Thomas Dankowski's Metal Detecting Forum

I posted this last week on detector prospector forum. Another half dime out of a different site. M8 loves small silver. I was in ATLC. I mostly use the manticore in or around iron with the M8. I’ve really enjoyed using this detector. Every single time I’ve doubted its ability to pull keepers out of ...

Tom your list made me smile. It also made me realize I left out a several important detectors off of my list that I’ve had in my test site. Manticore, equinox and deus. I’m planning on getting a deus 2 very soon. Not sure how it stacks up with the original deus. The original deus has been very good ...

I have a site that is the perfect place for me to go and test out all of my machines and coil combinations. I can hunt it every day because it’s my father’s 175 acre farm that he bought from a friend of ours. It has been in constant habitat since 1850s. I’ve pounded on this place for 9 years very ha...

Very interesting how it seemed to hit when slowing swing speed. That may show the separation of a small concentric in iron. Be interesting if a DD of same size on that same machine would hit it too. Lots of pops, cracks, and false hits in a busy site full of iron and nails. Thanks for sharing.

I’ve been running the manticore for about 6 months now, and it pulls the good stuff out of iron and trash very well. My question is, has anyone ever noticed that the display screen has a bright flash of light on the edges or border that kinda looks like a camera flash or lightning. It seems to have ...

Went back to this site again but this time went scouting for nail beds and after a couple miles of walking high ground. Got lucky. These were pulled out of the iron with the M8. Also my buddy got his first silver 1850 half dime with the Xterra pro and the V8X coil. Thanks for looking.

I got a used 1236x2 because my friend Kieth Southern told me that it would get the good stuff out of the thickest iron. He also said it would pull silver out of beat sites. Well he’s always shot me straight. I dug this 1795 5 francs and a modern dollar coin . I’ve been all over these coins with the ...

Seated dime 1876, pretty slick. But very thankful to have been able to hunt this site. Our first time in there, but got a better plan for next time.

Was invited to hunt a confederate bunker over looking a train trestle. It was obvious that this place has been heavily hit, signals were very few and far between. Also this site is very easily accessible. So was digging everything from iron up. The manticore with M8 got it done by going deep. Thanks...

Post test, glad to finally be able to log in. Hopefully it goes well and a lot of the more technical and knowledgeable members return soon.