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This is an Open Forum to discuss any metal detecting questions or subjects. Please feel free to discuss any metal detecting subject, in good taste and with due respect to all users. Thomas Dankowski frequents this forum and is happy to share his knowledge and experience about metal detecting to answer questions along with many other metal detecting experts who frequent this forum.
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Please note that Dankowski Detectors now has Terms of Use provisions. Nothing has really changed, its just now everything is written down for the sake of those who in the past liked to argue. To view, CLICK HERE. If anybody sees anything unreasonable or disagreeable in the Terms of Use, please let me know.
Whites V3i and MXT tracker f/s - 9 days ago
I have a REALLY nice condition V3i for sale. I do have coil choices/options available for it as well. It only has the AA battery pack...no rechargeable set. It has the wireless headphones as well. Coil choices are: SEF 10x12, or 9" Ultimate. I do have other coils available as well...6x10 Eclipse DD and 13" Ultimate. Everything works great! I'm asking $600 for the detector witby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: WTB----Mint condition Etrac - 10 days ago
Mascard1 is Usually the eTrac guy. Over the years I think we've swapped a half dozen of them back and forth.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Not for sure I'd ever sleep again if I uncovered this - 13 days ago
If I found it or something like it, nobody would ever know about it. There might be signs of it...like I might just show up one day with a brand new truck.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Back to basics, so to speak - 29 days ago
Heck, I've pretty much done the same thing. I'm back to a T2 and MXT. I have the Manticore too but it gets used least of the 3.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Tom - 4 weeks ago
It does have the ability to sent private messages just fyi..instead of posting a new thread every time.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Newly released XP metal detectors video -- Titled (Deus 2 owners) Get Ready - 4 weeks ago
Scuttlebutt is, that it's a 2 piece attachment for hunting for hordes and such.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: NASA Tom or legend users - 4 weeks ago
I think multi freq is what it is cracked up to be and beneficial. Nokta/Makro made a very nice entry into the SMF detector world. The Legend is no slouch but in my testing, it didn't quite fit the bill for me. That doesn't mean it's not good. I did have a difficult time selling mine though...practically had to give it away, and it had the new carbon shaft upgrade, LG30 coil, etby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Software Update Manticore - 5 weeks ago
Ahh that's why I didn't like Apple products. The only thing that works well with them is Apple stuff. Mine took about 5 mins from start to finish.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Software Update Manticore - 5 weeks ago
Try a different USB cable.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: NASA Tom - 7 weeks ago
I'm not Tom but If I remember right, he said the dime was obtainable in the single frequency modes but not in multi freq modes. Whether that has been addressed or not, I have no idea. I know on mine, I barely get a signal on an 8 inch dime in multi or single freq modes in mildly mineralized ground. The Manticore gets it rather well BUT in heavy mineral, neither one of them do worth a hootby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Any thoughts on the Simplex+ for a fun inexpensive detector? - 7 weeks ago
Heck I might sell ya a Legend with wireless headphones for about that same price.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 8 weeks ago
A book by Tom breaking down the settings and functions of the Manticore would be fabulous. Great data. It would be on par with the Jeff Foster books for the DFX and MXT. No redundant filler chapters telling us how ground balance or basic discrimination works.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Nokta Legend for sale - 2 months ago
It has the wireless headphones and control box cover. Has the stock 11 inch coil and the LG30 coil as well. Just not the machine for me. $475 shipped TYD in the US. No trades.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Manticore failure - 2 months ago
You wouldn't have gotten support or help from a smaller dealer either. All warranty work is handled by the customer directly through Minelab.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Dilek just dropped the gauntlet - 4 months ago
I say, in the end, a metal detector is an inanimate object. Having a love affair relationship with one, or a company, or rep for a company is just plain stupid. I don't care which one it is, or who it is. They are tools and nothing more. But I get it. Some of you are into drama and probably idolize that Joy Behar whoohaw from The View TV show too for being your voice.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Dilek just dropped the gauntlet - 4 months ago
I think the sour taste comes from the combativeness approach that has been taken. There will always be people that eat that sort of thing up and love it, but at the same time, it turns just as many people away. I can understand being passionate. I've been in this hobby 30 years now. It has taken me to many states, and made life long friends through it. But none of that was based off ofby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Manticore, Deus 2 and Tarsacci tests on hot dirt, etc - 4 months ago
That soil and bedrock is nearly identical to what I have here in spots. Especially at the place I call bullet hill. Instead of having a tub of dirt...it's a 30 acre field full of civil war bullets. Its been my playground and 160 yr old test garden for the last 2 decades. When I first went to Culpeper, VA I had heard about the soil but I didn't know I already had a leg up on hunting iby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Dilek just dropped the gauntlet - 4 months ago
I'm in the hobby for enjoyment and the thrill of finding stuff. All I'm interested in is what machine or machines will work best for me and enable me to do so. Yes there are a lot of people that enjoy drama and mud slinging. I don't. All I want is product info, and enough of it for me to make a decision of whether I am interested in purchasing said products. As a customer thatby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Dilek just dropped the gauntlet - 4 months ago
If you wouldn't have spent over half the product introduction video doing the same ole drama bashing and company vs company politics, we might have stayed adamantly tuned in. Most people tuned in to see new stuff, and aren't interested in that other talk. If you want people to be better informed about products...spend more time informing about product information vs this whole drama beby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Dilek just dropped the gauntlet - 4 months ago
Nokta ads on social media the last few weeks taking a dig at Minelab "No, we are not releasing the Legend 200 or 300...". A dig for Minelab's history of adding numbers for machines with newer options and features. Nokta live video today from the show....releasing basically the Simplex 200 and 300. Except they call it a Simplex Lite and Ultra. With a few extra settings, carboby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Civil War Bullet/Rifle expert needed. - 4 months ago
I'm not an expert but that's a minie for sure. Civil War Era rifles were indeed rifled and that's one big reason the Civil War was our deadliest conflict. Equipment effectiveness surpassed the military tactics of the day. They were still use to standing in columns and firing point blank at one another. Smoothbore rifles might be accurate out to 75 yards...rifled muskets with miby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Minelab is on a Roll ….. New X Terra Pro - 4 months ago
Don @ North GA Relics had some Manticores come in this past week. My buddy just got on his list a month or so ago and his unit already came in...he was short on $ and had to pass on it but Don at least got some in.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Manticore Waterproof Headphone Recommendations - 4 months ago
The Threshers are very nice and loud. You will want to stay away from the Grey Ghosts. They have little volume. Tony Eisenhower phones are probably the best.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Tom, have you counted and calculated the % of nonferrous targets... - 4 months ago
One of my other big hobbies is native American artifacts. I have several archeology books from the University of Tennessee excavations of the Tennessee and Little Tennessee River sites before TVA flooded them. What was very interesting to me was the more recent Little Tennessee River sites...they were excavated much closer to present day, in the 1970s. The history of the Little Tennessee Riverby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 4 months ago
Ozzie -- I did get the 11x13. I've actually had all the currently available coils for the D2. I didn't see any noticeable difference with the 11x13 over the 11...I was expecting at least a minor improvement in depth. When it came down to it, the 9 inch coil was just as deep IMO...especially when you cranked up the audio response to around 6 to do away with the modulated audio.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 4 months ago
Ozzie - That's usually our cue to try a different tool for the job. When me and my buddy roll up to a new site, we'll have no less than 4 detectors. One guy that used to hunt with us would have 5 or 6 machines just for himself. We've had several instances where the landowner let us hunt, then come tell us something like "Fellas, I got to thinking, what if my grandkids mighby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 4 months ago
I can chime in on the Fe meter. I think it's an invaluable tool and Fisher/Teknetics set what should be the bar for all others. I feel naked having machines without it. Yes...having that info can tell you a lot. Some sites, a pulse machine is going to be best...and the target IDs way off. Without that info you might blaze through a site and just falsely believe that "nothing is thereby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 5 months ago
Word of caution on the High Conductors mode. I did a whole write up on this on Steve's forum. Last weekend my buddy and I hunted my place with the Civil War bullets in hot ground. He marked signals with his GPX and then we took the other machines, using the marked bullets to test over. We had the Manticore, Deus 2, and he had brought along his T2 as well. Between those 3 machines, the Tby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Manticort availability - 5 months ago
Cabelas is getting more in than any other dealers. You just have to watch their site and search for Manticore every morning. You'll catch one sooner rather than later. That's where mine came from.by Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Manticore battery...looking for solutions to short run time... - 5 months ago
I use the Ankers for different things and love them. I use them as a continuous supply to the GoPro and a bunch of other things. My 8 hour detecting days are done though unless you count driving time hahaby Daniel Tn - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
