TampaBayBrad

Yes, you're killing it. The California guys may even be envious. 😄

A hunter's dream! Wow. 53 rings in a month. I would be out hunting every day until the place dried up. Another vote for Manticore. Great story, happy snorkeling!

I feel sorry for your scoop/shovel....tough digging.

2 hours ago, Yooper said:

How do you feel about the weight of the 15"? I have a CTX 3030 with the 17" and its a beast, but I have the ML harness to help with that.

 

If you're a water hunter, the extra weight is not very noticeable at all when in thigh high or deeper. You may feel that it is a bit nose-heavy on land after a few hours compared to the 11". I run my stock shaft fully extended to the red lines, if you run yours shorter, it won't be as noticeable. When I run the M15 on my longer "tall boy" stork leg (about 5-6" longer than a fully extended stock shaft), it is nose heavy on land, but fine in the water.

You're 17" 3030 coil weighs 907 grams and the M15 only weighs 650 grams. Try it without the harness and see how you do.

11 hours ago, Airtemisa said:

Now that you have more time on your M15, are your thoughts similar as the first days, or you have another opinion?

I'm thinking of getting one, and your help is appreciated! 

Thanks

I have been 5 or 6 beach hunts of about 6 hours each with the 15" and love it both in the water and sand hunting. I can't offer any reason not to buy it, so go spend your money. Ha!

I have not done any direct depth comparison in-ground tests with the 11" and 15" side by side at the beach to comment on how much deeper it is if any. I do know I'm pulling dimes VERY deep with the back side of my scoop 6" deep in the hole below the sand's surface on several occasions. The need for more depth is kinda nullified in the water at my sugar sand beaches because once you hit a certain depth, the sand keeps falling back into the hole and you'll have a heart attack trying to dig any deeper. Near impossible. It's easy to loose a target due to it falling deeper as you dig if you miss it the first couple scoops.

But the 15" is staying on my detector, no doubt. Both in the water and out. I love the extra coverage per swing.

23 hours ago, longbow62 said:

My 105's have been great so far with no issues. I don't like them though for summer as they are really hot. Thinking about ordering some 85's or maybe a WM-09. Can't make up my mind.

There are earbuds for Manticore on ebay which I bought to tackle the heat problem in the summer. Link

I'm trying to figure out how the company that owns the kiosk makes money. Smashed, flooded, wrecked phones are accepted? No person on hand to verify phone make, model, condition before dropping it in the slot?

I bought a stork leg for hunting in the water with the 12". LINK

Works great for the dry too.

4 hours ago, 619_805_okie said:

One more from the same area! Over 4 grams and dang it read in with the highest TID yet! This was a 75 on the deus 2, my first gold that is in the 70s!

My silver coin count since christmas is also up to 44 now with a few silver dimes dug at over 1 ft of depth at the beach. The D2 is truly a top tier beach machine..

Interesting finish pattern on that one. I'm jealous of your hunting sites....keep her rolling!

John it's no wonder Minelab picked your story to publish. You sound like you work for their marketing department!

Well written and I can tell you enjoy your "other" hobby of writing. You guys are much more adventurous than an old homebody like me. Live on brother!

You can come to my beaches and get severely annoyed if you like. 🙂

30 minutes ago, okara gold said:

Hey Brad!! I'm glad someone remembers me! 😂 Things have been slow here. I went back to work all this past week so no hunting for me. I have been a painting contractor for 32 years and now do just a few jobs by word of mouth. So, the only thing swinging lately is a paint brush. 😭Stay tuned!!

Funny, I live in a deed restricted community where the powers to be in the HOA decided last week that they would sweep all 240 houses for code violations. Mine? Need a paint job according to them. Ha!

I went to the beach last Thursday for 4 hours. Stayed dry...it was cold. Found 2 junk earrings and a junk pin. Yay!

Go Bucs!

Very nice. I wonder what the other guy got. It was probably 619_805_okie....he's been cleaning up lately. Ha! Gotta stay one step ahead of the competition next swell! 😄

22 hours ago, fishersari said:

Correction.. 3 rings and 1 open loop earing... 😝.. I guess less detectorists hunt on that  area (private beach resort)..

I'd head back there again to hunt it until you've covered the whole area if you're allowed to. Good beach spots are hard to find now days with all the competition.

19 hours ago, fishnmaine said:

I know some dealers that have the 15's in stock but the 8"s the minute they get them its gone in an hour

Yup....a lot of guys on this site are waiting for the M8. Will be a great coil for hunting relic sites that have a lot of shrubs and overgrowth to navigate around.

3 rings in 3 hours? Looks like you were in a great hunting area to me!

I never did the software update, so I don't get the red #'s. I would surely dig a 24 though if it was solid and wasn't bouncing. 24 to 27 stands a good chance of being a nickel although sometimes a pull tab. (if you want to dig a nickel) If it's bouncing to other #'s besides 24 and grunting and not on the center line, I probably wouldn't dig. You should be able to hear the nickel as a solid hit sound among the iron grunts and see the nickel as a dot on the nonferrous line even if there is iron nearby.

On 1/15/2024 at 6:03 PM, Suncoast Kid said:

I'm about to go to the beach with my M15, starting with Beach Low Conductor, Prospecting audio, iron 4 upper, 0 lower. Iron volume about half the total volume, no discrimination

Those are the settings I'm using for the M15 and the 11 also. You should do well with 4 recovery. I dug a crazy deep dime this morning in the same hole as a small rusted screw with the M15. I heard the dime first among the iron grunts and then saw the TIDs bouncing to 80 at the same time I'm hearing iron grunts. I said to myself "There's something else next to that dime." They both came out in the same scoop after I dug deep enough.

On 1/16/2024 at 7:54 AM, fishersari said:

What does this mean? that recovery speed of 4 gives the best overall responses of what's in the ground?

That's Tom speak for "Leave it at 4". 😄

On 1/15/2024 at 5:49 PM, LawrencetheMDer said:

Conditions for beach hunting on the west coast of Florida are challenging right now. They’re pretty BAD. Cold, dreary and rain, no one is going to the beach. No Donors. Haven’t even seen that many Detectorists – that is how bad it is.

You are absolutely correct, not much to be found unless your name is okara gold. 😄

I'm going to try again Thursday. Very nice score on the Tiffany. She's happy!

54 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Holy crap, I started watching her video at 14 minutes and she was swinging that coil way off the ground, it's a wonder she finds anything that's not the size of a coke can, I turned it off then, as that to me is a typical Youtube marketer and not a serious detector user.

And at a 45 degree angle!

2 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

They should sell like hot cakes now.  Good move Minelab!  Marketing geniuses!  

Something tells me they still won't have a problem selling them.

It looks like with the recent Minelab price increase, the M15 coil has gone from $329 to $346 and the Manticore detector has gone from $1599 to $1699.

You Cali guys are killing me! Man......I wish I was there for a week or two. Nice job, interesting ring with the two marks. And heavy!

That looks like plenty of protection to me Fishersari.