Manticore Coil Options (m-8, M-9, M-11, M-15)

[Dug D]

I'm all about weight, the M8 doesn't look very light, so if there was an M9 or M6 oval, that was lighter than the M8 I would buy that before the M8. I spend most all my time in grass so the coils I have, all seem like they are built twice as heavy as I need. 

[fishersari]

16 hours ago, TerryinHawaii said:

I only water hunt in the ocean and I have preordered a M-9 to increase my chances of finding gold chains.

hold up.. so minelab confirm sell the m9? a dealer here also talked about the m9.. he said maybe the second batch will be including the m9 but I just took it as hearsay..

Regarding the m8 I'm so satisfied with the coil run at my salt beach on fine gold so much so  I'm wondering if m9 will be even better. I also start learning the prospecting audio.. I have tested the full tones vs prospecting audio and I found out for me the best chance to find fine gold is using prospecting audio + m8

15 hours ago, TampaBayBrad said:

There's not a whole lot of value in tiny delicate hard-to-detect thin chains anyway.

gassppp... gold is a gold is a gold is a gold ?

[TampaBayBrad]

8 hours ago, fishersari said:

I have tested the full tones vs prospecting audio and I found out for me the best chance to find fine gold is using prospecting audio

I think if more people would give prospecting audio a real try, more would be using it. I imagine it's tough to change from what you're used to from years of using the Nox 600/800 tones to something totally different like prospecting audio. There's a lot of detail to the various sounds of different targets with prospecting.

[Chase Goldman]

17 hours ago, Dug D said:

the M8 doesn't look very light

Compared to what, the 6" round on the Nox?

17 hours ago, Dug D said:

I spend most all my time in grass

That must be nice vs. the concrete clay I'm used to.

[Dug D]

Hi Chase, my comment about the M8 not looking light is about how heavy it looks to be constructed as compared to the thinner web construction of the M11.

I'm sure it is a little lighter than the M11, but other manufactures coils look to be built lighter. 

Both the amount of plastic and type used for the frame and the high density epoxy type filler that holds the wire coils seem to be the heaviest choices possible. 

I'm not sure how you clay is for trash, but our grass seems to be the dumping ground for junk for the last 100 yrs, I often can't find a clean place to ground balance. Not sure if that make up for the hard clay. ?

I did manage to find a couple rings last couple times out, (only an inch or two under the grass)  I guess the black one is pretty popular these days and are more expensive than I thought they would be, the other last supper is 18K,

[fishersari]

20 hours ago, TampaBayBrad said:

I think if more people would give prospecting audio a real try, more would be using it. I imagine it's tough to change from what you're used to from years of using the Nox 600/800 tones to something totally different like prospecting audio.

Yea man.. hope many more will see.. or hear. I think its take time and familiarity with manticore to notice the differences. The one thing that I noticed immediately was the scratchiness, tonal shapes of full tones is missing in prospecting audio, maybe prospecting audio interpret it differently and  I didn't 'catch it'. I changed from full tones to prospecting at the beach is because the prospecting audio is much more reactive to very weak signal, its become obvious when on a hunt it locked on a deep/faint target easily, Its feel a bit deeper too idk...

20 hours ago, TampaBayBrad said:

There's a lot of detail to the various sounds of different targets with prospecting.

I'm going to religiously learn this. 

[TripleT]

I tried prospecting audio today. Since a few here are having success with it.

Interesting signals for fresh bottle caps.  I guess the trace is the qualifier for these.  I miss the iron grunt.

Will need a lot more experience with this feature... seems to work best with uncorroded targets. 

[TampaBayBrad]

7 hours ago, TripleT said:

I tried prospecting audio today. Since a few here are having success with it.

Interesting signals for fresh bottle caps.  I guess the trace is the qualifier for these.  I miss the iron grunt.

Will need a lot more experience with this feature... seems to work best with uncorroded targets. 

??? Check your ferrous volume. I get iron grunts with prospecting. My set up in Beach Modes- All metal, upper 4, lower 0, recovery 4, ferrous volume 10, regular volume 20.

Bottle caps have a TID that jumps all over the place with each pass of the coil, never settling in a 2-3 digit range like a good target. also, they are smeared on the trace. Zinc pennies are usually 59-61, but after becoming encrusted/corroded can jump up as high as 75. For the most part, rings and coins are almost always a solid dot right on the nonferrous line.

[TripleT]

I tried this mode out again yesterday.  It works real well with our crappy modern clad.  Still need to fine tune it, but I see possibilities.