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    1800s train station

    I envy you….What fun!!! I used the snow blower today and chipped the ice away from my shed doors so I can open them🥶😢.
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    Detecting related book ideas for Christmas?

    Don’t know where you are located and if this would apply. “Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins”
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    Some reflections on the current state of silver coin hunting

    I also agree with your cons of the manticore. I wish they would have utilized the ferrous conductive scale TID numbers for the manticore like the etrac and 3030. A lot more information on the screen in the nickel range as well as for relics. Also copper/brass fools me at times. I am digging...
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    Some reflections on the current state of silver coin hunting

    Great assessment!!! I completely agree with everything you stated right down to the sites you hunt, artifact depths and detector advancement. The biggest game changer for me was the Minelab etrac. That opened up a whole new world for me. The manticore has ferreted out some...
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    Question on manicore

    Still feel like I am in infancy with the manticore but I have to say the last few hunts before freeze up produced no ferrous fooling entering my pouch. Yes numbers in the 70’s over iron sometimes but not consistent. Turning slightly and working short arcs the 70’s turned to ferrous numbers...
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    I got my Manticore

    Congrats on your new learning experience. Have had mine since early summer and still consider myself a newbie. Didn’t get out as much as I wanted but I never do. Overnight low of 3 last night and 8 now so think my season is over😢
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    Single frequency vs Multi frequency

    I have run single frequency detectors as well multi. Had the first iteration of the Minelab xterra where you changed coils to change frequencies. Had a high frequency coil and a low frequency coil. I believe the high frequency was like 15 kHz and low frequency was 5 kHz. The 15 would do...
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    Music lovers thread - Post current listening interests. favorites, share share share

    Have been listening to a lot of isolated guitar, drums and bass tracks by various bands. Interesting to hear with everything else stripped away.
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    Unknown shine in a pebble?

    Does it flake off in thin sheets? That would indicate mica. If not it could be iron pyrite. The host rock looks more like it could be iron pyrite but hard to tell from photo.
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    Got Out Twice This Week !

    Nice finds!!! I am still waiting for that pure upper 70’s/low 80’s signal. Can’t wait to experience it.
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    First outing in a month

    I hear ya. My body makes creaky noises as I rise and fall and my mouth utters some words to match. The manticore is aptly called the “beast” because it seems hard to tame. I am a new borne infant with it. It does seem to work for me in my sites that have been pounded. Having said that I...
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    First outing in a month

    Indians and in some respects wheat cents that are from native sod like this site are usually in good shape. Cents from farm fields with fertilizer applied over the years are a crapshoot. Still learning the manticore for sure. After years with the etrac my brain and senses are in tune with it...
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    First outing in a month

    Probably be the last in quit a while as harvest cranks up. Had about an hour before sunset. Decided to try an abandoned railroad siding that used to have a depot. Been gone since the 1940’s. To say the area is trash infested is an understatement. Over the years I have only been able to...
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    manticore

    Holy smokes. You are tearing it up. You are definitely a proficient detectorist. The last couple of hunts with the manticore I have been skunked with respect to coins but it continues to amaze me. Every find I have made I can honestly say was contaminated with iron and DEEP. So I believe...
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    One of the best videos with the Manticore Gary Blackwell

    Viewed that last night and thought it was stellar. Looking forward to the rest of the series. My wife is less than impressed though. Our YouTube history is almost completely populated by Minelab manticore videos. The eye rolls are getting more and more pronounced every time she looks for...
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    3rd hunt with new Manticore

    I also notice my pinpointing isn’t always spot on with the manticore. I used the wiggle back method with the etrac/sef 8x6 coil and it was surgical precision for pinpointing. I agree that with the manticore I am finding desirable targets now buried in iron so have to enlarge my holes more than...
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    3rd hunt with new Manticore

    I’m no expert but quite a few articles I have read and videos I have watched have stated the manticore doesn’t necessarily need to be run hot(high sensitivity) to get depth or for unmasking. In fact it can be detrimental. In effect it starts picking up the minerals in the soil. Just for the...
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    3rd hunt with new Manticore

    Thanks for settings and explanations. I think I might try bumping my recovery up from 3 the next hunt. I have a particular spot in front of my great grand father’s blacksmith shop that is the worst iron I have experienced anywhere. Found zilch there with other detectors even though I am sure...
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    3rd hunt with new Manticore

    Man you have sites that REALLY produce. If you don’t mind me asking what sensitivity and recovery speed are you running? I haven’t played with them much after first setting them. Sensitivity 20:Recovery speed 3. I am still very early in the learning process and want to get a handle on things...
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    3rd hunt with new Manticore

    Your new site sounds like a blast!!!! You have the ability to find a wider time range of artifacts. The area I live and MD in was settled in the late 1800’s so no Spanish silver for this hombre. The Manticore is also notability deeper than the etrac as well. I would say up 1-2” deeper with...
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