Chesroy Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Manticore users may wish to investigate on their own machines to see if this is an issue that needs to be reported to Minelab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 wow, looks like a significant firmware bug there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Yes that is interesting I have moved the bottom ferrous line up and successfully notched out bottle caps that ring to the right of the preset notched out area (there are a few caps that will sound off in this area) but I don't wave a cap over it while doing it so I wonder why thats happening? If i get time I may try that strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenson Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Weird. However in the 50 or so hours I've used the Manticore in parks and house sites that would have bottle caps I haven't dug a single bottle cap using the stock ferrous limits in the Fast or High conductor programs. My beach is old and doesn't have bottle caps, so I can't say if in the beach programs I would have an issue or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsb Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 The wily and ever opportunistic bottle cap strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stateguy Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 What happens if you were to notch it out. An then stop swing the object for a few seconds. Try a test after you paused a few seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I fooled round with this yesterday evening for a couple minutes.....my machine does the same thing kinda..it will creep up but not to the extent his does....I was not set up as comfortably as he was to just reach over and wave the cap consistently over the coil while raising the ferrous ... if you just notch out the area whilst not waving a cap over it then there is not this creeping up thing. Like I said above I have successfully notched out bottle caps esp when park hunting and if I dig one it is usually intentional just to prove it ..the kind with aluminum foil can sometimes be sticklers...I asked him a question on that video but he has not got back yet. strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBayBrad Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 A person emailed the link to the video to a Minelab engineer and here's what he said as copied from the comments: "Thanks for sharing – I’ve seen this one. Believe it or not, this is expected behaviour for weaker low conductor targets. Equinox has done the same thing since update 2, the only difference is that it doesn’t have an ID map to visually show it doing it to the user. If you wave the target closer to the coil it will stop doing it. It is a feature that helps keep depth on weak low conductors in mineralised ground – especially important for the thin hammered coins they have in the UK and Europe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 3 hours ago, strick said: If you just notch out the area whilst not waving a cap over it then there is not this creeping up thing. Like I said above I have successfully notched out bottle caps esp when park hunting and if I dig one it is usually intentional just to prove it ..the kind with aluminum foil can sometimes be sticklers. I think you've proven it's a software bug and not an actual problem with the overall firmware, some little error in the code that I'm sure they'll fix in a firmware update. The more information they can get on it the better so it never hurts to contact them and let them know your findings, it's best to contact service in Australia to get the info direct to them rather than messing around with their US middlemen counterparts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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