Skull diver

Exactly....I'd never touch anything on the machine and I would keep it like it is now. Do you know what? I just need a clock 🤣

I hope I am not confusing you more, but I suppose it is worth considering another course of action. I don't know how high your threshold is for a ferrous tone that repeats often, but with smaller ferrous limits under and above the 2D line first and an audio ferrous tone on pitch1, surely a "dirty" signal is much better distinguished from a non-ferrous, clear one. Also about tones, I'm talking about using depth audio themes instead of single bins. All metal and red numbers do a great job without dumbing down the instrument and still the screen indicates potential iron. Also, the volume of iron equal to nonferrous enhances a signal worth digging much more. By raising the sensitivity beyond 23 points, I have noticed that instead it is better to increase the separation rate to 6 in some cases. Be prepared to listen to a very frequent ferrous grunt, but then tell me what happens in the same context....

Great question...I just know that the Deus it is however a good machine and produced as well, but not at this rate. I complained about the low conductors ID's shown way higher in the numbers and Xp gave me the negative answer about a future mod. I feel still a rookie with this machine and aniway the damn light stuff pops out in places where an army of my competitors had been plus me. It is hard to remain cold in front of a such fine gold sensitivity...I measured pieces under the gram with a strong and clear signal like a common target or a coin. No matter the coil and the higher or lower sensitivity level. With lower levels you get silence and clear signals. With higher levels you get some more noise but again an unmistakable warning when something is under the coil. I use the beach LC program which is not the proper one for diving and doing well the same. No tones but a pitched sound in the depth mode with initial and final pitch to modulate and get an idea of target distance to dig. The prospecting audio theme remains to use above the surface with a calmer session and not rushing against the leaving slack. I just can say that is a more forgiving machine, cause with wrong settings I had the impression to make blind the D2 to gold. And trust me if I say that I struggled one year to make the killer program before to sell it...

Exaggeratedly tired but nevertheless satisfied after last week with Manticore. These pieces popped up in a couple of spots where I have been previously and even with the right conditions they still seemed to be somewhere waiting to be flushed out. I am beginning to get a feel for the capabilities of this instrument.... Have a great weekend to all of you!

Solved raising a little the target separation level. Hand in hand with higher sensitivity levels. I just use beach low conductors and with M8 or M11 usually at 22 on the wetsand and 20 underwater I'm fine... Keep in mind that Dankoski's settings are the reason of a "wanted iron grunt"...Not only the iron but even the falsing takes place with the iron pitch you decide to set. Keep it at 1 and feel confident in a better response when a good target appears. My two cents...

I had the same experience yesterday morning while on the bottom of a spot that I hate given the difficulty in getting past a barrier of rocks. Exactly 4 small pieces in the range of half a gram to two and a half grams. In addition to a really thin 3.15 gram bracelet found in another spot where nothing sounded. It seems the M8 it is the tool to re-check supposed hunted out spots for remaining stuff💣

After the second week, I'm still a newbie with this machine, but apparently, applying the basic good principles the results are yet on another level. There's a place where I hate to dive, due to terrible shaped rocks that can destroy elbows and knees if a minimum wave push me against it when I'm in between and searching. The fact is that those traps helps to keep the stuff really good. This stretch of a private beach it is made of solid rocks more than moving boulders and with some erosion affecting the spot, it means really few brave people able to swim and as a direct consequence, nothing to search after the summer... But, I tried again today after being there months ago with every detector I have in my shed and surprise surprise 🫢... I named trust building this post cause the two gold pieces I pulled up downthere are a clear evidence of a better time management during the session. This morning I tuned the Manticore to be scary quiet and just stopped the few times a pure "non iron" signal it was requiring attention. The number of people that searched in this spot since always, left so few targets to listen that most of Us never even talk about or try to go again...It just don't worth the effort... Well, the picture proves different🫢. I'm not overjoying and I recognize the small M8 advantage between tight crevices, but after the 6" and the Ctx... Here's the moment when I can say goodbye to my old trusted sniper rifle.... I never tought this could happen one day...

You'll solve the 11" bug hopefully soon, meanwhile try to put the M8 in an hard pounded place and wait for a surprise 🫢... This happened to me again today... I'm speechless

As for me, payed the full price with a slight discount on the M8 cause I've personally taken both at the dealer's new shop. I don't mind the highway and gas price against a subtle bargain but I mind that in Europe it seems we'll not benefit of this price discount. I tell You, I'm maybe one of the few that will buy another Manti tomorrow for the right price...🫢

I've seen this behaviour when air testing for the first time some targets. Bad weather outside, being inside home, forced to keep no more than 7 as sensitivity level, in beach LC and prospecting audio mode... No matter the items, an amazing faint treshold wisper was giving a clear chance to listen for a target by a third more of distance before an ID and a proper trace showed up. It happened with a silver 0.37g ring so thin to be hard to believe. With the 8x5" coil this means like almost 12" without ID but clear treshold variation. I repeat, 7 sensitivity on M8 coil and prospecting audio mode. Soon realised that wasn't the ideal setup for me in saltwater...But on the wet and dry sand, keep an ear on those "pre signals"....

Replying with a little delay cause still testing days ago the basic settings to suit my usual job... As lot of Us can confirm, an higher sensitivity with both the M11 or M8 can lead to an erratic reading after 20 points. I wrote about this fact when noticed in the very first air test a big footprint around all the coil's sides. To have a clear idea of how much the field expands around the coil, just move a coin or a pulltab near, under and above. So nothing wrong with the use of a third of total sensitivity in some cases, just stop at the first acceptable falsing noise and return a couple of points down to obtain the right level. That's it, the beast its doing it's job really good for me. As for separation, the preset of 4 it is a good balance at least for me cause otherwise lower to 3 or 2 the saltwater starts to sound as a background chirp.

It was once 🫢. In 2007 Me and my dive buddy were searching for gold and it was appearing almost everywhere. Today We don't even search together the same area as a form of respect, due to the lower concentration of finds. What I post here is like 10% of what I've seen in 2 decades💀

Last monday I finally started the test phase with the Manticore and the M8 underwater. After a minimum of settings adaptation, I recovered three small and light pieces for a total amount of almost 6 grams in total. Tuesday underwater again and Wednesday wetsand workout, nothing to register...Until today on the wetsand...I was again with the M11 and after the usual coins and an unexpected sinker on the slope, minutes after a solid 17 screaming to dig it. It was a 4.45g 18k piece. What else can I say...Jeez...If there's something left, this is the most similar tool to a vacuum cleaner 😅

I've been tempted to follow some uncovered clay/rocks patches further from shore, but as for now, I think there's a lot to check again in the shallows. The program I used I'd say "accidentally" it has some real potential to pull out remaining thin stuff with my big satisfaction...The M8 puts steroids on this machine.

As I told last week, I was preparing the Manti for today's session on the seabed. In a few words, "damn it works"... Even if I abused the machine using underwater the beach LC program, I however managed to take with me three pieces. The second attempt will be with surf and seawater, which I think it is the proper way to use it when diving. Not bad for the day one💣