manticore

[north1]

Sube might be correct for where he detects.

He is definitely not correct where I detect.

Handfuls of silver keep coming out of the ground for me using the Manticore and Deus 2. They make a great combo. Manticore especially with the M15 coil is simply deeper than Deus 2 with any coil here. Deus 2 will sometimes separate better. Both are finding mid depth and 8"+ depth targets that were totally missed by previous hunters including me using some excellent detectors like Etracs, CTX 3030s, V3is, Equinox models and the Legend. That doesn't mean those other detectors are necessarily inferior. Depends on soil conditions, settings, coil choices and overall depth.

So at least for me, Deus 2 with the 11" and 13X11" coils and Manticore with the M11 and M15 coils are clear winners as far as mid depth to deep silver/coin/jewelry detectors where I detect for overall effective depth with good target IDs, target separation and bad ground handling.

Photo is for last year (2024) using mostly the Manticore with M11 and M15 coils in public parks. These are parks that many local club members consider hunted out. If we have an impromptu hunt at some of these parks, many club members hunt for an hour and then go to a different park after not finding anything. I and a few others with Manticores continue to hunt them and get good results. The silver coins, rings and older coins/tokens keep being found. My gold totals have dropped off a bit so far this year compared to 2024 but that is probably not detector related.

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As for the Ops question, some people buy the wrong detector for their skill level, get misled by whatever, don’t hunt enough, lose interest, or need the money. I am not hearing any bad reports from people I know and trust about either the Manticore or Deus 2 using up to v2.00 software for “normal” coin, jewelry, and relic hunting that regularly use them and know them well.

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 not only out of the reach of my etrac but also masked so it was unable to pick them up. I am confinement enough in just 30 hrs of use that if my coil is over a coin I will find it in iron or 10ish inches deep.
These targets I found yesterday were all pulled with iron objects in the same hole. The button had 3 nails with it and there were more just was sick of pulling them out of the hole once I located the button in the spoil pile. The manticore amazes me every time I go out whether I find a coin or not because it reveals coin shaped finds and relics in previously gridded areas that are loaded with iron.

 

[Mark kus]

Sube might be correct for where he detects.

He is definitely not correct where I detect.

Handfuls of silver keep coming out of the ground for me using the Manticore and Deus 2. They make a great combo. Manticore especially with the M15 coil is simply deeper than Deus 2 with any coil here. Deus 2 will sometimes separate better. Both are finding mid depth and 8"+ depth targets that were totally missed by previous hunters including me using some excellent detectors like Etracs, CTX 3030s, V3is, Equinox models and the Legend. That doesn't mean those other detectors are necessarily inferior. Depends on soil conditions, settings, coil choices and overall depth.

So at least for me, Deus 2 with the 11" and 13X11" coils and Manticore with the M11 and M15 coils are clear winners as far as mid depth to deep silver/coin/jewelry detectors where I detect for overall effective depth with good target IDs, target separation and bad ground handling.

Photo is for last year (2024) using mostly the Manticore with M11 and M15 coils in public parks. These are parks that many local club members consider hunted out. If we have an impromptu hunt at some of these parks, many club members hunt for an hour and then go to a different park after not finding anything. I and a few others with Manticores continue to hunt them and get good results. The silver coins, rings and older coins/tokens keep being found. My gold totals have dropped off a bit so far this year compared to 2024 but that is probably not detector related.

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As for the Ops question, some people buy the wrong detector for their skill level, get misled by whatever, don’t hunt enough, lose interest, or need the money. I am not hearing any bad reports from people I know and trust about either the Manticore or Deus 2 using up to v2.00 software for “normal” coin, jewelry, and relic hunting that regularly use them and know them well.

I find the exact same with mine my beach finds were excellent this year gold and silver
Mark

 

[BobOso]

I had a rough start this year, now it is summer. But to sum it all up I had a 800, used it for years, great machine, sold it and bought a Legend, shortly thereafter the Manticore came out. The Legend is now a closet queen, I have probably used it a dozen times. The manticore kills it on nickles, and silver. I only dig what is on the center line, unless the tone is mixed with iron tones, then I dig and usually find coins.
People sell the Manticore, because they do not understand what it is telling them. if you want to cherry pick, almost any machine will do that for you, if you want to find what others leave behind, then the Manticore is the better choice. Can't say I ever had the D2, but I did have the original Deus, it was also a great machine, but once again I find more with the Manticore.

 

[woodbutcher]

I was watching some videos of guys running tight patterns, I loaded one up and tried it in my test bed, wasn’t good at all, barely hit anything..I switched back to general stock disc and slammed everything. I just got my manticore, haven’t taken it out yet but I can say I definitely prefer 5 tones and the stock general program as far as disc goes..

 

[Mark kus]

I was watching some videos of guys running tight patterns, I loaded one up and tried it in my test bed, wasn’t good at all, barely hit anything..I switched back to general stock disc and slammed everything. I just got my manticore, haven’t taken it out yet but I can say I definitely prefer 5 tones and the stock general program as far as disc goes..

Yep can’t go wrong in General 5 what I use all the time I switch up with no discrimination mostly
Mark