MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE

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Rick, N. MI
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Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE

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Nice find. I'm surprised tdi is 1. tdi 1 is in iron range. It's worth digging tdi 1.

Foil is 4. I haven't tried tiny foil.
au pirata
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Another killer day with the M8...
EARING 0.63g TID 1/2
PENDANT 1g TID 2.
Rick, N. MI
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Your killing it on the gold. M8 is doing an awesome job. It is hot on gold. Harder to hit those broken rings on a lot of detectors.

Can't wait till it warms up here and ground thaws. First place I'm going with my Manticore is a Lake Michigan beach. I'll being be digging those low numbers too. Hope I get some of that gold.
NASA-Tom
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You guys are doing great on gold!
Yes...... most (lost jewelry/gold) ID's a '01' on Manticore. You would NEVER know this ..... with any other platform.......because....... they simply do not detect it. Manticore with M8 coil (and Sens on 30) just barely starts to detect micro-gold..... in a wet-salt environment. First ever...in history.
au pirata
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Working the sea grass,the M8 glides though,without falsing,even though it's hyoer sensitive..
Big earing TID 04 2.25g
Small stude 18K TID 04 O.65g.
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Rick, N. MI
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Re: MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE

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Look like your having fun finding that small gold.
NASA-Tom
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David....... GREAT capture!
Fairly easy to explain.
First....... All Terrain - Low Conductors will be MUCH more resonant/sensitive to that small (low conductive) gold ring.......wherby...... the signal strength to the gold ring may/will be somewhat stronger than the nail.,.,.,.,., especially as you pull the coil away from the nail; yet, still have the coil over the gold ring.
Second.... All Terrain - High Conductors. The signal strength of the Ferrous nail is OVERPOWERING......... dominating the audio output . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . even though you have a nice strong/solid/high-definition black dot where the gold ring is hitting. In this All Terrain - High Conductors Mode....... the nail is SO much stronger than the gold ring........ due to the lower Freq's of High Conductor Mode......which weakens the signal strength of the gold ring; yet, ALSO increases the detection/strength of the nail.......(a double-whammy!).
Tnsharpshooter
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NASA-Tom wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 11:38 pm David....... GREAT capture!
Fairly easy to explain.
First....... All Terrain - Low Conductors will be MUCH more resonant/sensitive to that small (low conductive) gold ring.......wherby...... the signal strength to the gold ring may/will be somewhat stronger than the nail.,.,.,.,., especially as you pull the coil away from the nail; yet, still have the coil over the gold ring.
Second.... All Terrain - High Conductors. The signal strength of the Ferrous nail is OVERPOWERING......... dominating the audio output . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . even though you have a nice strong/solid/high-definition black dot where the gold ring is hitting. In this All Terrain - High Conductors Mode....... the nail is SO much stronger than the gold ring........ due to the lower Freq's of High Conductor Mode......which weakens the signal strength of the gold ring; yet, ALSO increases the detection/strength of the nail.......(a double-whammy!).
Thanks Tom.
So I learned something about Manticore.
NASA-Tom
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At one point.....we were trying to capture this...audibly.,.,.,.,.,.,., through polyphonics.
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