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  1. Hello Blackflag, Great finds! Thanks for sharing your pictures with the rest of us. Looks like the M8 coil is working the way we expect it too 🙂 John
  2. Hey thanks for the response. If you found some neat stuff visually, hopefully I'll find some good finds detecting. Finally getting into the 30's here this week. I'm so ready! John
  3. Hey all, I know some of you like reading my stories about the Manticore. The newly released issue of American Digger Magazine (March - April 2024) has a new column called, American Digger on the Road. Since I'm always on the road, the owner, Butch Holcombe, thought I'd fit right in. I have an story called, Dirt Fishin' in West Virginia. I used my Manticore for this story and found some pretty interesting finds. You can find the column on page number 67. Lastly, in the fall of 2023, I attended Ka-Do-Ha's Treasure Fest, in Arkansas, and wrote about the event. If you've never attended a seeded hunt, they are a lot of fun because you get to interact with so many other like-minded dectorists. The added benefit is that you get to put your hands on new equipment, meet many popular YouTubers, and of course, find treasure. This story is on page number 43. Even though I used the Manticore at the Treasure Fest, I manly focused on the event for this story. Hope you all are finding a lot of treasures this week. I'm STILL looking at over three-feet of snow on the Kenai Peninsula. I'm getting so desperate, I'm going to start detecting snow banks pretty soon if the weather doesn't improve. Have any of you ever done that? Surely all those gloves being taken off to retrieve car keys has to leave a ring or two on the ground. And just maybe, a snow plow pushed the ring to the side of the parking lot. Desperate times people! LOL Best, John
  4. Tom, I absolutely love the Manticore. I have found a lot of things with it. If you enjoy finding old coins, then you'll love the machine. The Manticore sniffs out silver consistently. It's also great in saltwater too. If you get really bored, I wrote a story called, The Mythical Beast and the Harvest. You can read the story on www.freelandsadventures.com. You'll find the story in my blog page. There's also a story that I wrote called, Rises Above the Competition that you may find useful too. Both are Manticore stories. I took a picture the other day from my top deck. If it wasn't for all of this snow, I'd be out detecting now. Waiting patiently for the thaw here on the Kenai Peninsula. At least the moose is enjoying my freshly plowed driveway. I'm just glad he didn't kick my truck. LOL John
  5. Hey that's a great tip. I'll have to give it a try next time I get my detector ouit. Thanks!
  6. Hey, I thought I was the only one that found those. It was a pleasure digging those pull tabs my last few years in Pensacola. We had a club member that always brought a five gallon bucket to the club meetings and everyone knew to throw their tabs in his bucket. He would give the tabs to the Ronald McDonald house and each pull tab equated to a minute on a kidney dialysis machine for those less fortunate. After that, nobody complained! John
  7. Thank you Brad, I appreciate the upbeat feedback. I truly don't work for Minelab, but I've been a fan of their detectors for years. Once I figured out all the the flute sounding noises, it was easier for me to pluck our silver coins. I do admit, those tones were a challenge until I got used to them. Best, John If I winter in Florida next winter, I'll be sure to look you up sowe can go detecting. I MISS the Gulf waters!!!
  8. Great finds. Glad to see the M8 coil is what I had hoped it to be. Can't wait till this three feet of snow here in Alaska thaws so I can use mine 🙂 John
  9. When flying with my Manticore detector. I always detach the CPU and battery and put it in my carry-on baggage. (I wrap both with bubble wrap to protect it too.) TSA requires Lithium Ion batteries to be taken on board because cabins are pressurized whereas the luggage area is not. Additionally, the flight crew is trained to put out fires in cabins where the belly may go undetected. It's really quite simple to tear down, just be sure to put the tool in your luggage so you can reassemble and have fun on the beach when you arrive. In my suitcase that goes in the belly, I use my clothes as cushion to protect the shafts, coil, headphones, etc. I do this all of the time and have never had an issue, nor questioned. I used the 11-inch stock coil on this trip. Although I do have both the 15-inch coil and the M8 coil, I wanted to keep it simple. If I was going to Arizona, I'd be looking for meteorites. (UPDATE: I just reread your post. I thought your text was the Grand Canyon and that's why I posted about the meteorites in Arizona.) I see where you wrote Grand Cayman. LOL Please let us know how you did in the desert! John
  10. I try to have an equal balance. I'll probably get blasted for this response, but Pensacola, Florida has much prettier beaches. Before arriving to Alaska, we were there for nearly four years. Thinking of wintering next year near Tampa. If so, I'll be sure to look you up for some fun beach detecting 🙂
  11. No sir, no face mask or snorkel. I hunt from the shore to chest deep and do my best at waist deep.
  12. Hello - I was there for almost two weeks. We did do a lot of sight seeing but I managed to get several hours of detecting in too 🙂
  13. Hello all, Just got back from vacation from Hawaii and STILL looking at the same three feet of snow in Alaska. I am glad I took my Manticore to Waikiki Beach because the conditions were favorable in the water. I was fortunate enough to find a place where the wind shifted the sand off the coral. This helped me produce, nine rings (two are 14K gold) (one is a really nice opal with diamonds around it), 12 Wheat cents mainly from the 40s, and a ton of modern coinage. I am impressed how the Manticore handles in the salt water. To me, it handles better than the Nox 800. Also, my Excal II wouldn't have picked up the necklace but the Manticore produced a nice tone. Attached are a few pictures. Thanks, John
  14. Hey all, I started a blog a couple of months ago. Since my wife and I travel all the time, I thought it best to start writing stories for family and friends. If you want to read a couple of stories on the Manticore, check out our website. It is, www.freelandsadventures.com. If you go to our blog page, scroll down and you'll find two stories. One is called, The Mythical Beast and the Harvest and the newest story is Rises Above the Competition. It's winter, so now's a great time for some reading material with pictures. Let me know what you think. Personally, I really like the Manticore. Once you figure it out, it is an awesome machine. Thanks, John
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