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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
  15. Hey congrats, Sitting at my desk and looking out my window at three feet of snow right now with temps around 0 degrees here on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Salivating for next week to get here. I'm heading to Waikiki Beach for two weeks in search of what you just found 🙂 Good find! John
  16. What a neat story. For sure, there's a lot of history around here. Unfortunately many of it isn't documented, only memories that have been passed down like what you shared with us. Right now, I'd love to be able to detect on the banks of a stream looking for some quartz filled gold. However, everything is frozen. LOL Waiting for springtime to arrive. Thanks for the cool story about your father. John
  17. In the winter, the traffic is down because the salmon aren't in. This makes for nearly vacant parking lots 🙂
  18. Here in Sterling, Alaska with about three feet of snow on the ground. Cabin fever is getting to me and I am thinking of a quick drive to Soldotna. Although I have never detected in the snow, I wonder if searching on the sides of parking lots, where the snow plows have pushed the snow, would produce finds? Has any of you ever done this? If so, did you have any success? Thanks, John
  19. After thinking about your modification to protect your coil wires, I came up with a solution. I walked around my shop looking for something I already had. I found an old piece of black foam that is used to protect pipes from freezing. I made the foam long enough to keep the the wire near the coil stiff. I also inserted the electrical connector that attaches to the main control of the metal detector inside the hole too. I'm going on vacation in a couple of weeks so I will be able to test it out. I appreciate your post... John
  20. Nice find! Where there a lot of people IN the water detecting? I'll be heading to Waikiki in two weeks. It's cold here in Alaska and I need some sunshine. I'm hoping my Manticore will do well in the water. This will be my first water hunt with it. John 🙂
  21. I think what you did is a great ideal 🙂 I ruined a small coil a few years ago and wish I'd done what you did. I just received both the M15 and M8 coils in the mail two days ago so I'm going to use your idea in a few weeks on my vacation to Waikiki beach. Thanks. Not only did I order an M8 coil, but my wife bought me one too. Took me forever to get one coil and now I have two of the M8's. I guess I should put the extra M8 coil in the classifieds. John
  22. If I would have known about that bag I could have saved myself a little money and some time. Thanks for the update. I'll keep this one in mind next time I'm looking for a smaller carry bag. My custom bag was not padded. John
  23. Hello, I have several traditional carry cases but now that the newer shafts are mainly telescopic, I found them to be too big to carry around. Especially for my Manticore. I got bored one day, took a short drive to Jo-Ann Fabrics (Soldotna, Alaska) and purchased a few supplies like: A 36" zipper, some black canvas fabric, a small amount of Velcro. And lastly, the carry straps came from an old fishing wader belt. With absolutely no sewing machine experience and minimal frustration, I managed to make my own carry bag for around $20.00 USD. I even added an outside pocket with Velcro to bring along a few accessories. If the quality craftsmanship fails, I know who to contact 🙂 Anyways, I just wanted to show you guys that are interested, that one can be made at a bargain price. It also comes with a little pride and accomplishment too. It really was easy, I promise. John
  24. Hello sir. I hope your holidays were great! I agree that the Manticore coils are starting to trickle to customers. Even though I am in Alaska with about two feet of snow on the ground, I still have the M8 coil enroute to me from Florida that I purchased a week ago. It seems my coil is having an awesome trip. In the past week it has been to Florida and Guam, it's currently sitting in Hawaii, and awaiting it's final trip to the Kenai Peninsula. Maybe the M8 coil will arrive before the thaw. 🙂 Thanks for the update in your neck of the woods. John
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