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I think the Manticore has 'longer' ears than previous Minelab coils but I'm not sure. This allows for easier compression without breakage. I see there is an announcement time.

Strick I just saw this and you are not alone in having a kink in the cable. I noticed one in mine years ago whenever I'd change a coil. I had to fit the cable around inside the housing and if you were not careful it would pinch when you closed the cover. I haven't looked at mine in a bit but it's time to get it back out on a beach again. Mitchel

Why demonstrate the first Manticore in Arizona? Then, why not test it on nuggets in this video? Was that one of the targets?

He said it. haha

It's not a 'nice' face as one would expect with the title. Odd is a word that comes to mind. I'd like to know what the green material is that the face is carved on. I don't think it is jade but it's not plastic either. The silver has been in the water long enough to tarnish but the stone is really not pitted. It does say .925 on the back. Just more clues.

I did think 'nice' might be inappropriate word in the title.

Best I can find so far is Sajen moon goddess style pendants.

No chain around so I assume it broke and released the pendant.

This find was on one of my favorite beaches. The conditions weren't optimal but sometimes you just have to learn about your beach to be ready for the good times and the good tides. This is silver and weighs 13.4g. We'll see what an image search comes up with.

My recent trip to a gold patch showed me that the Equinox 800/11 can ignore hot rocks. This surprised me as when I first got my Equinox I went to this patch and found 2 nuggets. I remember it also seeing a lot of hot rocks. Since that time, I have put thousands of hours on the Equinox and learned how to use it better. This session I used the F2 and it was great. I had a smooth threshold in 'all metal' multi. I located trash and it told me what is what. If the Manticore is going to enhance that experience it may turn out to find some gold for me in addition to better beach performance.

I'm reminded of a couple of posts that Gerry made. One was about the 6000 at the end of a year. It found more gold for him and his customers. The second post was about the Axiom. It found him more gold too. I guess something is working.

Just about the time Steve was writing this post I was finishing up a day of detecting with my wife at a spot in Southern California where I've found many nuggets in the past. Half of our day was spent hunting for new gold near old gold spots and half of our day was spent on patches where many small nuggets (under 1g) had been found. This was a reliable spot for several of us for a number of years. My wife used our updated 2300 with the battery pack which made it much better than the loose batteries of the past. She had used this effectively in this area in the past. I used my 7000 with X-Coil for about half the time and the other half I used my 800/11. We started about 9 AM and hit 4 different spots. We didn't overlap. I went to at least 2 spots where I had placed FINDS on my GPZ map. I took extra care to go under bushes and that is where I found most of my bullet trash. It is where we didn't look or had thrown it in the past. Somewhere about 3:30 to 4:00 PM I came to the realization that a new detector was not going to change my outcome measurably. I need to find a new location with detectable nuggets. I think I have a better chance in Rye Patch right now than going back to that spot. Dashed in my mind was the thought of a Axiom purchase for nuggets at this location. Dashed also was the thought of a 6000 with Gold Monster. I know the GM has been used all over this patch by others. The 6000 may have a little chance but is IT worth it? This isn't my first skunk at this location after finding a couple hundred over the years. Deep nuggets are rare. When I got back to the car at our last location my wife had the only nugget of the day. It took her over 6 hours with the 2300 to find a .15g nugget. I give her credit and the 2300 which is a machine I find hard to enjoy. But that is our technology and I think it is good enough to find gold in most patches. I just 'discovered' this thread after my revelation, but it dovetails with everything that comes after Steve's post. What technology I will buy in the near future is less important than where I look for gold. I've said it in different ways before but now I have to remind myself. Days of .15gs will not get me very motivated.

What about that ring?

Nine Thanksgivings ago I found my largest nugget on Thanksgiving Day 2013. I've told the story a few times and posted it on a couple of other forums before I joined here. This link will give a look back and let you remember or get introduced to a few old timers mostly from the Southwestern United States where I found the nugget. It is an Arizona nugget. Introducing the Goose Egg Nugget (22.46 oz Speci) - GOLD NUGGET HUNTING - Nugget Shooter Forums (ipbhost.com) The night before I found this nugget I slept in my Isuzu Trooper and about an hour after I got up I heard this deep target in an area that had been hunted heavily for meteorites. After digging down into the cobbles out came the speci. It is nice to remember it but also sad because some of the people I shared the find with are no longer with us. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone. This is my entry into Gerry's contest.

You know where to find it! Well done. How long was the trip?

Several years back I would hang out with several meteorite hunters and those involved with the fresh falls. I just didn't have the ability to keep up with them from where I live but at the time they had cameras available for those who would mount them at their locations. I don't know if it is still possible to get a camera for a network, but it is worth trying to find out. About AllSkyCams

May Eric RIP. Thanks for his contributions to our enjoyment of the pursuit of unseen treasure. Eric Foster Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search

When I run across a copper penny, even in the surf it sounds different. It also has a different ID number most of the time. Lately quarters give a high pitch and some low tones before and during the digging process. The pennies I dug last night in the surf went from 5-23 on the 800/15 ID scale. These shield coins are bubbling and flaking apart. Many of them are not complete coins any more. The more copper and other metals in gold rings change the numbers. Nickels are the most reliable metal/coin at 13. All other things pale in comparison but somehow I think that there is more to a nickel these days than just the nickel metal. It seems all modern and old nickels are 13.

The user/reviewer was Kevin Hoagland. I think he was given one too late to be a tester based upon the imminent release. He'll have an article in the GPAA mag soon.

Clad coins make a sophisticated detector go nuts because of the sandwich effect. The detector sees the types of metals and sounds off on each. Now our corroded pennies make combinations and surfaces that defeat easy identification or maybe the 5 tones are better because the 'average' sound can amount to a dime, nickel, penny or quarter like the old White's detector with a pointer on a scale to the likely target with subheadings for other relics. Most of these Manticores are going to be used at previously worked sites, so much of the trash has been removed unless someone knows a specific site where the trash has been saved.

Simon said too many tones are not good for him. I hope the screen resolution is good enough to 'show the tones' which will help separate/discriminate targets. Once you learn the machine and the same pattern appears on the screen again and again then you have confidence of what it is. Users have always had negative comments about Minelab's depth scales. I've found them helpful but I wonder how well this depth scale will work.

I just got off the beach with my Eq 800/15 and while listening to my targets, I realized how much more information comes in through the audio. You hear it hop, skip and bong. You get it to lock if it is good. You look at the screen and it is limited to some jumping between IDs but you have to hear it to know what those IDs are really telling you. The screen you show above would help someone without the ability to hear. They could use the screen for targets. I'm glad they are putting a 3030 screen on this one. This makes the Manticore more than an Equinox upgrade.

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I don't have a 6000 or a Monster but I have a wife and young kid that could use these light detectors. This would have to be a new manufactured 6000 without the EMI issues. We were in Quartzsite this weekend and I used the 800/11 and it handled the hot rocks better than I could remember. No gold but it found lots of lead and pellets. I wonder if the other two machines could have done better. How much is that package price? 😊

Kevin Hoagland who was formerly with Minelab and who has known Bruce Candy for decades told me a few weeks ago he has never used any aftermarket coils for his Minelabs (PI and VLF). He believes they are best suited to take advantage of the Minelab detectors. This is based upon his many years of testing and development for Minelab so maybe you don't need to hold your breath for other coils.