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This audio configuration presents the best/most polyphonic audio clarity. VERY 'telling'.... audibly!
Volume = 25
Iron Volume = 2
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Sure.
In the dry sand ...... use something like Field Mode-2 (and audio settings of your choice). This Mode is much more sensitive to low conductive gold..... to include: tiny gold jewelry....... and goes deeper on these low-conductive gold jewelry items...whilst in this Mode.
Wet-salt is a very highly conductive soil/condition.....that must be compensated for.....via using a Beach Mode. I
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
airtemisa........ As of right now...... there is very little on the plate....to update the Manticore. There ARE things being 'looked at' ; yet, ..... not enough to quantify/qualify a new software update (MUU) as of yet.
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Steve........ absolutely! NAILS!!!!
And to the point of startlization!
I don't think Mfr's are even aware of the HIGH order-of-magnitude ....of just how BAD the 'nails population' truly is.
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Gosh. Let me premise with this: If I do NOT explain this to a good level of understanding......LET ME KNOW!!!
(((Here goes))) =
On a TRUE All Metal Mode........ ANY piece of metal....... makes the metal detector go: "BEEP". On 'some' detectors......... the VDI still works.......giving ONLY a 'visual' ID of the target......,,,,,,,,........ in a true All Metal Mode
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I know that I have discussed this before; yet, it may be worth another reiteration.
Two weeks ago...... I hunted a very trashy site. I took my time; yet, I was targeting only coins. I heavily used/relied upon the X-Y 2D axis screen..... and dug the targets that gave a really solid 'hard dot' on the X-Y 2D axis screen. Because I was hunting by the X-Y screen...... it talked me out of d
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Having the ability to adjust Ferrous Limits = Upper & Lower..... allows/authorizes you to adjust to exacting conditions of a specific site. . . . . . ultimately allowing for much better unmasking. There may be multiple DIFFERENT TYPES of 'ferrous offenders' at a specific site. Adjusting Upper and Lower to compensate for the differing offenders (at a level that is intelligible to you
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Okay! HIGH iron-oxide volume ..... is the cause!
Yes...... the Deus-2 will see (yet) ANOTHER batch of targets that other units have missed! (((Plus......by virtue of digging "iffy" targets....... you will inevitably find a few more 'keepers' )))!!!!
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Yes....... Mark may have 'cleaned out' all of the coins that are Stock Coil (11" coil) detectable.
Then..... there will be a group of coins that will ONLY be detectable to ONLY a different configuration/size coil.
((( This is also to say: The EQX and Manticore 11" coils WILL detect some coins....that the F75 5" coil will NOT detect. )))
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
THANKS PulltabKing!!! There are folks willing to help. Wally...... LET THEM HELP!!!!...... if you are short on time.....and can't resolve (Phorum)!!!
We have lost TOO MANY MEMBERS (many of them are VERY senior.....with extreme talent/skillset). They have completely given up on us. . . . . because they can no longer 'log-on'...................and..................... to make it
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Mark,
What a really, really strange occurrence. I wonder if the EQX & Manticore would have done MUCH better with the smaller coil?...... because it sounds like your location is heavily covered with nails (and possibly mineralization). I would have instantly tried several other/differing settings.... until resolve. Yes....... you can revert back to F75 performance/Operating-System... with E
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
cjc...... yes..... that is correct. With a high Sens setting whilst in Audio Theme = PROSPECTING (((Delta Pitch = dp ...... on EQX-900))) ...........you can get a MUCH better audio "feel" of the dirt (wet-salt).......... and all the points-of-contention the detector has to deal/contend with. It also allows you to help the detector to "overcome". Which.......... in turn........
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
airtemisa........ In "MOST" applications........ it is hard to encounter EMI on the beach. Yes...... there are a few places whereby EMI is prevalent; yet, the feedback/interference from wet-salt (and black sand // minerals) are the predominant hinderance.
When/IF you must perform a LONG PRESS Noise Cancel on the beach...... it is critical that the coil is AWAY from the wet-salt by ap
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
airtemisa....... just a thought:
Get a 14" stick of 1/2" Schedule-40 PVC....... and use two-part epoxy.......and glue a Nickel to it. (You could also do a 15" Nickel).
When you hammer it into the wet-sand....... let salt-water fill the tube. , . , . , . , . otherwise the Minelab will think the 'hollow tube' .... is a target.
Test 11" coil with Sens on '2
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Gosh........ it hurts to be honest; but.......here goes:
M8 coil is a godsend. Best performing detector in the World on low-conductor gold jewelry.,.,.,especially in a wet-salt environment.
M15 coil ascertains too much wet-salt feedback/blowback/flyback. On my Atlantic beaches...... I can not use the M15 coil.Too much Sensitivity retardation employed/required.... in order to mitigate wet-s
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Good report...... congruent with my experiences/conditions/environment.
There is a LOT more going on 'under-the-hood' of Manticore........ as compared to EQX (((or anything else))).
Yes....... in general....... the M8 coil is deeper than M11 coil.,.,., in a wet-salt environment......... with MOST beach targets found.,.,.,., on a typical hunt. . . . . . . . yet......under the premi
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
VERY nice ring!
With Sens on 30 (and Recovery Speed = 4)....... how close are you able to get the coil to the ground.....and audibly still handle it!?!?!!!
So far....... how would you compare the depth performance of M8 ....... VS...... M11 coil in a wet-salt beach environment?
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I too....... am still having all the same problems. I even went in-so-far as to download new software (Firefox). This corrected the issue for 48-hours; yet, returned to a format that I can 'almost' not read. I also always get the fatal message when I make a post.
My concern is: Almost no one is posting here anymore. I used to think that: All folks have transferred over to YouTube. Now
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Steve,
There is approx 14% better unmasking capabilities ....using the M8 coil (VS M11 coil) whilst inland hunting. . . . as long as using apples-to-apples settings. My basis..... is usually in carpets of nails. But........ the data/physics also applies to areas of modern trash. And....... in nearly all cases........ EMI is formidably less.... with this smaller coil. I use all the exact same s
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Inland hunting with the M8........... I gotta say. , . , . , . , . it 'feels' like yesteryears hunt/hunt-style...... as far a coil size goes.
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NASA-Tom
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
airtemisa.......... by the looks of your settings.,.,.,.,., all 3 gold were found with M8 coil?
If you are running Manticore on Sens 23 w/11" coil........ and Sens on 30 w/8" coil........ then the 8" coil should be deeper than the 11" coil on 'most' everything you find at the beach......excluding soda cans & bigger lead sinkers.
I would much rather you keep
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