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At a crossroads

Txplugkutter

Txplugkutter

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I have used the Nox 600 for several years now and have had great success. But I am wanting to upgrade to a better machine but I am not sure which way to go. Should I wait on the Manitcore and stick with Minelab or go with another brand? It seems many like the Deus II, but I am familiar with Minelab and really don't want to learn a whole new system. On the flip side I've heard mixed reviews on the Manticore. If you were going to upgrade from the 600, what would you go with?
 
Ted S said:
I will! I have had success with the 600 and a Manticore would have been nice but for what we are going to do and the fact that we are both retire,I just couldn't justify the extra 500.00 the Manticore cost's.
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My son has been wanting to get into it as well, so it gives me an excuse to upgrade. lol Just not sure which route to go. I do like the idea of the 900 for cheaper, but that Manticore looks nice.
 
Txplugkutter said:
I have used the Nox 600 for several years now and have had great success. But I am wanting to upgrade to a better machine but I am not sure which way to go. Should I wait on the Manitcore and stick with Minelab or go with another brand? It seems many like the Deus II, but I am familiar with Minelab and really don't want to learn a whole new system. On the flip side I've heard mixed reviews on the Manticore. If you were going to upgrade from the 600, what would you go with?
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Don't have a Manticore. But I used the 800 for a few years. I've been using the Deus II for about a year now. Just got the 900 about a month ago.
In my opinion the Minelabs have better sounding tones on a five tone program. Especially on deeper targets.
When I'm using the 900 I enjoy it but miss the Deus II. And the same when I'm using the Deus II, I want to be using the 900.
I think coming from the 600 you would be happy with the 900. I don't like the shaft not having an alignment pin though.
From what I've seen, the Manticore my have a slight performance advantage over the 900 in some situations but it's close. In my opinion not worth the difference in price. Unless you are a big beach hunter.
And you can get a 900 for about $1000, most dealers don't want to give a discount on the Manticore just yet. Most.
 
Txplugkutter said:
I'm in Brown County, how about you? I've been a member of TreasureNet for years but came across this group recently. Been detecting most of my life but really got back into it about 2-3 years ago. Now I go pretty much every weekend somewhere.
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I'm in Llano county. I had the 900, upgraded to Manticore and used the 800 for 5 years before that. I would say which machine you decide on depends on the type of hunting you do. You would have a pretty seamless transition with either one.
 
jayhop said:
Don't have a Manticore. But I used the 800 for a few years. I've been using the Deus II for about a year now. Just got the 900 about a month ago.
In my opinion the Minelabs have better sounding tones on a five tone program. Especially on deeper targets.
When I'm using the 900 I enjoy it but miss the Deus II. And the same when I'm using the Deus II, I want to be using the 900.
I think coming from the 600 you would be happy with the 900. I don't like the shaft not having an alignment pin though.
From what I've seen, the Manticore my have a slight performance advantage over the 900 in some situations but it's close. In my opinion not worth the difference in price. Unless you are a big beach hunter.
And you can get a 900 for about $1000, most dealers don't want to give a discount on the Manticore just yet. Most.
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Appreciate the info. I've never detected on a beach before so I have no experience there. I mainly hunt homesites and parks. I've been looking at the 900 pretty close and I like it. I probably should've bought the 800 instead of the 600 but I had always used a Garrett so wasnt real sure. I've found plenty with the 600 but just ready to upgrade. I don't want to make a 1000 mistake. lol
 
Dan(NM) said:
I'm in Llano county. I had the 900, upgraded to Manticore and used the 800 for 5 years before that. I would say which machine you decide on depends on the type of hunting you do. You would have a pretty seamless transition with either one.
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There are some awesome sites in Llano. Everytime I go through there I want to do some detecting. I went to the TAMDC hunt in Llano about this time last year. Had a great time.
 
Txplugkutter said:
There are some awesome sites in Llano. Everytime I go through there I want to do some detecting. I went to the TAMDC hunt in Llano about this time last year. Had a great time.
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There used to be awesome sites in Llano :) I went to the TAMDC as well, went back after the seeded hunt and picked up a few silver coins left behind.
 
Txplugkutter said:
Its off the highway just south of San Saba in a cow pasture. You can still see the frame. I haven't done much research on it but landowners should be pretty easy to locate. If you get to hunt it, give me a shout.
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Ok, I found it on google. That might be worth looking into. Hopefully the vegetation isn't too bad this time of the year.
 
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