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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.
solutions to short run time... - 7 months ago
Select the Target Recovery Mode power savings option so that when you set the detector down - it automatically stops transmitting until picked up again. It's all software. Lots of possibilities.by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Two Trips Out with the Manticore - Great Start - 8 months ago
I'll give more time to the Beach / Seawater setting the next time we're out. Waiting for a period when the temps come back up above freezing for a few days in a row. Thanks for the input. Rich -by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Two Trips Out with the Manticore - Great Start - 8 months ago
I Made a couple trips out with the Manticore and I'm off to a good start. A week ago, Andrew and I had done a little testing with our PI machines at one of Andrews long time spots on the GSL (video is on his YouTube channel for anyone wanting to see his new Equinox 900 in action. Banner day, it is worth watching. ) We had a great time. Anyway, the following Thursday we both ended up witby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 9 months ago
Beyonder-Pa Wrote: UtahRich - I have had zero issues with my 800. I am sure ML can utilize the traded in Noxs to scavenge parts or rebuild them into 700 and 900 and the way material shortages are... I mean why not try to recoup more money from former Nox owners. Which would you rather have? A happy customer who paid $1400 or a disgruntled customer who paid $1000? Just a thought. Beyonderby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 9 months ago
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Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 9 months ago
Beyonder-Pa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tom > > > I agree it would be foolish yo upgrade for free. H > owever, a "trade-in program towards the purchase o > f" would do wonders for the buyer base and communi > ty as a whole and still would make them a ton of m > oney. I am getting a Manti, and I would of gladly &gby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Equinox 900 and 700 - 9 months ago
Hey Steve, Minelab has the 900 and 700 on their website complete with owners' manual, start up guide and technical specs. They look just like the manticore until you get to the coil. Same pod type, arm cuff, shaft. Keeping the same coils as the 800 /600. Supposedly getting a redesign on the 11" with a better "ear" system. Rated to 5M depth like the M-core. Of courby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Things come in twos.. - 9 months ago
Looks like an equinox 700/ 900by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE - 10 months ago
Daniel Tn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That teaser video threw me off. They wrote it as > 1-12-22 which to me, meant Jan 12, 2022 which has > came and gone. But I guess to the rest of the wor > ld, that means Dec 1, 2022. Anyway...supposed to > be something announced as coming in twos on Dec 1s > t. i saw that too. Could it beby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
crickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 10 months ago
and more crickets . . . . . incredibly quiet here on the forum. I guess folks are waiting on Tom to dole out more info on the manticore ???? I wish all a Happy Thanksgiving / Harvest time. Winter in taking a firm hold where I live here in Utah (USA). Soon i will be watching the ice fishermen, snowmobilers, wintering deer/elk and skiers and looking forward to spring. Cheers Rich -by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Did somebody move the cheese? Again? - 10 months ago
Still here but have to admit I've seen fewer posts the last couple years on topics of substance. Seems social media the last couple years has turned poisonous with bickering, insults, divisiveness to the point of being polarizing. I like to read posts from other detectorists about equipment they're using, how they are working through challenges to their particular detecting and maybby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
MINELAB MANTICORE: Polyphonic - 11 months ago
NASA-Tom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > steveg........not yet! (((but: not 'separate ears' Tom- I am thinking of the DTMF (touchtone used by the phone company) system as an example. Overlapping tones - a group of ascending tones for the conductive value and another set of ascending tones, distinct from the first, for the ferrous value. Everyby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Polyphonic audio - 11 months ago
Hi Tom, Will you elaborate on the polyphonic audio and benefits to the user?by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
What ? Skip reading the owners' manual? - 1 year ago
"I am DELIBERATELY wanting to go into this D2........ as a "Newbie". . . . . . via NOT reading the owners manual right away.,.,.,.,.,.,. so as to see how 'intuitive' this detector is.......and try to run into the questions that someone new to a D2 would naturally incur. In fact......... I am going to take it to the wet-salt beach (Florida/Atlantic Ocean)......(possibly iby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Superbowl? - 1 year ago
My Niner's are out, so I'm going with the Rams. Thought you'd be a Bears fan Harold. No? Rich -by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Equinox 800 & iron falsing - 1 year ago
D&P-OR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What FE2 & sensitivity settings are effective to c > ut out (or reduce) the high tone falsing of square > nails in mineralized ground? Del, Have you tried other programs with different frequency weightings? Perhaps your current selection isn't your best choice. Hope you and Patsy areby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Happy New Year - 1 year ago
Right back at ya SkiWhiz! Looking forward to 2022.by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Andy Sabisch Deus test - 1 year ago
goodmore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The 9 inch is too small for a beach. Agreedby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Andy Sabisch Deus test - 1 year ago
dewcon4414, Am i reading correctly that both the 11" and 9" FMF coils achieved these buried target results at the beach for Andy? Is it appearing that the 9" FMF coil is the do-it-all coil for the Deus 2 ? What I mean is that many of the caparisons are with the 9" FMF coil vs say an 11" coil from a competitor. If the 9" is outperforming the competitors 11&quoby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Is the Legend just a reversed engineered Equinox? - 1 year ago
GreenMeanie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My thoughts on it. > I remember when they asked what we wanted and a lo > t of us where saying a NOX clone of some sort. I a > m even guilty of that so can't blame them for maki > ng a NOX clone. > The thing that was weird to me was the back stabbi > ng in the video against Minelab whenby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: What? - 2 years ago
D&P-OR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah Rich---I went out of my skull & got rid of th > at Jewell sometime back.----Been kickin myself in > the butt till my nose bleeds ever since for doing > such a thing! ---Neither one of us was too smart > for getting rid of that one---it was a good 'un!-- > ----Del----Gonebeepin'by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
What? - 2 years ago
Del, You sold that sweet etrac you bought from me? What were you thinking? ok, just kidding. richby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Patience - - 2 years ago
u2robert Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I believe women are good at detecting because they > have more patience than us I believe patience is situation dependent for most all of us. Most of us have great patience in some situations and virtually none in others. rich -by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
MDT gets lucky - 2 years ago
dewcon4414, Always good to find gold. You probably DON'T want to know what the parents of the tiny kids are thinking. . . . . further disappointment in humanity. Rich -by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Minelab Equinox owners - Question - 2 years ago
NASA-Tom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you are hunting in carpets of nails...... a X-Y > coordinate axis screen is rendered nearly useless. > X-Y coordinate axis is beneficial only if there is > one single/solo target under the coil at any given > time. > Greater depth AND greater unmasking is paramount! > (This is our #1 prby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Minelab Equinox owners - Question - 2 years ago
Let me preface this by saying that I like my Equinox 800 a lot. It's become my favorite detector since i started this back in the mid-70's. I think it finds / unmasks keepers that my explorer xs and etrac couldn't find. And it seems to be AS deep or just a little better in my area. Utah / (+NV/ID/OR/WA/CA/WY)- Depending on the emi and the soil, i run max or near max sensitivity,by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Deus out for a maiden trial run : - 2 years ago
tnsharpshooter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > TIPS and Settings TNSS - Thanks for taking the time to post your thoughts / TIPS on the Deus, I like looking over how others use the Deus. Gives me new ideas and Confirms some I already have. Rich-by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
The Mark 1 LTD - 3 years ago
Enjoy the walk down memory lane Aaron. I had 2 Mark I's, both hip-mount versions. My first discriminating detector. A great, but very heavy, detector. The hip-mount helped with the weight, but i made a lot of replacement cables for the pinpoint switch due to flex wear and tear. The White's 6000 Di 3 and then Di Pro were the 'thing' to have in my area at the time. Bby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Why Nobody Else ? - 3 years ago
Gee Rick, Here I thought it was because nobody else wanted to endure the abuse you've received on the forums over the last few years. . . . Rich -by Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: EQUINOX #2 DROWNED... - 3 years ago
calabash digger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have dunked this detector before with no issues. > I also have detected in some very HOT temps . I am > guessing this has something to do with it. > > No repairs just throw it away and send you another > unit... John, Only other possible failure option I can think of is the coil coby Gonebeepin' - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
