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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> LE.JAG...…. your photos are always so inspiring! M
> y Manta expectations (now) are: I'll be coming hom
> e with a couple of gold rings.... with every hunt!
> I am more-than-willing to dig 20".
Thanks,
it's a good resolution
when I attack a beach
I assume / that there is a gold targe
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
the earring on my last picture is 1.1 gr.
about looking for silver / or other noble metals
but high conductor
the size of the target / length of the sound
and the purity of the signal
give a lot of information
and allows, even in all-metal mode
to make the difference / you need a minimum of practice
but everything can be learned / if I can do it
why not you .........
since the t
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LE.JAG
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Elbert Wrote:
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> LE.JAG wrotef course you can detect silver
> in all metals mode
> on the last hunts / got many silver ring
> and a big chain of 62 gr in 925
>
> I should have been more clear. I didn't mean in al
> l metal.
it is an optimal detector for gold (and platinum)
therefore low conductors
s
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LE.JAG
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Badger in NH Wrote:
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> They should make both waterproof and non-waterproo
> f versions because most buyers of this machine wil
> l not be submerging it. A non-waterproof version w
> ould cost a lot less.
if you have two models
you have to store two different types of pieces
and store two different types of detectors /
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Cal_cobra Wrote:
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> LE.JAG that's quite impressive
>
> I'm not really a beach hunter, but maybe I should
> be with this thing!
Thanks
Elbert Wrote:
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> Just curious, has the questioned been asked about
> detecting silver?
of course you ca
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
the detector is much better today
than that of the video
more stable
quieter
and therefore deeper
it is silence that captures the smallest murmurs
who are often the best targets in depths
my last hunts
less than two weeks on the beach
apart from the earring which is probably a loss of the year
all the jewels are old
over 20 years for some / seen depth
and the wedding dat
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LE.JAG
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lytle78 Wrote:
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> Hard to see the headphone connection when bo th th
> e control box and the coil are invisible in the pi
> cture.
>
> Pre-production hardware- best not to lock in too m
> any expectations about exactly how it wil look.
>
> but the BIG news is that it’s real. It’s coming..
> .but not bef
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LE.JAG
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Hey,
some news from Fisher Aquamanta
just a photo, taken 15 days ago at EL PASO
under a blazing sun ..
a pre-series / to put the production line in place
has been realized
a second will follow for reliability tests and beta testers
no release date or price / sorry
just one last thing
all those who saw the first machines
had never seen a detector so powerful and so sensit
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
steveg Wrote:
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> Thanks for the reply, le.jag; I understand from wh
> at NASA-Tom said as to why the gold rings would be
> found to much greater depth than other gold items;
> still curious though as to whether it is the metal
> that a particular piece of gold is alloyed with --
> metal that DOES exhibit hysteresis --
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
you can detect shapes that are not round
example this 22k gold tooth under the ruby
the manta takes it very well
but: if you made a ring with this gold, very fine and very wide
he will detect it much further
it is not the weight of the object that determines its depth of acquisition
but its shape
the same broken ring will detect less far
the signal being broken it is distorted
sa
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LE.JAG
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lytle78 Wrote:
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> I’m pretty sure our pal LeJag means that it will b
> e 10” deeper than the VLF machines he mentioned -
> not that it will detect to a max of 10”.
yes (at first it seemed so obvious)
I did not specify, lol
all the tests I have done are done at low tide
it's the pre-series who arrives with the water
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LE.JAG
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dewcon4414 Wrote:
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>
> What are the short comings of an analog PI vs a di
> gital? The obvious question would be ....... whe
> n's the next version expected?
not really weak point
digital processing simply offers more adjustment possibilities
without having recourse to other knob
possibility to modify the re
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
it's impossible to tell the difference between gold and aluminum
whether it's PI, vlf or multifrequency
and the conductivity display is not accurate enough
to be 100% reliable
with the manta, depending on the type of headphones
I get to have a difference of tone gold vs aluminum
according to the type of sand
we have no better for now
but it is not said that one day a new t
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LE.JAG
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Rick, N. MI Wrote:
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> With software it could be possible to have one det
> ector and have modes for gold jewelry, relics, coi
> ns or nugget hunting. A different coil would be re
> quired for each mode. When you switch to different
> modes you could have different screens with differ
> ent settings for each mode. With
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I did not understand everything, word game
Too complicated for me
to return on the name: Manta
originally it was an idea of Alexandre
develop a detector on a soft wing
shaped like: manta ray ....
4 or 6 coil over two meters wide
to detect in one pass: 2 meters wide
the idea is still there, one day can be ...........
about the FAQ
I do not have a release date
if the el
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LE.JAG
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Hi,
it works, not too bad,
pre-series being assembled
I do not have the right to put you a picture, for now ...
just imagine, a GPX / Z in a box of equinox = waterproof / with in addition to the performance: the perfect silence !!!!!!!!
we have to go to El-Paso, at the end of the month, the week of the 20th
more news, early September ..
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LE.JAG
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MXT SNIPER Wrote:
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> Will the new TDI waterproof machine have the faste
> r timing like the Manta? I think this is the secr
> et to the Manta machine. 6.5-7 usec timing. Makes
> the machine super sensitive to gold.
the Fisher is in high voltage / 16 volts
which brings a lot more power
this TDI is a 12 volt SL
rat
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LE.JAG
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lytle78 Wrote:
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> Tom’s Aquastar is specially tuned. Here’s what Ca
> rl Moreland had to say back in 2012 about short pu
> lse delay’s effects...
>
> Reducing the sample delay increases target resp
> onse pretty much for ALL targets. It's most notice
> able for small gold but everything benefits.
yes,
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LE.JAG
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dewcon4414 Wrote:
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> I understand they will be making one for dirt.....
> . does that mean it wont be able to work yhe shall
> ow water? I guess it depends on how they build i
> t..... look at the Nox. Very compact and waterpr
> oof. ... why shouldnt a PI be? You thinking knob
> s and having to seal them. Mayb
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I think that knows the future
some of us will have trouble hanging on / of which I am a part
but the generation get used to tablets, should like
more advantage than inconvenience
especially for the manufacturers
just a box sealed and therefore waterproof detectors cheaply.....
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LE.JAG
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Tom Slick Wrote:
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> From Tom's numbers I'd say I should have stayed li
> ving in FL. I hit the So CAL beaches just a few ti
> mes a year. Like Tom, My usual hunt is about four
> hours. I strike gold about every forth time or so
> and I'd guess that melt value probably would avera
> ge $125.00 each. 200
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Pimento Wrote:
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> A fine piece of British gold there, and the mount
> looks period to the coin, too, 1920's maybe.
yes half-sovereign
you were not far 1910
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
motivation is also an important factor in IP hunt
when I'm really motivated,
I take against foot, my usual technique
for example hunt beaches or people does not bathe
9 times out of 10 and even a little more, you can not find anything
and then one day you go out a gold coin to 8000 $ (this one I can not mount it ..)
another example a fishing spot at the bar
there, people bathes
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
if you dig, like me
the smallest whispers at great depth
inevitably you will dig more waste......
it's the game / and you find things that others can not see
the black sand is very messy
but I love this
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
a plate of salt, say 3 cm thick
it's like a volcanic sand plate / same thickness
or as foundry slag / same thickness
there is very little detector able to cross the 3 plates
and even less, to take a gold ring underneath
soon available at all good detector merchants
there is one who can do it
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I have a friend who made a carbon cane / even lighter
visible on the beginning of this video
it's good in French, so I translate the most important
the upper tube must be 22 mm outer diameter, important to fix the handle of the nox
the arm rest is an XP
the locking of the two carbon tubes
is performed by a clamp that comes from telescopic poles
to clean the windows of building
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I did not really do any tests
with the manta on the very fine chains
only the 12 inches for now......
it is better than the TDI
normal, it starts faster and makes less noise
but the difference is not as visible as on a ring of 1 gr / diameter question
in three years of hunting at 7us
I never made chain pieces / without clasp or medal
yet we know there are many ...
ground effect o
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
on the wet sand, to be successful on chains and micro jewels
you have to take a small coil 8 inches view less
large coils longer than 10 inches pick up too much ground effect
with the PI, it's not a question of weight , but of diameter
we may have better results
with Bipolar = high attenuation of ground effects
or the other thing, which is in the boxes at Fisher
but we will
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LE.JAG
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I already have also dig very deep targets
with a halo / Roman coin in bronze
and if you notice / just when the tide goes down (when there is one of course)
you are more efficient / the sand still wet
increase conductivity = saves a few centimeters
useful to know, on certain hunting
Tom will certainly have a pre-series
he will make reports / unless he is too busy digging gold coins
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LE.JAG
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