New Minelab Manticore

[phrunt]

If it's stock coil is 15" I'd be happy, I want a deeper detector, the deeper the better for me! If they've made this beast have CTX silver ID and depth I guess I waited way too long to buy a CTX as now I'll want to replace it already ?

I hope they've left gold modes on it and not saving that for the Gold Monster 2000.  That would cause me some misery.

[Steve Herschbach]

5 hours ago, ShintoSunrise said:

Has @Steve Herschbach commented on this development yet? I seem to remember him being intimately involved with testing of Equinox, and his absence here makes me skeptical that this is a high end machine capable of replacing that product line. I'm getting less "Equinox 1000" vibes and more "Vanguish plus"

 

Looks like a nice detector that will fit neatly into the hole left in the Minelab product line, by the now departed $1549 E-TRAC. If it hits that price point, it will be an apples to apples competitor for the $1599 DEUS II. I took the D2 for a spin, but with 90% or more of my detecting hours being behind a PI, I decided to just be happy with Equinox, and to do my best to ignore any new VLF tech that comes along. Which is what I am doing with Manticore.

[phrunt]

4 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

and to do my best to ignore any new VLF tech that comes along. Which is what I am doing with Manticore.

The question is will you resist ? You were not going to take the Deus 2 for a spin and you couldn't resist!!  I resisted and quite proud of myself for that.  I've resisted every new VLF lately but I'm going to struggle to resist this one and I really love multi-IQ detectors, it's almost like cheating using one here in my soils with their ID stability.

[Hamid]

The same DNA, just mutation.

[Steve Herschbach]

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

You were not going to take the Deus 2 for a spin and you couldn't resist!!

I was going to get it, then I was not, then I was enticed with a deal I really could not refuse. But fact is my heart was never in it, and it was a waste of my time, better spent on other things. I can't really say I gave the Deus 2 much of a go. It's obviously a good detector, but I was put off by the menus and tones, and was quite happy when I got my hands back on my Equinox. But truly, it is that I really don't care to use VLF detectors but a few times a year. I've got three that serve me well, but I doubt I'll use a VLF at all the rest of the year. Kind of pointless with PI gold nuggets waiting to be dug. I got 1.8 ounces in my last three days of detecting. Would you be interested in playing with VLF detectors instead of doing that?

Anyway, nuff said. I only chimed in because my name was mentioned, but I do not want to derail the thread, so will toddle off now.......

[Erik Oostra]

If this latest offering really is an improvement on the Equinox then Minelab will be on another winner.. But if the closeness in performance of the Equinox, Deus II and Legend is a pinnacle of what is possible to squeeze out of vlf technology, than it'll probably be just another ring-in.. (and it won't catch on because of its crappy name).. ?  

The large coil looks great, as a beach hunter I hope this is the smallest coil in the Manticore's range.. ?  

[phrunt]

2 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I got 1.8 ounces in my last three days of detecting. Would you be interested in playing with VLF detectors instead of doing that?

Excellent, I see your point, no I wouldn't touch a VLF in that situation ?  Congratulations on the gold by the way, that's awesome.

[Valens Legacy]

I have been reading al this hype about a machine that has not even been released yet, and I am glad that when grandfather left me his detectors one of them were the 800.

There is very little that it can't do, and very little that I can't find with it so I guess I will be happy with what I have for now.

When I can afford something better that has a proven track record then I will consider getting it.

Currently I feel that I have what is best for me and what can meet almost any need in the future for me.

[dsb]

Hey It's got a flashlight symbol so ya know it must be DEEP!  Not liking the user profile location eitther, great tool but frustrating to use for cross checking.  Navigating the menu, love to see that instead of dragons.  Just glad it's not covered in skulls?