Manticore loves iron

[DYING2DIG]

Lol I just realized I bought OPs Manticore, small world. Let's hope I have better luck with iron.

 

[markinswpa]

Lol I just realized I bought OPs Manticore, small world. Let's hope I have better luck with iron.

Woody is a stand up guy, Have done business with him several times over the years. Good luck with the new rig. Just stick to the basics till you get the feel. Good hunting.

 

[Odanscoils]

I will do the screwdriver test next time I’m out at those iron filled sites and let you know how it works..
I had some time today to mess with a few settings. And do some reading..This machine is definitely different than the equinox, it’s a lot alike but a lot different..
I don’t do the test bed thing ,but I do have one I made for personal use ,to judge my own stuff.li made it around 2011 or so ,it’s been there awhile..I didn’t clean out the holes, or add anything other than a coin to the holes..
The 800 at sens of 22 and recovery of 5 crushes all 8 inch coins, they could be deeper now, who knows.
The manticore at 22 sens and recovery of 5 isn’t anywhere near as hard of a hit as the 800, I’d probably not hear them or assume they’re junk..Both machines in multi..
I dropped the manticore recovery to 3 and that’s where it clearly pulled away from the 800, I could hit my 10 inch coins hard with the manticore, no matter how I set up the 800 it won’t hit them as hard..When I raise up the sensitivity on the manticore past 22,23 it behaves just like the explorer SE does in my test bed…You can over power the manticore, same as the SE pro.. 22 sensativity on both the manticore and the SE pro and the 10 inch coins hit hard…Raise both of those machines upto 25 or more and the coins are gone…it’s almost like the machines blow past the coins and hit iron or whatever is below.
The etrac doesn’t do that , nor does the equinox..I can raise the sensitivity on both of those machines and they still hit the coins..I always knew the SE done that, never had another machine do that until I got the manticore..
The recovery speed imo affects depth more on the manticore than the sensativity does.I believe for now that the higher you raise the sensativity the more depth I’m losing anyway, past 22 sens it’s almost counter productive..At least these are my experiences in my test bed..
I’m gonna do a little more tinkering with this manticore and get some field time cause that’s where it really counts, I’m not into wearing my test bed out.lol.

Curious. Have you ever run a V3i ?
I recently picked up a nice one.
I always wanted one just couldn't swing the price.
Man I thought my Manticore had a lot of adjustments.
The V3i is crazy.
Don't know if I'll ever figure this one out.

That screwdriver trick is sweet once you figure it out.
A good twist left and right.
Like slicing the ground kinda movement.
Then forward and backward.
Preferably a couple inches of movement.
Again Good Luck.
Anxious to see the masked finds you discover.

 

[mntnflyr4fun]

Curious. Have you ever run a V3i ?
I recently picked up a nice one.
I always wanted one just couldn't swing the price.
Man I thought my Manticore had a lot of adjustments.
The V3i is crazy.
Don't know if I'll ever figure this one out.

That screwdriver trick is sweet once you figure it out.
A good twist left and right.
Like slicing the ground kinda movement.
Then forward and backward.
Preferably a couple inches of movement.
Again Good Luck.
Anxious to see the masked finds you discover.

I owned a v3i when they first came out, lasted about 6 months..... at that time there was not enough users to provide meaningful information about the unit and the Whites manual was an atrocious POS....
I flamed badly.... it was to complicated and without a fundamentally sound manual which it did not have or experts like exist today that have paid the price to learn the machine. I am sure it is the most flexible detector out there but you better have your ducks in a row when you start the tweaking. I once had it so fouled up it would not see a quarter I dropped at my feet... that's when I pulled the plug and moved to my first minelab, an etrac.... found lots of silver with that thing right out of the box. Its limits in trash and iron killed it for me and went Deus, then EQ8/900 now Manticore.... I know people swear by the V3i, I would love to get another but I am afraid it will just frustrate me again. Good luck, it can be tamed, one of my buddies bought one at the same time I did and stuck with it and loves it today bout 15 years later I fold under that much frustration.....

 

[Odanscoils]

I owned a v3i when they first came out, lasted about 6 months..... at that time there was not enough users to provide meaningful information about the unit and the Whites manual was an atrocious POS....
I flamed badly.... it was to complicated and without a fundamentally sound manual which it did not have or experts like exist today that have paid the price to learn the machine. I am sure it is the most flexible detector out there but you better have your ducks in a row when you start the tweaking. I once had it so fouled up it would not see a quarter I dropped at my feet... that's when I pulled the plug and moved to my first minelab, an etrac.... found lots of silver with that thing right out of the box. Its limits in trash and iron killed it for me and went Deus, then EQ8/900 now Manticore.... I know people swear by the V3i, I would love to get another but I am afraid it will just frustrate me again. Good luck, it can be tamed, one of my buddies bought one at the same time I did and stuck with it and loves it today bout 15 years later I fold under that much frustration.....

Thanks. About what I'm experiencing.
I think I'll stick with the basic programs for now.
Still much to learn on this Manticore for now.
Like you my favorite machine was an Explorer.
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