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Tom's post from a different topic.
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....
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markg
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1-Region All-Tones
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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NASA-Tom,
Thanks. Good to know. It just reinforces that while a coin in clean ground will offer the nice "dot" on the 2-D display, any trash in the ground alters the situation considerably, with respect to the target plot. Great reminder and demonstration that the "ears" still rule over the "eyes," hands down, even when dealing with detectors with the most adva
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steveg
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Tom, for $1600 I would expect that minelab provide continuous updates just like XP and Nokta(with the legend) have been doing. That is the model that customers are expecting now.
The updates don't need to be some massive update providing all sorts of new features. For example
how about a small update that gives us the mineralization meter!
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vipergts323
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Excellent condition Minelab Vanquish 540 metal detector for sale. Comes with Minelab Rechargeable Batteries/Charger, Environmental Cover, Minelab Wired Headphones, Getting Started Guide all in the original box. No coil or lower rod. Great upgrade for someone with a 340, or 440.
$200. Shipped West of the Mississippi River, or $210 Shipped East of the Mississippi River. Regular PayPal add 3.5%.
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TexHunter
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Brand new Minelab Equinox EQX15 Coil for sale. Comes with Coil Cover and Attaching Hardware. Never been on the ground.
$175. Shipped West of the Mississippi River. $185 Shipped East of the Mississippi River. Regular PayPal add 3.5%.
Not interested in any trades.
Thanks for looking...
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TexHunter
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Steve........ absolutely! NAILS!!!!
> And to the point of startlization!
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> I don't think Mfr's are even aware of the HIGH
> order-of-magnitude ....of just how BAD the 'nails
> population' truly is.
I used to hunt around old boat houses. Talk about an abundance of nails in t
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okara gold
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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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NASA-Tom
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Hi Tom,
Quick question:
Do you know when will be released next firmware update? And what's new on that update?
Or is super secret?
Thanks!
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airtemisa
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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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NASA-Tom
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VERY interesting information.
On any of those targets, were you able to determine what it was that was causing the "non-solid-dot" smear, on the X-Y screen? It would seem that there were multiple targets...did you find out what the "additional" target or targets were, in any of those cases?
Steve
NASA-Tom Wrote:
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steveg
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Tom asked if Someone could cut and paste this to the manticore thread., so I did. 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 O
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possum mo
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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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Thanks for your reply, Tom. Ya, the sense I get is with Prospecting--the actual bias is doing a lot more to keep the signal riding up above any low-level interference. I ran the NOX this way at black sand beaches and cleaned up. (using a bit of disc to make the caps "stutter"--killer method). Lot of info in the VCO as well. The Manti reminds me of on optimized pulse in that clean m
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cjc
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Thanks for your reply, Tom. Ya, the sense I get is with Prospecting--the actual bias is doing a lot more to keep the signal riding up above any low-level interferene. I ran the NOX this way at black sand beaches and cleaned up. (usinfg a bit of disc to make the caps "stutter"--killer method). Lot of info in the VCO as well. The Manti reminds me of on optimized pulse in that clean m
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cjc
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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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I'll add my 2 cents: With both the NOX and Manti these prospecting modes are a great way to get in touch with what the ground is telling you--to learn to run a balanced signal and adjust your sweep speed for max performance. Ive been looking around to see if anyone has come up with a way to run anything other than Surf-/ Sandin salt water this looks very promising. Toms oth
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cjc
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What an incredibly detailed, and most surprising deluge of information.
What you describe -- detecting the hollow lungs of sand fleas -- that's amazing. And the amount of coil control you are describing, so as to minimize all of those various sources of "falsing," is just incredible.
I am finally getting to where I can hunt semi-comfortably with the Manticore, on VERY cons
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steveg
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Tom... I have been using the M8 on and off for about 2 weeks now. 4 times completely submerged and the rest of the time on the wet sand. I am using a sensitivity of 27 to 28 on the wet in Beach LC and 27 in the water in Submerged and occasionally Beach General. It certainly hits on tiny bits of metal more so than the M11, and you are correct in having a scoop with tiny holes especially in the wat
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okara gold
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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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Hi Tom,
During the last two hunts I have been using the M11 pñcoil, to push it to the maximum and achieve the greatest coverage and depth, and extrapolate the by results to the M15, compared from the M8.
Zero gold finds.
I have made 2 beginner mistakes:
1. With the desire to search for maximum depth and knowing how Manticore handles EMI, I have set the detector to a very high sensitiv
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airtemisa
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I'm sure they'll eventually turn up. I just received the M15 today so it should keep me entertained for a little while, hitting old sites and seeing what, if anything, comes out.
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Daniel Tn
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Anybody know of a secret stash of M8 coils? I can find the M15 but in stock M8s are about as scarce as $10 gold coins to metal detecting.
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Daniel Tn
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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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NASA-Tom
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