Pinpoint Mode On The Manti Compared To The Nox (800)

[CliveHamy]

Hi Folks, I've been pleasantly surprised with the pinpoint mode on the Manti compared to the NOX800. With the old NOX the perceived wisdom on the NOX thread was when in Pinpoint mode to ignore any VDI readings and depth (spade) indication as these were frozen at the last grap/sweep in the motion mode and just react to the location info the pinpointer mode was telling you. However it seems that the Manticore whilst in pinpoint mode shows and gives continuous updates on the 2D display and VDI of what it is seeing, and it seems to show even more resolution when doing so. 

Do you think the target info the Manti is showing in pinpointer mode is accurate and useful, or should we ignore it like the NOX? We'll probably dig it anyway.

[Jeff McClendon]

From my experience, your observations about the improved level of accuracy of the Manticore pinpoint function over the Equinox 800 are the same as mine. I did occasionally use the Nox 800 in pinpoint mode for actual hunting and just went off of audio responses. I can actually hunt with the Manticore in pinpoint mode much more effectively and accurately since it does give some excellent information that I can trust.

A couple of observations from hunting in higher iron mineralized dirt. That’s all I hunt in so that is my only point of reference and this may not help others. On deep, edge of detection coin sized targets, if the pinpoint bullseye does not completely fill up in the red area of the graph, I most likely will not dig that target. The times I have dug, nails and rusted iron were the result. On shallower to surface coin sized targets, I sometimes slightly raise the coil to help stabilize the target responses in pinpoint mode.

I use it all of the time as a normal part of a precise target recovery routine with minimum doubt about where the target is and what its conductivity will be. On land it takes 5 seconds or less for me to pinpoint to within an inch of where a surface to roughly 6” deep coin sized target is located under the coil, even in thick modern trash. For deeper targets, it takes me longer but how the target pinpoints is a big factor in my dig/no dig decision where digging restrictions are present. I even use it for prospecting.

People who avoid using the Manticore’s pinpoint mode hunting on land or in still or slow moving water are missing out on a great feature. 

Those who are hunting in fast moving water and surf, pinpoint mode is not going to be feasible.

[oldcoinhunter]

Jeff, I would love to see you make a short video on how to pinpoint that accurately. Jim

[F350Platinum]

7 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

Those who are hunting in fast moving water and surf, pinpoint mode is not going to be feasible.

What I'm impressed with is that in Surf and Seawater at least, the pinpoint function stays on rather than fading out, making it quite easy to locate a target. 🤔 Used it extensively in Myrtle Beach and on the Potomac. 🙂 

The "fade out" makes me much less likely to use it while relic hunting in ATG.

[Antman]

I found I couldn’t use it in high mineralization dirt in the goldfields of Victoria Australia.

As soon as I turned it on it would zero in basically anywhere you would put it on the ground?

[PimentoUK]

Antman : you're supposed to keep the coil at a constant height after pressing 'pinpoint' , so the ground signal level remains near-constant, and only the target signal changes.

Edit: though obviously if you have strong ground, there will be a high sensitivity to coil height changes, compared to that seen with mild ground.

[mntnflyr4fun]

I find the manticore pinpointing to be dead  nuts on with all the coils including the big dog m15... I always do X type pinpointing so the target is always right under the center of the coil. 

That is in pretty clean ground. I can't seem to get dialed in when trying to seperate good targets from lots of co-located trash... I don't hear to much from others about having this trouble, so must be me.