are both awesome detectors that can be used in so many ways with so many different setups including in multiple single frequencies. At least out here in higher Fe3O4 ground, the T2/F75 type detectors are basically useless on targets deeper than 4” other than beep/dig. People can’t give those great detectors or lesser models away since no one will take them after using these latest SMF tech detectors that mostly also have similar single frequency operation capabilities.
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And Beast mode is definitely not a gold prospecting mode even though it is located as an option in the Gold Field mode.
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No explanation needed. This video by Gary Blackwell is priceless.