Learning the Manticore

[Waterdog]

I have been trying to watching Youtube videos on the manticore trying to get a idea of what to do when I got it. I made a couple adjustments 5 tones, turned the red numbers on. Then took the manticore out for a short walk after I received it. Learning a new machine you seem to dig more as you learn it. I dug up nine links to a bracelet and the bracelet, ( all links red 23 and gave a nice target trace), three bling rings along with a bunch of pennies and dimes, one nickle three quarters, with one quarter in a plastic bottle cap. I did rely on the target trace while out on the hunt.

 

[markinswpa]

I have been trying to watching Youtube videos on the manticore trying to get a idea of what to do when I got it. I made a couple adjustments 5 tones, turned the red numbers on. Then took the manticore out for a short walk after I received it. Learning a new machine you seem to dig more as you learn it. I dug up nine links to a bracelet and the bracelet, ( all links red 23 and gave a nice target trace), three bling rings along with a bunch of pennies and dimes, one nickle three quarters, with one quarter in a plastic bottle cap. I did rely on the target trace while out on the hunt.

Pretty good first outing. I have a little over a hundred hours on mine and still dig a lot of junk. I run mine wide open, I feel I can learn more not running any filters. My preference iS ATLC in 5 tone. Good luck and enjoy your new rig.

 

[mntnflyr4fun]

I like YouTube for detector education, it is unfortunate that so many contributors believe they need a full length movie to get their point across...... Everyone wants to be a youtube star it seems allthough there are a few who deliver the goods without all the fluff that I can really appreciate.

I find the experienced users on this and other forums like this are a real treasure trove of information as most are fluent in many types and manufacturers of machines and have years of experience chasing every type of target which allows them to impart perspective gained not only on the manticore but from their experiences with so many variations of solving the same problem... ie finding the good stuff out of all the mineralization andd trash.
I too am just getting comfortable with my manticore and still trying to learn which targets the 2D is showing that might have some interest besides those that are nice and round on the centerline....
It sounds like you are off to a fast start with a bracelet and coins, I hunt an 1840's park that was once a ferry crossing that has been pounded hard over the last 40 yrs or so as it is close to the now defunct Whites Elec. factory and consequently my finds are not rolling in as fast as I would like, but I do get lots of leftovers to look at and once I get further along and start digging the marginals I am hopeful that some will turn out to be goodies the older machines couldn' find in all the iron that litters the area.
Good luck, make sure and post information about your learning curve as that will really help us all

 

[jmaclen]

I have been trying to watching Youtube videos on the manticore trying to get a idea of what to do when I got it. I made a couple adjustments 5 tones, turned the red numbers on. Then took the manticore out for a short walk after I received it. Learning a new machine you seem to dig more as you learn it. I dug up nine links to a bracelet and the bracelet, ( all links red 23 and gave a nice target trace), three bling rings along with a bunch of pennies and dimes, one nickle three quarters, with one quarter in a plastic bottle cap. I did rely on the target trace while out on the hunt.

Sounds like you and the Manticore are agreeing with each other so far. Keep posting your experiences.

I hunted in All Terrain General for almost 6 months before I started using the other land based coin/jewerly/relic programs. It did so well for me right out of the box that I didn't want to change much except using 5 tones/5 regions set the way I like them and with iron target audio accepted.

The only times that I have needed to use the 2D target trace display is when I am dealing with a shallow carpet of nails situation with non ferrous targets mixed in or if I know from other information that there are two or more deep adjacent targets. Otherwise, if a target seems like it is roughly coin sized, has a solid, repeatable, one number target ID, it will have a nice round trace no matter what it's actual shape is. I am digging that target based on the audio and target ID stability. The 2D target trace isn't necessary for targets like that and just slows me down. For normal public park hunting, I rarely even look at that part of the display.

Where I detect in high iron mineralization, All Terrain General can make high conductor USA coins have some pretty wide target ID instability. I have seen 4" or deeper USA small clad, copper and silver coins have target IDs from the upper 60s to 99 on repeated sweeps. If I switch to All Terrain High Conductors, the target ID tighten up really nice to maybe a three number spread at most.

 

[markinswpa]

( all links red 23 and gave a nice target trace)

I have found the red lines to be accurate about half the time. I dig just about every 23-24-25. Many of them with the red line and yet they are nickels. When I pop the plug, I rescan, if the signal falls apart I know it iron. Most nickles are oblong smears on the centerline. And if I get a high tone in the 90s with no red line, yet I know its iron, turn 90 and it drops to 50-51 again no red line, and indeed it is iron. So not sure how reliable this feature is.