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My money is on the little one... much better stance and appears to have the bigger one off balance... strick

Because we are off topic.. my biased opinion....The 2300 was my first real PI that found me lots of little gold nuggets.....I found it very stable in all the places I hunted in the Sierras...but I did find it to be sensitive to EMI and was never really able to run it at max sensitivity...It was also my wife's favorite detector to run and I think this was because it was so easy to run..yep the ergonomics kind sucked but you should have seen the looks on my buddies faces when I pulled the 2300 out of my back pack one year on a deer hunting trip in the trinity alps...I didn't get a deer that year but sure had fun prospecting in some remote places...I've had 2 of them and ended up selling both once the 6000 got all sorted out...I'm not doubting what you are saying @Jeff McClendon just saying you must have some really bad ground up there or maybe there was a problem with your machine or EMI? strick

Your lucky if you only get dust in the coil cover just sayin 🙂 strick

lol....I've hardly been out detecting so I'm not pushing too much...I did finally pre order one a couple weeks ago...but now that I did I wish that I didn't as the place falsely advertised that they expected to have some in by mid Jan and all I've heard since is crickets...so pre ordering can be tricky...some will try to lure you in with a nice big fat worm and see if you bite...no biggie though it comes in when it comes in..... I have other fish to fry rather then detecting right now... strick

Enter the AlgoForce E1500 with target ID.... this may be a big help for relic hunters in tough soil... strick

Thanks for sharing...back in my younger days we used to hire a bush pilot (out of Challis) to fly us to a bench on the middle fork of the salmon river he'd drop us off for a week while we hunted then fly back and get us. Beautiful place up there lots of memories..thanks for the pics.. strick

That would be me...still looking for that m8 coil... strick

send directly to minelab now there is a thred on the forum about the recent switch strick

Nice hunt fellas... the duh-icky upper left any idea? Thinking Bob found something similar to that a while back? strick

Useless Government bureaucrat with nothing better to do...who's going to be the cop that goes to arrest him? ... I hope Mr Phillips films that as well... maybe they have a law against that also over there....total BS. strick

Or to some of my parks and become infuriated lol

I was able to confirm last night from an old salty captain that almost every word of this story is true.....nice gold Klunker strick

Rarely ever take my ctx out of ferrous coin...and recovery deep..using “combined mode”...mostly in parks and relic hunting. strick

Nice hunt 350 dont know why but that doodad reminds me of part of a ram rod holder on a flint lock or maybe part of a knife due to the engravings... strick

Yea if Detectorprospector had a wet T shirt contest we all know who would win... strick

Its a great hobby thats for sure..its the only one that actually pays back. I got a late start as you...think I started back in 2014...Gold nuggets were the main focus and then I got into jewelry and relic hunting....Gear crazy lol I know what you mean...I lost count of how many detectors but been lucky to sell some of them and get some good value back..The gold machines are the most expensive so your lucky there are not many nugget places where you live lol...Keep posting Bob we like looking at your finds...I hope to find a Spanish cob some day so yea its inspiring...that gold coin might show up some day... strick

Forgive me if I ramble some...I'm not a big salt water beach hunter due to work and distance to the nearest beaches which are about an hour and a half from me. I've maybe used it 10 times on salt beaches a bunch on fresh water beaches. For the amounts of black sand I've ran into on the salt beaches I've mentioned above the machine does fine. I like to run it in tracking and will depress the tracking button once in a while while pumping the machine up and down and that will quiet it up if it gets too chattery...or if conditions permit run it in Auto GB and re balance every so often..I am paranoid about all my machines being ground balance as best they can be so I do a GB often with what ever I hunt with and where ever I hunt. When I mention the depth compared to my TDI pro there was no formal testing done just an observation I made and these were different sized coils so I hesitate to mention it. It has been mentioned before on this forum that a good VLF will perform every bit as good as a PI on inert ground and the salt water beaches I've hunted have areas that have mixed areas of black sand....more in some places and less in other places so again take what I say with a grain of salt. I have one beach (fresh water with lots of black sand) where the M-Core gives me fits but it is full of trash and you have to use a smaller coil which I do not yet have...when I get that coil I will do much better at that beach. Long story short your gonna love using it at the beach I'm confidant about that... ramble over lol strick

Deep mode in general or low conductor...swear I was pulling coins out almost as deep as my tdi pro...this was at Pismo last Summer. I was using both machines one one day and the other the next... In Santa Cruz last year after the storms I got into a big patch...couple other guys detecting far off were eyeballing for a long time then finally they had to come investigate...at that time nobody else really had a Manticore as there were few out...It is for sure a salt water beach machine in the least of things... strick

That Bit....nice work strick

Those are some nice finds rvpopeye its great when we can find stuff that we can actually use. BTW thanks for those links as they reminded me that I still have 2 items in my shopping cart that need to be checked out... strick

Nice work as usual Chuck. That ring reminds me of one I found a long time ago clearly plated but stamped 925 under the guilt. I've saved it Because I liked it so much. I have seen it worn by one other woman on the check out stand at Lowe's 🙂 strick

Late to the thred Dutchman PM sent on the 17 inch coil... That NF 12x7 sure is a smooth running coil and does well on small gold but I've found the Coiltek 10x5 to be the better of the two on the smaller stuff...It really surprised me on a heavily hunted patch that had been gone over with the NF 12x7 strick

Nice work 350... the engravings are what make it special...would be cool if you could trace it back to dead person or persons as well as who might have worn it.... strick

Good customer service always wins every time in any business...but it does require lots of work and sometimes compassion...there is always room to improve in this department in just about every business as well...handling difficult clients requires special skill and knowledge...there are times the phone connection can be suddenly lost due to poor cell signal...this allows for a cooling off effect to take place before the next client/business interaction.... strick

Klunker the Pic of your Picks is wrong side up... strick