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5 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

His answer was basically that these detectors are close enough in performance that for general use a person can't go wrong with any of them.

Thanks for sparing me the 17 minutes of my life the suspense was killing me lol....Thats the only guy I ever blocked on this website...

strick 

3 hours ago, Dan Fox said:

Care to elaborate please?

I'm sure he will but he has already spoke plenty about that if you search you will find it. 

strick 

On 2/19/2023 at 6:17 AM, basstrackerman said:

I have 150 hours or so on my manticore and over last 25 hours or so tried to keep track of all good targets I've dug that were not on or slightly touching center line.  So far I've counted zero keepers that were  not at least slightly touching the line.  I have dug trash non-ferrous on the line , and maybe a couple wrap around iron that showed as a tiny dot on center line at 99.  I've dug a lot of targets that sounded pretty good tone wise and the 2D screen showing nothing on center line and every target was either iron or some sort of trashy metal.  Rattlehead made a video and every pic he posted of his screen of the deep coins in iron showed target trace on or touching center line on every target that was good.  What is everyone's experience with this?  How many of you are digging coins or buttons or any keepers that show up no where near center line?   Just curious .  

Went on a hunt at a swimming hole this morning and dug some sinkers that were not touching the center line and noticeably below it but not down into the ferrous range. It was dependent on which program I was using. AT HC seemed to keep them at or near the centerline the rest were below a bit...just an FYI

EDIT: I tested some at home in the grass and it was the same. 

strick 

Happy Birthday Norman here’s to a few more nuggets for the poke ? 

strick

I love old military buttons...nice work Jeff

strick

Personally I'm not that interested in it's small gold capabilities, most VLF's are fairly useless for small gold up where we hunt due to the hot soil....we are all using PI's up in the high country.  As it stands right now I could see it working good in tailing piles for some larger specimens. I dug some non ferrous out of some tailing piles on my little trip weekend before last in the foot hills.  Someone here has posted finding some gold chains already with the M-Core which is all that I am interested in anyways...it's coin and jewelry and relic capabilities. But yea it would be a bonus if they could improve on its small gold capabilities  as well. Then there would be no stopping it. 

strick 

20 hours ago, ColonelDan said:

I use a stealth 720i with carbon fiber handle in a lake whose bottom is thick clay.  Works fine and has done so for years.  

Great scoops.  Just like detectors I have too many scoops. I have a 720i and a 920i The 920i I like for wide open big beach hunting but it is a big heavy scoop. The 720i I don't use much because it has a 90 degree shaft which I found later not too like. Use my starv the most I've found s it's the lightest scoop. They all have carbon fiber shafts. My wife likes the starv as well and picks it over the aluminum scoop we got years ago. 

strick 

I was told by coin shop guy a long time go that anything I dug out of the ground would probably not be worth much...he was right for the most part but if you ever get a key date coin or an old coin in pristine condition then I would advise not to clean it unless you know what you are doing. If your coins are not worth anything but their intrinsic value to you then I would encourage you to learn how to clean them without ruining them. Cabin fever (member here) has not posted in a while but if you want to research some of his old posts had the best methods of cleaning indians and wheat cents...it did not involve water (hint) also the infamous you-tuber Aquachigger had a great video about cleaning a large copper cent that I recall watching a while ago. Have fun and do what you want with your coins. 

strick

9 hours ago, abenson said:

 First, EMI was tamed way down with the disc pattern and it didn't appear to affect depth. Second, masking from my dirt was also reduced. Finally, I was amazed at how much iron masking there is running the Manticore wide open. There were a few targets that were completely masked by iron running the screen wide open. But engage the disc pattern and I could clearly tell there was a target and was able to pinpoint it's location

I toggle back and forth from disk to wide open constantly while hunting and can confirm that depth does not seem to be effected much while in disk. With the CTX there was a loss of depth while running in disk. 

To the OP how much off the centerline are are you talking? just barely then yes some good targets will be just a hair off of the centerline but not much in my experience. Also target smearing is quite common when there is iron in very close proximity to a good target but usually the smear will be still touching the centerline. This I demonstrated early on and I believe is in the manual as well? I have dug nothing yet that I can remember that was a good target way off of the centerline.  

strick 

1 hour ago, EL NINO77 said:

Simon .. I have one question for you... what results do you get with the Manticore and Equinox on 11" coils in the #9 lead shot  in test?

...since I have done many such comparisons on my detectors over time...so I am interested....

Third paragraph down

strick 

9 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks Strick! . Actually thought ya might miss it with your new love and all ?, but the D2 has been getting bashed some so I thought I'd throw it there.

Lol  yea been spending too much time on the manticore forum. I remember my first true love the ctx 3030. Nothing was as good or better then it. I could not see how anyone could find fault with it. Yea it was a little heavy...maybe a little slow but I could pull stuff out of the nail beds it seemed just as well as my buddy with his deus 1. After hunting with me for over a year...he couldn’t take it any longer and bought a ctx for himself. He was so much into the deus I don’t think he ever really learned all the controls on the ctx but I had set it up for him to just turn on and go (he had done the same for me with my deus) He takes his grand daughter coin hunting with it. But he still is a Deus guy #1

Sometimes a guy will make a post titled X detector finds this or Y detector finds that. When the truth of the matter is most likely any modern detector would have found it just as easily...because we all know it’s not what your using but how your using it and more importantly then anything where you are hunting that really matters. Like Steve says all of the modern vlfs are so close in technology it’s like splitting hairs. I’d. Say with gold nugget hunting it’s little different as the machines are different technologically speaking

But yea detector bashing gets old quick. I spend about 2 seconds on a couple of the face book pages and have to leave it’s so bad.  The xp deus 2 is a great machine one of the best out there,  We all like watching your exploits Bob your onto some really cool spots with lots of old history so keep posting buddy ?

Strick 

I need to start checking the deus forum more often just seeing your post. Nice work as usual 350 very pretty places you are hunting. I've only ever found one shield Nickel and it looked just like yours ? After seated's  SLQ are my favorite coins.. thanks for posting.

strick 

I noticed it yesterday when I first turned on the machine at a site...I think it's been going on for a while. Speaker is cutting in and out. In other words it just sometimes blanks out. I tested it again this morning playing around at home and I believe I do have an issue with the speaker. I have been using the headphones exclusively and there is no problem there. I have not submerged the machine that I can remember just given it a few baths. Hate to send it in already as it's working as it should otherwise. I'm going to call the repair facility this week and see what the fix would be. Just a heads up. 

strick 

6 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

Unless you do a lot of submerged small gold prospecting and micro jewelry hunting, I don't see any reason why you should get the 900 since you have an under warranty 800, Manticore and Deus 2. The 800 vs 900 difference on small gold and micro jewelry is minimal. The difference in waterproofing quality is yet to be determined. Target separation and depth between the 900 and Manticore is probably slight advantage Manticore. 

Yep solid advice but the new design on the 900 plus the added yet to be proven water proofing are enough for me...one more thing that I noticed today while out on a site that is full of rivets...the Manticore puts most of them in the high 50's low 60's where the 800 used to put them in the higher end into the possible coin spectrum....I'm assuming the 900 and the Manticore will have similar VID's? if they are the same or even close that would be  plus as well. Otherwise I'd have to divide by 2 every time I hit a target if I was using the 800 as right now the M-Core is my main squeeze. ?

strick 

On 2/15/2023 at 10:50 AM, Jeff McClendon said:

All I can say at the moment is that I sold one of my Equinox 800s and the other one has been relegated to small gold prospecting and loaner status. I would not have imagined that even one year ago.

Yea same here. Sold one of my 800's....(the older out of warranty proven not to leak Ole Betsy detector) sold in one day...Now I'm having  hard time selling the new one that still has 2.5 years of warranty left. I bought it 6 months ago right before Minelab came out with their M-Core announcement lol. The goal is to keep the accessory coils and get a 900 but I'm having reservations about that as well. As soon as Minelab makes their accessory coils available available for the M-Core I might not even use the 900? The Deus 2 ain't going anywhere thats for sure. 

On 2/15/2023 at 12:24 PM, abenson said:

I'm really starting to like the All Tones on both the Manticore and 900. Really wasn't that hard for me to get used to. 

It's funny I've been using all tones pretty much most of the time and I like it as well. I had a hard time with the 50 tones on the 800 for some reason and became used to using 5 tones mostly with that machine. If I get in a wide open field or beach where targets are sparse then I'll switch too deep. 

strick

Stock coils meaning just the 11” or total what’s available now? 900 has 4 total that you have to work with so one could make better use of the 900 then the M-Core in that regards. Give me the choice of only using the 11 “ on either then it’s easy M-Core all the way. Disclaimer I don’t have a 900 so I’m just going off what I’m seeing on videos when it comes to the 900. 

Strick

Wait...when was it Valentines Day? 

Nice work CPT that was a quick productive hunt. 

Strick

I like watching Andys videos. His testing is fair and he goes about it in precise manner. No BS with his channel just good old metal detecting. 

strick

5 hours ago, Ridge Runner said:

I’ve had to replace those points on that side cutter and they are flat on the top side. The cutter blade slides on that flat side back and forth. The cutter I had fit on the back of the tractor and used the power lift to put it down to cut . That tractor is what you call a 8N and I had a 9N .

 All that was many moons ago.

 Chuck 

Yes indeed I was looking at some close ups of the points and all of them that I could find were flat on the back so they could bolt onto the boom. Appreciate the responses fellas...

strick 

They make an adapter that screws into the remote that you can plug what ever you like(I have not used this).  I have some water proof headphones that have the adapter built in...look up Tony Eisenhower headphones for Deus 2. 

adapter 

https://www.metaldetector.com/xp-deus-2-remote-control-headphone-jack-adapter

strick

Thanks guys I think your on the right track ?

strick 

One of my clients found this on a walk about around this property near it old homesite. Trying to figure out what it is. His dad seems to think it is some kind of a bayonet but I cant find anything that looks like it. To me it looks like some kind of a hanger you would pound into a tree...looks too short to be a tent stake... The good news is hes going to take me where he found it ?

38 minutes ago, Doc said:

They are even better.  Most comfortable knee pad I have ever owned and the most utilitarian for what we do.  You will be amazed they beat anything out there.  I bet I have over $300 worth of various knee pads from Home Depot.  They may be good for laying carpet, but not for metal detecting.

Doc

I just tried to look them up on your site..I think you have been hacked. A heads up. 

strick 

Press the horse shoe button and wave the machine over a iron oblect and that should activate right up. ?

strick