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Great info, thanks Tom. I am at Vero Beach, on the Treasure Coast.
Exactly the info I wanted to get…
Appreciate your time. Have a Happy New Year!
Regards
FS
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I am confused about beach - wet salt settings for silver coins.
Back on Dec 1 you wrote “ Beach - High Conductors is the deepest Mode to/for silver coins....... in a wet-salt environment.”
I asked about this mode on Dec 16 I believe, and your reply (if meant for my question) included the mode “all terrain - high conductor”.
My confusion is since (per my copy of the Manticore manual) t
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@NASA-TOM. SUBJECT: Specific salt beach settings for “Beach - High Conductors”
I searched this topic but could not find any specific suggestions. (I already have Toms settings for Beach Low Conductors and in above post Tom, you mention high conductor mode in wet salt offers deepest mode for silver coins. Also find lead at these beaches also in the way of lead seals, musket balls and antique so
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Apologies for double post.
Tom, as an FYI for your IT guy…Phorum returned this error I did not think to see if it actually posted anything.
Thanks everyone
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Something else that I have been encountering with
> Manticore:
…’
presented a 2-chevron (shallow) d
> epth indic
> As I dig down to 7" - 8" depth mark....... I am fi
> nding little pieces of ferrous rust. Collectively.
> ....... the little pieces of rust in concert with
> the wheat
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FloridaSon
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Tom - keep doing what you are doing. I too use those beach settings and am more than satisfied with the information received.
I replaced the ear cushions with gel and it helped wind noise somewhat - seems the hollow plastic and bumpy shape contribute to wind noise for us hearing challenged folks.
All the best!
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FloridaSon
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@midalake
>
> I have been VERY fortunate to hunt with the Origin
> al Black Widow headphones with Audio Sear speakers
> , for many years.
>
> -28 Db on outside ambient noise and some of the sw
> eetest tones ever. Separates the men from the boys
> !
Midalake, any thoughts on the current Black Widow headphones?
Regards
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FloridaSon
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NOT MUCH NEW, TODAY AFTER EMAILING MINELAB ‘CUSTOMER CARE’
“Minelab is receiving an unprecedented number of inquiries revolving around the MANTICORE and do apologize for the delay.
Minelab North America is receiving a limited number of product allocations from the factory to be distributed among our US and Canada Customers. We are trying our best to fairly distribute these allocations to ev
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FloridaSon
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Glimmer of hope from dealers website:
Pre-order - Allocations to dealers are currently being processed.
A small amount of detectors was received at Minelab HQs.
Pre-orders will be processed as soon as we receive our allocation.
Cancel order at anytime for a full refund.
No date when this was written tho.
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FloridaSon
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No worries Tom I know that delivery is not in your wheelhouse.
But I have to think with all the technical tips and information you have provided in this and other threads, when the Manticore hits, we will have shortened the learning curve considerably at least in theory.
So THANK YOU for that!
Regards
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FloridaSon
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I am not Tom but a US dealer posted this on FB today.
no communication to dealers or distributors at this time. I checked with my distributor who has 80 minelab dealers, he has no idea when his next shipment is coming.
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ShovelNose Wrote:
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> Day 7,563 Still waiting for the Manticore! Feels
> like it any way. lol Not to worry though the beach
> es are sanded in bad! I have had at least 2 times
> I could have gotten one online but trying to wait
> for my local dealer. He seems to be one that is on
> ly getting a couple at a time.
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FloridaSon
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> FloridaSon........ WIND.......... AND.............
> CRASHING WAVES....,,,,,.....,,,,,,, combined......
> .................. can really stifle most of the d
> etectors audio. I use KOSS QZ-99 hard-wired phones
> . The earcups knock out almost all external noise.
> This is critical for MANY hunting a
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FloridaSon
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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>. I run hardwired phones.......and my h
> earing is below-average.
Do you have any issues with loud surf with your phones? Or wind noise?
The NOX phones were bad with wind and surf to my hearing.
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FloridaSon
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khouse Wrote:
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> FloridaSon Wrote:
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> > Good question. On pp59 of manual I only found th
> is
> > . Can save 1 search mode to the favorite key.
> >
> > Ma
> nt
> > icore Manual
> Thanks. I was hoping that there was a way to
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FloridaSon
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Ok. Good to know. BUT........ is this the DRY sand
> ???
Just to close this topic out as resolved:
Yes, dry sand. And I, received a PM saying it was dry inland. And he now understands not to expect to GB in dry sand as you stated avove. So there is no problem with the GB feature, just a not understanding. You
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FloridaSon
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Tnsharpshooter
Well done, if it wasn’t for folks like you willing to ask the hard questions I can’t imagine how life would be.
Done similar in my time.
Not good for your career but sure helps you get a good night sleep.
Thank you!
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FloridaSon
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@NASA-Tom
Re: Reports of Ground Balance beach trouble
You are right Tom, I missed the ‘inland’ part. this from Andy NM (who called Minelab) in another forum:
“ Update:
Here is the new information about the Manticore not ground balancing in beach modes on normal inland ground:
The detector needs to see salty ground conditions to ground balance in any beach mode. I got that answer
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FloridaSon
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Ok. Good to know. BUT........ is this the DRY sand
> ???
Apologies Tom, I am getting partial answers; and just relaying what I get.
I have asked him to get on this thread several times. I would suggest we table it until he does.
Regards
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FloridaSon
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Floridason (Germany friends)......... are you pres
> sing AND holding the G.B. softkey whilst bobbing t
> o coil? Try bobbing the coil multiple times from 1
> 2" down to 5" at first...... whilst continuously p
> ressing the G.B. softkey. If this works...... then
> bob the coil
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FloridaSon
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@NASA-TOM
FYI:
Reported from Germany
“ My friend and I, we both have the Manticore and both detectors will NOT automatic ground balance in all the beach modes.
Even if I change the values manually the detector does not GB.
It seems to be a software problem.
In the other modes GB works fine.
Andy from Germany”
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FloridaSon
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> A few things.
> First....... when Audio Theme is placed in Prospec
> ting audio........ it IS different from the EQX go
> ld mode. The Prospecting audio goes UP in pitch wh
> en you pass over a non-ferrous target. And goes DO
> WN in pitch when passing over ferrous. The ID stil
> l remains fully
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